Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Our vision is to improve health and care for people living with serious long-term or life-limiting conditions. We do this by supporting world-leading translational research and investment in research equipment and facilities. We also support projects to integrate and improve care for people living with physical or mental ill health and help smaller charities providing practical and emotional support to people living with ill health or disability, and to their families and carers. The Trust is a grant making charity endowed by Sir Jules Thorn. The resources provided by its endowment have enabled the Trust to give substantial support to a wide range of charitable causes in the United Kingdom. In keeping with the founder’s wishes the Trust’s most significant grants finance important medical research. Many related aspects of medicine are also supported including the upgrading of medical facilities and equipment, the care of the sick and the management of serious illness. In the broader humanitarian field, the grants are intended to make life easier for those who live with disabilities, who suffer disadvantage or who are in need of support in dealing with difficulties in their lives.