Action Medical Research

• Action Medical Research is a leading U.K. charity dedicated to funding vital research to help sick and disabled babies and children.
• They have been funding medical breakthroughs since 1952, and almost everyone has been touched in some way by the charity's groundbreaking work like the first U.K. polio vaccines, ultrasound in pregnancy and the rubella vaccine.
• The research they've funded has helped save thousands of children’s lives and changed many more. The charity does this by funding medical research, developing treatments, vaccinations and cures, and have spent over £117 million, funding incredible breakthroughs in medicine.

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Learn more about Action Medical Research

With your support, Action Medical Research can offer hope to the many thousands of families across the U.K. who are dealing with the trauma of a baby born too early, striving to support a child affected by disability, or facing the challenge of caring for a child with a devastating disease for which there is no cure.

However, there is still much more that needs to be achieved to fund more life-saving and life-changing research for the U.K.’s sickest babies and children. The charity currently plans on funding research projects into children’s cancer, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and much more. With the support of your free charity donations when shopping through Savoo, you can help to make this a reality.

How they support: Funding research

Action Medical Research, along with partners Cure Kids and Sands, funded a 3-year study looking into sleeping position and its relationship to the risk of stillbirth and what advice can be given to reduce the likelihood of stillbirth called the Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS). The team worked with 291 women who had experienced stillbirth and 733 women who had a live birth. The study confirmed that pregnant women who sleep on their back are more likely to have a stillbirth.

After publishing their findings, the 'Sleep on Side' campaign gained wide media coverage, helping to reduce stillbirths by 3.7% - saving around 130 babies every year.

Ways you can help: Make a one-time donation

Donating is an easy and foolproof way to make sure that you’re making an impact on the charity. If you were to donate:

• £10: this would go towards helping prematurely born babies
• £20: this would help children who suffer from rare diseases such as BPAN
• £30: this would help children who suffer from cerebral palsy
  
  

Other ways you can help: Play the Fight Back Friday Lottery

Action Medical Research holds a lottery every Friday to help raise money to fund groundbreaking research across the U.K. to help find answers that’ll lead to cures, treatments and medical breakthroughs. By paying £1 a week, not only will you be aiding the charity in their cause, but you’ll also be in for a chance to win £500. However, if you’re one of the 30 runner ups, you’ll win £5. Regardless, it’s a win-win situation.