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For Lucie
(UK, 1140709) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,721.00
(UK, 1140709) For Lucie exists to raise funds through donations for the benefit of people and families suffering from bacterial infections, meningitis and sepsis. For Lucie will make a real difference to the children and their families who are suffering or bereaved from these diseases
Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service
(UK, 1148402) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,707.33
(UK, 1148402) LEBBS will provide an free out-of-hours emergency courier service, transporting blood and other items deemed essential between medical facilities within Lincolnshire.
Spinal Injuries Scotland
(UK, SCO15405) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,697.00Spinal Injuries Scotland is the national voluntary organisation concerned with new and long-term spinal cord injured people, their relatives and friends, along with those involved in the management, care and rehabilitation of the injury. SIS provides immediate support through the office based Information Service and operates a self-referral information line. We also provide a legal and welfare rights advisory service. Our representatives, who are able to discuss all aspects of living with a spinal cord injury, undertake weekly visits to the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit. In addition we liaise with other similar voluntary and professional organisations so that the issues surrounding spinal cord injury are recognised and understood.
The White Horse Care Trust
(UK, 900633) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,690.00The White Horse Care Trust exists to enhance the lives of adults with learning disabilities around Swindon, Wiltshire and nearby, through the provision of a ranges of services and support to these individuals and their families. We support in our own small residential care and nursing homes as well as in individuals' own homes, providing choice and activities to enable them to experience the most normal and fulfilling life possible. We aim to provide additional support services to benefit these individuals, whether this be increased levels of care or support outside the home, and increase the range of leisure activities available to them, from arts and crafts at home to holidays away. This is not possible without the kind support of donors such as yourselves.
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital Trust
(UK, 700336) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,682.64Tarporley War Memorial Hospital is your local Community Hospital; it exists to make a real difference to the care of patients who live in the surrounding rural villages. This hospital is an independent charitable trust and NOT an NHS hospital, and relies on donations, legacies and various fundraising events BUT we need to increase our income significantly if we are to continue to give this service in ensuring every patient both in patients and outpatients have the best care and the best trained staff to nurse them. By supporting Tarporley War Memorial Hospital you can be sure that you will be helping to give the best care possible to patients who live and work in the community.
Salisbury Hospice Charity
(UK, 6525170) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,681.36
(UK, 6525170) The charity supports the work of Salisbury Hospice to care for patients with life limiting illness, with the aim of sustaining their quality of life and providing relief from pain and other distressing symptoms. The same loving support, help and counselling is also offered to their families, friends and carers.
Severn Freewheelers
(UK, 1120999) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,675.00We offer an out of hours, medical courier service (with Emergency Response) between NHS facilities in Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester and North Wiltshire. We carry Blood, Human Tissue, Human Milk and other medical essentials. All our members are trained volunteers.
FOMO
(UK, 1090727) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,675.00From small beginnings in the year 2000 FOMO now looks after over 5000 children through a network of 13 centres covering over 85 villages in Mulanje district of Malawi. FOMO Provides Health Care, Formal and Informal Education, Food Security and Daily Activities. Everything raised will go to Malawi to Help the children.
BASIK
(UK, 1116936) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,660.00BUILD SCHOOLS. END POVERTY. www.basik.org.uk With your help we can bring lasting change to children’s lives by giving them an education. BASIK provides schools with running water, desks, toilets and a building that will last. We ensure that children who cannot afford to go to school can go and give all pupils a mosquito net to protect them and there families from deadly malaria. We are working to end poverty through education and give children the opportunity to have a brighter future.
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland
(UK, NIC101307) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,653.66Cancer Focus Northern Ireland -your local cancer champion, here to help you and your family if you have cancer. Helping you take steps to a healthier life, to lower your risk and determined to bring a more hopeful future by funding ground breaking research
Friends of the RUH
(UK, 275776) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,652.94The Friends of the RUH was established in 1957 by a small group of dedicated people. Over the years the charity has expanded dramatically. The Friends of the RUH provide amenities and comforts for patients and relatives which could not otherwise be provided by the NHS.
Dudley Stroke Association
(UK, 1100960) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,615.00We are a local independent charity working within Dudley MBC. Stroke can affect the whole family and is for life, but Life goes on after a stroke. We offer support, information and advice through visits, telephone support and group activities, eg exercise groups, coffee mornings, lunch club,.
Benenden Charitable Trust
(UK, 1106287) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,594.26We help provide relief of hardship and distress caused by sickness, infirmity, disability or any medical condition, by providing financial assistance to the members or former members of the Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, their Nominees and, if the Trustees think fit, to other persons in need.
The League of Friends to The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
(UK, 249346) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,590.00The League of Friends to The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Registered Charity No. 249346) was set up in 1961. Since that time the group has raised over £4 million for the benefit of the hospital. Unique in its network of fund-raising branches, based in the towns and villages of Shropshire, Mid and North Wales. The League gives financial support for amenities, medical equipment and research.
Priscilla Bacon Lodge Support Group
(UK, 278667) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,586.50WE ARE A CHARITY WHICH SUPPORTS THE WORK CARRIED OUT AT THE PRISCILLA BACON CENTRE FOR PALLIATIVE CARE IN NORWICH. WE SEEK TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN NEED BY SUPPORTING THE NURSES, DOCTORS, THERAPISTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS, AS WELL AS THE PATIENTS WHO USE THE CENTRE. The Priscilla Bacon Centre for palliative care in Norwich is a hospice, serving patients with advanced cancer and other terminal illnesses. The hospice was officially opened in 1979 by the Duchess of Kent. The hospice has been funded through a combination of charitable donations and NHS grants ever since. The Priscilla Bacon Lodge Support Group, administered by an outside board of trustees, is ONLY funded by members subscriptions, donations and legacies. We help patients and their families by providing quickly those ‘extras’ which can improve the quality of life in times of difficulty; things which the NHS often find hard to supply. An elected committee meets monthly to respond to requests from doctors, nurses, and carers for special things like a new bed at home, a much needed holiday for a patient or carer, replacing a broken washing machine or fridge, medical or nursing equipment and specialist chairs or mattresses. We also pay for private ambulances to enable some patients to return home for a few hours. The Group also finances other services including the coffee bar, car mileage for volunteer drivers and the training of bereavement visitors. In addition, the multidisciplinary staff is financially assisted to attend conferences and training courses, and books and medical publications are provided for study purposes. We are able to access funds at short notice. We are also able to fund new projects which can be adopted by the NHS at a later date or provide emergency assistance when NHS funds are not immediately available.
Focus on Africa
(UK, 1106773) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,575.00We are a small charity based in Haverhill, Suffolk. We have recently purchased some land and are now trying to raise the money to build a clinic where children can be brought for medical help when suffering from Malaria, Typhoid and Dysentry. Plus a safe environment for women to come to give birth.
The Stroke Survivors Foundation
(UK, NPO083885) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,541.84MISSION STATEMENT: To create a national network that provides post-discharge rehabilitation and support for stroke survivors, their families and caregivers. VISION: » To provide a support structure to stoke survivors who do not have a support team; » To reduce the burden of financial stress; » To reduce the burden on the caregivers; » To keep the stroke survivor motivated; » To improve access to rehabilitation centres.
Stroke Care For Newbury And West Berkshire
(UK, 1027003) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,526.20Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire is an independent local charity established in 1993 which grew out of Newbury Stroke Club. Our primary aim is to provide relief and practical support to people throughout West Berkshire who have suffered the effects of a stroke. In addition to our Family Support Team which focuses on making contact with stroke survivors in hospital, we have two main Stroke Support Groups (at Woolhampton and Shaw), which have an emphasis on aftercare, rehabilitation and confidence building. The Stroke Support Groups have a club type environment where individual goals are set to target recovery. Core activities include cognitive exercises, physiotherapy, fellowship, hydrotherapy, and speech therapy. We manage Hydrotherapy and Speakability groups, and sponsor dedicated Outpatient Physiotherapy at West Berks Community Hospital. In addition there are opportunities for carers and partners to meet for fellowship and to gather information and advice.
The Amelia-Grace Rainbow Fund
(UK, 1146031) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,525.16The Amelia-Grace Rainbow Fund Provides grants to children in Dorset with serious, chronic life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We aim to create an enviornment of fun, laughter, achievement and memories through providing grants for activities, holidays and play which may enrich the lives of children suffering illnesses.
The League of Worthing Hospitals & Community Friends
(UK, 208291) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,483.80The CT Scanner Appeal run by the Friends of Worthing Hospitals aims to raise 1 million for a second CT Scanner. We are launching the appeal with a donation of 100,000 from the Friends.
South West Children's Heart Circle
(UK, 267323) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,473.15The Heart Circle supports children undergoing cardiac care at the Bristol Children's Hospital, and their families. It covers an area from Cornwall to South Wales. The charity provides support from parents who have had similar experiences, social events, a caravan for short breaks and equipment to make the children's lives easier.
CSI BASICS
(UK, 502386) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,472.00Cheshire and Shropshire Immediate Care group (CSIbasics.org.uk) provide specialist volunteer medics to support the ambulance and rescue services, bringing advance medical care to the communities of Cheshire and Shropshire
Friends of Holy Cross
(UK, 248993) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,468.20The Friends of Holy Cross Hospital raise funds to be used by the Hospital to enhance the quality of life of their severely disabled patients.
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Charitable Fund
(UK, 1057361) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,446.20We provide equipment and fund projects in mental health, learning disability & community health services, over & above what is funded by the NHS. We care for people at all stages of their life, in their own homes, in the community & as inpatients in our community hospitals and units.
Foyle Hospice
(UK, xn76407) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,400.00The Foyle Hospice provides specialised care and support both in the inpatient unit, in our Daycare unit and in our community for patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. This care also extends to the family and further ongoing support is provided for bereaved families In the northwest.