The Truell Conservation Foundation

MHRA licence will enable global reach of ViroCell’s viral vectors for cell and gene therapy clinical trials. ViroCell’s manufacturing operations are housed within Great Ormond Street Hospital’s state-of-the-art GMP accredited unit for manufacturing cell and gene therapies, the Zayed Centre for Research.

They have now achieved a much better handle on the logistics and issues around the best ways to monitor the Northern Rockhopper population in the Tristan archipelago. Surveying trips to the colonies on Tristan involved local people, as well as the island administrator on one occasion. Gaining more support from the community for this species is an important component of this project.

A new “factory” that will produce benign viruses for Great Ormond Street Hospital is expected to accelerate the development of life-saving gene therapy drugs.

The Truell Conservation Foundation has supported the Galápagos Islands via the Charles Darwin Trust where Edi Truell is a board member and the Galapagos Conservation Trust; and has donated more than £1 million to the protection of this beautiful part of the world.

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The Truell Conservation Foundation is proud to support Robert Wilson as he takes part in Combat Stress’ Race to Remember.

Combat Stress are the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For over a century they’ve been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues. Veterans rely on Combat Stress and by taking part in Race to Remember you can help fund our life-changing mental health treatment to veterans from every conflict and service.

TCF is committed to being Net Positive.

Established in 2010, WWTW supports a pathway for vulnerable veterans to reintegrate into society and sustain their independence. The charity supports those who are physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged by their service. Future employment is at the heart of this and provides a sustainable future for them and their families.’

By Helena Horton

Chief investment officer at the Wellcome Trust who jousted with Boris at Oxford and raised £16 billion for biomedical research

“Forget the ‘Internet of Things’. The Truell Conservation Foundation is moving onto the Internet of Penguins!”

TCF has donated £35,000 to fund a major study by the RSPB into the effect on gentoo penguins of krill fishing off South Georgia. The bulk of the donation will go towards buying 12 satellite tracking devices which will be fitted to a dozen gentoo by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey.

Once fitted, for the next 150 days the whereabouts of the gentoo will be seen when swimming and feeding. This and other data will allow the RSPB to put forward the necessary scientific evidence to protect gentoo penguins through the upcoming South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands marine protection review.

The next installment of a £100,000 pledge by TCF has gone to the Galapagos Islands for monitoring of the Galapagos penguin and cormorant populations, bringing TCF support up to £60,000. The most recent funds have facilitated the second of four planned field trips during which scientists are monitoring population through capturing, tagging, recapturing…

Alec and Jack Trigger, whose father Brigadier Richard Trigger MBE was killed in military service, have each achieved one A* and three A grades in their A-levels, and will be taking up their places to read Engineering at Oxford University. The twins were supported through Wellington College by the Truell Conservation Foundation. They have remarked that their late father would have been ‘extremely proud.’