While visiting a minefield in Cambodia, he saw first-hand the humanitarian damage which landmines cause in war torn areas both past and present.

Programme designed to train a cohort of 12 trauma surgeons from landmine affected countries in specialist through-knee amputations.

The SEMIS (Scanning Electromagnetic Mine Inspection System) project aims to help tackle the problem of metallic clutter during de-mining operations.

Find A Better Way launched its first £1m research competition ‘A Better Way of Detection For Humanitarian Demining’. Run in conjunction with the EPSRC, it enabled Find A Better Way to seek out the best ideas for detecting landmines and provide funding to help develop them. Kings College London and a joint bid by University College London and Cranfield University received funding.

Award-winning photographer Giles Duley appointed as Ambassador to Find A Better Way. Giles’ life changed forever when, while embedded with US troops in Afghanistan, he stepped on a landmine, becoming one of only a few people to survive a triple amputation. He now gives inspirational talks to promote the plight of fellow victims and to highlight Find A Better Way.

Find A Better Way announced its second £1million competition in conjunction with the ESPRC ‘To Find Novel Ways of Detection For Humanitarian Demining’. The successful shortlisted candidates joined Find A Better Way on a visit to an active minefield in Zadar, Croatia. Both The University of Bristol and The University of Sheffield won a share of the funding for their innovative research programmes.

Find A Better Way hosted their inaugural Research Symposium. This event proved to be a perfect opportunity to bring together all those involved with the charity to report on our current progress and to highlight possible directions for the future.

Chancellor George Osborne announced H.M Treasury would provide £10 million funding to Find A Better Way over five years.  The charity’s five year vision was launched at a reception at 11 Downing Street and the charity was congratulated for its ground-breaking work to date.  Find A Better Way is currently working in partnership with leading universities on a range of research programmes.

Looking beyond prosthetics, Find A Better Way has launched a multi-million pound competition to fund new research in regenerative medicine. Also, the world’s first dedicated landmine detection research facility, the Find A Better Way International Research Centre, will open on the University of Manchester campus in Autumn 2016.