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Leicester YMCA
(UK, 213513) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,280.72
(UK, 213513) Leicester YMCA supports and enriches its local community with particular focus on young and disadvantaged people. It aims to improve opportunities and quality of life by providing supported accommodation, homeless services, education and young offender support. Its diverse range of services also includes childrens work, sports, theatre, music and arts.
Adhd Foundation
(UK, 1120898) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,244.70
(UK, 1120898) The ADHD Foundation, in partnership with individuals, families, doctors, teachers and other agencies, works to: The ADHD Foundation supports achievement, educational attainment, mental health and employability. We work in partnership with those living with ADHD, enabling them understand and manage ADHD. We are committed to the participation agenda and the right of those who use services to have a voice and be responsible for their own life plan and the change they want to achieve for themselves. All stakeholders are involved in the design, development and delivery of services. We have a team of skilled, experienced and dedicated staff, sessional workers and volunteers, some of whom have progressed from beneficiaries of the service to deliverers of training and services. Our team understand first hand the issues around ADHD, sharing their experience and providing skill support and encouragement.
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
(UK, 1064646) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,079.51Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre offers the expert assessment and tuition that anyone with Dyslexia deserves, regardless of their ability to pay, and relies on the generosity of donors to make this possible.
The PBC Foundation
(UK, SC025619) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,033.95The PBC Foundation provides vital support and information to those affected by Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Our services include our helpline, regular publications, regional support groups, and the education of medical practitioners. We also support research into finding a cause/ cure for PBC.
THE HILLINGDON HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL AMENITIES FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES
(UK, 1056493) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,900.50The Charity receives donations from patients and the general public and aims to utilise them primarily to enhance the welfare and amenities of patients and staff above and beyond the levels normally funded by the NHS
Create
(UK, 1099733) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,882.50Create uses the power of the creative arts to transform lives. We design and deliver projects that enable those who are excluded through disability, disadvantage, ill-health, imprisonment, poverty or social isolation to participate in high quality creative arts experiences. All projects enable participants to develop creativity, learning, social skills and self-esteem. Some bring different groups of people together to breakdown barriers and develop shared understanding; others enable them to explore social concerns. Every project aims to help to create a society that is fairer, more caring and more inclusive. To see Create in action, please visit our website here.
Meetings Industry Meeting Needs
(UK, 1110830) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,830.71Meetings Industry Meeting Needs (MIMN) was founded by leading figures in the UK meetings and events industry to raise funds for worthy causes in the UK and overseas relevant to this industry sector. Where such causes do not have access to public funding, MIMN can provide financial support through various fund-raising events and activities.
The National Youth Theatre Of Great Britain
(UK, 306075) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,688.00The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain discovers, inspires, and trains diverse young talent from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We embrace their fearless energy and individual voices to produce powerful theatre by telling the stories of our time to critical acclaim. We've been providing the next generation of creative, articulate, responsible citizens for 55 years and we are as ambitious as the young people we serve. Our celebrated alumni include Dame Helen Mirren, Colin Firth, Catherine Tate, Daniel Craig, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Orlando Bloom. Can you help support the work of the National Youth Theatre, either financially or in kind? Please contact Richard Wilkinson Head of Development on to discuss how you can help us. We are delighted that the family and friends of Diana Bliss have chosen to honour her memory by setting up a bursary fund in her name. If you would like to make a donation please visit The Diana Bliss Bursary page.
Anoopam Mission
(UK, 274942) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,256.15Anoopam Mission UK is a charity run entirely by volunteers, with a vision to build stronger, happier, healthier communities. Through arts, sports and cultural, spiritual and community based activities, Anoopam Mission reaches out to all age groups.
National Trust
(UK, 205846) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,171.63We're a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and open spaces - for ever, for everyone. We look after historic houses, gardens, mills, coastline, forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, nature reserves, villages and pubs.
Sistema Scotland or Big Noise
(UK, SC039119) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,086.82Sistema Scotland uses music to transform lives. Our Big Noise orchestra programme fosters confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children taking part and across their community. We work in Raploch, Stirling and Govanhill, Glasgow with 800 children aged 0 to 14. www.sistemascotland.org.uk
The Henry Allen Trust
(UK, 1156701) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,071.78The Henry Allen Trust was set up in memory of 4yr old Henry after he lost his battle against High Risk Neuroblastoma on the 20th October 2013. Team Henry will fundraise to provide vital special memories for families dealing with childhood cancer and assist families upon diagnosis.
Arts 4 Dementia
(UK, 1140842) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,071.37Arts 4 Dementia is a new charity bridging a vital gap in dementia care. We believe that people living with dementia in the community - like the rest of us - have the right to enjoy life to the full. Artistic and imaginative responses can remain strong for years after the onset of dementia. Engagement with arts brings benefits both for those with dementia and to their loved ones through sharing such experiences. Working with other agencies, Arts 4 Dementia is spreading the word and facilitating high quality arts events so that families, rather than just having to cope, can help to transform the lives of their loved ones.
Music for All
(UK, 1055371) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,684.95Music for All is the charity of the UK musical instrument industry. The mission is "Making More Musicians" this is achieved through: 1) Promoting the substantial and wide-ranging benefits of music making 2) Bringing "Learn to Play" experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds 3) Being committed to addressing the needs of community and diversity, especially those who do not have access to music making 4) Developing partnerships with like-minded organisations For more information, go to www.musicforall.org.uk
University of Nottingham - Children's Brain Tumour Research
(UK, exempt) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,081.83The University of Nottingham set up the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre in 1997 in response to the fact childhood tumours do not receive major research funds. The Centre has now begun a research programme to find out more about these fatal tumours so that far less damaging treatments can be developed.
Royal Devon And Exeter NHS Foundation Trust General Charity
(UK, 1061384) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,016.51The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust General Charity provides charitable funds for one of the South West’s largest hospitals which delivers healthcare services to a core population of around 420,000. Charitable donations really help support the services provided by the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust by improving patient experience and staff wellbeing as well as enabling the purchase of equipment and additional research. The Trust has national and internationally recognised excellence in specialist fields and prides itself on being a forward-thinking healthcare provider with a commitment to improving the quality of patient care. To find out more about what we do, click here
Southend-on-Sea YMCA
(UK, 1102837) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,959.02Southend YMCA enables vulnerable young people to rebuild their confidence, increase their employability and restore their self esteem. We provide supported housing, education and use music, art, sport and catering projects to effectively help over 1,000 young people a year in the Southeast of Essex.
Eric Liddell Centre
(UK, SC003147) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,886.34The Eric Liddell Centre is named in memory of the Olympic gold medallist portrayed in the Oscar award-wining film “Chariots of Fire”. Eric’s beliefs in community service led local residents to set up the charity and centre in Edinburgh dedicated to inspiring, empowering, and supporting local people of all ages, cultures and abilities, as an expression of compassionate values. As an innovative local charity, it provides a day care service for people with a diagnosis of dementia, the Ca(I)re Programme: a programme of free courses for carers, office accommodation for up to 10 other smaller charities and rooms for other groups providing activities for the community.
SafeHands For Mothers
(UK, 1097928) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,789.40Our vision is a world where no woman dies giving life. We work to achieve this by producing films to inform, educate and inspire change. Our films can be shown in the remotest villages using innovative solar-powered DVD players.
AMREF
(UK, 261488) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,685.45AMREF, the African Medical and Research Foundation, is African's health development organisation. Headquartered in Nairobi, AMREF runs innovative health programmes across sub-Saharan Africa, fighting disease, training health workers, and strengthening health systems. For more information, visit or follow us on Facebook at
Friends Of Kent Churches
(UK, 207021) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,516.53It is an ecumenical organisation which raises money through an annual sponsored Bike Ride and Walk to help keep Kent's churches in repair. Half the money you raise will go to the church of your choice.
The Richmond Orchestra
(UK, 276187) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,328.30The Richmond Orchestra provides quality local concerts. We also offer free concerto workshops to young players, play charity events, put on concerts for and with children, do open rehearsals in aid of church restoration, and aim to play in settings where residents are unable to reach the concert hall. Our children's work includes vocal and instrumental participation.
Music4children
(UK, 1108364) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,219.12Our current projects are: BALBALIKA KENDRA - a shelter for orphaned children in Dhulikhel, Nepal (opening in 2014); STREATHAM STABLES - a community centre offering creative workshops for children and young people in south London (opening Phase 1 of the project in April 2014) www.music4children.org
Radio Clyde Cash for Kids (inc. West Sound)
(UK, SC003334) Browse events
YTD Raised: £7,862.86
(UK, SC003334) Cash for Kids raises money to support children facing physical, emotional and financial challenges, especially at Christmas. During the 2011 appeal, we raised £1.7M helping almost 100,000 underprivileged and disadvantaged children across Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Charity Reg. No SC003334