Support for the
Sue Buckley Research Fund continues to grow
Generous supporters from all over the UK and around the world are
backing the Sue Buckley Research Fund - a new fund set
up by the Trust to
revitalise and
accelerate scientific research and education to benefit people with Down syndrome everywhere.
A
successful launch
Sue Buckley, Director of Research and Science at
The Down Syndrome Educational Trust, launched the
Sue
Buckley Research Fund in December 2007 with a
worldwide appeal for support.
The Trust's wonderful supporters have helped the appeal for funding get
off to a great start by donating more than £1,000 per week since the launch
of the fund.
In the few months since the launch of the Fund, the Trust has received
growing support from individuals across the UK and in other countries around
the world, with many pledges of ongoing and significant support.
Fund backs new research projects
On the basis of the support the Sue Buckley Research Fund has received to
date, the Trust has already been able to start
3 new research projects
looking at the early development of children with Down syndrome.
About the Sue Buckley Research Fund
The Trust established the
Sue
Buckley Research Fund with
the aim of raising money to revitalise and accelerate scientific research
and education to benefit people with Down syndrome everywhere, at a time
when other sources of funding for this area of research are declining.
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