Major Supporters

The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research is the first military and civilian wound research centre of its kind and specifically addresses the challenges in the acute care, long-term impact and psychological effects of gunshot, burn and blast injuries. Your gift to conflict wound research will improve the immediate and long-term recovery of veterans wounded in conflict and civilians injured in terrorist attacks. Your gift will have a profound impact on the veteran community. After risking so much for their country, they deserve a life that is not restricted by their injuries.

Burn injury is one of the most common forms of trauma worldwide, with approximately four million people in the Western world subject to post-burn scarring each year. 70% are children, where scarring injuries cause additional physical and emotional complications as they grow. The Scar Free Foundation’s UK Burns Research Network is a world leading collaborative and patient focused programme that will help to revolutionise burns care.

Improvements to immediate care mean that more people than ever survive their initial injury, however long-term care and rehabilitation are yet to receive the same levels of progression. This needs to change. Support for our burns research will help us to deliver both short-term improvements in burns care, as well as more long-term scar free benefits to patients.

The Scar Free Foundation’s major programme of research takes place across multiple university and hospital sites across the UK. Managing a research programme of this scale, ensuring that it is impact-driven, operates at the highest of standards and our commitment to Patient and Public Involvement, is both complex and resource sensitive.

We involve our scar free Ambassadors – those with a lived experience of scarring – throughout our work, acting as a conduit between our Ambassadors, the 20 million people in the UK with a lived experience of scarring, and the research experts who strive to achieve scar free healing. A donation towards research management will ensure that we can continue to direct high-quality scar free projects with the highest patient benefit.