Liggins Institute
Liggins Institute Trust
TheLiggins Institute Trust (formerly Friends of Liggins) was established in 2004. The Trust actively promotes the work of the Institute and raises and manages funds to support our activities.
Your contribution to the Trust will be directed to advancing the life-changing research carried out at the Institute. Our Friends are an integral part of the Liggins community. They have opportunities to meet the scientists and see their work in action, and attend lectures and social events with distinguished visitors.
Visit the Liggins Trust website.
The Liggins Institute is required to be self sustaining. While it competes successfully for public and commercial research funding, it must look to the wider community to grow and develop.
All donors and supporters of the Liggins Institute and the Liggins Institute Trust are recognised as “Friends”.
The Friends of the Liggins are financial supporters and advocates for the Liggins Institute. Friends have various levels of involvement in supporting research and other activities. They may contribute funding to ‘top up’ an already partially funded project or provide funding for an entire research programme or scientist.
The Friends are highly valued members of the Liggins community and there are opportunities for supporters to receive recognition.
The Liggins Trust will fund 'blue sky' research projects. This provides funding for innovative start-up research projects and pilot studies that, once initial data and methodology is established, will be in a strong position to attract grants from the major research funding sources.
The Liggins Trust also aims to have, within the next ten years, a significant endowment fund to ensure a level of certainty for research.
Details about becoming a Friend of the Liggins Institute by making a donation, and the benefits offered to our Friends are set out on our Right from the Start brochure.
There are a range of opportunities to contribute to the Liggins Institute through the Liggins Trust.
Annual appeal - this is mailed to all Friends and contacts in the latter part of each year and seeks support for specified research projects and general costs.
Fundraising events are held each year and Friends are invited to these events.
Bequests are another way to contribute to the Friends endowment fund, providing support in perpetuity for Liggins Institute research.
Friends of the Liggins receive a regular email newsletter with details of fundraising events, the annual Seasons of Life lecture series and the latest news from the Liggins Institute.
All Friends of the Liggins receive the biannual magazine Dialogue published by the Liggins Institute.
