Age UK Enfield (UK, 1063696) Browse events

We provide essential support services, activities and projects for older people in Enfield particularly those who are vulnerable. Funding through donations will enable our charity to survive and develop into the future following large scale withdrawals of public sector funding.

The Eden Galvani Trust (UK, 1136092) Browse events

Smith-Magenis Syndrome Foundation UK (UK, 1072573) Browse events

The Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Foundation is a small UK registered charity that supports families, who have children of all ages, with Smith-Magenis Syndrome and provides information for professionals working with these families.

Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Support Group (UK, 1102599) Browse events

Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Support Group provides friendship & support, Early development group, education workshops and seminars, group speech therapy,teen groups and adult group, workshops for carers and professionals, signing classes and lots more.

The Smile of Arran Trust (UK, 1161262) Browse events

Joining the fight against brain tumours

Mark Pollock Trust (UK, TaxID:499882) Browse events

We believe that the cure for spinal cord injury simply requires enough of the right people having the will to make it happen.Even if Mark doesn't walk again we believe others will if enough of us explore the gap between reality and fantasy in pursuit of a cure. It is time to disregard the impossible

White Feather (UK, SC042693) Browse events

We will assist the people of Scotland who are in need by reason of ill health, disability and other disadvantage. We will fund to provide supplies and equipment to offer care & support. We will strive to raise awareness of various health issues & purchase equipment crucial to detect early diagnosis.

Cardigan Cancer Care (UK, 1031281) Browse events

Cardigan Cancer Care is a local charity covering the town and local area of Cardigan.Based in Cardigan we have been serving the town and district as a care and support group for patients and families who have someone suffering with cancer for almost 20 years.We offer a listening ear and offer strictly confidential emotional support and friendship during times of stress for the patient or their family.We can provide practical assistance in the home, where necessary, to enhance the patient’s mobility and comfort together with financial assistance to make life easier.We can help with petrol costs and advise on transport to hospital appointments when there is no car available.  A great deal of our resources goes into transporting patients for treatment which can be a great burden both financially and practically for sufferers.All requests are dealt with almost immediately and all monies raised quickly go back into the community.We rely on the generosity of local people both through the donations we receive and the amazing fundraising tasks that are performed.

Bath Institute For Rheumatic Diseases (UK, 1040650) Browse events

BIRD – its history, purpose and current activity The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (BIRD) was established in 1975 by the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (the ‘Min’) and the University of Bath and became a registered charity in 1981. It raises funds to support programmes of research and education into several rheumatic conditions, in particular inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. The main aim of the charity is to relieve sickness and to promote and advance medical knowledge with particular reference to rheumatic diseases. BIRD seeks to improve treatments for patients through promoting collaboration between clinicians and research scientists. Thus it provides a building with dedicated space and facilities for both clinical and laboratory-based research, and serves as a hub for research-active staff linking BIRD and the RNHRD, and for visiting doctors and scientists from the UK and overseas. It also organises educational programmes for doctors, health professionals, patients and the general public. Past achievements of BIRD include training of more than 25 PhD students, 20 clinical research fellows and 10 post-doctoral research assistants, many of whom now work in hospitals, academic institutions or the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and around the world. Research studies included disease mechanisms in RA, the biology of bone cells in osteoporosis and validating and optimising anti-TNF treatment for patients with RA, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Today, the Institute is an internationally recognised centre for characterising novel autoantibodies in patients with connective tissue diseases, in particular chronic muscle disease (myositis) in both adults and children. These studies are being carried out with support from the Myositis Support Group and involve active collaboration with a number of centres throughout Europe. In addition, BIRD is currently providing funds (1) to support a multi-centre international research project on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and (2) to undertake a study of joint and muscle problems arising in young musicians. The latter involves collaboration with schools (Wells Blue School), colleges offering Music degrees (Bath Spa University, Falmouth University College) and a leading conservatoire (Guildhall School of Music, London). Much current research in BIRD is supported by an extensive biobank of over 30,000 samples and linked to clinical databases that underpin a range of biomarker and genetic studies of arthritis and connective tissue diseases. This resource is a key element in a developing research collaboration between BIRD, the RNHRD and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford. The Institute is managed by a Council of Management which meets quarterly, with day-to-day running in the hands of the Chair and a full-time Executive Director, supported by two part-time assistants. Core costs of some £125,000pa have to be met from unrestricted donations, legacies etc, from overheads on grants, charges from providing services to other charities and covenanted surplus from commercial activity (mostly laboratory tests) by our subsidiary Trading Company. Many of these sources of income are highly unpredictable from one year to the next. BIRD – its future vision and need for funds BIRD is committed to maintaining and promoting an independent research and education centre for bone and joint diseases in Bath following acquisition of the RNHRD by the Royal United Hospital. To achieve this, the Institute aims to enhance the value of its clinical and laboratory facilities through providing more support for research and, in particular, collaborative research studies that seek both to improve outcomes for patients and also to improve our understanding of the underlying disease. BIRD is seeking unrestricted sponsorship of its research and education programmes as follows: •     Support for the continuing growth of the biobank and clinical databases to answer specific research questions, such as evaluating the long-term effectiveness of biological therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. The very nature of the biobank and databases requires continuous support for sample and data handling and storage. Funding in this area is also essential to allow development of new research partnerships, and hence more funding opportunities, such as that underway with NDORMS in Oxford and with many European centres. •     Research Training Awards to support the next generation of researchers and to ensure that bone and joint diseases remain a focus of medical research in the future. Rheumatic diseases remain a major cause of pain and suffering, and a considerable burden on the national economy through loss of work, etc. Cures for these conditions have yet to be found, although treatment of the associated symptoms has improved dramatically in recent year’s thanks in large measure to a better understanding of the underlying disease processes. Further research will lead to a greater range of effective treatments, and the opportunity to identify those factors that determine clinical responses and risk of toxicity in individual patients. Through its large groups of well-characterised patients, Bath can play an important role in these developments and offer a fertile environment for training young doctors and scientists in the future. •     Funding to undertake further educational programmes aimed at GPs, physiotherapists and other health professionals, patients, their families and carers. From the above, it is clear that the management of patients with chronic inflammatory joint diseases is changing rapidly for the better, largely through the ‘appliance of science’. This generates an increased need for updating knowledge for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. It is also very important to support patients and their families, friends and carers in their discussions with medical staff by providing news and information on recent developments. Our series of Patient Information Days is very successful* in achieving the latter and needs continuing support. * A self-help group for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsAZZ) was recently established as a direct result of discussions at a BIRD Patient Information Day.

Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches (UK, 1073196) Browse events

The Burnham Beeches Rotary Club raises money for a variety of charitable purposes locally, nationally and international with an emphasis on supporting young people and donation to cancer care.

B.U.S.T (UK, 1117508) Browse events

BUST (Breast Cancer Unit Support Trust) is a Bristol based charity founded by patients for patients to support the work of the Southmead Hospital Breast Care Centre. Since 1991, BUST has spent £750,000 on equipment and resources to support innovation in diagnosis and treatment of breast disease.

Southend Hospital Charitable Foundation (UK, 1073031) Browse events

The Keyhole Cancer Appeal aims to raise £600,000 for the provision of a new state-of-the-art laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) theatre suite. Previous patients would’ve had ‘open’ surgery’ which would have meant longer hospital stays, recovery times & greater post-operative pain & scarring.

Yorkshire Cancer Centre (UK, 1075308YCC) Browse events

Yorkshire Cancer Centre is the fundraising arm of St Jamess Institute of Oncology in Leeds. Our ongoing appeal directly benefits cancer patients in this excellent modern facility which opened in 2008. The Centre provides a range of cancer services to a catchment community of more than 2.6m people across Yorkshire. The Appeals focus is four-stranded: specialist medical equipment, research and education programmes, patient home comforts and the arts and gardens projects. Your contribution, no matter how modest, will enhance patient care to make this world-class facility a leading force in the early prevention, diagnosis, treatment and after-care of this indiscriminate disease that still affects one in three lives in the UK.

Cure Crohn's Colitis (UK, SC036559) Browse events

Cure Crohn's Colitis has the sole objective of raising money to help fund medical research into curing Inflammatory Bowel Disease - 100% of money raised goes directly to the projects we support.

Finley's Tracks Charity (UK, 1174) Browse events

Finley's Tracks is a new Charity set up in December 2014 which aim is to help all Manx sufferers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a devastating muscle wasting disease that starts taking effect at a young age, and rapidly develops leaving the sufferer in need of 24 hour care. We need a cure!

Be Child Cancer Aware (UK, 1141987) Browse events

Be Child Cancer Aware is dedicated to raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of all Cancers affecting Children and Teenagers Be Child Cancer Aware are also sole sponsors of the Beads of Courage programme in UK hospitals. This programme offers help, enCOURAGEment and support during treatment

The Rachel Foundation - Infertility Research Trust. (UK, 1087012) Browse events

The Rachel Foundation was set up to fund vital research into the causes of infertility. Our mission is to turn research into treatment to give couples the very best chance of becoming parents. "We made the donation to the Rachel Foundation because without the research foundation funds, we may never have had our precious son. After 13 unsuccessful attempts of IVF, we approached CARE in Nottingham. After just one cycle of IVF using the first ever CGH array procedure we achieved a pregnancy which resulted in our son being born, he is now 14 months old. We will be forever grateful to all the staff at CARE and hope the Rachel Foundation continues to fund more research into helping couples have children."

The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (UK, 1109385) Browse events

The GFCT is dedicated to raising Prostate Health Awareness in men aged over 40 We have so far PSA Blood tested over 30,000 men and have identified over 630 known cancers. We now use a Psawatch Bioscan which is a hand held machine giving results in 10 minutes.Visit our website at grahamfulford.org.uk

The Lavender Touch ( Scottish Borders Charity) (UK, SC034713) Browse events

The Lavender Touch provides complimentary therapies for people who have cancer in the Scottish Borders. These treatments can help people at every stage of their condition and can be given within the Borders General Hospital, Macmillan Centre, the local health centre or community hospital, or within the individual's own home

National Children's Tumour Leukeamia Trust (UK, 1136332) Browse events

Supporting Families with children living with Cancer, through treatment and beyond, fund days out, holidays, dreams, hospital parking, petrol and other financial problems.

Kent kidney patients association (UK, 295090) Browse events

it helps patients and their families cope with renal failure. A holiday caravan is funded in Hastings for patients to use free of charge. Raising awareness of the importance of organ donation is a priority and the Association support the British Transplant Games.

Barbara Bus Fund (UK, 257507) Browse events

The Barbara Bus Fund was set up in 1968 to help wheelchair users get out and about in its fleet of specially adapted vehicles. The fleet is based in Stanmore, with other vehicles available in North Wales, West Yorkshire and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Please help to maintain and expand our fleet.

North East Motor Neurone Disease Trust (UK, 1109258) Browse events

The charity provides help and support for those diagnosed with MND, their families and care givers. It runs a weekly drop in centre in Newcastle, regular social events and summer outings. The charity is run by volunteers and all funds are used helping those living with Motor Neurone Disease.

The Ethan Perkins Trust (UK, 1131071) Browse events

Did you know that 16,000 people develop a brain tumour every year in the UK and it is the main cause of cancer deaths in children? Brain Tumour research is still in its infancy and grossly underfunded. Research in this area is significantly behind other cancer breakthroughs. This is where you can help by raising funds and increasing awareness so that, eventually, the number of deaths from this aggressive disease can be reduced. The Ethan Perkins Trust was set up by his parents in his name because they lost their son at just 11 years old to an aggressive Brain Tumour. He under went treatment and fought the tumour but sadly passed away only 8 months after diagnosis. Ethans Parents were shocked by the lack of support and funding into Brain Tumour research. The charity has been set up to make people aware of this, to support other children undergoing treatment and their families. With your help by increasing funding and awareness hopefully other parents will in the near future be able to say"There is Hope" and finally "There is a cure". Help us make a difference to children's lives today, tomorrow and give children a future! About TEPT - We provide grants and lasting experiences for children diagnosed with brain tumours who are receiving treatment. To date we have issued 80 children and their families with grants, which is organised via social care workers. They tell us what the child needs e.g. a family break or a comfort item e.g. toy, games console, camera etc and we supply the relevant funds from your events, donations and sponsorship. We aim to raise awareness for the urgent need for research into Brain Tumours and we raise vital funds for the development of this research. To date we have raised £15,000 that has gone directly to Brain Tumour Research via the Brain Tumour Charity. We rely solely on donations and the charity is run by friends and family who are all unpaid volunteers.

Oxford Kidney Unit Trust Fund Ltd (UK, 270869) Browse events

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