Newsletter Autumn Winter 2023 Final (24) - Flipbook - Page 3
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
It is my pleasure as Chairman
of the Pain Relief Foundation
to introduce this year’s
newsletter. Our reputation as
leaders in the field of chronic
pain research continues to
attract wide interest from
specialists in chronic pain,
general practitioners and
most importantly patients
and families.
Changes and challenges
have come to be the
hallmarks of our charity. This
last year has demonstrated,
without doubt, that our
continued policy of flexibility
and fiscal prudence has
enabled us to maximise our
resources and remain secure.
These ongoing challenges
require us to be ever more
flexible, creative, and
determined in everything we
do with and for people with
chronic pain.
We no longer accept the
impact that chronic pain has
on people’s lives. In the
toughest of times we’ve
protected our research
funding, made amazing
discoveries and been there to
support the millions of people
affected by chronic pain. The
Foundation, researchers,
healthcare professionals,
fundraisers and friends are all
united in our goal of
confronting chronic pain. The
progress we’ve made this year
means we enter the next with
renewed ambition, despite the
challenges we face. Together,
we’re making real headway,
and we’ll never stop until no
one has to endure chronic
pain.
We continued to fund research
to make chronic pain
manageable and treatable,
supported established and
emerging talent in the UK pain
research community.
We know that research
needs to be making a
bigger and faster
difference to people’s lives,
so they don’t have to live
with the pain, fatigue,
isolation, and depression
that come with chronic
pain. These great leaps
won’t happen unless we
are unrelenting in our
pursuit of the science and
inspire the support to fund
it.
Now is the time to
continue to invest in the
big, bold ambitions to
create a brighter future for
the millions of people
affected by chronic pain.
Our research is funded
solely by the generosity of
our supporters, which has
enabled us to again
commit to new grant
funding.
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