ACT - Charity

Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT)

We’re lucky to have Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT), which raises extra money to improve care, services, and research at Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie.

Donations help our teams come up with new ideas and offer care beyond what the NHS can fund.

ACT pays for important equipment, skilled staff, extra comforts, and research to find cures and save lives both locally and worldwide.

Any amount you can donate will help to make a difference.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, generous donations helped us raise £1 million for COVID-19 research. With this money, we were able to buy:

• iPads for patients to communicate with staff and family
• Psychological support for staff
• Research into testing staff for COVID-19 risk (opens in a new tab)
• Fast tests for children with chest infections
• Testing of medicines to treat COVID-19
• Healthy snacks, toiletries, and comforts for frontline staff (opens in a new tab)
• Activity packs for children visiting A&E

Thanks to your donations, we also bought:

• A fourth incubator trolley to help save more babies
• A liver perfusion machine for testing livers before transplant
• A cone beam CT scanner for better surgery planning
• An inflatable MRI scanner to help 1,200 children each year overcome their fears, leading to better results and less need for anaesthesia.

How to help

There are many ways you can support Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie. From donating (opens in a new tab) to fundraising (opens in a new tab), the possibilities are endless!

Visit the Help Your Hospital website (opens in a new tab) to find out more about how your ongoing support can save lives.