The mission of the Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association is to provide educational and emotional support for people with Raynaud's and scleroderma and their families. The Association is committed to increasing awareness of these potentially devastating conditions and raising money for essential research in order to determine cause, enhance treatment and ultimately find a cure.
The Association's aims are to:
- create a greater awareness of Raynaud's and scleroderma
- offer support, advice, and information to sufferers and their families
- put patients in touch with each other in order to exchange ideas and information
- assist in the welfare of the chronically sick, and those with disabilities resulting from Raynaud's and scleroderma
- raise funds to further research into these conditions and to disseminate the results of such research
- produce publications about Raynaud's and scleroderma
The Association has four main areas of funding:
- Welfare projects - to help individuals by offering advice, support and information and where appropriate, provide items of equipment which are not available on the NHS.
- Research projects - research is expensive and we are working hard to continue funding vital projects at specialist centres nationwide. There are many exciting projects and we hope that one day a cure and better treatments will result.
- Childhood Scleroderma - to support families of children with scleroderma and to fund research in this specific area.
- Running costs - in order to be able to support the day to day work of the Association, we need to fund our running costs which are kept to an absolute minimum.
