ANNABELS
-FOUNDATION-
The main aim of Annabels Foundation is to reduce the suffering caused by chronic pain.
A secondary aim is to improve the treatment and care of those needing palliative or end of life care. This includes the better use of drugs including opioids.
Annabels Foundation is a grant-making charity set up in the UK in 2021.
Charity registration number 1193422.
What is Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain is pain that lasts more than three months, despite other forms of medication or treatment. It is estimated that 26% of UK adults are living with chronic pain.
Who are the trustees of Annabels Foundation?
The trustees are Annabel, Peter and Adrian Kanabus.
How much money does Annabels Foundation have?
It is unclear how much money the Foundation will have in a few years time, but currently it has about half a million pounds.
Where has this money come from?
The current money has mainly been inherited from Annabel’s father Sir Robert Sainsbury who had a large stake in the Sainsbury supermarket business. Further money is going to come from the sale of the farm where the Kanabus family used to live and which they still currently own.
Who is the foundation named after?
The foundation is named after Annabel Kanabus. Annabel suffered from extreme pain for many years after a successful operation to cure her cancer of the tongue. Although the pain is now well controlled, the family would like the unexpected receipt of such a large amount of money from the farm, to help prevent other people going through such a difficult time.
The charity AVERT
Before setting up Annabels Foundation Peter & Annabel set up and for many years worked as volunteers for an HIV/AIDS charity called AVERT. Particularly notable was the website avert.org which with its comprehensive information on HIV/AIDS it is estimated reached many millions of people in its 27 year life. The site has now been closed down but it will be good to have a record of what it did. In 2012 Annabel wrote a history of the charity AVERT, which can be read here: