{"entity":{"id":"leukaemia-uk","kind":"institution","name":"Leukaemia UK","aka":["Leuka","Elimination of Leukaemia Fund"],"tldr":"A UK charity that funds leukaemia research, including fellowships for early career researchers, and works to improve care for people with leukaemia.","summary":"Leukaemia UK combines two charities: the Elimination of Leukaemia Fund, founded in 1977 by Derek Mitchell after his wife Isobel was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, and Leuka, founded in 1982 by Lester Cazin, a leukaemia patient at Hammersmith Hospital. They merged in 2019. It funds project grants, John Goldman Fellowships for early career researchers and a Patient Care Pioneer Award, and is a partner in IMPACT, a clinical trials partnership for stem cell transplant patients. The Charity Commission register records latest income of about £3.6 million for the year ending 31 December 2025.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Leukaemia UK: our history","url":"https://www.leukaemiauk.org.uk/about-us/our-history/"},{"label":"Charity Commission register entry","url":"https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1154856"}],"tags":["uk"],"related":[],"cancers":["leukaemia"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"London","country":"GB","lat":51.515,"lng":-0.121,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.leukaemiauk.org.uk","programs":["John Goldman Fellowships","Project grants","Patient Care Pioneer Award","IMPACT clinical trials partnership","Awareness and advocacy"]},"route":"/institutions/leukaemia-uk/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"leukaemia","kind":"cancer","name":"Leukaemia (all types)","route":"/cancers/leukaemia/"}]}}