Tomorrow is #RareDiseaseDay and we want to highlight the vital impact of our members in the rare disease community.
Our Charities in Action report shows how charities are improving diagnosis, transforming clinical trials, accelerating access to treatments and more.
🔗 bit.ly/4aISLWy
AMRC member @vivensa.bsky.social recently published an report on the gaps, challenges, and opportunities within the field of ageing-related research. Read our latest blog, by the charity's Senior Communications Manager, Rebecca Perl, to find out more. bit.ly/4aRzxOu
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It's the final countdown! AMRC member charities have 1 week left to submit data for our annual collection, help us showcase the impact of the sector.📈
🔗 www.amrc.org.uk/annual-data-...
AMRC pan flipping three pancakes with text: "£1.6 billion was invested by AMRC charities in UK medical research in 2024; Over 25,000 researcher salaries were funded by AMRC charities in 2024, including 9000+ early career researchers; 1,216 research posts in the NHS were funded by 79 AMRC charities in 2024, including doctors, nurses and midwives.
While stacking our pancakes this #PancakeDay, we’re celebrating how our members’ contributions stack up to make charities one of the largest funders of medical research in the UK. 🥞🔬
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📢AMRC job opportunity - Events Coordinator
We're looking for someone to join our team for 3-6 months to help us plan and deliver our busy 2026 events programme. Find out more and apply on our website.
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Consented cohorts such as @ukbiobank.bsky.social, Genomics England and Our FutureHealth will now be able to make use of health data from people who have agreed to their GP records being used in research.
Read our response ⬇️
Each year our charities provide us with their research expenditure and grants data.
It is vital to the work that we do. AMRC members - don’t forget to submit your charity’s data by 2 March.
Find out more ➡️ www.amrc.org.uk/annual-data-collection
🚨New vacancy 🚨
We're looking for a #data intern to join our team for six months. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with real-world data in a medical research and funding context.
Find out more and apply 🔗 www.amrc.org.uk/data-intern
This week’s AMRC Medical Research #CharityShowcase brought together 60 of our members, along with MPs and Peers from across political parties, and representatives from the life sciences sector to showcase charity research and discuss the vital role charities play.
You can read our news story here⬇️
“Charities remain at the forefront of the shift to prevention.”
@zubirahmed.bsky.social, Minister for Health Innovation and Safety, wraps up the #CharityShowcase speeches. Highlighting the impact and importance of the charity sector in achieving the government’s three shifts.
Host and Chair of AMRC @drlouisewood.bsky.social welcomes attendees at our #CharityShowcase 2026.
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We’re all set up and look forward welcoming AMRC members, MPs and Peers to our #CharityShowcase this afternoon in the Terrace Pavillion.
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HDRS Workshop. In-person event for AMRC members 3 February 2026. To better understand what charities and charity-funded researchers need from the Health Data Research Service, and to help inform AMRC's work. www.amrc.org.uk/events
Have you signed up to our Health Data Research Service workshop? 📝
Taking place at the AMRC offices on 3 February, the event aims to better understand what charities and charity-funded researchers need from HDRS to help inform AMRC's work.
Find out more and register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4sTEte8
Did you know? Together, AMRC member charities contribute £1.6 billion to medical research in the UK.
Did you know that AMRC member charities contributed £1.6 billion to UK medical research in 2024?
You can view more statistics like this in our infographic: bit.ly/3MLf45B
Thanks to your annual data submissions we’re able to produce these infographics to highlight the value of the sector.
It's already looking like a busy year for AMRC. 🗓️
In our latest blog, we've highlighted some of our key priorities for 2026 and how we will continue to champion, support, and connect our members. ⬇️
bit.ly/4qVBi3Q
AMRC charities, it’s that time again: new year, new data collection! 📊
We’ve sent your Formal Rep an email asking for your research expenditure and grants data. 📩
Your charity must submit this data by 2 March. 🗓️
➡️ www.amrc.org.uk/annual-data-collection
📢 Our annual data collection has begun! 📢
We’re collecting grants, research expenditure and activities data from all our member charities to help us demonstrate the vital role of the sector and understand what you'd like us to focus on in the future.
➡️ bit.ly/4qnGCNx
Image of researchers pointing at a tablet. Accompanying text reads: “Make your impact visible. Find guidance and examples to help you share the impact of the research you fund.”
Looking to share the impact of the research you fund in the coming year? Check out our research impact resource hub for guidance. 👇
www.amrc.org.uk/research-impact
🎄The AMRC festive countdown finale!🎁
Week 4: Thank You
To all our members - your impact this year has been incredible. We hope you enjoy a well-earned rest over the holidays!
❄️You can learn more about each of our members on our website.
www.amrc.org.uk/meet-our-mem...
Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s AMRC AGM.
If you weren’t able to attend, take a look at our round-up of the event. 👇
bit.ly/48uyiVG
Image of Aisling Burnand with text: Aisling Burnand award 2025. Congratulations to this year’s winner Yorkshire Cancer Research. www.amrc.org.uk/aisling-burnand-award
Congratulations to the Aisling Burnand Award 2025 winner @yorkshirecancer.bsky.social!🎉
Read more about their winning entry in our news story. bit.ly/48uyiVG
We always love to see positive medical research news, but especially so when it involves AMRC members 📰
@braintumourrsch.bsky.social was in the news last week after announcing £2.8m of funding for research which "could change the outcome for patients with brain tumours."
Read more 👇
AMRC Supporter @researchconsulting.bsky.social has published a new quarterly roundup of their activities and insights from the last few months. Find out more and sign up to receive future updates 👇
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A person writing in a notebook at a table with a laptop and a coffee cup – with text: “Read blogs from AMRC member charities and supporters, sharing best practice, case studies, and insights from across the medical research sector.”
Did you know we publish blogs written by our member charities and supporter organisations?
These blogs share best practice and case studies, covering a range of topics: from drug repurposing to Priority Setting Partnerships.
See for yourself! ✏️ www.amrc.org.uk/blogs
@abpi.bsky.social has published new analysis of UK industry clinical trials. We welcome the increase in trials and the UK's global competitiveness ranking, but it's clear that more needs to be done to to increase the speed of recruitment, and the numbers and diversity of participants. bit.ly/48gnyKo
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Nicola Perrin, Chief Executive of the Association of Medical Research Charities, said: "Our member charities repeatedly tell us that the people they represent don’t have the luxury of time. Today’s announcement is an important step to ensure that patients can access innovations as quickly as possible. It will help cement the UK as one of the best places in the world to discover, test and roll-out new treatments. "We look forward to working with the Government and NICE to ensure that new ways to assess the value of medicines recognise the wide-ranging economic impacts of diseases on patients and their families, and the wider benefits they bring to society, the NHS and the economy."
“Today’s announcement is an important step to ensure that patients can access innovative treatments as quickly as possible."
Read our full response to the UK and US governments' announcement of a new deal on pharmaceuticals. 👇
bit.ly/4iEvQPW
The room before the meeting with a slide showing the UK3CR logo
A table feeding back ideas from a breakout discussion
People chatting during a break
Our roundtable Q&A panelists
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the inaugural UK3CR meeting yesterday - in particular to our excellent speakers! We found the discussions incredibly valuable and hope you did too.
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Two events this week saw important announcements for health and research; @ukri.org's Innovation for Growth Summit and the 2025 Budget.
Read the key takeaways in our news story 👇
bit.ly/3XhQ2NF
#Budget #UKRI #MedicalResearch
Pippa presenting
Glen presenting
Chris presenting
Dr Pippa Corrie introduced the meeting by exploring 'What's in it for you, what's in it for us?', before UK3CR Programme Manager, Glen Saffery, and AMRC Director of Research and Impact, Chris Macdonald, provided updates on progress so far and governance.
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Slide showing UK3CR logo
Attendees arriving at the event
We're welcoming attendees to our inaugural UK Collaborative for Cancer Clinical Research event this morning! The meeting will establish the terms of membership, and we'll discuss key questions on strategic opportunities and challenges for UK cancer clinical research.
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