Action Medical Research

Action Medical Research
Founded1952
FounderDuncan Guthrie
Registration no.208701
FocusMedical Research into Children’s Diseases
Location
Key people
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank.
Websitewww.action.org.uk

Action Medical Research, previously The National Fund for Research into Crippling Diseases, is a British medical research charity, founded in 1952, that focusses on funding research to prevent and treat disease and disability in babies and children.[1][2]

Action Medical Research is a registered charity No. 208701.[1] It is the leading UK-wide charity dedicated to saving and changing children’s lives through medical research.

They want to make a difference:

  • tackling premature birth and treating sick and vulnerable babies
  • helping children affected by disability, disabling conditions and infections
  • targeting children’s rare diseases.

They do this by:

  • finding and funding cutting-edge medical research across the UK most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people
  • assessing the impact of the research we fund and sharing the results
  • raising funds to make this vital research possible.
  1. ^ a b GuideStar UK: Action Medical Research (accessed 28 September 2007)
  2. ^ Charity Commission: Action Medical Research (Charity 208701) Archived October 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 September 2007)

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