Action for Children
www.actionforchildren.org.uk |
Action for Children helps some of the UK’s most vulnerable children – youngsters born into poverty, struggling with illness or disability, suffering terrible abuse, living in care or on the streets. Our 500 projects across the UK, work with over 140,000 children, young people and their families. |
Age Concern and Help the Aged
www.helptheaged.org.uk |
As the UK’s leading age charity, we provide information and advice to millions of ol<<de>>r people, use our expertise, influence and power to deliver positive change in public policy, work to outlaw age discrimination wherever it exists, and deliver life-enhancing services and support.
Age Concern England (charity number 261794) has merged with Help the Aged (charity number 272786) to from Age UK, a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England: registered office address 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ, company number 6825798, registered charity number 1128267. Age Concern and Help the Aged are brands of Age UK. The three national Age Concerns in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have also merged with Help the Aged in these nations to form three new registered charities: Age Scotland, Age Northern Ireland, Age Cymru. |
Arthritis Research Campaign
Registered Charity No 207711
www.arc.org.uk |
Raises funds to promote and fund research into causes, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions, as well as educating healthcare professionals and providing information for sufferers. |
Barnardo’s
Registered Charity No 216250
www.barnardos.org.uk |
Whatever the issue from drug misuse to disability; youth crime to mental health; sexual abuse to domestic violence; poverty to homelessness; Barnardo’s believes we can bring out the best in every child. We run almost 400 projects around the UK. |
British Heart Foundation
Registered Charity No225971
www.bhf.org.uk |
The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need your help. We rely on your donations of time and money to continue our life-saving work. Because together we can beat heart disease. |
Cancer Research UK
Registered Charity No1089464
www.cancerresearchuk.org |
Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. We have discovered new ways of beating cancer that together have saved hundreds of thousands of lives across the world. Our groundbreaking work, funded almost entirely by the general public, will ensure that millions more people survive. Together we will beat cancer. |
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Registered Charity
No281287
www.cftrust.org.uk |
CFTR - Cystic Fibrosis Trust - 'Supports and funds medical and scientific research aimed towards understanding, treating and curing CF. Also aims to ensure that CF sufferers receive the best possible care and support in all aspects of their lives. |
Diabetes UK
Registered Charity No215199
www.diabetes.org.uk |
Diabetes UK is the leading charity for people with diabetes. There are 2.5 million people in the UK who have diabetes and up to 500,000 others who have the condition but do not know it yet. Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition. Our mission is to improve the lives of people with diabetes and work towards a future without diabetes. You can make a real difference to the lives of those we help. |
Epilepsy Action
Registered Charity No234343
www.epilepsy.org.uk |
Epilepsy Action exists for every single one of the 456,000 people in the UK who have epilepsy. From all age groups and all walks of life, people with epilepsy can rely on us for support, advice and campaigns to build a better future. Funding enables Epilepsy Action to provide essential support and services to those with epilepsy, ranging from a freephone helpline, a specialist nurse scheme and a national network of branches. By working together, we can achieve our goal of living in a society where everyone understands epilepsy and attitudes towards the condition are based on fact, not fiction. |
Leukaemia Research
Registered Charity No216032
www.lrf.org.uk |
Leukaemia Research is the only charity in the UK dedicated exclusively to finding better treatments and cures for leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other cancers of the blood. 24,500 people - children and adults alike - are diagnosed with a blood cancer in the UK every year and we work hard to give them the best possible chance of survival. Our research has already improved treatments but with your help we want to achieve further advances and save more lives. |
Macmillan Cancer Support
Registered Charity No261017
www.macmillan.org.uk |
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan. |
Mencap
Registered Charity No222377
www.mencap.org.uk |
Few people know very much at all about what it is like to be someone with a learning disability. Therefore, the 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK are among the most excluded people in today’s society.
Mencap works with people with a learning disability to change laws and services, challenge prejudice and directly support thousands of people to live their lives as they choose. Mencap is the voice of learning disability. |
Mind
Registered Charity No219830
www.mind.org.uk |
Campaigns for the opportunity to work and play a full part in the community for anyone with experience of mental distress, and is an influential voice on mental health issues. |
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Registered Charity No207495
www.mssociety.org.uk |
The MS society supports the 100,000 people in the UK with multiple sclerosis. We fund a programme of research into the causes and cure for MS, and also aim to improve the lives of people with MS by funding research into symptom relief treatments.
We fund MS nurses and run four respite care centres throughout the UK. Our specialist MS Helpline offers support and information to anyone affected by MS. |
National Autistic Society
Registered Charity
No269425
www.autism.org.uk |
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for people affected by autism. Over 500,000 people in the UK have autism. Together with their families, they make up over to million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day.
Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. This means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need.
Together we are going to change this. |
NSPCC
Registered Charity No216401
Scottish Charity number SC037717
www.nspcc.org.uk |
The NSPCC's purpose is to end cruelty to children. Our vision is of a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. We seek to achieve cultural, social and political change - influencing legislation, policy, practice, attitudes and behaviours and delivering services for the benefit of children and young people across the UK and Channel Islands. We rely on the generosity of the general public to continue our work. |
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation
Registered Charity No251051
www.qef.org.uk |
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation is a registered charity based in Surrey which supports over 5000 disabled people each year through its specialist centres focusing on brain injury rehabilitation, the development of basic life skills for those with complex disabilities, vocational training for sustainable employment, mobility tuition and advice. |
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Registered Charity No 226227
www.rnib.org.uk |
RNIB offers friendly support, expert advice, Talking Books, a wide range of products and training to help people learn new ways to get on with everyday life. If you or someone you know has a sight problem call RNIB Helpline on 0845 766 999. 50 % of sight problems are avoidable. Every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight. Your support helps us rebuild lives devastated by sight loss. |
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Registered Charity No209603
www.rnli.org.uk |
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteer crews provide the 24 hour on-call service necessary to cover search and rescue requirements out to 100 nautical miles from the coasts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. We now also provide a seasonal lifeguard service on more than 130 beaches in England and Wales. The RNLI is independent from Government and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income. |
Save the Children
Registered Charity No213890
www.savethechildren.org.uk |
We’re the world’s independent children’s charity. We’re outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We’re working flat out to get every child their rights and we’re determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It’s up to you. |
Self Unlimited
www.selfunlimited.co.uk |
Self Unlimited is a charity that offers a network of support services for people with learning disabilities across the country. We maintain an encouraging environment that allows people to gain in confidence and achieve as much independence as possible. Offering a choice of housing, tailored support options, occupation and work opportunities, we strive to ensure that people live as active citizens in their own community and take as much control in their lives as possible. Self Unlimited is the operating name of Cottage and Rural Enterprises (CARE) |
SSAFA Forces Help
Registered Charity No210760
Registered Charity (Scotland) NoSC038056
www.ssafa.org.uk |
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families’ Association (SSAFA) Forces Help is the leading national charity committed to helping and supporting those who serve in our Armed Forces, those who used to serve, and the families of both. We provide a reliable, caring and trusted service to more than 50,000 people each year, that’s 150 people each and every day. |
Hft
Registered Charity No313069
www.hft.org.uk |
Hft is a national charity providing local support for people with learning disabilities and their families. Our creative and resourceful approach supports individuals to make choices about the life they want.
People with learning disabilities and their families talk to us about all types of support. Working together we find the best individual solutions.
Our flexible approach means we can offer the right support from as little as two hours a week to twenty four hours a day.
We work with over 1,000 people with learning disabilities across the UK and 4,000 family carers through our Family Carer Support Service. |
The National Deaf Children’s Society
Registered Charity No1016532
www.ndcs.org.uk |
The National Deaf Children’s Society is the national charity dedicated to breaking down the barriers faced by deaf children and young people. We represent the interests and campaign for the rights of all deaf children and young people from birth to independence.
NDCS aims to ensure deaf children are valued and included by society, helps families make real, informed choices on behalf of their deaf child, challenges social attitudes which prevent deaf children reaching their full potential, develops new approaches to effective communication and delivers world-leading services to support deaf children and their families. |
The Stroke Association
Registered Charity No211015
www.stroke.org.uk |
Provides support for people affected by stroke, their families and carers. Our mission is to prevent strokes, and reduce their effect through providing services, campaigning, education and research. |
