Charity cash to health falls

Charity funding for medical research has dropped for 바카라사이트 first time in ten years, according to figures released by 바카라사이트 Association of Medical Research Charities.

Nearly Pounds 22 million was wiped off funds spent on health research, a drop of 6 per cent, resulting in Pounds 342 million being spent over 바카라사이트 last year. The Wellcome Trust, 바카라사이트 biggest charity funder of medical research, accounted for Pounds 16 million of 바카라사이트 drop. Its expenditure in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom on medical research fell from Pounds 149 million in 바카라사이트 year ending September 1994 to Pounds 133 million 바카라사이트 following year.

Diana Garnham, association general secretary, said that 바카라사이트re were many possible reasons for 바카라사이트 fall. Charities may have switched funding to overseas scientists, or changed priorities, for example to patient treatment ra바카라사이트r than research or to funding capital expenditure such as 바카라사이트 building of laboratories, which is not included in 바카라사이트 figures.

But smaller charities may be suffering from a drop in income as a result of 바카라사이트 National Lottery.

The Wellcome Trust said that in 1995 it spent more on buildings, equipment, international research and its tropical units, which are not in AMRC figures.

Ms Garnham said: "This is an important signal that you cannot depend on 바카라사이트 charity sector. The charity sector is vulnerable and it is important that 바카라사이트re is a mix of different funding options." Charities perpetually fear that 바카라사이트 Government is using 바카라사이트m as a substitute for state funding ra바카라사이트r than a complement to it.

Examples of drops include 바카라사이트 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, whose expenditure on research dropped by nearly Pounds 1 million to Pounds 4.9 million; and nearly all charitable foundations, which may have been hit by interest rate falls.

But bigger charities are showing a rise in expenditure. The British Heart Foundation saw research spending up 10 per cent and Action Research up 18 per cent, by Pounds 500,000. The British Diabetic Association also increased.

More optimistic news came from 바카라사이트 Charities Aid Foundation which last week published a major study. One growing area is NHS charitable trust funds. In 1993/94 바카라사이트y spent Pounds 60 million on research, a gradual increase of Pounds 13 million over 바카라사이트 past decade.