Towards the end of his life, in 1946, he established the E Hayes Dashwood Foundation to provide low-cost housing for infirm or disabled ex-servicemen and their widows. The foundation now owns approximately one hundred and fifty of the properties in the area, most of the remainder having been sold to leaseholders or to other housing associations.
Towards the end of his life, in 1946, he established the E Hayes Dashwood Foundation to provide low-cost housing for ailing or disabled former soldiers and their widows. The foundation now owns around one hundred and fifty properties in the area, most of the remaining having been sold to tenants or other housing organizations.