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When it comes to children's health, Sparks is a rarity. They fund medical research across the whole spectrum of paediatric illnesses and conditions, to help make a positive, practical impact on the lives of babies and children.
In the UK, nearly 1 in 30 are born with a health condition that can affect them for life. This can be devastating for the babies and their families. Sparks aims to reduce this statistic to ensure that all babies are born healthy and stay healthy.
Sparks is a national, registered charity funding vital medical research that will:
Their vision is for a world where all babies are given the best possible start in life and where a medical condition or disability at birth is not a barrier to opportunity and fulfilment. They aim to achieve this by funding high quality medical research that is intended to have a practical and positive effect on the lives of children.
What Sparks Does
As a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities, Sparks makes project grants to doctors and scientists throughout the UK. We fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric illnesses and conditions. Current projects include research into: asthma, spina bifida, leukaemia, meningitis, childhood arthritis, club foot, pre-eclampsia, cerebral palsy, brain injury and childhood cancers such as neuroblastoma. The majority our research is translational where the outcomes of the research can be applied from the laboratory direct to the bedside.
Sparks Successes
Our research has enabled us to save lives and improve the quality of life for countless children. For example, one project has resulted in a major breakthrough in reducing brain injury in babies who have suffered a lack of oxygen at birth. The impact of our research is felt here in the UK and globally.
Sparks Fundraising
Founded and supported by top personalities in sports and entertainment, Sparks fundraising activities range from neighbourhood coffee mornings, school fun runs and local 5-a-side soccer tournaments to star-studded gala balls, golf days, clay shooting, polo tournaments and fashion shows.
Remarkable Sparks supporters have even been known to cycle from London to Barcelona and row across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Dedicated individuals, corporate partners and celebrities are united by a single common goal: raising the money that brings health, hope and happiness to the lives of babies and children and those who love them.
But no matter how remarkable the efforts made on their behalf, Sparks are acutely aware that they will always run out of money before they run out of deserving medical research projects seeking our help. That's a gap we're determined to bridge, but only YOU can make it possible. The importance of their work is underscored by the crucial fact that a significant percentage of pioneering paediatric medical research in the UK has to be funded by charities like Sparks.
It's this knowledge that motivates the small dedicated team at Sparks to help all babies to be born healthy and stay healthy.
For more information on Sparks, Deutsche Bank's charity of the year, visit their website or contact Julian Hare on email or by phone (020 7799 2111).
Sparks is a national, registered charity funding vital medical research that will:
- Increase the life expectancy of new born babies
- Reduce the health risks for babies born prematurely
- Develop more effective treatments for conditions affecting babies and children
Their vision is for a world where all babies are given the best possible start in life and where a medical condition or disability at birth is not a barrier to opportunity and fulfilment. They aim to achieve this by funding high quality medical research that is intended to have a practical and positive effect on the lives of children.
What Sparks Does
As a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities, Sparks makes project grants to doctors and scientists throughout the UK. We fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric illnesses and conditions. Current projects include research into: asthma, spina bifida, leukaemia, meningitis, childhood arthritis, club foot, pre-eclampsia, cerebral palsy, brain injury and childhood cancers such as neuroblastoma. The majority our research is translational where the outcomes of the research can be applied from the laboratory direct to the bedside.
Sparks Successes
Our research has enabled us to save lives and improve the quality of life for countless children. For example, one project has resulted in a major breakthrough in reducing brain injury in babies who have suffered a lack of oxygen at birth. The impact of our research is felt here in the UK and globally.
Sparks Fundraising
Founded and supported by top personalities in sports and entertainment, Sparks fundraising activities range from neighbourhood coffee mornings, school fun runs and local 5-a-side soccer tournaments to star-studded gala balls, golf days, clay shooting, polo tournaments and fashion shows.
Remarkable Sparks supporters have even been known to cycle from London to Barcelona and row across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Dedicated individuals, corporate partners and celebrities are united by a single common goal: raising the money that brings health, hope and happiness to the lives of babies and children and those who love them.
But no matter how remarkable the efforts made on their behalf, Sparks are acutely aware that they will always run out of money before they run out of deserving medical research projects seeking our help. That's a gap we're determined to bridge, but only YOU can make it possible. The importance of their work is underscored by the crucial fact that a significant percentage of pioneering paediatric medical research in the UK has to be funded by charities like Sparks.
It's this knowledge that motivates the small dedicated team at Sparks to help all babies to be born healthy and stay healthy.
For more information on Sparks, Deutsche Bank's charity of the year, visit their website or contact Julian Hare on email or by phone (020 7799 2111).
