Patient group funding
Deafness Research UK
Deafness Research UK is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to improving the quality of life for hearing impaired people through medical research and information. Deafness Research UK is active in undertaking medical research projects that aim to improve diagnostic techniques, technical devices and medical treatments available to hearing impaired people.
We have supported this group since 2006.
During 2010:
- We gave £2,000 to support a half day educational meeting "Recent Advances in Paediatric Audiology" on 15 March.
- We gave £15,000 to support a study investigating "The genetic causes of glue ear".
Our support represents 1.7% of their overall income.
During 2009:
- We gave an unrestricted core funding grant of £10,000 for the benefit of patients, as agreed in 2008.
- We gave a grant of £7,000 to support the inaugural Recent Advances in Paediatric Audiology (RAPA) meeting hosted by Deafness Research UK as part of National Knowledge Week for Hearing. This highly successful meeting brought together researchers, audiologists, speech and language therapists and doctors. Recent developments in their fields were shared and challenges discussed with the aim of finding ways to ensure that research is reflected in best practice and identifying future research needs to inform more effective services.
Our support represents 1.186% of their overall income.
During 2008:
- We gave an unrestricted core funding grant of £10,000 for the benefit of patients. We have also committed to provide a second core funding grant of £10,000 in 2009.
- We gave a grant of £17,800 to support the development and distribution of disease awareness materials for an Acute Otitis Media campaign.
We also provided non-financial support to the AOM campaign in respect of comment and input to the materials as requested by Deafness Research UK. - We gave a grant of £28,050 for an Analysis of General Practice Database (GPRD) study to investigate trends in demand and illness in children presenting with Acute Otitis Media.
Our support represents 3.72% of their overall funding,
During 2007:
- Our charitable donation of £9,718 funded the production of the charity's Annual Review.
Our funding represents 0.84% of their income overall.
In 2006:
- Our charitable donation of £9,795 funded the production of their 2005 Annual Review.
- We also gave a charitable donation of £126,248 to fund a three year project on precursor cells from bone marrow and human umbilical cord blood.
Our funding represents 5% of their income overall.
