Findacure is a UK charity that builds the rare diseases community to drive research and develop treatments. Rare diseases are defined in the EU as conditions affecting less than 1 in 2000 people — though they come much rarer than this. Because of their small patient populations, rare diseases are often assumed to be unimportant. This leads to a lack of support for patients and families, neglect by the medical profession, and little ongoing research into treatments. Findacure empowers rare disease patient groups through a series of training programmes, and encourages collaboration between rare disease stakeholders to advance research.