# Sanofi offers £50k in grants to patient groups

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/03/07/sanofi-offers-50k-grants-patient-groups/
- Published: 2012-03-07T12:10:52+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Healthcare company Sanofi is offering three grants totalling £50,000 to support 
patient groups in the UK. The three grants of £25,000, £15,000 or £10,000 will be
awarded to patient groups that can demonstrate that their programmes can deliver
improvements in patient empowerment and information.

The 2012 Patient Group Bursary is open to patient groups in the broadest sense, 
whether they are local groups, charities, social enterprises or professional associations.
It is open to organisations based in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

The grants are being offered because Sanofi believes that, given the major structural
change planned for the NHS in England, “patient groups will have a more important
role than ever before in championing the needs of individual patients and driving
up the quality of their care.”

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Last year, the first year of the bursary, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and The Multiple
Sclerosis Trust were each awarded £25,000 to support programmes throughout the year.

A panel of expert judges will meet in May to assess the applications. Chaired by
Sanofi UK MD Steve Oldfield the judges include Baroness Pitkeathley OBE, Labour 
Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords; Baroness Neuberger DBE, Senior Rabbi of West
London Synagogue, Broadcaster and Author; and Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE, Conservative
Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords and Former Shadow spokesperson for Health.

Applications are open now, and will close on Friday 27 April 2012.

www.sanofi.co.uk

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