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In support of our November Extravaganza dress designer Michaela a personal stylist and founder of leading personal style site Joy of Clothes is designing a special dress for RAFT which will feature a purple silk lining and trim. She is also offering you all a special discount for the month of May on her existing […]

The Oil Council and RAFT are pleased to announce their new strategic partnership. Eight days prior to RAFT’s birth was a day that will be unfortunately always remembered by those in the oil and gas industry. The Piper-Alpha catastrophe took place in the North Sea and 167 good men lost their lives on the platform

It is of great sadness to hear of Professor Harry Navsaria’s passing. He was a Professor of Tissue Engineering at the Centre for Cutaneous Research at the Blizzard Institute of Queen Mary University of London, was originally a member of the team at the Royal London Hospital working with Professor Irene Leigh in the dermatology

We asked our Brighton Half Marathon runners to share their experience of running for RAFT and this message from Andrew might just entice you to run for us in the future.. Running the Brighton Half Marathon on behalf of RAFT allowed me to kill two birds with one stone: addressing the early warnings signs for

We were delighted to have a team of four take part in this year’s Brighton ½ Marathon which took place on Sunday. Andrew King, Enrico D’Angelo, Nick Jamieson and Jeremy Smart did amazing jobs as fundraisers and runners, raising over £3,000 to date with donations still coming in, and completing the event in a collective

The Masonic Samaritan Fund (MSF) has donated a further £50,000 to the Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust’s (RAFT) research to make bionic prosthetics a reality. The MSF donated £20,000 towards Dr Yazan Al Ajam’s Bionic Limb study in 2012 to help his team of eminent scientists and medical pioneers develop a working prototype of

We are pleased to announce that RAFT Patron, John Apthorp, was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours this year for his services to philanthropy. John Apthorp has been a RAFT supporter for the past 16 years and contributes to charities particularly around the Hertfordshire area.

We are delighted that Tchengiz will be giving 100% of his profits from his Christmas single ‘Open It Up’ to Walking with the Wounded and RAFT. Both our charities are going to be working on a joint initiative to improve the lives of injured military personnel. Listen to his song on youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ItceH5UWeD8 Please buy/download

A British soldier badly injured in Afghanistan is using a bionic limb using learned-thought movement, according to a story covered today in the UK media. The University of Vienna surgeon mentioned in the article and RAFT have worked closely together already with RAFT’s bionic limb project. Cpl Andrew Garthwaite, 26, from South Tyneside, was badly

RAFT trustee Stuart Davies (pictured left) is the Managing Director of AEGIS Managing Agency Limited, the managing agent for Lloyd’s syndicate. He is pictured with our Chief Executive, Leonor Stjepic at the Lloyd’s Market Charity Awards Reception. Every year 30 individuals who work within Lloyd’s receive £2,000 for their chosen charity. The awards recognise the