Sparks The Children's Medical Research Charity
The Sparks Innovation Fund
The Sparks Innovation Fund has been set up to fund new, innovative research to prevent unnecessary deaths and improve quality of life for babies and children.
It ran from 10:00 AM, 6 December 2012 to 5:00 PM, 19 December 2012
Registered Charity in England and Wales (1003825)
Match funded Campaign target
£100,000
Amount raised
£206,750
Donations
35
Location
Campaign overview
Aims
Where's the money going?
Impact & reporting
Situation
Every day 1 in 30 babies are born in the UK with a condition which may affect them for life. Each year, less than £10 per child in the UK is spent on research into child health. Sparks funds pioneering children’s medical research to get this to change.
Solution
The Sparks Innovation Fund has been set up to fund new, innovative research to prevent unnecessary deaths and improve quality of life for babies and children. We do this by offering seed-funding to help the best and brightest researchers get their pioneering work off the ground.
There is no shortage of brilliant, life-saving ideas - just a shortage of money to bring them to fruition.
— John Shanley, Chief Executive, Sparks
Invest in the best science and brightest academics in paediatric medicine and truly make a difference.
— Professor Gudrun Moore, Chief Scientific Advisor, Sparks and Professor of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, UCL
Medical research isn't just one way to find cures and improve treatments, it's the only way.
— Jonathan Britton, Chairman, Sparks
Medical research isn't just one way to find cures and improve treatments, it's the only way.
— Jonathan Britton, Chairman, Sparks
There is no shortage of brilliant, life-saving ideas - just a shortage of money to bring them to fruition.
— John Shanley, Chief Executive, Sparks
Invest in the best science and brightest academics in paediatric medicine and truly make a difference.
— Professor Gudrun Moore, Chief Scientific Advisor, Sparks and Professor of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, UCL