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Invictus Trust - Anchor Fund

The Anchor Fund is a resource available to families travelling out of county to visit their child, who is being treated in a mental health facility elsewhere in the country. The enormous strain, financially and emotionally, travelling regularly from Cornwall to remote locations to visit a child who is suffering from acute mental health issues, is an extra burden on a family who are already facing adversity.

The Invictus Trust understands there to be 10 – 15 adolescents at any one time being residentially cared for outside of the county. Whilst this is an unacceptable situation for the family, it is also an emotionally isolating experience for the young person. The Invictus Trust hereby pledges to award a sum of up to £500 per family to contribute to travel expenses, to any applicant who meets the criteria. (All application requests will be verified and the payment received will be a one-off award.)

We at the Invictus Trust, feel that the Anchor Fund is a much needed resource, and we truly hope that it will assist in a small way and allow families to focus on what is really important. We are truly appalled by the predicament that many Cornish children/adolescents and their families are finding themselves in, due to the outrageous lack of mental health facilities for young people in Cornwall.

We continue to campaign for ‘The Invictus Project’ to be commissioned by NHS England, to provide specialised adolescent care in a purpose-built centre in Cornwall. This would allow young people to receive the care they need, in close proximity to their families and friends. In the meantime, we will assist those who are being so poorly let down by the lack of provision in Cornwall, through the financial aid of our Anchor Fund.

Visit our website to download an application form and keep updated with events on our Facebook page.

Who to contact

E-mail
invictustrust@hotmail.co.uk
Website
www.invictustrust.co.uk/

Where to go

Name
Cheques payable to:
Address
73
Daniell Road
Truro
Postcode
TR1 2DB
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