Founder
- Eileen Lerche-Thomsen
Patron - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Trustees:
Ruth Bradby
Patricia Cockrell, MBE
Dr. Richard Hillier, MD, FRCP
Robert Jenkins
Wendy Jones, OBE
Sir Andrew Wood, GCMG
Russia’s first hospice was opened by the British-Russian
Hospice Society in St Petersburg in 1990. It was the first of four
model hospices the Society has helped to establish as its launch pad
for a Russian hospice movement. These four demonstrated that the
hospice concept, which originated in Britain, could be adapted to
Russian practice. There are now hospices in many parts of Russia in
various stages of development, and more are in prospect.
Victor Zorza, the prime mover of this initiative, left some
money in trust for the development of hospice care in Russia, or, at
the discretion of the trustees, in other parts of the former Soviet
Union.
The Victor Zorza Hospice Trust supports projects in Russia run
by British charitable organisations which promote hospice principles
and encourage the development of a Russian hospice network. These may
include training and support programmes; educational projects to
promote public awareness of the benefits of hospice care, or to give
information and assistance in starting a local hospice; provision of
medical textbooks and literature relating to palliative care; the
provision of medical equipment under specified conditions. Large
capital projects are not funded.
British
charitable organisations with experience of working in Russia in the
palliative care field, or similarly experienced individuals using their
skills to benefit the Russian hospice movement. Applications
from suitably qualified Russian organisations and individuals will also
be welcome.
Previous
grants have included hospice training programmes in Perm and Samara and
the establishment of a Russian language website.
The trustees
meet to consider applications three times a year.
In the first
instance a short (10 line) outline of your proposed project should be
sent to
The Victor Zorza Hospice Trust
PO Box 4462
Leamington Spa
Warwicks CV31 9EG
vzorzahtrust@btinternet.com
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Guidlines
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