Browsing Charities
Heart Care
(UK, 1109021) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,476.22
(UK, 1109021) Heart Care is a local charity that has been helping the people of Walsall and surrounding areas for over 30 years. We provide a rehabilitation programme for people that suffer from heart and lung disease and also run a weight management programme. The West Midlands is the worst area in the country for adult obesity, which can lead to the development of heart disease and diabetes. At Heart Care we are helping people to prevent and recover from these conditions, but we need your help to enable us to continue to provide our unique service for the people of Walsall. Heart Care continues to help thousands of patients with heart problems per year; we had 838 referrals in 2013 alone for our Cardiac Rehabilitation programme. The amount of people’s live Heart Care touches each year is huge and we are in constant need of fundraising efforts to support this. Heart Care relies very heavily on fundraising and thus your contributions and help can mean the world of difference to our patients and the facilities we provide.
Tailor Ed Foundation
(UK, SC039246) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,450.00Tailor Ed Foundation is a small, independent charity committed to improving the quality of life for children with autism and their families aged 3-12 in Edinburgh. This service is free and we target practical skills like getting dressed, toileting, brushing teeth, bedtime and most things in between.
A Little Gesture
(UK, 1141990) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,440.14
(UK, 1141990) A Little Gesture A Great Help ("ALG") is a new and fast growing small UK Charity focused on overseas aid to vulnerable children. ALG was set up by Sara Vicente as a Trust in 2011 following a local volunteering experience and the launch in 2004 of her Portuguese NGO Um Pequeno Gesto Uma Grande Ajuda (“UPG”). Both charities are focused on underprivileged children and their families living exclusively in the Province of Gaza, a highly impoverished area in southern Mozambique.The sister-charities are financially independent but both intervene directly on the ground through local established operations in Xai-Xai, Chongoene and Chokwé. This is a mostly rural area heavily affected by AIDS where children typically belong to one-parent only families, have HIV-infected relatives or are already orphans.
Braehead MS Therapy Centre Wick
(UK, Sc002831) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,431.66Braehead MS Therapy Centre is an indepentent registered charity in Wick Caithness in the far North of Scotland. The charity was started over 25y years ago by MS sufferers , their famillies and friends as a self help group to provide oxygen therapy via a Hyperbaric chamber. The chamber is not only used by MS sufferers but for conditions such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, leg ulcers,ME, brain injuries, sports injuries, in fact any condition that can be helped through breathing in oxygen under pressure. We run on voluntary help and are solely self funded relying on own fundraising activities, as well as donations from rotary clubs, local businesses,and individuals. We do not receive any support nationally or from the NHS ,despite the obvious benefit the chamber offers to all users. The annual cost of keeping the chamber open is in the region of £9000. Your donation would be very welcome and much appreciated.
Essex Blind Charity
(UK, 1103732) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,427.43We provide support, information and advice for people with Sight Loss living in Essex. We also support their families and carers. We operate a number of centres throughout Essex where we can demonstrate equipment to promote independent living and provide emotional support. We can provide support at the time of diagnosis at eye clinics in a variety of hospitals. We can also offer a home visiting service. We provide a variety of activities at a number of our centres to help reduce social isolation.
Hertfordshire Society for the Blind
(UK, 1047148) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,405.00HSB focuses on helping visually impaired people retain their independence and reduce their social isolation through services in client’s homes, at hospital eye clinics and local equipment and information points, supported by dedicated volunteers. The majority of its clients are over 70
SSSK
(UK, 1070646) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,380.00SSSK seeks to raise awareness about the issues affecting street children, and to support local NGOs of which SSSK members have personal knowledge. As the Trustees themselves pay for all the expenses involved in running the Trust, ALL the money donated goes to support street child centred NGOs.
Support 4 Sight
(UK, 1074812) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,370.24To support blind & partially sighted people so that they cope with sight loss & remain independent.
TVDNY Neurological Alliance
(UK, 1119043) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,365.00We deliver an Advocacy, Information and Signposting service for people living with or caregivers of someone with a neurological condition. We improve condition literacy, improve knowledge of services and enable people to access other opportunities such as our peer supporters.
The Hepatitis C Trust
(UK, 1104279) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,311.88The Hepatitis C Trust is the national UK charity for hep C. It was founded and is led and run by people with personal experience of hepatitis C. We work to deliver a whole range of services including awareness and testing, advocacy and support with the ultimate goal of preventing unnecessary deaths.
Kissypuppy - The Sophie Rolf Trust
(UK, 1156155) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,295.00To develop new, and improve existing, services for children and their families with life-shortening conditions, on the Isle of Wight.
Basildon and District Heart Support Group
(UK, 1144451) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,280.00We are a group made up of former patients and healthcare professionals providing advice and assistance to cardiac patients in our community and providing equipment to our cardiac unit to improve patient care and recovery. We also donate to British Heart Foundation to fund national research projects.
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY AUTISM ACTIVITY NETWORK
(UK, 1156551) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,267.20I CAAN is a group of volunteers that organise activities for people with autism and their families in Allerdale and Copeland. I CAAN organises activities for the whole family. Typical activities include swimming, trampolining, soft play, dance, drama, keep fit, horse riding, craft workshops, general sports sessions and family day-trips. I CAAN is totally run by volunteers, many of whom are parents of children with autism.
Breaking Barriers NW
(UK, 1153249) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,267.10Breaking Barriers NW aims to challenge and remove the barriers to inclusion and support and empower families of Disabled children and young people aged 0-25. They will then be better able to manage whatever challenges they are currently facing. We believe difference is amazing and worth celebrating.
CareTrade
(UK, 1127890) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,247.00CareTrade is a young innovative charity with Big Ambition – to change the life chances of young people with autism. With just 15% of adults with autism in employment the prospects for the 7,000 school leavers with autism each year are not optimistic. With your help we can change this.
Solent MS Therapy Centre
(UK, 299545) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,235.00The Solent MS therapy Centre provides therapy, advice and support to people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with Multiple Sclerosis. We are a self funding charity and we appreciate everyone's kind efforts and support on our behalf.
OASIS Autism
(UK, 1033927) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,234.07..OASIS is run by parent volunteers who have children on the Autistic Spectrum. We aim to provide a supportive community for all families and children affected by Autism.
Osteoporosis 2000
(UK, 1043657) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,205.00Osteoporosis 2000 is a Sheffield based charity which offers a range of support services to help people with osteoporosis and for those who are concerned about developing this disease. The charity provides practical advice and support including local exercise classes.
Nicola Murray Foundation
(UK, SC041797) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,199.83The Nicola Murray Foundation has been set up in the memory of Nicola Murray, she was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in January 2010, she sadly died on 28th April 2010, less than 4 months later, aged 34. She requested that any fundraising in her name should benefit those with Ovarian cancer.
Socops
(UK, 1133360) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,195.00Socops is an Exeter charity for families with children and young people on the autistic spectrum. Weekly clubs help them become better integrated and connected in society and donations are required for a third project for those with autism aged 12-15 to support their transition into early adulthood.
Dorset Blind Association
(UK, 1140321) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,176.00
(UK, 1140321) The Dorset Blind Association is a local charity providing services, support and advice to visually impaired people throughout Dorset. Our aim is simple - to ensure that everything we do is geared towards helping to make life better for visually impaired people in Dorset.
AFRICAID
(UK, 1045461) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,163.32Africaid provides effective HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support to youth worldwide through football.
Barth Syndrome Trust (BST)
(UK, 1100835) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,163.00Barth syndrome is a complex and life threatening genetic condition that affects boys' hearts, immune systems and growth. Our boys often struggle with extreme fatigue, sudden heart arrhythmias and recurring infections. Help us to fund research and to find a cure for this devastating condition.
Oracle Cancer Trust
(UK, 277955) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,145.00Oracle is a charity dedicated to funding the research and treatment of head and neck cancer. Our fundamental aims are to ensure the very best patient survival rates as well as preservation of the senses, which are so often affected by chemotherapy and radio therapies.
The Huntingdonshire Society For The Blind
(UK, 202573) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,145.00An independent charity founded in 1922 which supports over 600 visually impaired members living in Huntingdonshire. The Society provides a broad range of services including benefits advice, social outings and subsidised holiday. Visual aids are available to purchase from the Society resource room.