Partnerships can vary, but CCLG can support charities to fund research by:
- Using our national and international networks to promote a call for funding applications
- Using our Special Interest Groups and other networks to identify important research to be funded
- Using our medical and scientific expertise to review applications for research funding, to ensure that money is spent where it is most needed and will have the most impact
- Managing funding agreements, including making grants, collecting reports from researchers during the grant and liaising with the funding charity
Other charities can benefit from our established expertise in funding world-class research. CCLG is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC). AMRC membership is the hallmark of quality research funding. To be accepted into membership, CCLG has demonstrated that we follow the AMRC's rigorous standards in peer review, enabling us to ensure the research we fund is of the highest quality.
If your charity is interested in working with us to meet your research aims, fund research or simply ask advice about research funding, we would be happy to help. Please contact our Chief Executive, Ashley Gamble.
This is a free service to support charities fund world-class research, and further CCLG's aim to support research into children's cancers.
The Little Princess Trust
We are delighted to be working with The Little Princess Trust to establish a funding programme to support research into childhood cancers.
The Little Princess Trust is a charity that provides real hair wigs to children and young people. Since their inception in 2006 the charity has now helped nearly 4,000 children and will continue to provide support for as long as the need is there. The Little Princess Trust has received a tremendous amount of support over the last 10 years which has enabled them to further develop their work and they are now investing in research into childhood cancers. Since the charity's main purpose is dealing with one of the side effects of cancer treatment, they have a particular interest in kinder, less aggressive treatments.
The research that the Trust aims to fund aligns perfectly with our published research strategy. CCLG will manage the Trust’s research funding programme, using our established expertise in supporting research. Together we aim to fund world-class research that will ultimately improve the outlook for children affected by cancer.
Wendy Tarplee-Morris, founder and Trustee of The Little Princess Trust said, “This is a very exciting time for our charity, and we are glad to be working with CCLG to ensure that the best projects are selected.”
Ashley Gamble, Executive Director of CCLG added, “Supporting research is a key aim for CCLG, and by working in partnership with other charities like The Little Princess Trust, we can increase the range of research we are able to support, helping to find better treatments for children with cancer.”
Candlelighters
Candlelighters supports children and families facing childhood cancer across Yorkshire through providing practical, financial and emotional support. It has been a major funder of research for over 40 years and investing further in research with a focus on supportive care is a key part of their strategy. The goal of supportive care is to improve the quality of life for cancer patients together with their families through the cancer journey beyond. It is Candlelighters mission to make the process of living with, through and beyond cancer therapies as effective and positive as possible for children and their families. We want to improve the quality of life of children as they undergo cancer treatment and in what we hope will be many of years of life after cancer.
Candlelighters has entered into a partnership with CCLG to support their funding of childhood cancer research. CCLG will manage Candlelighters' research funding, including assessing and peer reviewing applications for research funding and making recommendations to Candlelighters, managing Candlelighters' research grants to funded researchers, and providing advice and support about research funding.
Grace Kelly Ladybird Trust
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust was set up in memory of Grace Kelly who passed away from a malignant rhabdoid tumour at the age of 4. The Trust is working to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of childhood cancer, working with both clinicians and parents to aid earlier diagnosis. The Trust also works in partnership with CCLG to fund research in into rare solid tumours (particularly renal) of childhood including malignant rhabdoid tumours.
CCLG supported the Grace Kelly Ladybird Trust to fund high quality research into malignant rhabdoid tumours (MRT), by organising and managing a 'call for research applications' in early 2017. We used our established research funding infrastructure and scientific expertise to review applications and recommend which of the applications were funded. CCLG will also manage the awarding of grants, and collecting ongoing reports and data about the progress of the projects for the Trust.
By working together, we were actually able to fund more research than working alone, combining funds from the Grace Kelly Ladybird Trust with MRT research funds raised by the Hollie Taylor Fund, a Special Named Fund at CCLG, two projects were funded.
Bethany's Wish
Bethany's Wish was founded in memory of 8 year old Bethany Polanco who bravely battled Wilms tumour for 4 years. In 2016, Bethany's Wish approached CCLG to support them make a research grant to support a study looking at high-risk Wilms' tumours. Although the prognosis for many children with Wilms' tumours is very good, for those with high-risk refractory or relapsed disease, the outlook is less so. Bethany's Wish had been raising funds to support research into these tumours, and approached CCLG to help them award funding. We managed the research funding process for Bethany's Wish, including inviting applications, reviewing proposals, and managing the awarding of grants.
By working together, we are actually able to fund more research than working alone, combining funds from Bethany's Wish with Wilms' tumour research funds raised by Special Named Funds at CCLG to fund two projects. Later in 2016, Bethany's Wish announced they would close as an independent charity to become a Special Named Fund at CCLG.