Website Statement

It is with immense sadness and regret that we inform you that Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) will commence a wind down programme from 11th November 2025.

This process is expected to take 28 days to allow time for alternative placements to be found for residential clients at our Care and Rehabilitation Centre, and to honour commitments to other clients to the best extent possible.

At the end of this period, QEF intends to file for administration.

We have worked tirelessly over the last year to try and save the charity, exploring numerous options to improve its finances, but unfortunately there wasn’t a viable solution that met all the necessary requirements to overcome the challenging financial situation QEF faced.

It has been our privilege to support disabled people for over 90 years, providing expert services that have changed many lives, and we are deeply saddened that it cannot continue.

Our priorities right now are to work with funding bodies to ensure clients find suitable alternative placements and to support our remarkable staff during this difficult time.

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Our new Care and Rehabilitation Centre is taking shape

These are very exciting times for QEF as our first new bespoke facility ever is starting to take shape at our main site in Leatherhead.

This centre, specially designed for QEF, will provide a fantastic, state-of-the-art hub of expertise for people with a wide range of disabilities. It will be the largest ever investment in our facilities, and the first new build in our 80+ year history.

To mark the new Care and Rehabilitation Centre’s progress, Richard Hutchinson, from our architects, LOM, recently showed some of our supporters the site. Welcoming guests were the mayor of Elmbridge Councillor Mrs Shweta Kapadia, and Sir Richard Stilgoe OBE DL, who is one of our vice patrons. Sir Richard talked about the vital importance of the new centre and the difference it will make to people that have had brain injuries or strokes.

For more information on our ambitious plans for this building and the help we still need from our supporters, please visit qef.org.uk/crc