Gift of Life
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Gift of Life funds children and young people from the CIS region with cancer or haematological disease, and it also trains local oncologists and scientists, so work that reaches those patients or clinicians is the closest fit.
- Patient-support applications go through a local charity, are assessed by a team of doctors, must include official medical documents, and may be submitted by the patient, parent or legal guardian.
- The annual report gives £635,550 paid in total, but no grant range is stated, so there is no typical request size to aim for.
- No publicly published application process is listed beyond these routes, so a small nonprofit should ask the charity or the local charity how to proceed before preparing a request.
- Do not apply if the patients are over 25, live outside the CIS, are not being treated in a local clinic, or need alternative medicine or treatment abroad when it can be provided locally.
Overview
Gift of Life is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1140638).
Gift of Life is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1140638) that supports children and young people in need to access modern and effective medications and cancer treatment. Its stated aim is to advance health and relieve children and young adults and their family members affected by serious disease. Over 650 young patients have received access to advanced treatment and medications, and the charity has approved over 900 applications for life-saving medicine and nonmedical support. It spends over £10,600,000 on programme work, which include procuring essential medications, facilitating bone marrow donor searches, and providing educational opportunities and professional development for local oncologists and scientists.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Gift of Life supports children and young people from the CIS region with cancer or haematological disease. Its programmes procure essential medicines unavailable locally, facilitate bone marrow donor searches through international registries, and provide educational opportunities and professional development for local oncologists and scientists specialising in paediatric cancer. The charity aims to give young patients access to modern, effective medicines and cancer treatment despite limited state funding and local medicine shortages. Patient-assistance applications are assessed by doctors through a local charity, and the patient must be up to 25 and receiving treatment in a local clinic.
Themes
- Childhood cancer care
- Bone marrow donor searches
- Paediatric oncology training
Geographic Focus
CIS region.
What they don't fund
- Alternative medicine treatments
- Patients who are not from the CIS
- Patients over 25 years of age
- Patients not receiving treatment for cancer or haematological disease in a local clinic
- Treatment abroad when the necessary diagnostics or treatment can be provided locally
How to apply
For patient support, apply through the local charity. An expert team of doctors considers applications. The application must include official medical documents and may be submitted by a patient, parent or legal guardian.
What to send:
- Official medical documents must be included with an application for help.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £422,486 | £678,296 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £727,737 | £764,286 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £471,929 | £247,106 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £519,751 | £494,680 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £711,913 | £772,127 | £635,550 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- giftoflife.eu · read on 30 October 2026
- giftoflife.eu/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- giftoflife.eu/faqs · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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