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Public benefits
The Dawson Trust promotes the advancement of education and the advancement of health. The primary direct benefit flowing from the purposes is the encouragement of excellence in mental health nursing achieved through the provision of an annual bursary to the mental health nursing student who, during the 3 years of the undergraduate degree course at
the University of Ulster’s Magee campus, demonstrated and achieved excellence in mental health nursing over the 3 years in both theoretical and practical components of care. The wider benefit to the public is the increased emphasis on excellence in mental health care. The benefits can be demonstrated through, for example, the University of Ulster having been identified in academic performance and practical performance of achieving excellence theory and practice in mental health. There are no harms arising from the purposes or any private benefits which would be more than incidental. The beneficiaries are the recipient students and, in turn, the wider public.
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Dr Dawson Memorial Trust provides an annual bursary of approx. £500 for the mental health nursing student who over the three years of their mental health nursing course at the University of Ulster have been identified in academic performance and practical performance of achieving excellence theory and practice in mental health. The award takes
place each year as part of the Annual Mental Health Conference at Magee Campus University of Ulster planned to highlight the themes of the United Nations World Mental Health Day of 10th October each year. The late Dr Dawson was an eminent physician and psychiatrist. He had an outstanding career in medicine and was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He was an excellent and gifted teacher who devoted a lot of histime to the education of nursing and medical staff. Following his death a trust was set up and the trustees made the first award for excellence in psychiatric care in 1992. The prize consists of a bursary and certificate with the winners name inscribed on the memorial plaque in the foyer of Gransha Hospital.
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- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Mental health
How the charity works
- Education/training
