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Brain Awareness Week 2025: #InvestInNeuroResearch

Join us this Brain Awareness Week (10-16th March) to transform neurological condition research

Around one in six people in the UK have at least one neurological condition with an estimated 600,000 people diagnosed each year. A recent study found that neurological conditions are now the leading cause of ill health world wide. These conditions do not discriminate; they can affect anyone, at any age, at any time. It is likely that you or a loved one will be impacted by a neurological condition in your lifetime.

Yet despite impacting so many lives, neurological research receives just 8.9% of the total health research expenditure in the UK. Researchers working in the field of neurological conditions face the prospect of losing their jobs due to insecure funding, and clinical trials are severely limited in their number. We believe this needs to change – and we need your help to make it happen.

This Brain Awareness Week, the Neurological Alliance of Scotland is uniting with our partners across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to urge the UK Government to commit to meaningful, long term and sustained funding for research on neurological conditions.

Here’s how you can help:

• Share our resources throughout Brain Awareness Week to raise awareness of the need for more research investigating neurological conditions. You can use our campaign pack to download infographics and suggested social media copy to share on your channels: Download the campaign pack here. (Please note: If you are a NAoS member, please get in touch with Hester at Hester@scottishneurological.org.uk for a more detailed member campaign pack). 

• Join the conversation on social media using #InvestInNeuroResearch

• Support us to help create a future where millions of people affected by neurological conditions have better treatments, better care, and better lives.

Thank you.