The Anders Foundation is a modest grant-making charity founded by members of Anders Nielson’s family after Anders lost his battle against cancer in 2010. Anders was an English National Badminton Men’s Singles Champion and Olympian.

The Foundation will award grants throughout the UK to able-bodied and disabled individuals, and clubs and institutions on a case-by-case basis assessed by the trustees and in conjunction with selected experts from within the designated sport or activity. Badminton tends to feature prominently, given Anders’ background, but all worthwhile causes, such as - for example - Riding for the Disabled, will be considered for grant support. The Foundation also states that it will fund hospices, probably where its funding relates to sporting achievement.

In particular, the Foundation seeks to support young people of all abilities, both disabled and able-bodied, to achieve their sporting goals.

The objects of the Foundation are:

o To promote the relief of suffering in such ways as the trustees see fit, including by providing funds and/or resources to hospices and other organisations, and
o To further such other exclusively charitable purposes as the trustees from time to time determine.

As the Foundation’s annual turnover is limited, any awards are likely to be small. Without giving any values, its websites lists a number of good causes it has contributed to over the last year, including:

o Donations to Cotswolds and Bedford disabled riding schools.
o Donation to St Raphael’s Hospice, Cheam, London.
o Support for disabled badminton (primarily at Wimbledon), and
o Support for Mari Durward-Akhurst (Para Dressage Rider).

Further information about the Foundation’s work can be found on its website 

Eligible organisations are invited to make contact with the Foundation using the ‘Contact Form’ on its website in the first instance.