Hebrides Alpha Project is a Christian charity providing supported accomodation to people suffering from alcohol and drug misuse. Maggie MacDonald, a young mum of 5 is bravely seeking to raise funds through a sponsored Sky Dive event on 5th May2012. Please consider supporting her in her efforts.
PPA is a registered charity whose aim is to promote the psychological well-being of Polish minority across UK. We help over a thousand members of Polish communities each year. We are in 6 cities in UK already and want to grow even bigger to help more people.
Anna was in the Wessex Neurological Centre at Southampton General Hospital for nearly 3 years suffering from encephalitis (her third episode). The charity's aim is to provide portable sensory equipment to aid recovery and sensory environments. Hence Anna's Room! The charity supports neurological recovery and rehabilitation wherever it is required.
To cycle from John o'Groats to Land's End to raise funds to equip a new fitness suite, a new facility which every child in our growing school will have the opportunity to use and benefit from.
WITNESS is the only organisation in the UK dedicated to supporting people who have been abused by health and care workers. It also works to prevent abuse happening by providing information and training, undertaking research and influencing policy, legislation and regulation. Winner of a Guardian Charity Award 2005.
Health The Gambia is a UK based charity committed to supporting and improving healthcare in The Gambia, West Africa on a sustainable, long-term basis. It supports the vital work of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul through the provision of medical and management expertise, medical equipment, staff training and essential supplies.
Parley helps parents and relatives who have children born with, or who develop long or short term medical conditions. Based online Parley provides links that are checked and specifically chosen to help. Patroned by Tim Loughton - MP and Shadow Minister for Children
ODEF works with people and organisations who focus on issues affecting active citizenship, particularly in relation to women and children. Current projects include - supporting women's groups and facilitating organisational development of small organisations responding to HIV/AIDS in Uganda. It also supports the World Childrens Prize.
Simpson House helps people who use drugs or are affected by someone else's drug misuse. It offers counselling & information to people in the community and Edinburgh Prison. Through it's Sunflower Garden Project it helps children who are affected by their parents substance misuse offering infant massage and groups etc.
The Circle Works is a quiet, hospitable space for people doing challenging work in the community. Community-based work is rewarding, but it can be exhausting too. The Circle Works offers refreshment, encouragement, connection with others of like mind and, most importantly, space to think.
Aid4Aids is a small NI charity, supporting Aids related projects that receive no Government funding in South Africa. So far it has raised £30,000, supporting 2 projects in a hospice in Khayelitsha township. The money has been used to drill a borehole to provide water and install solar panels to heat water.
The aim of Ella's Memory is to provide practical help to parents of still-born babies throughout Cornwall. The first goal is to completely renovate and equip the Daisy Suite at Treliske hospital in Truro.
We organise short term volunteer placements at environmental, educational, health and humanitarian projects in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Please visit: www.global-footsteps.org Follow us on twitter: @globalfootsteps Find us on Facebook: 'Global Footsteps'
CHIVA Africa sends volunteer teams of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and dieticians to SA to train and mentor South African healthcare professionals on how to treat children and babies living with HIV, ensuring the best long term care for the youngest and most vulnerable victims.
The Devon and Dorset Regimental Association charity was setup to facilitate and maintain contact between all ranks of the Regiment, fostering mutual friendship between members and providing social gatherings for them. The association preserves the traditions and heritage of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, whilst fostering Esprit De Corps, comradeship combined with welfare support to it’s members. The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment was formally disbanded on 1st February 2007. No longer funded by the Army the associations remit is to continue to support those who served within it’s ranks for this country. As our comrades grow older the association is determined to support the old and bold but need your support to do this, we ask that you give generously for our veterans.
It raises funds for the provision of coastal defences in order to protect the village of of Happisburgh on the North Norfolk coast from coastal erosion.
Restoring the heart of healthcare. PRIME educates, empowers, engages, enthuses and equips healthcare professionals to practise and teach an approach to healthcare that sees the patient as a person.
It provides patients of limited means the opportunity to obtain a fresh, independent, and unbiased opinion on their healthcare, without charge.
Established in 1914, it provides nursing care for ex-service men and women and their spouses.
.The Oxted & District Link Association is a charity that provides transport to local residents who cannot get to their doctors or hospital appointments. We are an essential local charity used by the elderly and people that are disabled in some way and unable to drive themselves.
The Red Rocket Children's Charity fundraises to support the Leicester Children's Hospital and children's hospital services across the East Midlands. Our fundraising is for vital life support equipment as well as facilities to support patients, parents and staff.
The Objectives of the Charitable Association are to support the soldiers, their wives and families in the event of hardship. The Association will help in the event of casualties and bereavement, not just in the immediate aftermath but in the longer term.
The Friends raise funds for the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. The money that we raise is spent on vital health care and services for patients and staff. Charity No: 275931 Find out more Website http://www.winchesterlof.btck.co.uk