Here you will find the latest press releases from Action Medical Research.
7 February 2012
Paddington urges schools and nurseries to join in Bring your Bear event
Paddington Bear is encouraging primary schools, nurseries and children’s groups across the UK to register to take part in his annual Bring your Bear event this summer to raise vital funds for his favourite children’s charity, Action Medical Research.
2 February 2012
Best-selling authors join charity guests for Cocktails & Conversations lunch
Scottish crime writers Caro Ramsay and Alex Gray will be guests at the annual Edinburgh lunch in aid of children’s charity Action Medical Research, to be held at new venue the George Hotel, from 12 noon on Friday 23 March.
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s event, called Cocktails and Conversations, which will also celebrate the charity’s 60th anniversary. The charity funds vital work to benefit sick babies and children and is currently supporting research projects based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen.
31 January 2012
Riders sought to take on 24-hour track cycle challenge
Registration is now open for RIDE24, the UK’s only 24-hour cycling endurance track event, to be held at Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit on 23 and 24 June.
Organised by children’s charity Action Medical Research and operated under British Cycling technical regulations, the event is open to relay teams of four as well as solo riders.
26 January 2012
Surrey cyclist takes on 300-mile charity bike ride after 12-stone weight loss
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.
13 January 2012
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.
13 January 2012
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)
13 January 2012
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)
13 January 2012
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).
11 January 2012
Investing £1.3 million in research for sick children and babies
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 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.
9 January 2012
Action Medical Research presents 2012 challenge rides at London Bike Show
An exciting new programme of challenge rides will be showcased by Action Medical Research at this week’s London Bike Show (12-15 January) at ExCel. The children’s charity is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2012 and recently formed a new partnership with leading bike brand Trek to support its popular RIDE100 and DIVA100 events. The 2012 schedule features 25 rides, including three new ones exclusively for women.
5 January 2012
Charity celebrates 60 years of investing in top medical research to help prevent the suffering of sick babies and children
Children’s charity Action Medical Research is celebrating investing more than £100 million into vital medical research over the past 60 years, which has led to some key scientific breakthroughs to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
5 January 2012
Top medical research investment over 60 years in North of England made possible by children's charity
Children’s charity Action Medical Research is celebrating investing more than £100 million into vital medical research over the past 60 years, which has led to some key scientific breakthroughs to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
Research funded over the years has included pioneering work carried out across the North of England including Newcastle, Manchester and Liverpool. Important research into devastating conditions is still being funded in the region today – see below for a full list of current projects.
5 January 2012
60th anniversary of children's charity's top medical research investment across the West Midlands
Children’s charity Action Medical Research is celebrating investing more than £100 million into vital medical research over the past 60 years, which has led to some key scientific breakthroughs to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
Research funded over the years has included pioneering work carried out across the West Midlands including Birmingham. Important research into devastating conditions is still being funded in the region today – see below for a full list of current projects.
5 January 2012
60 years of top medical research investment across the East Midlands to help prevent suffering of sick babies and children
Children’s charity Action Medical Research is celebrating investing more than £100 million into vital medical research over the past 60 years, which has led to some key scientific breakthroughs to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
Research funded over the years has included pioneering work carried out across the East Midlands including Nottingham and Leicester. Important research into devastating conditions is still being funded in the region today – see below for a full list of current projects.
5 January 2012
Action Medical Research celebrates 60 years of top medical research investment in London
Children’s charity Action Medical Research is celebrating investing more than £100 million into vital medical research over the past 60 years, which has led to some key scientific breakthroughs to help reduce the suffering of sick babies and children.
Research funded over the years has included pioneering work carried out across a variety of universities and institutions in London. Important research into devastating conditions is still being funded in the region today – see below for a full list of current projects.
