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Closed 31/12/2023

Conor's Fund 20th Anniversary Fund Raiser to Fight Strep A

2020 saw the 20th anniversary of Conor's Fund as well as Conor's 21st birthday. To commemorate both, albeit three years late due to Covid, we are launching our 20th Anniverary Fund Raising Year to continue the fight against Strep A!

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Closed 31/12/2023

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Our aim is to raise awareness of invasive Strep A infections - their causes, symptoms and possible outcomes - whilst raising funds to support research into their prevention, diagnosis and cure. Conor's Fund provides financial support to the Gram Positive Pathogenesis Research Group at Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College, one of the few research groups in the UK working to combat Strep infections. If Conor's fund saves one life, it will have been worth it. Please help us to spread awareness & support Strep A research if you can.

Story

Conor was a healthy 11 month-old baby when he lost his life to a Strep A infection during Chicken Pox in 2000. It took just 48 hours to kill him.

Conor's Fund was created to try and prevent such tragedies by raising awareness of serious Strep A infections - their causes, symptoms and possible outcomes - whilst raising funds to support research into their prevention, diagnosis and cure.

That support is needed more than ever now, as most research teams had to pause their activities to work on the front line during the pandemic. Strep A hasn't gone away though, in fact cases are on the rise with a recent spike in child fatalities being reported over the winter. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63836093)

Please help us raise badly needed funds to support research into this potentially deadly disease. If together we can save one life, it will have been worth it.

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Donation summary

Total
£4,329.69
+ £433.75 Gift Aid
Online
£4,279.69
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£223.72
Fundraisers
£4,105.98

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