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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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Thank you to everyone that made QEF Get Going Live a huge success!

This year’s QEF Mobility Event – Get Going Live – was more successful than ever as it added a live driving aspect that meant that anyone could try out a modified vehicle on our private track.

Opened by the Mayor of Sutton, Councillor Steve Cook, the event say over 30 exhibitors demonstrating vehicles with adaptations, and offering advice on mobility for people with disabilities.

There were also talks from the DVSA about the special measures for taking a driving test with a disability, and Graham Race from QEF’s Tryb4uFly talked about the Accessible Aviation project.

We are also lucky enough to have the Mayor of Sutton, Councillor Steve Cook coming to officially open the event.

Sue, who attended our event last year said;

“I have cerebral palsy, no-one thought I would be able to learn to drive. However an assessment at QEF Mobility Services showed that I had the ability; I just needed the right set of adaptations – they recommended those too. I had lessons at their Driving School and now I have the same mobility as my friends which is fantastic.”