In a letter dated 20/12/2018 the Head of Research at this charity stated: ‘…to the very best of my knowledge, we do not currently fund any research using human embryos nor do we directly support other organisations that do.’ Member of the AMRC.
‘We’re the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity. We support people living with HIV and amplify their voices, and help the people using our services to achieve good sexual health.’ https://www.tht.org.uk/our-work/our-campaigns/relationships-and-sex-education-rse ‘We also distribute free condo...
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In a letter dated 21/12/2018, the Chief Scientific Officer of this charity stated: ‘I can confirm that we do not support any such research within our current portfolio …I find it difficult to identify any aspect of the work that we support where human embryo experimentation would add benefits over a...
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Funds research into five gynaecological cancers. In a letter dated 5/12/2018, this charity stated: ‘We do not fund any research using human embryos and neither do our research teams.’ However, this charity endorses compulsory sex education in schools to raise awareness of gynaecological cancers. At...
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In a letter dated 26/11/2018 stated: ‘You can be assured that there are no plans to pursue research with human embryos, and that we in no way support other organisations that research with human embryo experimentation.’ Member of the AMRC.
‘The Salvation Army believes that life is a gift from God and we are answerable to God for the taking of life, whatever the circumstance. Therefore on only certain limited grounds may a termination of pregnancy be morally acceptable. These may include: ‘ Where the life of the mother would be in jeo...
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Tommy’s This organisation funds research into pregnancy loss from miscarriage, still birth and premature birth. This is their approach to parents who are told that their unborn baby has an anomaly: ‘The decision to end a pregnancy is a highly personal one. Whatever you choose for the health of you...
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– Changing the world for street children This charity works with street children in countries around the world and state on its website: ‘We draw our motivation, our inspiration, from Jesus as recorded in the Bible. In a letter dated 18/12/2018, this charity stated: ‘ …Toybox believes that women a...
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Included in Unicef’s three policy actions for Africa is: ‘Secure and ensure the right to protection from violence, exploitation, child marriage and abuse; and remove barriers preventing women and girls from participating fully in community, workplace, and political life with enhanced access to repr...
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This charity helps children living with serious long term health conditions to be cared for at home instead on hospital. A letter dated 20/12/2018 stated: ‘We do not fund research that uses human embryos’.
In a letter dated 27/11/2018 stated: ‘Our focus is on studies that are directly relevant to cancer prevention in humans. The creation of human-animal embryos is a long way from the type of research that World Cancer Research Fund UK would consider supporting.’ Member of the AMRC.
In a letter dated 7/12/2018 Action Aid stated: ‘we feel that as a responsible development agency working in the poorer countries of the world, birth control is one of the areas which should be addressed in our projects.’ ‘ActionAid believes that every woman has a right to make safe, informed reprod...
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In a letter dated 31/8/2018 the Chief Executive of Action on Addiction stated: ‘Action on Addiction is not involved in (and to my knowledge never has been involved) human embryo experimentation.
In a letter dated 30/8/2018 stated that it does fund ‘a small amount of research using cells from human embryos’. ‘We take very seriously the ethical issues involved and believe it is important that there is continuing open and informed public debate about this area of research. Member of the AMRC....
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A policy statement on this organisation’s website included the following: ‘Scientists believe that future medical progress will be achieved by undertaking research in all types of human stem cells, including very early embryos. Research involving embryonic stem cells is subject to stringent regulat...
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In a letter dated 7/9/2018 this charity stated that ‘it is not for us to take a view on an issue of conscience like assisted dying and therefore do not carry out or support any work related to this topic’.
This charity does not fund biomedical research. https://alcoholchange.org.uk/research-hub/alcohol-research-grants/what-we-fund
Alzheimer’s Research UK In a letter dated 22/11/2018 stated that it funds projects which ‘focus on using stem cells made from adult skin cells.’ However, they also fund some researchers who ‘may still study stem cells derived from human embryos.’
This organisation states: “We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.” Now aligned with the pro-abortion lobby, Amnesty International states: ‘Access to free, safe and legal abortions is a human right’. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/write-for-rights/action...
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In a statement on their website this organisation states: ‘The use of human embryonic stem cells remains an ethically contentious issue due to the potential destruction of the embryo to retrieve the inner cell mass. In recent years there have been great advances in reverting adult specialised cell...
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