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20+ years leading charities and social enterprises: Rich Jones joins the Steve Morgan Foundation as Regional Director. #ChangingLivesForGood bit.ly/4hIzWaC
September 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Last year the Steve Morgan Foundation awarded three years of funding to The Hope Foundation in Liverpool, whose aim is to facilitate independent living through individual accommodation and access to support and training.

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February 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Following funding support from the Steve Morgan Foundation Sean's Place, an award winning men's mental health charity, has been able to scale up the delivery of its support across Merseyside.

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Find out more here: bit.ly/3Ciyn1o
A montage of four photos from Sean's Place - showing some of the workers and beneficiaries at this charity
January 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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We're pleased to share groundbreaking news from the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge!

A research team led by Dr Sarah Richardson has uncovered why type 1 diabetes affects young children differently.

Read more here - bit.ly/4hXDUuJ

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A picture of Dr Sarah Richardson and assistant in the lab, with text stating 'Groundbreaking research announced - Research funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation uncovers why type 1 diabetes is more aggressive in young children'
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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The #Type1DiabetesGrandChallenge returned to this year's @diabetesuk.bsky.social Professional Conference with its ever-growing community 🙌

Find out what was learned, shared and celebrated: bit.ly/4ieRadQ

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Montage of pictures from the Diabetes UK professional conference with the words 'The type 1 diabetes grand challenge makes waves at DUKPC'
March 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Steve Morgan shares why we've chosen to back the national rollout of Housing First - an initiative from the ‪@csjthinktank.bsky.social‬ which aims to end homelessness and rough sleeping in England.

Read the No Place Like Home report, supported by the Foundation: bit.ly/4m5J0pB
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July 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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In support of the #InternationalDayofCharity we'd like to shine a light on the critical role that charities play in alleviating poverty and developing social cohesion and mobility.

Working together both philanthropy and charity can make a lasting difference.

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September 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Great sessions at #DUKPC26 today. The T1D Grand Challenge fellows presenting their work, cameras rolling for our 25th anniversary film, and #TogetherType1 young leaders here all week. Liverpool hosting it well too. #ChangingLivesForGood #T1DGrandChallenge
Diabetes UK stand with the message 'Diabetes is Relentless. Together, so are we.' SMF CEO Liam Eaglestone interviewing 2 TT1 Young Leaders A close up of a Together Type 1 swag bag
April 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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2025 has been a year of significant progress for the Steve Morgan Foundation as we scaled up efforts to break cycles of social disadvantage and deliver lasting impact in our region and the world of Type 1 Diabetes

Click here to see our highlights: bit.ly/4q7xWds

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December 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Through our Regional Grants, Transform Lives Company have received £270,000 over three years to expand their community employment hub in Speke, supporting unemployed, disabled, and economically inactive people into work through coaching, training and wellbeing programmes

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March 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Last Saturday, we organised a magical visit to the Storyhouse Theatre for 250 children, their families and charity leaders to watch Dear Santa. After the show, the children met Santa in his grotto and received a Christmas gift. It was a wonderful day - bit.ly/3BJUGN3

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December 18, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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We've committed a further £6m to LFC Foundation, expanding our partnership and taking our total support past £10m. We're now their largest sole funder.

Find out more: bit.ly/4gEQfW3

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July 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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We recently celebrated 50 graduates of the Wrexham AFC Foundation's Young Leaders programme, supported by SMF, with a video message from Steve Morgan CBE on resilience and ambition. bit.ly/4fD1vRW #ChangingLivesForGood
August 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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We've invested a further £280,000 in Coping with Diabetes, a free tool helping young people with T1D manage their mental health. Co-created by @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social and @digibete.bsky.social

Films, animations, interactive activities. Free to access - bit.ly/4fUKenF

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Coping with Diabetes - SMF announces additional £280,000 funding - SMF
The Steve Morgan Foundation has announced a further £280,000 of funding to Breakthrough T1D & DigiBete to expand the Coping with Diabetes App
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June 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Yesterday, we celebrated the ‘topping out’ of the new @maggiescentres.bsky.social centre in North Wales.

This milestone in the build process of the new centre takes us a step closer to bringing Maggie's cancer support to the people of North Wales.

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Read more: bit.ly/41MFPuv
A picture of Steve and Sally Morgan with Dame Laura Lee and other dignatories outside the new Maggie's Centre in North Wales.
March 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Big news from the #Type1DiabetesGrandChallenge

The Grand Challenge is investing £5 million over five years to establish a UK-wide Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Network, supported by NIHR.

Read more at: bit.ly/3UdJ9LS

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August 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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In case you missed it, we're kicking off the New Year with a reflection on the significant progress we made in 2025.

We're focused on scaling up our efforts and delivering further sustainable change in 2026.

Click here to see our highlights: bit.ly/4q7xWds

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Philanthropy in action: 2025 highlights - Steve Morgan Foundation
SMF's 2025 highlights - a year of progress towards breaking cycles of social disadvantage & delivering lasting impact in our region
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January 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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"We are delighted to celebrate the continuation of our strategic partnership with @evertoninthecommunity.org and have provided multi-million pound funding to help support young people in Speke-Garston and Knowsley.
Find out more here: bit.ly/3DFxHnm "
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March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Our #FeelGoodFriday this week... SMF Trustees have approved funding of £121,762 over 3 years for WHISC, who provide health and wellbeing support for women and children across 9 communities in Liverpool. Last year they supported over 300 individuals!

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A picture of whisc and a quote from Karen Downing, Centre Manager: "We deeply appreciate being awarded a multi-year grant from the Steve Morgan Foundation. As previous grant recipients, we know that this is more than a grant. It's a genuine commitment from them, to make a positive difference to those in need and women's health in Liverpool"
January 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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The Steve Morgan Foundation has invested £250,000 into Crewe Alexandra in the Community.

This grant launches a 3-year partnership to scale-up their vital work.

We'll be working closely with the CAitC team to help change more lives for good.

Read more here: bit.ly/3LPlH6D

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A photo of Steve and Red Morgan being presented with a signed Crewe Alexandra shirt by representatives from CAitC. The words on the tile say "The Steve Morgan Foundation launches partnership with Crewe Alexandra in the Community"
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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It's full steam ahead with the construction of the new @maggiescentres.bsky.social in North Wales, which is being designed, commissioned, built and funded by the Foundation.

The Centre is being built in the grounds of Glan Clwyd Hospital, in Bodelwyddan.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Earlier this week we hosted a roundtable on social mobility in Liverpool City Region Combined Authority discussing how key, cross-sector organisations can work in partnership alongside the Social Mobility Commission to tackle regional disparities.

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January 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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It was great to visit Love Jasmine and hear about the massive impact they have on the families they support. We know that the SMF multi year grant of £116,408 will help them continue their great work

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February 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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This #DiabetesWeek we highlight the Together Type 1 Young Leaders who delivered a keynote at our anniversary conference. Young people with T1D shaping the programme and challenging stigma.

Funded by SMF, delivered by @diabetesuk.bsky.social

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June 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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This week our CEO @liameaglestone.bsky.social is representing us at #EASD2025 in Vienna. Meeting with, & learning from, the leading global researchers in Type 1 Diabetes.

We remain totally committed to accelerating the search for new cures & treatments for Type 1 Diabetes.

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A picture of Liam outside the EASD Conference in Vienna
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM