Support life-limited children and their families in the West Midlands and Gloucestershire.

Hospices

For over 25 years, Action Against Hunger has been at the forefront of the fight against hunger and malnutrition worldwide. In the most affected countries, its teams do their utmost day after day to ensure that people are given access to the most basic of human rights- the right to food.

International Aid Agencies

Our mission is to facilitate the empowerment and development of people living in or adjacent to protected areas in Africa, by forging unique partnerships between conservation initiatives and communities.

Children

Against Breast Cancer is a charitable organisation that funds research work into the causes of breast cancer.

Medical & Health

Age Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older people.

Elderly

Founded in 1942, Age Concern Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is committed to the welfare of older people and to maintaining their individual dignity and value to society. As part of a national federation of Age Concern charities we work on a local level for local people. We currently employ around 150 specialist staff, work with over 200 volunteers and support over 50,000 elderly people each year in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. All the money we raise goes towards Age Concern services, such as: our day centres, lunch clubs, education services, home maintenance project, hospital discharge scheme, welfare rights advice, mentoring and counselling services, and support schemes for carers.

Elderly

Alive and Kicking make cheap, tough, repairable footballs, netballs and volleyballs, using African skills and African leather. Each carries a message about HIV/AIDS and malaria.

Sports

The Alzheimer's Society is the leading UK care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers.

Disability

The Amazon Rainforest Foundation works with the indigenous peoples of the Amazon to develop and implement co-operative solutions to preserve the rainforest which is vital to their survival and ours.

Environment

Anti-slavery work at local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world.

Human Rights

Arthritis Care exists to support people with arthritis. They are the UK’s largest organisation working with and for all people who have arthritis.

Elderly

Badger conservation and welfare are the primary goals of the Badger Trust.

Animal

Barnardo’s is the UK’s leading children’s charity. We offer a range of support services for children, young people and their families.

Children

Supports the work of Beamish, the north of England Open Air Museum, in preserving and presenting the heritage of the people of north east England in a living museum.

Arts & Culture

Care for the Wild International (CWI) is an animal welfare and conservation charity. We protect wildlife throughout the world from cruelty and exploitation. By funding practical projects we make areas safe for wildlife, rehabilitate sick or injured animals and provide sanctuary for those who cannot return to the wild.

Animal

Provides grants to disabled and disadvantaged children within the Northsound Radio transmission area of Scotland

Children

Cats Protection is the UK's leading cat welfare charity, rehoming 60,000 cats and kittens every year, through our network of 29 Adoption Centres and 260 voluntary-run Branches.

Animal

Based in Southgate, North London, Chicken Shed Theatre company specialises in musicals, ballets, mime, and dance. Its basic belief is that performing arts should be open to all.

Arts & Culture

Childlife is a consortium of four charities helping children who live with constant challenges to their daily lives. The four charities that make up Childlife are: Acorns Children's Hospice, National Children's Bureau, Ataxia UK and the National Deaf Children's Society. Between them, thousands of needy children and their families are helped every year.

Children

ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call them on 0800 1111 to talk about any problem.

Children

Children’s Heart Association is a support group run by families and friends of cardiac children for families with, or who have had, children with heart disorders.

Medical & Health

Christian Aid works in more than 50 countries, helping people regardless of religion or race to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.

Religion

Concern’s mission is to enable absolutely poor people to achieve major improvements in their lifestyles which are sustainable without ongoing support from Concern.

International Aid Agencies

CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of poverty among children and young people in the UK and for the improvement of the lives of low-income families.

Children

Dare2 is a youth development charity working with marginalised young people in UK, creating opportunities for personal, social and spiritual development.

Education

Dr Kershaw’s Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with non-curable life-threatening illnesses in a peaceful and homely environment with accommodation for 12 inpatients and 15 day care places. In addition it provides support for patient’s relatives and carers.

Hospices

Friends of the Earth inspires solutions to environmental problems which make life better for people.

Environment

Great Ormond Street Hospital treats more than 90,000 patients each year - children who are suffering from the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions. They receive the best medical care that money can buy, but the NHS funding cannot meet these ever-rising costs, and that's where the hospital's charity, GOSHCC, steps in.

Medical & Health

Help the Aged is an international charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect.

Elderly

Hope and Aid Direct is a 100% voluntary, humanitarian aid charity whose team members raise their own funds, obtain donations of aid, transport that aid in convoys of lorries twice a year, and give it out directly into the hands of the people who need it the most.

International Aid Agencies

HOPEHIV seeks to offer children in sub-Saharan Africa who have been affected or infected by HIV/AIDS the love, protection and support they need to build foundations of hope for the future, within their communities.

Medical & Health

IRFF - UK works to eradicate the causes and effects of poverty and associated problems around the world, especially in Africa, Asia and parts of Europe. We are part of an effective international network which includes the other 85 national IRFF Chapters, and many other affiliated organisations and associations.

International Aid Agencies

Islamic Relief is dedicated to alleviating the poverty and suffering of the world’s poorest people.

Religion

Jewish Care is the largest health and social care charity for the Jewish community in the UK, caring directly for nearly 7,000 people every week.

Religion

Just a Drop raises money to build wells, hand pumps and health and sanitation programmes in order to give children and their families access to clean water close to their homes.

Environment

LGBT Youth Scotland is a national youth organisation committed to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in the life of Scotland.

Education

Granting wishes of children and young people aged 3 to 17 living with life-threatening illnesses.

Children

Manchester Kids is a charity especially for children in Manchester and Greater Manchester. It was set up and is supported by radio stations Key 103 and Manchester's Magic 1152. Manchester Kids is a grant giving charity, supporting voluntary and community groups who make a difference to the lives of local children: children with serious illnesses or disabilities and children who experience poverty, abuse, neglect or distress.

Children

Muslim Hands work encompasses 40 countries, with field offices in over 20, and we spend annually in excess of £5,000,000 on projects ranging from disaster relief and medical aid, to education and tree plantation.

Religion

The NCT is the leading charity for pregnancy, birth and parenting in the UK. Every year we support thousands of people through this incredible life-changing experience, offering relevant information, reassurance and mutual support.

Medical & Health

National Missing Persons Helpline, leading UK charity dedicated to helping missing people and supporting their famlies while they wait for news.

Homelessness

The Association works throughout North Wales to promote the rights, wishes and needs of Deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people by raising awareness of relevant issues and promote the development and provision of appropriate facilities, services and resources so as to improve their quality of life and equal opportunity.

Medical & Health

Rainbows Children’s Hospice provides respite, palliative and terminal care to families that include a child with a life limiting illness.

Hospices

Refuge is committed to a world where domestic violence is not tolerated or ignored and where women and children can live in safety.

Human Rights

Reprieve is a human rights charity that delivers justice and saves lives, by fighting for the lives of people facing the death penalty and other human rights violations. Reprieve works on the frontline, directly on behalf of individual victims of human rights violations – its mission is to enforce human rights in individual cases to bring about systemic change. We trace the witnesses, find the evidence, stand up in court, publish the facts and fight for justice, around the globe. The people that Reprieve fight for are all poor and state funding for their legal representation is either derisory or non-existent. Without Reprieve’s involvement, these people would have little prospect of a fair hearing.”

Human Rights

We are a charity providing specialist support for children and adults with autism and their families. Our current projects include Reach Out (home-based family support), Creative Connections (art and music therapy) and specialist playschemes. We also provide an information pack and signposting to other oragnisations. Individuals with autism of any age and ability can make use of our services, and we also provide support to parents and siblings.

Medical & Health

RETRAK aims to offer street children a permanent, locally relevant alternative to life on the streets and to enable them to take their future into their own hands.

Homelessness

The RNLI is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifesaving service around the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Rescue

Saint Michael's Hospice is a centre of excellence offering skilled palliative care to patients suffering from life-limiting illnesses. Our comprehensive package of support embraces families and carers, and all of this is provided without any cost to patients - in a warm, home-from-home environment in idyllic surroundings.

Hospices

Save the Children fights for children in the UK and around the world who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence. Save the Children works with them to find lifelong answers to the problems they face.

Children