Crossed Grain February 2021

SUPPORTER NEWS | 3 Fundraising at home is a great way to keep busy whilst staying safe, and our Fundraising Coordinator, Max has got loads of ideas to get you started: “With spring on the horizon, why not have a clear out and donate a percentage of what you sell on eBay? “Or, if you shop on Amazon, support us by visiting www.smile.amazon.co.uk – they’ll donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to us, at no extra cost.” For more ideas visit To find out more about taking part in our Challenge events, please email fundraising@coeliac.org.uk or call our Fundraising Team on 01494 796724 . Team Coeliac UK is excited to announce our largest selection of Challenge events in 2021. However you take part, these events offer something to look forward to, giving you the chance to achieve something great whilst raising funds to support our gluten free community: > Royal Parks Half Marathon, 11 April and 10 October > Edinburgh Marathon Festival, 29 and 30 May > Asics London 10k, 25 July > Great North Run, 12 September > Great Manchester Run, 26 September > London Marathon, 3 October > Cardiff Half Marathon, 3 October > Santa Run London, Date TBC, December BORED OF ZOOM CALLS? SHAPING THE RESEARCHAGENDA We’re pleased to announce we have awarded four sponsored dissertations in 2020. These grants encourage undergraduates and postgraduates to focus on coeliac disease and the impacts of gluten. The projects selected for funding are: • Exploring the best ways to educate people working in catering and hospitality about gluten free diets. • Understanding the effects of living with coeliac disease on the psychological wellbeing and quality of life of adolescents and their parents. • Investigation into the acceptability of online and telephone consultations for adults with coeliac disease. • Investigating dietary triggers of innate inflammation in coeliac disease. Thank you to our Member Review Panel who provided feedback on the applications to help us select these projects. To find out more about the projects, head over to www.coeliac.org.uk/SD2020 www.coeliac.org.uk/home-fundraising These events were live at the time of going to print. Please check our website at www.coeliac.org.uk for the latest information. WILL YOUWRITE TO NO. 10? The income of medical research charities has been hit hard by the pandemic. This means organisations belonging to the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), including Coeliac UK, will face a £310 million hole in UK medical research funding. This could see the loss of a generation of new researchers and set life changing research back decades. AMRC has launched a campaign asking the UK Government to set up a Life Sciences Charity Partnership Fund. This is a co investment scheme, with the Government providing a level of match funding for future charity research over the next three years. To date, the Government has not pledged any money to support the future of charity funded medical research. Will you support the appeal? Visit supportmedicalresearch.e-activist.com to send a ready drafted letter to No.10. CHALLENGE EVENTS 2021