title: New patron shows her support for care charity.
abstract: The Duchess of Gloucester met staff and volunteers at the London headquarters of the Elizabeth Finn Trust recently for the first time since becoming its new patron. The trust offers financial support to more than 1,900 British and Irish people in need living at home, and provides long-term care to 500 older people in its care homes and alms houses. The trust's founder was a 19th century social campaigner in the mould of Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Fry. She established the trust which now bears her name in 1897 at the age of 72 as the Distressed Gentlefolk's Association. Pictured with the Duchess of Gloucester is the trust's director of homes, Sharon Blackburn.