# £3 million donation from Steve Morgan Foundation is JDRF’s biggest yet

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/18/3m_donation_steve_morgan_foundation_jdrf_biggest_yet/
- Published: 2018-09-18T08:33:25+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**JDRF has received its largest ever donation: a gift of £3 million from the Steve
Morgan Foundation.**

 

The donation follows the diagnosis of Steve Morgan’s stepson with the condition 
last year.

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The donation is double the previous largest ever received by [JDRF](https://jdrf.org.uk/)
in this country and will help fund a research programme that includes artificial
pancreas technology, ‘smart’ insulin and immunotherapy. It will also enable the 
charity to accelerate clinical trials, boost research in an attempt to cure type
1 diabetes, and enhance current technologies, making them available on the NHS.

 

Hugo was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year at the age of seven. Through the
Foundation, Steve and his wife Sally have committed to making a difference and funding
this research.

 

Steve Morgan CBE, Founder of [the Steve Morgan Foundation](https://stevemorganfoundation.org.uk/)
and Chairman of Redrow plc, said:

 

> “My wife Sally and I have experienced first-hand the tremendous impact that a 
> type 1 diabetes diagnosis can have on a family.
> “We are in a fortunate position to be able to make a difference, and we hope this
> donation will be a significant step towards funding research that we believe will
> be life changing for all the ‘Hugos’ of the world. We fully support JDRF’s ambition
> to improve the lives of people with type 1 diabetes and one day to eradicate the
> condition for good.”

 

Karen Addington, Chief Executive of JDRF in the UK, said:

 

> “This £3 million donation from the Steve Morgan Foundation is an incredible sum
> of money and a transformational contribution towards our work to eradicate type
> 1 diabetes. Everyone at JDRF is extremely grateful to the Morgans for their interest
> in, and support of our work and we look forward to a long, productive and collaborative
> relationship with the Foundation.”

 

Further information on the [types of funding](https://stevemorganfoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/)
the Foundation provides is available on its website.

 

 

 

Main image: JDRF’s Karen Addington with Sally and Steve Morgan.

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