Knowing your boobs could save your life. CoppaFeel! is a breast cancer awareness charity, on a mission to educate and remind people to get to know theirs boobs in order to catch breast cancer early.
Alder Hey Children's Charity needs to raise £30m for life-saving medical equipment, research and facilities to make the brand new Alder Hey in the Park a truly world-leading hospital for families across the UK when it opens in 2015. Alder Hey is the UK's biggest children's hospital.
One person in five in the UK is affected by lung disease. Millions more are at risk. We are the UK's lung charity and we are here for every one of them, whatever their condition. We are the British Lung Foundation. Leading the fight against lung disease.
WHO WE ARE We Are Donors is a network of groups aiming to increase the number of organ donors across the UK through student led education at schools and universities. OUR MISSION - Raise awareness of organ and blood donation - Empower young people to make an informed decision about organ and blood donation - Increase the number of organ and blood donors in the UK - Help save lives WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED - We have now spoken to over 1000 students in the UK. - Before our talks 10% of students were on the organ donor registry and after 54% planned to join! - We have shown that early education about organ donation in schools increases student awareness of the issues in transplantation.
The ability to get around is vital in order to live a full life yet thousands of blind and partially sighted people never leave home alone. Guide Dogs empowers visually impaired people to do that and relies totally on the support of the public to fund the guide dog service. We breed and train guide dogs which provide life changing mobility and there are currently 4,500 working guide dog partnerships in the UK. The full lifetime cost of a guide dog from birth to retirement is £48,500. We will not rest until blind and partially sighted people can enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else. To contact us: Phone: 0118 983 5555 Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/guidedogsuk Twitter: @GuideDogs
We work together with communities to develop key infrastructure such as access to clean water, farming, health and education. Our current focus is in Malawi, listed in the UN in the least developed countries category. We aim to empower the people of Malawi through various development schemes.
Anthony Nolan is a pioneering charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer. Every day, we use our register to match remarkable donors willing to donate their blood stem cells to people who desperately need lifesaving transplants.
Little Princess Trust provides real-hair wigs, free of charge, to boys and girls that have lost their own hair through cancer treatment and other illnesses. Please visit us at www.littleprincesses.org.uk to find out how we have given away over 2,000 free wigs. Please help us to give more.
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2014 is supporting four community based charities Beating bowel cancer, Princess Alice Hospice, Raleigh International and Working Chance. With your support the Appeal aims to raise over £2 million to allow the charities to expand their programmes to transform even more lives.
We are the only charity in the UK focusing on all types of sarcoma. Our mission is to increase knowledge and awareness of sarcoma through ground-breaking programmes to transform the landscape for everyone affected by sarcoma. Charity reg no. (1139869) Company limited by guarantee (7487432).
Ovarian cancer is the biggest gynaecological killer in the UK claiming the life of a woman every 2 hours. Many women still do not know the symptoms leading to late diagnosis. We are determined to drive up survival rates by funding world-class research into causes, treatments and prevention.
Meningitis Now is a charity with almost 30 years’ experience. Formed in October this year by bringing together Meningitis UK and Meningitis Trust, founders of the meningitis movement in the UK. We exist to save lives and rebuild futures by funding research, raising awareness and providing support.
The Swimathon Foundation (TSF) is the charity which owns the annual national Swimathon event. The official charity of Swimathon 2017 is Marie Curie. The charity provides care and support for people living with any terminal illness, and their families.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are spearheading a new campaign, Heads Together, to end stigma around mental health. It will be the biggest single project Their Royal Highnesses have undertaken together. The Heads Together campaign aims to change the national conversation on mental wellbeing and will be a partnership with inspiring charities with decades of experience in tackling stigma, raising awareness, and providing vital help for people with mental health challenges. We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support.
British Malayali Charity Foundation (BMCF) is a UK based charity, formed for the well being of the malayali community all over the world, especially in the United Kingdom and in India. It is set up and guided by the leading malayalam portal, www.britishmalayali.co.uk, as part of its social commitment; and managed by 15 trustees. BMCF aims to: BMCF takes up atleast one case each every month. It will be published in Malayalam at britishmalayali online portal. Click here to read updated case details. Go through cases we take up, share your love and fraternity by being part of this mission.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is Ireland’s largest sporting organisation. It is celebrated as one of the great amateur sporting associations in the world. The GAA is a community-based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic games, Gaelic culture and lifelong participation.