What is the Roald Dahl foundation?

Answer 1

The Roald Dahl Foundation is the former name of Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, which was founded in 1991.

Since then the Charity has given more than £7 million in funding to help children and young people with serious, rare blood or brain conditions and, until the end of 2008, literacy problems.

Mrs Felicity Dahl, Roald Dahl's widow, founded the charity shortly after Roald's death and during the past 20 years it has supported many thousands of children and young people in the UK living with serious haematological and neurological conditions.

It began in 1991 by creating the first ever Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Specialist post, at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Since then the Charity has created an additional 46 Roald Dahl Specialist Paediatric Nursing posts in hospitals and charities throughout the UK, caring for young patients with Acquired Brain Injury, Epilepsy or Blood Disorders.

There remains a significant shortage in the UK of specialist nursing and support for children living with these serious medical conditions, and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity continues to work to meet the growing need. As well as providing nurses, and working with partner organisations to provide services and support workers, the Charity also provides direct help to families facing financial hardship when caring for a seriously ill child.

The charity is led by a Board of Trustees including Mrs Dahl (Chair of the board until March 2011) and has a small staff team based in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK - where Roald Dahl wrote many of his best loved stories. The trustees and staff are assisted by an Advisory Board which includes leading doctors and nurses in the medical conditions prioritised by the Charity.

The Roald Dahl Foundation changed its name to Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity in 2010.

Answer 2

The Roald Dahl Foundation is a charitable organization established in memory of the acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl. It supports a range of initiatives focused on children's literacy, neurology, and hematological research. The foundation aims to continue Dahl's legacy by improving the lives of children around the world.