We offer a variety of memory making gifts including hand casting, photoshoots, day trips, personalised prints and Be Brave Bears
What do we do?
The Charlie Gard Foundation has two main branches: research and family support. We have contacts in several of the world’s leading hospitals working with mitochondrial related studies, all experts in their field of medicine. We appreciate that collaboration with experts in mitochondrial diseases, and related fields, is a must for us to achieve our goal of finding new and viable treatments, whilst also pursuing that all elusive cure. Working with professionals within the UK, Europe and America is essential for us to succeed in our objects and make the lives of mito sufferers more promising and fulfilling.
We’ll be investing in innovative and pioneering research that looks to deliver the most promising results, and will commit to a continual investment of funds for viable projects for the foreseeable future.
Research will be the key to battling mito, but this will take time, and until such a time that a cure is found we will be there to support families and those affected by this devastating disease. Our support covers the ‘mito journey’ from beginning to end, from the moment you are touched by a mito diagnosis, to the final chapters of your story, we will be there to help make life comfortable, manageable and as fulfilling as possible.
How can we assist?
To make life more comfortable we can assist with:
Specialist Medical Equipment
Essential Household Items
Treatment Grants
To make life more manageable we can assist with:
Financial Advice
Benefits Advice
Medical Information
Home Adaptions
Bereavement Support
To make life as fulfilling as possible we can assist with:
Respite Holidays
Theme Park Tickets
Family Photoshoots
Wish Making
Garden Renovations
Fundraising Campaigns
Our primary goal for those living with mitochondrial disease is to ensure that adults and children can live the best life possible. Mitochondrial diseases are life limiting, and most of our children won’t get to see their fifth birthday, but we are here to ensure they get the services and equipment they need to reach their potential and make every precious moment count.
And no matter what the need is, we will do our best to deliver. Whether it’s a photoshoot in a hospital for an impromptu wedding because a child has deteriorated quickly, host fundraising campaigns for hydrotherapy pools or offer grants for an adapted disability vehicle – we will always endeavour to support those applications to ensure we deliver on our promise of creating a brighter mito future because mito matters.
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We offer garden makeovers to families who have inaccessible gardens and wish to have a safe and fun space to make family memories.
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We offer treatment grants to patients who can’t access medication through the NHS
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We are currently fundraising for a fully adapted campervan to allow our families to have short breaks with some of our most clinically vulnerable patients.
Fundraising Video
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