Sue Ryder Foundation Poland

Sue Ryder Foundation in Poland works to reduce suffering through the provision of essential facilities to improve living conditions for the elderly, socially disadvantaged and terminally ill residents of the 15 Sue Ryder homes currently operating and linked to the Foundation throughout Poland. We work in partnership with these homes, funding specific activities. They are run by poviats (territorial self-government) and are funded mainly from government resources together with smaller donations from various other sources which can cover for example rehabilitation equipment and modernization.

The First Step Fund provides scholarships of up to 4,500 PLN (equivalent to 1,100 EUR) for recently disabled young people, 18-30 year olds, to assist them to adjust to life in a wheelchair.

Individual support for disabled people might also be available from the Foundation. In such cases special fundraising can be undertaken (for example the 1% of personal income tax campaign). The Foundation always tries to support as many people as possible. There is a special group of individual patients under our care – known as Sue Ryder Girls, former and actual patients of the Sue Ruder Home at Konstancin. We always try to help when there is some special need for patients/residents from other Homes.

Sue Ryder Foundation in Poland provides financial support for the medical rehabilitation in rural areas in Malawi and we also support their activities of Sue Ryder Foundation in Malawi by sending volunteer rehabilitation specialist.

How does the Foundation raise funds?

·   The Shop - Located at 15 Bagatela Street in Warsaw our charity shop in true Sue Ryder style takes in second hand clothes, books and CD’s – which are sold as one of the sources of revenue for our homes. Additionally special events are run to promote sale of paintings and other handicrafts. Another Sue Ryder shop, situated in Bydgoszcz, helps raise funds for the Sue Ryder Home at Bydgoszcz.
·    Art Auction, Concerts - Special annual events including Art auctions and Concerts are run to both increase awareness of the Foundation as well as bring in extra funding – Christmas cards are also a big fundraising hit.
·    Warsaw Rat Race - a charity fun run - The 3.5 km race involves private companies and their employees, students and public sector employees. ‘White collar’ workers run in their regular office clothes, jacket, trousers, suit, shirt and tie with their briefcase, sporting company logo.
·    1% of personal income tax campaign – in the Polish monetary and legal system it is the right of each individual tax payer to offer 1% to a chosen charity. Money is directly transferred by the tax offices.
·    Individual donations, grants – Primarily Polish Foreign Aid funds.

Sue Ryder Foundation in Poland
Bagatela 15
00585 Warsaw
Poland
Phone/fax: +48 22 646 58 55
f.sueryder@free.ngo.pl