Founded in 1994, the Arthroplasty for Arthritis Charity was established to provide funds for research into hip replacement. While our primary emphasis is still the hip joint, we have expanded our agenda to include other joint replacements and trauma. Our work is of vital importance. It has the potential to improve lives and bring fresh hope to many thousands of patients. We need to raise £1 million over the next 5 years, to maintain our current research programme and initiate new projects.