To support the Academy send us a completed donation form, donate online using the Charities Aid Foundation website or donate through the Charities Aid Foundation portal below.
Join our Helix Group today: people donating £250 or more each year, or just £21 a month, towards our work advancing science and health for all.
The Helix Group honours donors who give to our core funding, enabling us to use donations in the areas of greatest need. Your support enables us to help researchers at every stage of their career, through mentoring, grants and programmes. It allows us to shape and influence policy at the highest level, and ultimately improve health for patients and society.
By becoming a Helix Group member, you will be publicly recognised on a commemorative board in our Fellows room at 41 Portland Place, on our website and in our annual report. You will receive an annual update on Academy programmes, and an invitation to an exclusive annual Helix Reception hosted by our President, Professor Dame Anne Johnson DBE PMedSci.
If you have any questions or would like to enquire about joining, please contact Kitty, our Fundraising Officer, at katherine.postlethwaite@acmedsci.ac.uk
As an individual you can also support the Academy in a range of other ways:
The Academy is extremely grateful to a number of individuals who have supported our work through major philanthropic gifts, and we welcome enquiries about this area.
We have previously facilitated major charitable donations towards our work on policy meetings, grant schemes, career development work, travel funds, pilot projects, and more. You can read more about some of the existing major philanthropic gifts towards our policy, grants and careers work on the How we are funded page.
If you are considering becoming a significant supporter of the Academy's work, through new work areas, securing funding for key programmes, contibuting to funding consortia or more, please do reach out to us and we would be delighted to discuss options with you.
There are a range of ways that organisations can support the work of the Academy.
Join our cross-sector FORUM programme
We bring together industry, academia and the NHS through our FORUM: an independent platform to meet and take forward discussions on healthcare opportunities and choices. Current members include universities, small pharmaceutical firms, major international drug manufacturers, funders, charities and more - see the full list here - and we offer members a rolling programme of meetings, networking and lectures. To discuss joining please contact Dr James Squires at james.squires@acmedsci.ac.uk
Join our grant consortia
Our grants target researchers at critical career stages and are mainly operated via consortia models, enabling us to reach across disciplines and support fantastic health scientists in any field. We are expert at helping diverse organisations come together to support early career healthcare researchers. Explore our existing grant scheme funders and to discuss joining our grant consortia, please contact Head of Grants Dr Clare McVicker on clare.mcvicker@acmedsci.ac.uk
Our fundraising team are passionate about raising philanthropic income to enable the Academy to achieve its work. If you have any questions about supporting the Academy or would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We would love to hear from you.
Sarah Porter, Head of Fundraising - sarah.porter@acmedsci.ac.uk
Lindsey Kelly, Major Donor Senior Fundraising Manager – lindsey.kelly@acmedsci.ac.uk
Sayara Muthuveloe, Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraising Manager – sayara.muthuveloe@acmedsci.ac.uk
Kitty Postlethwaite, Fundraising Officer – katherine.postlethwaite@acmedsci.ac.uk
You can also email our general fundraising enquiry inbox fundraising@acmedsci.ac.uk and one of the team will be in touch.
Academy of Medical Sciences donation form