Education & Young People

Parkinson's UK is the UK's leading Parkinson's charity and Europe's largest charitable funder of Parkinson's research. Someone in the UK is diagnosed every 20 minutes. The charity supports 166,000 people living with Parkinson's and over a million family members, friends and carers.

Research & Treatment Development; Health & Care; Community Support; Volunteering & Advocacy

Cure Parkinson's is a UK charity founded in 2005, now in its 20th year, with a singular focus on funding research to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson's. Around 166,000 people in the UK and an estimated 11.8 million globally live with the condition. The charity funds and facilitates research across clinical trials, preclinical studies and drug discovery, working collaboratively with international partners and academic institutions.

Disease-Modifying Research; Clinical Trials; Drug Repurposing; International Collaboration; Policy & Advocacy

£61,256,384 in social value generated — £11.57 for every £1 spent; spanning education and employment (£28.5m), physical and mental wellbeing (£20.3m), social and community (£10m) and additional support (£2.5m)

41% female participation; 70% of participants from the top 20% most deprived areas; 2,915 qualifications achieved; 14,600 global Skills Lab visitors from 31 countries

£24 million of social value generated for residents of Haringey, Enfield and surrounding boroughs — £10.38 for every £1 invested, independently evaluated by Substance

Foundation sits within one of the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England; surrounding wards among the 5% most deprived; average weekly pay in the area 17% below the national average

159 active research projects across early years, primary, secondary and post-16

Over 15,000 studies reviewed; 1,200 added to evidence database in the year

70 children placed with adoptive families; 37% of newly approved adopters from diverse backgrounds

13,477 callers advised by Child Law Advice Service; 1.2 million users of the service online

528,303 books gifted in the last year; 5 million children inspired and empowered over 30 years

Hub areas recording reading levels up to 22% higher than the national average

60% of IntoUniversity alumni progressed to Higher Education vs 28% of students from similar backgrounds nationally

250,000th student milestone reached in 2025