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Nottingham medical student awarded 2025 Scar Free Foundation Elective Award

Arooj Qaiser has won one of two 2025 Scar Free Elective Awards for innovative burn treatment research

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Ambassador Dan Jackson stands in sunlight in front of a wood panelled wall. Dan wears a black t-shirt and a black eye patch.

Scars, strength, and secret agents: Dan Jackson to star in Prime Video series 007: Road to a Million

Tune in to see a remarkable father-son duo compete for £1 million

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Scar Free Ambassador Lucy in front of a rainbow parachute.

Lucy Wilson takes the leap as our first-ever skydiver for Scar Free research

Scar Free Ambassador Lucy will be skydiving for Scar Free research on Saturday 30 August

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The Scar Free Foundation heads to Madrid for NATO’s Medical Reserve Conference

From battlefield to recovery: rethinking military medicine and wound healing in the 2020s

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Sue, right, sits on a blue velvet sofa in front of a floral wallpapered wall. She wears a black jumper, a gold necklace and faces the camera. Charlotte, left, stands in Hyde Park near the 7/7 memorial. She wears a dusky green blazer and pink shirt and faces the camera.

7/7 20 years on: Sue and Charlotte speak to the BBC

A Scar Free Ambassador who survived 7/7 and our Deputy Chief Executive speak to the BBC about how Ambassadors influence our research.

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Ambassador and Trustee Hemani wears a blue dress and smiles at the camera. In the centre is Ambassador Dan, who sits and smiles as he reads a children's book. Their images are overlaid on an image of Lawrence, a Swansea University Scar Free researcher, who works at a microscope in a lab.

New Scar Free Lottery will support trailblazing research

You could win up to £25,000 if you have a flutter on the Foundation to support cutting-edge research.

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