We have supported Professor Myra Conway’s research work on dementia since 2018. Now at the University of Derby, Myra and her team continue to make progress. We asked Dr Marcela Usmari Moraes, Senior Research Technician and key member of Myra’s team to up date us. Marcela had this to say. “Dementia and diabetes are two […]
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A key objective of the Foundation’s work is addressing poverty and homelessness . Local charities that focus on this huge challenge play a vital role in improving the lives of many. We identified Lifeshare in Manchester, the city’s oldest homeless charity, to support and work along side. We are delighted to have made two grants
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What has been happening at the Institute in the Park? We made our first grant in October 2016 and our latest in July 2022 to purchase an AriaMx Real-Time PCR System. The Institute became a Partner Charity in January 2021 and we are delighted to be supporting their work. We asked Dr Karen Rafferty, EATC4Children
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We have been supporters of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for many years. Our latest project with them has been to fund the “Imagine” therapy garden at Sunflower House which is part of Alder Hey’s new Mental Health hub. We asked Alan Newton-French from Alder Hey to give us an update and insight into what is
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We have supported Blooming Blossoms Trust since 2016. They are based in the South Tottenham area of London and are all about making the lives of challenged children richer. Our last grant in October 2022 was in support of their “Spare a Pair” programme which will provide warm winter coats, good quality shoes and socks
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Happy Days is a charity that works with local communities across the UK to help Children and their families with respite breaks. They come from many different backgrounds and cultures and suffer many different conditions including learning difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, emotional challenges and those with acute, chronic or life limiting illnesses. They also
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a Partner Charity and our relationship goes back to when we launched the Foundation in 2014. Together we have achieved much and are already at an advanced stage to support their new mental health hub which is scheduled to open in April/May this year. We are looking at making a
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We have supported Institute in the Park in Liverpool since 2015 and they are now a Partner Charity which will secure funding over the longer term. Ana Lucia Serafim de Carvalho Kok is an important member of Professor Christian Hedrich’s research team and this is her update on their current work. “The Child Health programme at
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The research work underway by Professor Myra Conway and her team at the University of West of England into Alzheimer’s disease is vital. The commitment and enthusiasm for this work is a joy to witness. Here Marcela Usmari Moraes, a key member of the research team, brings us up to date on their work. ‘The
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Liverpool University’s Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children (EATC4Children), is based at the Institute in the Park near Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. We were pleased to approve a grant to purchase an imaging system called ChemiDoc which will allow the team to acquire high resolution and high-quality images of both nucleic acids and protein gels/membranes
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