Foundation Urgo
£ 20,000 FUNDING
Do you have the desire to make a change to local practice or contribute to the knowledge base of wound care?
Would you like funding and support to make this happen?
If so, The Foundation Urgo could help.
Launched in 2010 by Laboratoires Urgo, this non profi t making foundation offers clinicians the opportunity of funding for the development of a local project which will be of benefit to the wound care community, and also extends Urgo’s commitment in the public health sector.
The funding is awarded by the UK Board to Clinical projects, which will lead to progress in medical practice and patient care.
The Clinical project will be supported over 12 months. Mentorship will also be available to successful applicants.
2010 Winners:
Jacqueline Denyer & Elizabeth Pillay - EB Nurse Consultant.
Project : "Best Practice Guidelines for Patients with EB".
Other examples for inspiration:
Establishing a resource library, Clinical audit, Changing tissue viability practice, Fundamentals of wound care, Innovative provision of education, Patient and Public involvement in tissue viability, Tissue viability service improvement project, Development if wound care competencies, Wound care in nursing homes, Engaging with specific wound care user groups – such as certain ethnic groups, homeless, drug users and Clinical support for practitioners.
Funding is available over 12 months
Foundation Urgo funding does not cover: Individual Education courses, services or tools/equipment.
The UK board consists of:
- Pamela Cooper, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen.
pam.cooper@nhs.net - Dr. Carol Dealey, Research Fellow, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham.
Carol.Dealey@uhb.nhs.uk - Jacqueline Fletcher, Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire and Director of Education Wound Healing Unit, Cardiff.
j.fletcher@herts.ac.uk - Brenda King MBE, Nurse Consultant Tissue Viability, Sheffield Primary Care Trust.
brenda.king@nhs.net
The above board is happy to offer advice relating to applications.
Closing date 31st July 2011
For further information please visit:
www.urgouk.com
Click on ‘Foundation Urgo'
To register you interest contact June Clark:
01509 502051
j.clark@uk.urgo.com