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Leading children's authors and illustrators help to raise more than £9,000 in charity auction
Hope in Every Line raises over £9,000 for Action Medical Research, with leading children's authors and illustrators supporting life-changing medical research.
Could a new cell therapy help prevent premature birth?
A programme of research led by Professor Rachel Tribe and Dr Natalie Suff at St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College London has helped build understanding of why preterm birth occurs.
Research reveals new clues about how labour begins – and could help prevent babies being born too soon
Borne and Action Medical Research spotlight research led by Dr Victoria Male as we mark 10 years of jointly funding research into premature birth.
Cycling challenge for the construction industry raises £260,000 for Action
More than 70 riders joined Ziggurat, a tour of the Basque region of Spain to the bustling capital of Madrid, to fund research to help sick and disabled babies and children.
Action Medical Research welcomes new Chief Executive
Dr Douglas Graham joins Action Medical Research as Chief Executive, bringing more than 25 years’ experience in charity leadership, fundraising and biomedical research.
Leading children's authors and illustrators unite for exclusive auction
Hope in Every Line auction launches on 12 October in support of Action Medical Research – and Tom Fletcher, Julia Donaldson, Rob Biddulph, Michael Morpurgo and Nick Butterworth are among the contributors.
Fundraisers from UK professional services industry raise £160,000 on Möntare cycling challenge
Action's new three-day ride saw 51 participants cycle to Paris from 3 to 6 September, raising vital funds for children’s medical research.
Cycling heroes to unite for Champions of CycleSport Dinner 2026
The biggest names in cycling will be coming together this autumn to support children's charity Action Medical Research.
Epic four-day Rhine networking tour raises £350,000
Riders from across the insurance industry combined their passion for cycling with meaningful industry connections on our annual Raptör ride.
Celebrating 10 years of Ziggurat
Ziggurat is back! Join us in Spain this September as our networking cycling event for professionals in the construction and built environment sectors celebrates its 10th year.
Fundraisers from UK professional services industry to take on cycling challenge for children’s charity
Möntare 2026 will see riders cycle to Paris from 3 - 6 September, raising vital funds to support life-changing research.
Exeter family welcome research into extremely rare inflammatory brain disease
Lilly-May had brain surgery at the age of 4 to disconnect the two halves of her brain to stop the spread of inflammation and brain damage caused by rare disease Rasmussen’s encephalitis.
Raptör 2026 returns with epic Rhine tour for cyclists from the insurance industry
The four-day networking ride will traverse Germany and France’s most iconic cycling regions
Honouring long-standing supporter Val Remington-Hobbs
We prepares to celebrate 20 years of the Suffolk Sunrise bike and will be honouring long‑standing stalwart Val Remmington‑Hobbs, who sadly passed away at the end of 2025.
Dedicated Action fundraiser marks his 30th marathon in memory of daughter
Lee Collier has raised over £26,000 for Action Medical Research since he started supporting the charity nearly 20 years ago. This April he returns to the start line of the London Marathon.
Family welcome study that could predict long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of early-onset epilepsy in young children
Three-year-old Barnaby has up to 50 seizures a day and is awaiting a date for brain surgery.
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