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Double Your Impact This Small Charity Week with Sepsis Research FEAT
Small Charity Week 2026 is a powerful opportunity to make a life-saving difference. From 22nd to 29th June, donations made through Big Give will be doubled, meaning your support can go twice as far in helping to fund vital sepsis research. The Big Give donation link is live now- click here Stop Sepsis Now – […]
Sepsis survivors share their recovery stories
Every day, people across the UK develop sepsis from infections that begin as something as common as a chest infection. Yet many people do not know what sepsis is or how to spot it. Without rapid treatment, it can become fatal.
What our funded researchers achieved this year
Every day, people across the UK develop sepsis from infections that begin as something as common as a chest infection. Yet many people do not know what sepsis is or how to spot it. Without rapid treatment, it can become fatal.
New paper from THIS, University of Cambridge
A new paper examining issues of social frailty, published by THIS (The Healthcare Improvement Studies) Institute at the University of Cambridge, examines the long term issues sepsis survivors can face with recovery. The team’s research shows that social frailty – financial strain, reduced social contact, treatment burden & family challenges – plays a major role […]
Calling PhD students: an exciting new internship opportunity for 2026
As the leading charity in the UK funding sepsis research, it is crucial that Sepsis Research FEAT communicates effectively about the studies that it funds – particularly regarding their impact to date. Audiences include the public, policymakers, donors, and the wider UK media. The charity is now actively seeking an intern to take a key role […]
Deadly meningitis outbreak in Canterbury
Students in Kent university halls to be offered meningitis vaccine as Streeting calls outbreak ‘unprecedented’ – BBC News Sepsis Research FEAT is calling for urgent awareness of the link between bacterial meningitis and sepsis following the Meningitis B outbreak in Canterbury, Kent. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has today (17.04.2026) confirmed multiple cases of […]
The Healing Power of Sharing
by Sammi How Telling My Sepsis Story Helped My Recovery When I had sepsis, survival was the only thing that mattered. What I didn’t expect, was that surviving sepsis would only be the beginning of my recovery journey. The physical healing has taken its time. The emotional healing has taken far longer. It wasn’t until I […]
Charity appoints first dedicated Corporate Partnerships Director
In a move that reflects the charity’s growth and ambition under the leadership of CEO Stephen Moore, Sepsis Research FEAT is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Samia Burridge as its first Corporate Partnerships Director. Samia is the founder of Sponsor Scientific, established in 2020. She has a track record of developing new, high […]
Seedcorn funding application window to open 2.3.26
We are delighted to announce that this year, once again, Sepsis Research FEAT will be teaming up with medical research charity Rosetrees to fund selected innovative projects that tackle unmet clinical needs in sepsis. The application window will open on 2nd March 2026 and close on 20th April 2026. Applicants should have a novel and innovative hypothesis and […]
‘Extraordinary milestone’ reached by world-leading research project
News today from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, that its pioneering GenOMICC study has now recruited its 40,000th patient. An early funder of this world leading project, Sepsis Research FEAT remains a committed partner in GenOMICC, which looks at genetic susceptibility to, and diagnosis and treatment of, sepsis. Since collaboration began in 2018, the study […]
