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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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Funding

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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£500 raised by Victory Belles Women’s Institute

How one WI is transforming homemade crafts into cutting-edge research...

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Events
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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