At the Wallace Collection, equality, diversity and inclusion are values that guide all of our work. Through our access programme – designed for people who may face barriers to participation in museums – we invite diverse audiences to engage with the Collection’s extraordinary artworks. As you will read in this report, the programme consists of events both onsite and online as well as digital resources. Among our offerings are ‘relaxed mornings,’ in which we offer particular groups exclusive access to the Collection or a special exhibition for a few dedicated hours. All of these relaxed, friendly events are delivered by our learning team and underpinned by robust learning pedagogy. 

This year, we expanded our onsite offerings for blind and partially sighted adults and adults who are D/deaf, reconnecting with past participants and reaching new audiences. From April 2022 to March 2023, we delivered 15 events – including talks, tours and workshops – to 154 people. 

We remain immensely grateful to the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation for your continued support, which makes these important programmes possible.

Read the full report here.

“Dear Estelle, this is an opportunity to thank you personally for your support of the AHA yet again. We would not survive without you and I hope the attached shows that your generous support is really making a difference to people’s health and wellbeing.” Ian Gilmore

Read the full review here.

We are excited to share our final report with you, just over three years since the programme was launched in 2019. It details the achievements and impact of this year’s programme on the lives of these incredible women, as well the impact your support has had since the beginning of the programme. We also look to the future and what’s next for the Emerging Women Leaders Programme at UCL.

Read the full report here.

We are delighted to present you with an update from the Francis Crick Institute, including a summary of the advances made in the Cell Cycle
Laboratory, and how its new PhD students are settling into their projects.

Read the full report here: Impact Report – November 2022.

We are delighted to present this report on the Dawnosaurs programme to Lady Wolfson and to the representatives and Trustees of the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation. This report will outline the impact of the Foundation’s final instalment of £30,000 made in 2021, fulfilling the total donation of £90,000 towards supporting this programme pledged in 2017. Read the full report here.

We would like to extend to you our sincerest thanks for your generosity and joining with us to support our life changing research. You will find in this report an update on Dr Dimitrios Charalampopoulos, Lecturer in Wellbeing and Public Health Technologies, a post made possible thanks to your incredible gift.

Read the full report here.

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is an alliance of more than 60 non-governmental organisations whose mission is to reduce the harm caused to health by alcohol. Our members include medical royal colleges, charities, treatment providers and alcohol health campaigners. We work together to:

– Highlight the rising levels of alcohol-related health harm;
– Propose evidence-based solutions to reduce this harm; and
– Influence decision makers to take positive action to address the harm caused by alcohol.

Our work to tackle alcohol harm could not be possible without generous grants and contributions, in particular from the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Institute of Alcohol Studies and the Royal College of Physicians. We would also like to specifically thank the members of our Steering Group and the Communications and Advocacy Group, who give their time to provide strategic oversight and direction, as well as their expert knowledge.

Read the full review here.

We are delighted that The Woosnam Foundation and The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation have very generously chosen to support the Stroke Unit at UCLH over the next three years with a joint annual donation of £100,000 to The Michael Feldman and The Lady Estelle Wolfson Bursary Fund.

The Woosnam Foundation, via Mr Michael Feldman, has provided generous support to the Stroke Unit since 2019 and we are incredibly grateful that this support will be continuing for a further three years alongside The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation.

Read the full report here.

We are delighted that The Woosnam Foundation and The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation have very generously chosen to support the Stroke Unit at UCLH over the next three years with a joint annual donation of £100,000 to The Michael Feldman and The Lady Estelle Wolfson Bursary Fund. The Woosnam Foundation, via Mr Michael Feldman, has provided generous support to the Stroke Unit since 2019 and we are incredibly grateful that this support will be continuing for a further three years alongside the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation.

Read more here: Stroke Unit UCL Hospitals

Women are predicted to become the majority in the medical profession in the next few years. However, at present, they remain under-represented in senior leadership positions. The Estelle Wolfson Emerging Women Leaders Programme is designed to address this under-representation by helping participants to develop the essential knowledge, skills and behaviours for future senior leadership positions within the medical profession. 

Read the full report here: The Estelle Wolfson Emerging Women Leaders Programme at UCL – 2021 Report

Five years on from opening its doors, the Francis Crick Institute has established itself as one of the leading biomedical research institutes in the world. Since 2017, its scientists have been shaping our fundamental understanding of human health and disease.

Read the full report here.

Royal College of Surgeons
The Bulletin
Women in Surgery
Celebrating 30 Years
September 2021

Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellowship

We will be announcing application details for the 2022 Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellowship at this year’s Women in Surgery conference on Friday 10 September. The programme aims to encourage women to become familiar with, and subsequently apply for, various leadership roles within the surgical and healthcare profession including The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

We will be targeting ST7/ST8 trainees, newly appointed consultants and SAS doctors who are fellows or members of the College.  We hope to be able to identify those for whom our support would really make an impact to their career development and give them opportunities and exposure they may not otherwise be able to access.

The fellowship has recently been redeveloped based upon evaluations from previous delegates and now provides a programme of learning and support, along with access to a network of mentors from inside and outside the surgical profession including previous participants.

Read Dr Padmasayee Papineni’s full letter of thanks here

The Emerging Women Leaders Programme is a development programme designed specifically to address the under-representation of women in leadership roles within the RCP and the wider medical profession.

The programme aims to develop the essential leadership knowledge, skills and behaviours to support participants in growing capability, capacity and credibility in order to be successful in future senior leadership positions within the NHS.

The programme achieves these aims through interactive workshops, access to mentoring from senior medical leaders, access to support from programme alumni, peer group support and through opportunities for professional networking.

Read the full report here.

As we adjust to the new normal in which we are living, we also long for the return of life prepandemic. But despite the dramatic and unsolicited upheaval, for research and innovation, there are lessons we can take away to bring positive, lasting change in what we do.

The COVID-19 crisis has shown that we can, and do, work better together. The coronavirus has broken borders but so has science. As a united front, the world has achieved more than we could have ever dreamed was achievable. And we are immensely proud of the part that our Institute and its pioneering people have been playing in this global effort – not just in response to COVID-19, but to help achieve a world with better health and care for all through evidence-based innovation.

Read the full report here.

Since opening its doors in November 2016, the Crick is establishing its reputation as one of the leading biomedical discovery research institutes in the world. So far, Crick scientists have produced more than 2,500 research publications, which are advancing our fundamental understanding of human health and disease. 

We are delighted to have your ongoing commitment to support Sir Paul Nurse and his team’s work to understand the intricate processes controlling the cell cycle. Here, we are pleased to present you with an update from Paul and his team in the Cell Cycle Laboratory, as well as a round-up of some of the pioneering advances that the Crick’s researchers have made over the past year. 

Read the full update here: Impact report prepared for Lady Wolfson – November 2020