BBC Children in Need is an umbrella organisation, whose function is to give grants to a large number of smaller charities across the country. According to the BBC website, in 2018 Children in Need supported over 2,700 projects in communities across the UK. The list of projects is broken down by region.
Many local charities will not be involved in anti-life practices, but some may be doing so. https://www.spuc.org.uk/News/Articles/ID/384216

In a letter dated 25 January 2019 this charity stated: “We don’t fund any research that involves human embryo experimentation. All of the research we support and fund is based on the neonatal unit, and beyond, improving the lives of babies born premature or sick.” [#AMRC#]

This charity stated in a letter dated 22/11/2018 that it “has not funded research involving experiments on human embryos”. Bloodwise keeps its research “under regular review including developing new policies when a need arises”. The Head of Research Funding stated: “We work with several research funding organisations and to my knowledge, they do not fund this type of research”. [#AMRC#]

In a letter dated 28/11/2018 this charity stated: “We do not have a written policy regarding human embryo experimentation as we have never funded any research that involves human embryos and are very unlikely to, as research of this nature is tightly governed and not directly relevant to our field.” [#AMRC#]

In a letter dated 22/1/2019, this charity stated: “We do not participate in research using human embryos, nor do we support any organisations that conduct research in this area.
“The research that we fund is in the area of obstetrics, not fetal medicine. The research that is undertaken does not require any tissue samples from women who consent to participate in our studies before birth and, even after birth, only placenta and myometrial tissue samples are collected for analysis.” [#AMRC#]

In a letter dated 5/12/2018, this charity stated: “human embryos are not commonly used in research for the benefit of people with bowel cancer. Were we to receive requests for funding in this area, this would have to be considered carefully by our Trustees and Medical Advisors.” [#AMRC#]

Bowel Disease Research Foundation and Bowel and Cancer Research have merged to form Bowel Research UK.
In a letter dated 31/1/19, Bowel Disease Research Foundation stated: “with regards to our policy on human embryo experimentation, we do not have our own written policy on this but subscribe to that of the Association of Medical Research Charities, of which we are a member…I have to say, if the law was to change at some point in the future it is difficult to imagine that we would ever receive applications for something like this. Most of our grants focus on the practical aspects of care and treatment, generally in a surgical setting, and as such this is not a subject we have ever previously considered nor expect to consider.”
In an undated letter, Bowel and Cancer Research stated: “We have never had cause to fund any research that uses human embryos as the field is so tightly regulated and the type of research that we fund uses other techniques, primarily human tissue and adult cell lines. If any of the research we fund uses stem cells, they are derived from adult tissue and not from embryos…In terms of funding organisations that carry out such research, in all honesty it would be hard to say…” [#AMRC#].

In a letter dated 23/1/2019 this charity stated: “We do not have a published policy on the use of human embryos, because the type of research we are engaged in makes it unlikely that this will be an issue for us. No researcher has ever applied to us for funding for research involving human embryos. If we were approached, however, the policy would be to ask the researchers to consider adult stem cells and resubmit the application.
“…we have supported research using human stem cells … these were not taken from embryos, but from adult volunteers. They were donated adult – probably skin – cells that the researchers reprogrammed to function as neurons.”
“We endeavour to be ethical in all the research we support and open with all supporters and potential supporters. In setting standards, we seek to achieve at least those of the Association of Medical Research Charities of which we are members.” [#AMRC#]

In a letter dated 9/1/2019, this charity stated: “We don’t have a specific policy on human embryo experimentation. However, we have no record of ever having funded any research using human embryos, and we think that the likelihood of funding any such research in the future is slim.
“To date we have not received any applications for research involving human embryos; as and when we do, this will likely set a precedent for how we deal with such applications in the future.”
“It’s worth pointing out that, whilst some areas of neurological research do use stem cells, these stem cells are often now derived from skin cells rather than from embryos.” [#AMRC#]