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20th Anniversary Report

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The Burdett Trust for Nursing was established in 2002 with the aim of making charitable grants to support the nursing contribution to healthcare.

Over the last 20 years it has made grants of more than £55 million to support nurse-led projects that empower nurses to make significant improvements to the patient care environment.

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The Trust was set up in 2002 in recognition of the foundation and philosophy of its benefactor the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses (RNPFN), founded by philanthropist Sir Henry Burdett KCB

The Trust focuses its grant-making on three key areas:

  • Building nursing research capacity and capabilities
     
  • Supporting nurses in their professional development

  • Supporting local nurse-led initiatives

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2002

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The objects of the charity are to:

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  • promote and advance education, research and training within the nursing and other healthcare professions for the benefit of the public and to promote public awareness of nursing and health issues
  • provide for the relief of hardship and mental or physical ill-health among nurses and other health-care professionals, and their dependants
  • promote and advance the provision of nursing and other health services for the benefit of the public.

In 2002 the Trust set its grant making inaugural grant policies with particular focus on multi-professional and cross-agency team working, development of nurse leadership and public health.


Burdett Trust’s grant-making begins…

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2003

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In 2003 Burdett made its first flagship grant of £835,000 to St Mark’s Hospital Foundation.

The grant launched a nurse-led Institute of Gastrointestinal Nursing.

Although early in the Trust’s journey, this flagship grant encapsulated Burdett’s commitment to supporting the power shift from doctors to nurses.  It recognised the important part nurses play as specialist practitioners within gastrointestinal medicine, extending their practice to include many functions previously seen as the preserve of doctors.


Gaining momentum…

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2004

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In 2004 the Trust made a significant grant of £150,000 to Hospice UK to help 500 hospices continue their professional development and leadership skills to improve patient care and dissemination of knowledge throughout the UK.

Hospice UK is the national charity for hospice and end of life care.

Burdett Trust and Hospice UK worked in partnership to help ensure that everyone affected by death, dying and bereavement has access to highly skilled and professional nursing staff.

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2005

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Burdett Trust aims to be a catalyst for change and an active player in improving the health and well-being of patients. In addition to making grants in response to funding applications, the Trust ‘proactively’ seeks out nurse-led projects that will make a sustainable change to nurse leadership.

In 2005 the Trust commissioned OPM to conduct a study focused on the business aspects of patient care and the implications for nurse leaders and their boards.

Who Cares, Wins makes recommendations on what clinical leaders, their organisations and those in the business of leadership development can do to create exceptional leaders that place the patient experience at the heart of health care commissioning and provision.


Taking nursing care from bedside to boardroom…

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2006

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In 2006 the Trust reviewed it first five years of grant making having processed 453 grant applications and made 91 grants totalling £5,810,429 since it began in 2002

Building on the work of Who Cares, Wins the Trust commissioned a companion study by University of Plymouth. The study found that in a representative sample of NHS Trust board minutes, only 14% directly concerned clinical issues.

More than 50 leading healthcare opinion formers attended the launch and took part in a discussion about how the NHS and independent health sector could improve leadership.

Informing and leading…

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2007

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In 2007 the Trust made a grant of £100,000 to its sister charity Junius S. Morgan Benevolent Fund

The Junius S. Morgan Benevolent Fund makes charitable grants to members of the nursing profession who are in hardship for a variety of reasons.

The charity was established in 1890 by policyholders of The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses in memory of one of its founders, Mr Junius Spencer Morgan.

Since its inception it has made thousands of small grants to nurses, former nurses and nursing auxiliaries, on many occasions being the catalyst needed to help them turn their lives around.


Reaching all nurses…

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2008

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In 2008 the Trust made a grant of £129,303 to Sue Ryder Care for a ‘Community Clinical Nurse Specialist’ (CCNS) secondment programme to develop the skills of in-patient unity nurses, improve patient care and aid succession planning for the community nursing team.

Sue Ryder provides care and support for people living with terminal illnesses and neurological conditions, as well as individuals who are coping with a bereavement. Burdett was proud to support this important charity to help people through the most difficult times of their lives.

Helping nurses to be there for patients and their families…

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2009

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In 2009, to maximise the Trust’s impact, the Trustees launched a new ‘Funding Partners’ model and after a rigorous selection process, they were pleased to appoint four inaugural partners:
  • Hospice UK
  • Florence Nightingale Foundation
  • Foundation of Nursing Studies
  • Queen’s Nursing Institute

Working with these key organisations the Trustees would use their funds to improve the care of patients and to enhance the leadership skills of nurses.


Working in partnership…

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2010

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In 2010 the Trust made a flagship grant of £339,792 to the International Council of Nursing for the Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) 2011 to 2013.

The GNLI is a residential workshop that brings together nurse leaders from around the world to share leadership expertise to build their capacity to deliver better health outcomes and quality of and enhance effectiveness in bringing about policy changes that lead to better health for communities and nations.

Burdett’s grant helped ensure that nurses from low-income countries could take part in this important programme through funded bursaries. This ensured a greater diversity of participants and richer learning environment.

Burdett’s grant provided bursaries for nurses from, Antigua & Barbuda, Cameroon, China, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Samoa, Suriname, Tanzania and Vietnam.

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2011

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2011 - A major year for Burdett funding

The Trust launched its empowerment programme with two funds:
  • to transform services at the hospital-community interface
  • to empower health visitors to promote health to particularly vulnerable groups in the community.

Several other significant grants were made including:
  • £200k to Whittington Hospital to empower nurses to develop an innovative, person-centred approach to improving health and wellbeing of older people living with dementia and their families.
  • £275,370 to Global Health Research Nurse Forum to raise profile and career opportunities of research nurses in field of global health in developing countries.
  • £197,950 to London South Bank University for a three-year study to tackle concerns about transition from children’s to adult services for young people with chronic conditions and develop and disseminate a clinical practice tool for sharing of good practice.



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2012

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In 2012 the Trust marked its tenth anniversary by hosting a symposium on ‘Compassionate care: Putting the 6Cs into action’ attended by over a hundred nurses or those with an interest in nursing from all over the UK.

The Trust made a grant of £168,000 to Age Cymru to promote the ethos of the ‘My Home Life Cymru’ delivering person-centred and evidence-based practice, dignity and quality of life for older people living and dying in care homes.


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2013

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In 2013 the Trust launched a programme entitled ‘Delivering Dignity through Empowered Leadership’. The programme was in direct response to the Delivering Dignity’ report compiled in 2012 by The Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People and themed around its important recommendations.

It was targeted at projects that would develop better understanding of dignity in care, engage healthcare staff in critical self-scrutiny and encourage feedback from patients.

20 grants were made within the programme totalling £1,850,670. Grants ranged from…

  • £19,104 to empower community hospital staff working with cognitively impaired patients to deliver optimal holistic rehabilitation
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  • £279,814 to Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust for the award-winning Barbara’s Story

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'Barbara's Story' uses film to raise awareness of dementia and the care of older people for staff working in hospitals and in the community. A series of short films follow Barbara’s journey as her health deteriorates, covering the very difficult topics of increasing frailty, increasing dementia, capacity, consent, delirium, the needs of carers and finally end of life.
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2014

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In 2014 the Trust built upon the success of its first two empowerment programmes with two new programmes focused on supporting the nursing contribution to young people’s health care:
  • The Young Minds programme supported projects that would empower nurses to deliver better outcomes for young people with mental health problems in the community or a hospital setting - 10 grants £801,184
  • The Transitional Care Programme supported nurse-led initiatives that will make a tangible difference to the experience of young people, recognising that nurses can and should play a key role in delivering support and education to prepare them for the transition to adult services - 12 grants £1,151,750

Burdett Small Grants Programme

The Trust launched its Small Grants Programme, designed to fund smaller nurse-led projects in the UK and internationally involving clinical care, environment of care, social care, leadership and education. The programme made grants of up to £7,500 and offered a user-friendly online application form and ‘fast-track’ decision making, with most applications processed in less than four weeks.


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2015

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In 2015 the Trust invited proposals for its Maternal and Childhood obesity programme. 33 grants were made totalling £1,081,173

£199,104 was awarded to the Institute of Health Visiting to train 400 nutrition champions across the UK and to support them in cascade training to health visitor colleagues; developing and piloting new evidence-based training materials and drawing together a broad body of knowledge to promote healthy weight maintenance.

Burdett introduced a new funding partnership with a grant of £200,000 to C3 Collaborating for Health to address obesity within England's nursing workforce.

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2016

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In 2016 the Trust launched two key empowerment programmes:

Men’s Health and Emergent Longer-term Conditions for nurse-led projects that presented proactive strategies and interventions for better self-care which could reverse the negative impact of undetected and untreated men’s longer-term health challenges. 8 grants £951,851

Improving Nurse Retention for nurse-led projects that would help reduce attrition from the profession, presenting strategies to achieve and retain a skilled and resilient workforce. 13 grants £1,987,254

  • Grant example: A grant of £178,900 was made to South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is to devise a bespoke leadership development programme for its Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic (BAME) nursing workforce. The initiative has acknowledged the challenge in retaining BAME nurses. Burdett’s grant offers nurse participants a unique opportunity to build leadership skills, learn about leadership styles, individual coaching and explore how cultural backgrounds influence professional development.




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2017

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In 2017 Burdett welcomed the opportunity to facilitate the launch of Nursing Now! a ground-breaking initiative with the potential to make far-reaching improvements to the patient care environment globally.

The Burdett Trust worked with the International Council of Nurses and the World Health Organisation to launch Nursing Now! a campaign to improve health globally by raising the status and profile of nursing.

Nursing and midwifery are at the heart of all health care and yet all too often they are undervalued. 

Burdett Trust recognised the significance of the campaign and agreed that it engendered its own core values and objectives.  It was agreed that Nursing Now! would become part of Burdett Trust; operating as a standalone programme, but within Burdett’s charitable structure.



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2018

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The Burdett Awards 2018 acknowledged and celebrated inspirational nursing teams across the world. 

  • Who Cares Wins Award recognised excellence in patient care, bringing patient experience to the boardroom. Winner: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - Rapid Intervention Team
  • Delivering Dignity Award recognised good-quality care, where patient dignity is a core value in practice. Overall Winner: St Luke’s Hospice – Clinical Nurse Specialist North Plymouth Hub
  • Mental Health Nursing recognised innovative and transformational work in mental health nursing practice. Winner: S.E. Trust NHS Northern Ireland – Psychological Therapies Implementation Team
  • Young People’s Health recognised safe, effective and holistic care to young people. Winner: The Children’s Trust – School Nurse Team
  • Men’s Health recognised proactive strategies and forward-thinking interventions to help bridge the ‘men’s health gap’. Winner: State of Mind Sport Charity – State of Mind Sport Charity Team
  • Maternal Health recognised high quality, individualised care for women and improved health outcomes for them and their babies. Winner: St Thomas’ Hospital – GSTT Safeguarding Midwives
  • Global Health Impacts recognised significant contributions to improvements in global health. Winner: University of Cape Town – Critical Care Child Nursing Teaching Team

The event was a huge success, with over 250 attendees from across healthcare and nursing.

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2019

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In 2019 the Trust launched two grant programmes

Learning Disability Nursing
The Trust invited proposals for innovative projects that would deliver high quality, compassionate care for people with learning disabilities in a range of healthcare settings.
  • Example grant:  £46,013 to University of Nottingham for a new measurable, evidence-based pathway centred on the needs of young people at high risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. 

Complex Needs in Primary Care
To support innovative, nurse-led projects that would deliver high quality, compassionate care for people with complex needs in primary care settings
  • Example grant:   £68,000 to Queen’s University Belfast to identify the core content in relation to LGBTQ+ health within undergraduate nursing and midwifery programmes in the UK and Ireland.

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2020

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In 2020 the Trust rolled out two grant programmes:

Reducing Restrictive Interventions

The Burdett Trust shares the nursing workforce’s commitment to the future elimination of restrictive interventions. In early 2020 the Trust made grants which would promote the reduction and potential elimination of restraint and restrictive interventions, whilst keeping the focus sharply on improving the safety and well-being of patients with unpredictable and concerning behaviours.

  • Example grant:  £109,160 to South West London and St Georges MH NHS Trust to tap into BAME nurse expertise and identify what practices are required to reduce and prevent coercive practices for BAME people in mental health settings.

Covid-19: Supporting Resilience in the Nursing Workforce

Burdett invited nurse-led proposals for evidence-based interventions that could demonstrate innovative and sustainable changes to clinical practice as a result of learning gained through the pandemic and support nurse’s mental health and psychological wellbeing, both in the immediate and long term.

  • Example grant:  £85,316 to Queen’s University Belfast to explore how nurses in care homes developed resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and codesigned a digital resource to build future coping and adaptation strategies fostering increasing resilience. The findings of the project will be shared regionally, nationally and internationally and reported in a peer-reviewed, open-access, international journal.


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2021

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Nurse-led improvement projects in digital health

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a renewed focus on digital health. The process of using information technology, digital hardware and devices, software and the Cloud, and the collection of data to measure clinician interventions has the potential to transform the way nurses deliver patient care.  

This grants programme reflected Burdett Trust’s view that nurses emerged as true change agents in the digital space during the COVID-19 pandemic. 


Chelsea Flower Show Florence Nightingale Garden

Burdett Trust commissioned a garden at the 2021 Chelsea Flower Show to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and all the things she contributed to modern nursing today.  Originally planned for 2020, the garden show was delayed by the COVID19 pandemic and uniquely took place in September 2021.

The garden “Nurture through Nature” designed by Robert Myers, was inspired by Florence Nightingale’s work on hospital design and her idea that hospital wards should be laid out as pavilions around green spaces to maximise the impact that the natural world and fresh air has upon a patient’s recovery. The garden was a timely reminder of the importance of gardens and plants to health and mental wellbeing, so clearly felt by everyone during the pandemic.

The Trustees are delighted that the garden will have a lasting legacy when it is moved to its permanent home at St Thomas’s Hospital.

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Future

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Helpforce

A flagship grant of over £850,000 over three years has been awarded to Helpforce Community Trust for its ‘Adopt and Adapt’ service which supports Trusts to adopt and adapt volunteering interventions. The initiative is a key element of Helpforce’s ‘Back to Health’ strategy. It will create 100,000 new volunteering opportunities and help over one million people get back to health. Helpforce has received a massive demand for this support and within two months of launching their campaign they have over 50 NHS Trusts on their waiting list to take part.

“We are honoured and grateful that Burdett has chosen to partner with us on this incredibly important campaign” Mark Lever, Chief Executive, Helpforce

Burdett Fellows

Burdett Trust has agreed to support four Burdett Master’s fellowship bursaries per year. The fellowships will run in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Kings College London and will be for two UK and two International nurses. The cost of the programme is likely to be in the region of £650,000 over five years. The Trust will remain involved throughout to track and monitor progress.

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2023 Burdett Nursing Awards

The Burdett Nursing Awards 2023 will build on the success of the 2018 Awards and reward nursing teams for their sustained commitment to providing high-quality care.

The awards will be announced at a prestigious event on Thursday 11 May 2023 at the Waldorf Hotel in London.  All shortlisted nursing teams will be invited to attend the event where the final winners will be announced.

There will be six awards:
  • Complex Needs in Primary Care
  • Digital Health
  • Learning Disability Nursing
  • Older People’s Health
  • Supporting Resilience
  • Nursing Now Challenge


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Credits

Photographs courtesy of:

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  • Bonnie Yeh
  • National Cancer Institute
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  • Andreea Popa on unsplash
  • Georg Arthur Pflueger on unsplash
  • Ghana Nightingale Challenge
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  • Irwan Iwe on unsplash
  • Alban Low and Kingston University
  • Richard Bloom
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  • Charles Ddeluvio

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  • Credits: Frank-K, Nursing in Focus, Zipporah Iregi, Registered Nurse, Kenya_NNC Champion

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