In Memory

Gifts in lieu of flowers to TORC will help to change lives in memory of your loved one. These gifts will help TORC to deliver life changing Research, Education and Support to those in later years. Our research helps restore active lives and improve patient outcomes.

How we can help

Supporting TORC through gifts in lieu of flowers is easy to do. We know there are many other difficult decisions to make at this time. Please contact our Fundraising Team on fundraising@torcni.org for advice.

If you are placing a family notice in the press you may wish to ask people to make a donation instead of sending flowers. In this case the following wording may be helpful:

“Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu, if desired, can be made payable to TORC and posted to Trauma & Orthopaedics Research Charity, Outcomes Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman’s Lane, Belfast. BT9 7JB

How we can help

If you are placing a family notice in the press you may wish to ask people to make a donation instead of sending flowers. In this case the following wording may be helpful:

We thank and recognise every gift

Everyone who makes a donation in memory of your loved one will receive a personal thank you from TORC, as long as we have their contact details. TORC will also send the next of kin, or the preferred representative, an update on the total amount received. All the money we receive is greatly appreciated and will be spent within Northern Ireland.

Why leave a gift in your will for TORC

TORC is the only Charity doing research in Trauma & Orthopaedics in Northern Ireland . We work with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and research staff to continually improve the provision of holistic care for all those with musculoskeletal injury or disease in Northern Ireland.

Trauma & Orthopaedics Research Charity began as Belfast Arthroplasty Research Trust (BART) in 2002 by two surgeons from Musgrave Park Hospital and a mechanical engineer from Queen’s University Belfast. The aim of the charity was to provide funding for various research projects in joint replacement for the benefit of patients in Musgrave Park Hospital. Musgrave Park Hospital is the regional orthopaedic and rehabilitation centre for Northern Ireland. The hospital performs around 2,500 hip and knee replacements each year. This makes it one of the largest joint replacement units in the UK.

TORC has raised over £2 million for joint replacement research in areas including how to make operations more efficient and reduce the number of problems after the operation such as the amount of blood lost. Published research has changed how patients are looked after not just here in Northern Ireland but around the world.

In 2019, the Trustees agreed to widen the charity remit to include research involving all areas of orthopaedics and trauma.i

In 2019, the Trustees agreed to widen the charity remit to include research involving all areas of orthopaedics and trauma.

Your donation can help

Trauma and Orthopaedics involves a wide range of conditions that can affect what we call the musculoskeletal system. This includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves. All the things that help us move. Common procedures include repair of a broken bone using metal screws, pins, rods or plates to fix the break. Many different techniques are used depending on the location, severity and type of break to ensure that the bones are put back into place, heal correctly and will hopefully work normally again. Many injuries require a lot of hard work and rehabilitation to help the patient get back to normal.

In order for us to reach out to as many people as we can, we rely on the generosity of people through donations, fundraising and gifts in wills. Any gift that you can give will go directly towards our research to help make a difference to people lives that have been affected by musculoskeletal injury or disease in Northern Ireland.

Contact Us

To speak to someone in confidence about leaving a gift in will, please contact the Fundraising Team by emailing fundraising@torcni.org