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GOSH Charity funds seven new research projects to improve understanding of rare childhood conditions

29 Oct 2025, 5:09 p.m.

This funding is part of the Charity’s Lift Off grant scheme – designed to support early-stage research and get new ideas off the ground.

Winner of the 2025 GOSH research image competition. This floral image shows the colon of a patient with Hirschsprung disease, a rare childhood bowel disease.

GOSH Charity-funded drop-in clinic improves mental health and quality of life

20 Jun 2025, 9:36 a.m.

A drop-in mental health service, called the Lucy Booth and funded by GOSH Charity, is helping to ensure children with long-term physical health conditions get the support they need.

Booth with peanuts character Lucy on the front, pictured at GOSH

GOSH Charity funds transformational research programmes worth £6 million

5 Jun 2025, 10:27 a.m.

GOSH Charity has awarded over £6 million towards three transformational programmes of research into rare and complex child health conditions.

Artwork on the wall at the Zayed Centre for Research reading "Together we can do so much"

Nine child health researchers funded by 2024/2025 National Funding Call

30 Apr 2025, 2:16 p.m.

£2.2 million has been committed through Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity’s (GOSH Charity) National Funding call - the UK’s largest annual funding scheme dedicated towards research into rare or complex childhood diseases.

Genomics will revolutionise treatment for childhood rare diseases

27 Feb 2025, 10:20 a.m.

A global study, part-funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), has proven the power of a simple genomics blood test to improve treatment and care for childhood epilepsy.

A little girl in a blue flowery dress, pink sandals and beige sunhat, is playing in the sand with a bucket a spade