We find and fund the very best medical research to help save and change children’s lives.  Our research covers three vital areas of unmet medical need to help babies, children and young people.

Tackling premature birth and treating sick and vulnerable babies 

We aim to reduce the unacceptably high rate of premature birth, prevent pregnancy complications that threaten babies’ lives, and find the best ways to treat sick and vulnerable babies.

Helping children affected by disability, disabling conditions and infections

Many of our projects aim to support children facing a life-time of challenges caused by disabilities such as cerebral palsy; help children dealing with the impact of disabling conditions like juvenile arthritis, diabetes, epilepsy, stroke and multiple sclerosis; and prevent potentially deadly infections like meningitis and septicaemia and pneumonia.

Targeting rare diseases that severely affect many forgotten children 

Our vital work aims to develop cutting-edge therapies for rare and devastating diseases for which there are currently no cures including the severely disabling genetic condition Rett syndrome, rare forms of blindness and rare brain diseases, as well as brittle bone disease in children.