What is the TB Alert Small Grants and Patient Support Fund?

The fund aims to provide small specific grants, to support the work of UK TB nurses, to improve patient concordance and to tackle patient hardship.  We know that many TB patients are from the poorer sections of society, and some fall through the gaps in benefits and support.  We want to make sure that no patient is prevented from completing their treatment through lack of money to pay for prescriptions or travel to hospital appointments, that their health while undergoing TB treatment is not compromised because they are not receiving a nourishing meal every day, and that nurses are supported in the difficult job of supporting a high case-load of patients through the long TB treatment.

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What will we fund?

How much will we give?

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The fund is supported by;

Oxford Immunotec is a diagnostics company which has developed a new diagnostic test for TB called T SPOT-TB.  Oxford Immunotec shares the aims of TB Alert and is generously sponsoring this fund for the benefit of patients in the UK.

Margaret's Fund was founded in 1927 by Miss Anstace Howard in memory of the late Miss Margaret de Sousa-Deiro. It was originally intended "to provide or assist in providing treatment for indigent women suffering from early pulmonary tuberculosis". With the decline in the rate of TB though most of the 20th century, the objects of the Fund were extended by Orders of the Charity Commissioners, to help in the care, rehabilitation and after-care of women in financial need suffering from any disease. Since the UK has experienced an increase in TB cases from 1987, the Trustees now feel it appropriate to give renewed focus to the Fund's original purpose, hence their support of the TB Alert Hardship Fund.

For non-TB related cases, caring professionals can apply for grants directly to Margaret’s Fund. The aim of the Fund is to give financial assistance to women who are in need, and who are in ill health and therefore they cover all aspects of ill-health in women. To find out more visit the website for Margaret's Fund by clicking here.

Lilly UK is a pharmaceuticals company which manufactures TB drugs. Lilly has established the MDR-TB Partnership to support charities and other organizations in the fight against MDR-TB.

We would like to extend our thanks to other supporters of the fund, Pace Micro and the children of Bolton School Junior Boys Division.