From the outset, a major element of<unk> 's financial giving centred around the Individual Hardship Fund. This Fund made individual grants to AIDs sufferers. Requests included being rehoused, buying a washing machine to help manage night sweats or diarrhoea, receiving a travel grant to assist with a hospice stay. The<unk>  grants were tailored to the needs of the individual.Recommendations for patient requests were required from a Social Worker, Doctor or Nurse and grant requests were received from all over the country. In time the Individual Hardship Fund was consolidated with a similar fund operated by the Terrence Higgins Trust to be managed by<unk> . The Fund later received annual contributions from the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the Sainsbury Trust.Using their management of events,<unk>  was able to build a database of donors that reached 25,000 names by 1986. They used this large database to pioneer the use of direct mail solicitations for charity in the United Kingdom. The success of this approach was very much in evidence when<unk>  launched a campaign to co-fund an HIV research centre. The appeal set up a regular donor base that<unk>  used for many years.
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