£43.6 million to support research and healthcare in East London in 2022-2023
Last year we awarded our highest ever amount of funding in a single year to support research and healthcare for the community of East London.
News & stories
Announcing the first Everyday Impact awards
Hospital staff, dementia, cancer, gynaecological patients and more set to benefit from our new Everyday Impact funding scheme.
The first patient has been enrolled in the Adaptive ChemoTherapy for Ovarian cancer trial
In 2021, Barts Charity awarded Dr Michelle Lockley of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, nearly £500,000 to investigate a new personalised treatment approach for ovarian cancer.
We’ve refreshed our look
2023 is a big year for Barts Charity - it's the 900th anniversary of St Bartholomew's Hospital, and we're focusing our work on enabling life-changing improvements to health for the people of East London. To help with this, we've updated our brand.
Ethnicity and deprivation associated with dementia risk
New research finds that people from ethnic minority groups and socioeconomically deprived areas face higher risks of developing dementia. Funded by Barts Charity, the research is focused on better representing a diverse UK population.
Grantee Dennis supports Ukraine
Queen Mary University of London Child Psychiatrist Professor Dennis Ougrin put his life on hold to aid the citizens of his home country of Ukraine.
Tackling the obesity epidemic with new research
With £2.6m of charity funding, researchers at Queen Mary University of London aim to better understand how metabolism affects obesity.
Vein to Vein project to improve blood transfusions across East London
Barts Charity has awarded £1.7 million to the haematology department at Barts Health in order to streamline blood transfusion processes across the Trust.
Improving asthma management in schools
Barts Charity-funded study finds that in-school workshops could help children with asthma.
World Parkinson’s Day
Today is World Parkinson’s Day, on which people around the world come together to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.