Large grants
Our large grants (more than £1,500) are reviewed by our Grant-Giving Committee.
About our large grants
Large grants (more than £1,500) are reviewed by the Grant-Giving Committee. The Committee is comprised of members with experience in the field, trustees, and patient representatives. The Committee make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees, who make the final decision.
Large research grants will also undergo external peer review by experts from national and international institutions. Applicants are invited to suggest reviewers or to request specific reviewers not be contacted. Applicants are given the opportunity to respond to reviewer comments.
Examples include exploring the effect of oestrogen on breast cancer treatment, developing a blood test for lung cancer, predicting treatment response in ovarian cancer, and improving head and neck cancer response to radiotherapy.
Examples of previous large grants we have funded
Age UK Sheffield service supports over 1,000 people, after receiving quarter-million-pound grant from Weston Park Cancer Charity
The Cancer Support Independent Living Service provides older people who have been impacted by cancer with a three-month support package.
Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service receives £35,000 grant from Weston Park Cancer Charity
The grant will help the TYA team to offer everything from emotional support sessions to hardship grants.
Sheffield United Community Foundation
Healthy Families, Healthy Futures is a free programme of exercise sessions to support people affected by cancer and other physical or mental health conditions. Activities include walking football, chair-based exercise, badminton and seated dance.
