Browsing Charities
Fight for Sight
(UK, 1111438) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,780.98
(UK, 1111438) Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity dedicated to funding research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease.
UCAN
(UK, SCO36638) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,545.00
(UK, SCO36638) 500 people die every year in the North East from Urological Cancers and many more suffer unwanted after effects without appropriate support. These cancers are testicular, prostate, bladder, kidney and penile, they are some of the most curable cancers if detected early enough. UCAN continue to raise funds to highlight awareness of the signs and symptoms of urological cancers and to support sufferers through provision of Scotland's only urological cancer support centre based on Ward 44 at Aberdeen royal Infirmary.
Logans Fund
(UK, SCO40619) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,476.45Logan’s Fund are a children’s cancer charity who operate Scotland wide and aim to provide anything that will give a cause for optimism or an alternative focus away from hospital and beyond the treatment they are going through for any child and their family affected by cancer. Our philosophy is to try and win back some of the childhood lost to time in hospital. We want to give your child's horizon a sprinkling of magic dust.
Alopecia UK
(UK, 1111304) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,424.16Alopecia UK provides information, advice and support to children and adults with alopecia, a hair loss condition that can result in complete loss of head hair, eye-lashes, eyebrows and all other body hair. It is an extremely challenging condition and the dramatic appearance change often results in psychological trauma, and lost confidence. There is reduced control of body temperature, dirt and perspiration get into unprotected eyes, absence of eye lashes allows eye lids to turn in, and unprotected skin burns readily in even moderate sunshine. There is no known cure and no treatment guaranteed to induce hair re-growth and sustain remission. The course of the condition is unpredictable and often recurrent. Alopecia UK is there to help.
Oracle Cancer Trust
(UK, 1142037) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,260.69Oracle 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.
PoTS UK
(UK, XT32371) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,188.91Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) can be a life altering and debilitating chronic health condition. The simple act of standing can be a challenge for people with PoTS as their body is unable to adjust to the pull of gravity when upright. PoTS is characterised by orthostatic intolerance (the development of symptoms when upright that are relieved by lying down). Symptoms include headaches, fatigue, palpitations, sweating, nausea, fainting and dizziness and are associated with an increase in heart rate from the lying to upright position of greater than 30 beats per minute (40 in teenagers) or a heart rate of greater than 120 beats per minute within 10 minutes of standing.PoTS UK aims to :• To support patients in obtaining a diagnosis and treatment.• Provide evidence based information to patients, carers and heath-care workers.• Facilitate mutual support via a Facebook forum.• Co-ordinate research projects• Promote awareness• Raise funds to support these aims.
Shine Cancer Support
(UK, 1146902) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,129.40Shine Cancer Support is a charity which supports younger adults in their 20s, 30s & 40s living with and beyond cancer
INCTR Challenge Fund
(UK, 1079181) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,114.66Please help overcome cancer in developing countries. The INCTR Challenge Fund pays for chemotherapy drugs for children with cancer in Africa and helps reduce the suffering of terminally ill patients in India and Nepal by building effective palliative care services. Please give! www.challengefund.org
The Dinosaur Trust
(UK, 1156233) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,058.12The Dinosaur Trust is a charity committed to saving and improving the lives of children who suffer from Pulmonary Hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. Having experienced the devastation that PAH can cause first hand, we felt that more needed to be done to help speed up research into better more personalized therapies and hopefully one day a cure for the disease. We are supporting the work of British institutions such as Cambridge University and GOSH. These teams
Pumping Marvellous Foundation
(UK, 1151848) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,029.76Heart 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.
Manx Cancer Help
(UK, 1024) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,930.49We have been supporting people of the IOM with the emotional and psychological impact of cancer for over 30 years. We offer a range of emotional, practical & psychological support to anyone affected by cancer incl; Psycho-oncology Service (1:1 psychotherapy) Drop In Complementary Therapies
The Josh Carrick Foundation
(UK, 1148521) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,843.06The Josh Carrick Foundation aims to fund research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer for the advancement of health and to also provide funds for technological advancement in cancer research. The Foundation also wishes to help raise awareness of testicular cancer.
Osborne Trust
(UK, 1160073) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,811.46We provide children whose parent/s are undergoing cancer treatment with some recreational activities during this time. We work with the families to provide some activities the children can go off and do with another family member whist their parent are resting and recovering.
Pitt Hopkins UK
(UK, 1167153) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,742.53We are a newly registered charity no.1167153. Pitt Hopkins UK aims to raise awareness of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS ), particularly among the health professionals, to support and advocate for families with a child with PTHS while delivering the latest information.Pitt Hopkins UK also hopes to be able to fund some research for example into the breathing anomalies that many of the children and adults exhibit.
Youth at Heart
(UK, 1158249) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,614.35Supporting young people and their families, living with Congenital Heart Disease, in the South West. Our aim is to maximise access to life opportunities for patients, increase public awareness of CHD and facilitate links between medical professionals and community provision.
King's College London
(UK, ExemptCharitiesAct1993) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,606.69King'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.
Above & Beyond Charities
(UK, 229945) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,605.00Above & Beyond raises funds for all Bristol’s city centre hospitals. We invest in projects that make a real difference to patient care in our city. When patients, their families and friends want to say thank you for the care they’ve received at the hospitals, they come to us.
National Kidney Federation
(UK, 1106735) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,594.91NKF (National Kidney Federation) is the only national kidney charity run by kidney patients for the benefit of kidney patients. It is committed to improving the health and quality of life of people living with kidney disease and those at risk .
LUPUS UK
(UK, 1051610) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,428.36LUPUS UK is the only National Charity which supports people with the immune system illness Lupus. We have a number of groups throughout the UK and support over 5,000 members through these groups. We also provide funding for medical research into this life threatening and debilitating illness.
Amy and Friends
(UK, 1119746) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,372.46Amy & Friends provide support for the health and well being of sufferers of Cockayne Syndrome and their families and carers. We provide an annual members retreat where families spend time in each other's company and meet leading doctors and researchers. We also provide a family support worker.
New Start Charity
(UK, 1049067) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,334.23Helping the Wythenshawe Transplant Centre to remain at the forefront of excellence for the treatment of Cardiac and Lung disease.
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research UK
(UK, 1141923) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,331.05The mission of Foundation for Prader-Willi Research UK (FPWR UK) is to eliminate the challenges of Prader-Willi Syndrome through the advancement of research. High quality research will lead to more effective treatments and an eventual cure for this disorder. FPWR UK was founded in 2010 by parents of children with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Williams Syndrome Foundation
(UK, 281014) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,317.57The Williams Syndrome Foundation was formed in 1980 and is run by parents for parents of children with this rare condition which causes heart and kidney problems and learning difficulties. It desperately needs funds to finance its ambitious research and family support programmes which include national conventions and regional meetings.
Cancer Fund for Children
(UK, Cancer Fund for Children - N/A) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,218.20Cancer Fund for Children provides practical, emotional and financial support to local children with cancer and their families. Our Specialist Team provides support at home, in the community and hospital ward. We also offer free therapeutic short breaks at our new Daisy Lodge facility in Newcastle.