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CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY
(UK, 1049274) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,839.35
(UK, 1049274) Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charity works hard to make a difficult time a little bit easier for young and old at our family of six hospitals. We support continuing excellence in treatment, care and research.
The Bobby Moore Fund
(UK, 1089464BMF) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,643.00The Bobby Moore Fund raises money for research into bowel cancer, and also works to raise public awareness of the disease. The Fund was set up in partnership with Cancer Research UK in memory of footballer Bobby Moore OBE, who sadly died from bowel cancer, aged just 51. Every day in the UK, 44 men and women die from bowel cancer. However, if detected early, over 90% of cases can be successfully treated. Each year, with the help of people like you, the Bobby Moore Fund raises over £2 million. The funds are spent on high quality research carried out by leading scientists across the UK. Your support will help us tackle bowel cancer.
The Mary How Trust For Cancer Prevention
(UK, 1122393) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,408.58We offer health screenings to spot the early signs of cancer and other serious illnesses. We invite donations dependent on your ability to pay. Our remarkable supporters transform people’s lives with donations, fundraising and gifts in wills. Together, we give people a healthier future.
EHE Rare Cancer Charity
(UK, 1162472) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,268.12EHERCC supports EHE rare cancer patients, raises funds for critical research, and promotes EHE awareness. We help those with EHE while funding research to understand and ultimately defeat EHE, because people with rare cancers should not feel forgotten. We are determined to ensure they are not.
Kidney Research UK
(UK, 252892) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,056.87Kidney Research UK is the leading UK charity funding research into the causes, treatment and prevention of kidney disease. Right now there are over three million people in Britain at risk of chronic kidney disease. There is no cure. With your help we can save lives.
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)
(UK, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) - N/A) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,965.51Tragically, 1 in 3 of us will develop cancer in our lifetime. And even if we are not directly affected, almost all of us will be moved by the pain and suffering cancer causes to a relative or friend. Our mission is to make the discoveries that defeat cancer.
UCLH Charity
(UK, 229771) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,923.25UCLH Charity provides support for patients, staff and medical research at UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The hospitals treat not only local residents, commuters and visitors to the area but also provide highly specialised services for patients referred from all over the UK and from abroad. The Trust has a reputation for innovation and providing patient focussed care, with ambitions to be a world class centre for clinical services, teaching and research. In the past the Charity has provided state of the art medical equipment for UCL Hospitals, invested in health initiatives for staff and funded academic medical research projects in conjunction with University College London. Current projects included a £3m joint venture with UCL Hospitals to develop a pioneering education centre, and the investment of £7m, from past legacies, in biomedical research. We are also developing a UCLH homeless healthcare service, responding to an ‘invisible’ patient group who often lack representation. Your gift is vital, to help us support this essential work into the future.
Childhood Tumour Trust
(UK, 1165777) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,800.97We are a small organisation committed to improving the lives of children and young people with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by giving them the opportunity to meet others with the condition here and in the USA at specially arranged camps. We also aim to organise days out for families and fund research
The Multiple Sclerosis Research And Relief Fund
(UK, 228634) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,598.48MS Research and Relief Fund supports all people affected by Multiple Sclerosis, by giving grants to groups and individuals, as well as providing other support services such as complementary therapies, exercise classes, outreach support services.
TOFS
(UK, 327735) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,320.81TOFS offers support and information to people born with Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula or Oesophageal Atresia. (rare congenital malformaltions of the gullet and windpipe). Immediate neonatal surgery is a treatment, not a complete cure. We are UK-based and receive no public-sector support at all.
Three Wishes
(UK, 1048659) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,318.42Our charity continues to support a wide range of healthcare services and facilities in respect of medical and scientific research, medical equipment, patients welfare, staff facilities and education throughout our organisation.
Saint Francis Hospice
(UK, 275913) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,309.38Saint Francis Hospice is a leading provider of palliative care for people living in Havering, Brentwood, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham. We care for people from 18 years of age, of any race or religion, who have a life limiting illness due to cancer, heart disease, motor neurone disease or respiratory disease and we provide physical, spiritual and emotional care and support to patients and their families.
University Of Cape Town Trust
(UK, 803042) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,258.71The University of Cape Town Trust raises funds in the UK and Europe for the University of Cape Town, South Africa's premier university. Funds raised in the UK support bursaries to help young talented students from profoundly disadvantaged backgrounds to live and learn at UCT. Without financial aid, so much of the talent now emerging from the townships and rural areas of South Africa will be wasted. These are the young people who will ultimately make valuable contributions to South Africa's future. Every penny raised can make an enormous difference to the lives of South Africans - not only the lives of the bursary students, but also the lives of their families. Funds raised in the UK also help to build capacity to ensure that the quality of teaching and research continues to align with UCT's mission for excellence, and allows UCT to be a globally recognised University.
Pretty 'n' Pink Breast Cancer Charity
(UK, XR98526) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,114.35Pretty n Pink is the only registered Breast Cancer charity in Northern Ireland. It is run by a small team of people including a Breast Cancer Survivor & local volunteers from across the province. Funds raised go directly back to help Breast Cancer patients and their families in Northern Ireland.
British Kidney Patient Association
(UK, 270288) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,938.26The BKPA helps adults and children throughout the UK affected by kidney disease, providing information and advice as well as grants for those in need. The charity also provides funding for renal units to improve facilities for kidney patients and adventure holidays for children and young people with kidney disease. Please help us with this vital ongoing work.
Weston Hospicecare
(UK, 900328) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,571.14Weston Hospicecare provides specialist care free of charge to the 1 in 100 local people with life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, motor neurone disease and heart or lung failure. We touch the lives of thousands more. We rely on the generosity of the local community to help raise £3m every year.
King's College London
(UK, ExemptCharitiesAct1993) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,565.52King's College London is one of the world's top 25 universities. It conducts world-changing research in a variety of areas including: cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's, conflict resolution and the environment. It also educates nearly 20,000 students, inspiring them to become the next generation of leaders, both in the UK and overseas. Only one third of the College's income comes from the Government - charitable donations are vital to its work. King's College London has charitable status under the Charities Act 1993.
Histiocytosis UK
(UK, 1158789) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,419.79The Histiocytosis Research Trust funds scientific research into uncovering the causes of Langerhan's Cell Histiocytosis and Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis as well as seeking to ensure early diagnosis, effective treatment and a cure. We also aim to support patients and their families.
Pumping Marvellous Foundation
(UK, 1151848) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,230.21Heart Failure affects over 1,000,000 and puts great stress on the whole family. It is a condition that needs managing through educating patients and carers through self management.The Pumping Marvellous Foundation is a dedicated Heart Failure charity in the UK so help us to help hearts.
The Migraine Trust
(UK, 1081300) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,086.70The Migraine Trust is the UK’s health charity for migraine. We provide information and support to help people manage the condition and improve quality of life, campaign for increased awareness and promote research. Recognised as one of the most disabling lifetime illnesses, migraine affects 1 in 7.
The Somerville Foundation
(UK, 1138088) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,813.77The Somerville Foundation helps young people and adults who were born with a heart condition. Providing information and advice services and organising conferences and events to educate, raise awareness and combat isolation.
The Lily Foundation
(UK, 1122071) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,276.51It helps fund research into Mitochondrial Disease and other metabolic disorders, the training of medical teams and support for families who are stricken with metabolic disorders.
Its Good 2 Give!
(UK, SCO41416) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,236.09Its Good 2 Give! encourages giving in many forms -giving ideas, giving time, giving skills, giving blood and giving money. It’s Good 2 Give offers support to young cancer patients and their families. We try to make life a little bit easier on a day-to-day basis. Some of the things we do are: Parents’ Packs All the essentials plus a little bit more for that unexpected stay in hospital. Nutritional snacks Smoothies, icecream, fruit, cheese and biscuits: parents and patients need their energy at this hard time. Workshops From bookbinding to jewellery making, cupcake decorating to confidence building our workshops provide a practical and fun way for young cancer patients to spend time with siblings and parents Practical support In 2013 we introduced ironing vouchers to give to parents to help with that often time consuming household task. We also help where we can with gardening maintenance for families whose children are in-patients. Requests A phone to call friends, or a laptop to keep on top of schoolwork, vital repairs to a car to keep the family mobile: we can’t promise but we always try. In the longer term, we are fundraising to build a retreat for families to use for a short break together – a purpose-built, restful, safe place for those affected by cancer. Please do have a look at our website www.itsgood2give.co.uk Led by award winning Volunteer Fundraiser, Lynne McNicoll. We are very lucky to have on board professionals in the form of our accountant, lawyer, project management, IT specialist who also donate their services. Thank you for helping us achieve our goals.
Team Phoenix Foundation
(UK, 1167532) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,233.55Team Phoenix is a breast cancer survivorship programme. We address mind, body, and soul through the sport of triathlon. Our women follow personalised 12-week training programmes with our coach, form friendships through social events and ultimately race together in a sprint distance triathlon.
Melanoma UK Incorporating Factor 50
(UK, 1157635) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,073.85Melanoma UK was set up in 2007 in memory of Jon Herron. We support patients and families affected by melanoma (skin cancer) and funds raised help to provide that support. We are funding much needed melanoma nurses along with help in vital research. Melanoma is a cruel disease, still without a cure.