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Two researchers in white coats and purple gloves working together in a laboratory setting with equipment and monitors.
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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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Applications open for 2025 Amber Young Burns Research Fellowship

A generous grant scheme for early career researchers to kickstart projects in paediatric burns is open for applications.

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Doug runs along a street with other runners. He wears a red running vest and cap, and he waves at the camera.

Go, Doug, go! First ever Scar Free representative to run London Marathon 2025 

Doug Meikle will run in support of his best friend, Ed, who has Dercum’s Disease.

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A researcher inspects specimens in vials, wearing blue gloves, goggles, a white lab coat, and a blue hair net. Credit: Fernando Zhiminaicela

How your donations shape our year of research

Making 2025 an impactful year. Image credit: www.StemCellMexico.com

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HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh with Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Denis Mukwege, and Chief Investigator at The Scar Free Foundation Programme of Reconstructive Research, Professor Iain Whitaker, inside Swansea University's Simulation and Immersive Learning Centre.

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh sparks new project on conflict-related sexual violence

The Duchess, our Royal Patron, visited Swansea University to discuss SPARC, a new initiative to help survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in DRC.

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Celebrating 25 years of The Scar Free Foundation

It's our birthday! And we'll share a special message if we want to...

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