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Help Us
The Foundation receives no government funding and relies entirely on grants and voluntary donations.
You can help us to improve quality of life for spinal injury patients by making a donation at any level.
10 people giving £10 per month (plus Gift Aid) is worth £1,500 per year to SMSF which would support essential current
research activities, £5,000 from a company Christmas ball or golf day would fund a new assistive device to evaluate
the Quality of Life impact, £50,000 would allow us to employ a researcher to investigate and enhance the care for
children with SCI across Europe and £100,000 could fund advanced measurement labs or a fellowship to investigate
prevention of complications and make a real impact on the quality of life of the 40,000 people living with spinal injury
in the UK.
You can make difference by making a single donation or you can set up a standing order to donate regularly from your
bank account. Every penny helps and we really appreciate your support.
Click the buttons above for further information on how you can support us.
Corporate Donation
Spinal injury can happen to anyone and may touch the lives of your employees and customers.
Promoting the SMSF cause enables you to build a valuable working partnership that can enhance your image, sales and the public’s
perception of your services.
Contact us to find out how we can build a mutually beneficial relationship:
Employee fundraising - Fundraising at work is a fun and rewarding pursuit for your staff. Many companies offer to match employee
fundraising efforts which is a perfect way to support your staff and their desire to generate charitable funds. Find out more about
employee fundraising, how you can help as an organisation or how to make SMSF your ‘charity of the year’ by contacting us.
Payroll Giving - This approach is great at encouraging your staff to donate to SMSF through the payroll. Find out more about Payroll
Giving by contacting us.
Events - Organise an event or let us help you to organise an event. Golf days, cycle rides and teambuilding events are an easy and
fun way to support the Foundation. Contact us to discuss further.
Individual Donation
Donate online - We are able to accept donations online through the Just Giving website. Click on the link and make a donation using
your debit or credit card.
Donate by text - Text SMSF44 £(amount) to 70070
Donate by getting sponsored - Join an organised event – 5k run, triathlon or cycle ride or set yourself a challenge – climb Snowdon,
lose weight or watch Star Wars for 24 hours. Simply set up a page on the Just Giving website and your sponsorship will come directly to
the Foundation.
Donate by cheque - Please print out and complete the SMSF Donation Form and return the form and your cheque by post to:
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Foundation
National Spinal Injuries Centre
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Bucks HP21 8AL
Tick the Gift Aid box and SMSF can reclaim the tax.
Make a regular donation - Please consider making a regular donation. If you are a UK taxpayer, SMSF can claim the tax on your
regular payment too. Simply complete the SMSF Donation Form.
Volunteer Your Time
Many people feel that they cannot donate money but will gladly give their time to help.
We are always keen to hear from volunteers to help us with fundraising events or even organise their own. It is immensely rewarding
and a lot of fun. Please Contact us to discuss further.
Donate in your will
Please consider leaving a donation to the Foundation in your will. These gifts are vital to fund our expanding research programme and
continuing our fight to improve spinal patients’ quality of life. Please Contact Us and we will send you our legacy pack.
Become a Friend of the Foundation for just £3 a month
For just £3 a month, you can join an increasing number of supporters choosing to make a long-term commitment to the Stoke
Mandeville Spinal Foundation. In doing so, you will enable our researchers to tackle the day to day complications that make life so
challenging for people living with spinal cord injury. Sign up a friend as a gift, or join up yourself, and you will receive:
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Regular e-news bulletins updating you on our research, fundraising and relevant case studies
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Invitations to events
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Opportunities to meet our research team
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The knowledge that you are personally making a difference to the lives of people living with spinal cord injury
Yes! I would like to help improve the quality for life for people living with spinal cord injury by ‘clicking here’ to become a Friend of the
Foundation.