This summer 31-year-old Helen Wiles will join a group of cyclists to take on a 300-mile, all-girl London to Paris bike ride in aid of children’s charity Action Medical Research. The four-day event would prove a big challenge for most women but for Helen it will be the latest achievement in a journey that has seen the human resources representative from Blackwater, near Camberley, lose more than half her body weight.
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Surrey cyclist takes on 300-mile charity bike ride after 12-stone weight loss
West Sussex-based charity investing £1.3 million in research for sick children and babies
West Sussex-based Action Medical Research – the leading UK-wide medical research charity dedicated to helping babies and children – has today announced grants worth more than £1.3 million for top researchers across the country.
The charity, in Horsham, has been supporting significant medical breakthroughs for nearly 60 years, and today announced its latest round of funding to top research institutes at universities and hospitals investigating conditions affecting babies and children.
Grants awarded to top Cambridge researchers to help sick babies and children
Leading research teams in Cambridge have been given over £300,000 in grants by children’s charity Action Medical Research, to carry out studies which aim to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
The charity has been supporting significant medical breakthroughs for nearly 60 years, and has today announced the grants awarded to institutions in Cambridge totalling £323,581 for work on epilepsy in babies and understanding contractions in premature birth. (see below for full grant details)
Leading Birmingham researchers awarded grant to help sick babies
Leading Birmingham researchers have been given more than £180,000 in a grant by children’s charity Action Medical Research, to carry out studies which aim to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
The charity has been supporting significant medical breakthroughs for nearly 60 years, and has today announced the grants awarded to institutions in Birmingham totalling £182,012 for work on vitamin D insufficiency in pregnancy and a possible link to the condition pre-eclampsia. (see below for full grant details)
Top Manchester researchers awarded grants to help sick babies and children
Two leading research teams in Manchester have been given almost £250,000 in grants by children’s charity Action Medical Research, to carry out studies which aim to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
The charity has been supporting significant medical breakthroughs for nearly 60 years, and has today announced the grants awarded to institutions in Manchester, totalling £246,497 for work on brittle cornea syndrome and Vitamin D deficiency in South Asian children in the UK. (For full grant details, see below).
