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Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccinations

The RCN Foundation funds study to boost uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations for people with learning/ intellectual disabilities

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Care home nurses network

The RCN Foundation awards a grant to QNI for a three-year project to support the National Care Home Nurses’ Network (NCHNN)

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Beating the Virus

RCN Foundation funds free downloadable resource designed to support people with learning disabilities communication difficulties to understand COVID-19

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Celebrating Nursing Practice

The Foundation awarded the RCN £130,000 to fund the Celebrating Nursing Practice project.

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Quality clinical care planning in care homes

UCLPartners received an RCN Foundation grant to test the ReSPECT process in three London care homes.

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Tackling loneliness and isolation

Intergenerational befriending can combat social isolation and loneliness. 



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Social Care Nurses guide to Revalidation

The RCN Foundation was delighted to fund FoNS to develop a video animation  ‘a practical guide to revalidation for nurses working in social care’. 


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Reshaping Care Home Care project

A Queen Margaret University practice development initiative.

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Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries

A grant was awarded to support participants from across the developing world to attend an educational summit in London in October 2012

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Supporting nursing in care homes

A research and consultation project focusing on patient care and professional development for care home nursing staff.

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RCN Dementia Project

The RCN Foundation awarded the RCN a grant to develop resources, including webpages, booklets and a DVD supporting the development of dementia care guidelines.

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The Our Time Foundation Programme

The RCN Foundation funded a grant of £16,000 towards the Who Cares? programme that encourages schools to better support children in families in which a parent has a mental illness.

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End of life film and resources

An RCN Foundation £3,000 grant to the Royal College of Nursing paid for a film and an educational resource about lessons learnt from Josh and his adoptive family’s story