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Capability Scotland |
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Capability Scotland is one of the country’s leading disability organisations working for a just Scotland. We work with children, adults and families living with disability to support them in their everyday lives. Capability Scotland works with disabled people, their families and carers for a fair and just Scotland by influencing policy legislation, practice and attitudes.
(Registered no: SC011330)
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Meningitis Trust |
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Meningitis Trust leads the fight against meningitis by producing an extensive range of information to educate and raise awareness of the disease, funding research into vaccines & treatment & offering a wide range of support for people affected by meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.
(Registered no: 803016)
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
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The RNLI saves lives at sea. RNLI volunteer crews provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the coasts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, rescuing an average of 22 people every day. The RNLI relies on voluntary donations, thanks to people like you.
(Registered no: 209603)
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Teenage Cancer Trust |
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Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on the particular needs of UK teenagers & young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s & related diseases. The Charity designs & builds dedicated adolescent cancer units in hospitals & funds & organises support & information services for patients, their families, schools & health professionals. Support us in one of our many fundraising activities throughout the year.
(Registered no: 1062559)
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LEPRA |
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Do you have enthusiasm, energy and want to help? Then we need YOU! Your help will make a difference to people affected by diseases of poverty,such as leprosy, HIV/Aids and TB. LEPRA currently works in 9 countries including Angola, India and Brazil with projects covering a combined population of over 300 million people. (Registered no: 213251)
(Registered no: 213251)
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Action Medical Research |
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Action Medical Research is dedicated to building a better, healthier future for everyone. We played a crucial role in developing the polio vaccine in the UK, ultrasound scanning in pregnancy, hip replacement surgery and more. We are an independent, national charity and rely totally on voluntary support.
(Registered no: 208701)
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Ulster Cancer Foundation |
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The Ulster Cancer Foundation exists to: Help patients & their families cope with cancer; Research new & better treatments; and Prevent cancer in Northern Ireland. Our work is made possible by the commitment & generosity of many people. The UCF is the local charity which spends all funds raised in the Province for the benefit of local people but it needs your support to continue with its work.
(Registered no: XN 48265)
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World Cancer Research Fund |
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World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) is the principal charity that focuses solely on the prevention of cancer through the promotion of healthy diet and nutrition, physical activity and weight management. By taking part in an event on our behalf, you will be helping WCRF UK to continue its unique vision and mission of ground-breaking education and scientific research programmes.
(Registered no: 1000739)
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Project HOPE UK |
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To provide healthcare training and humanitarian assistance in the developing world. Project HOPE have pledge 50% of their time to “Empower African Women” to lift themselves out of poverty through HOPE’s Village Health Bank programmes to enable the women to provide food, healthcare and education for their children thereby providing a healthy lifestyle for her entire family.
(Registered no: 1039457)
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L'Arche |
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L'Arche builds communities with people who have learning disabilities. Together with assistants, they live in ordinary houses, with choice in and access to work, therapy and local resources. The nine L'Arche communities in England, Scotland and Wales are founded on Christian values, also welcoming people of other faiths and none.
(Registered no: 264166 SC038493)
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Muscular Dystrophy Campaign |
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Muscular dystrophies are a collection of genetic muscle wasting conditions, some of which can be fatal in children. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the leading registered UK charity working to combat these conditions by pioneering the search for treatments and cures. The charity also provides support and information regarding expert medical care.
(Registered no: 205395)
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Cancer Research UK |
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Cancer Research UK's vision is to conquer cancer through world-class research. We are the largest volunteer-supported cancer research organisation in the world and we support the work of 3,000 scientists working across the UK. Our annual scientific spend is more than £213 million, which is raised almost entirely through public donations.
(Registered no: 1089464)
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The Children's Society |
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The Children's Society is a leading national charity, driven by the belief that every child deserves a good childhood. We provide vital help and understanding for those forgotten children who face the greatest danger, discrimination or disadvantage in their daily lives; children who are unable to find the support they need anywhere else.
(Registered no: 221124)
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Railway Children |
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The Railway Children makes contact with runaway and abandoned children as they arrive at railway stations, when they are most at risk from adult exploitation. By joining with other street children projects, it provides the children with protection and support through counselling, education, healthcare, shelter and friendship.
(Registered no: 1058991)
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Heart Research UK |
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Heart Research UK is a major pioneer in the fight against heart disease, still, unfortunately, the UK’s biggest killer. We lead the way funding ground-breaking medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. We funded many amazing breakthroughs in the past 40 years, including the first successful UK heart transplants.
(Registered no: 1044821)
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy |
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The PSP Association sponsors research into the cause, effective
treatment and eventual cure for PSP, provides information, support and
advice to PSP patients and their families, and seeks to engender greater
awareness of this devastating brain disease across the UK.
(Registered no: 1037087)
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Royal Blind Society |
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Despite many medical advances, some 800 people lose their sight every week. Poverty for blind and partially sighted people remains all too common – we help to relieve this by giving cash grants to provide essential support for those on low incomes and by providing a range of holidays and leisure opportunities. We need your help in raising funds - please take part in an event for us today!
(Registered no: 207827)
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Lindsey Lodge Hospice |
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Lindsey Lodge Hospice really needs you to help us provide our special care for adults in North Lincolnshire affected by life limiting illnesses. Enjoy a 'double challenge' by raising funds. We'll support you every inch of the way.
(Registered no: 702871)
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Treloar Trust |
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Treloar School and College provide a unique blend of education, medical care, therapy and independence training for young people with complex disabilities. Students from age five upwards come from across the UK. Eighty percent use wheelchairs, 30% have no communicable speech and a further 20% have a life-limiting condition.
(Registered no: 1092857)
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Bowel Cancer UK |
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Every 15 minutes someone is diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK – yet the disease is the most treatable cancer if caught early. That’s why the work of Bowel Cancer UK is so important in raising awareness, encouraging people to act upon their symptoms and also campaigning for patients’ equal access to treatments, care and services.
(Registered no: 1071038)
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HEART UK |
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We combine the rightfully strong voice of
patients, children and families with the rich skills of research scientists, the caring knowledgeable attention of doctors, nurses and dietitians. Our staff of trained specialist nurses and dietitians, give advice to those who have high cholesterol or who inherit Familial Hypercholesterolaemia - FH - otherwise known as inherited high cholesterol.
(Registered no: 1003904)
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Dogs Trust |
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Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, and we are working towards the day when no healthy dog is destroyed. Last year we cared for over 15,000 stray and abandoned dogs at our nationwide network of Rehoming Centres. We receive no government funding and rely entirely upon our supporters.
(Registered no: 227523)
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British Heart Foundation |
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The British Heart Foundation is the nation's heart charity, raising funds for pioneering research that saves and improves the lives of vulnerable adults and children. Research breakthroughs keep thousands of hearts beating but we need donations - you are more likely to die of heart and circulatory disease then any other serious illness, including cancer.
(Registered no: 225971)
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WaterAid |
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WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education. WaterAid helps poor communities in Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific establish sustainable water supplies and latrines close to home. These most basis services are essential to life; without them vulnerable communities are trapped in the stranglehold of disease and poverty.
(Registered no: 288701)
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Marie Curie Cancer Care |
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Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing totally free, to give terminally ill people the choice of dying at home supported by their families. Your local Marie Curie Hospice actively promotes quality of life for people with cancer and provides support for their families, completely free.
(Registered no: 207994)
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DebRA |
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EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa) is a genetic condition where the skin breaks at the slightest touch causing painful, open blisters & wounds. EB can mean a life of extreme pain, disability & at its worst is fatal in infancy. People with severe EB are likely to contract a fatal skin cancer. DebRA provides specialist EB nursing, funds medical research & provides counselling, welfare, respite & advocacy.
(Registered no: 1084958)
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EveryChild |
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EveryChild is an international development charity that works with the most vulnerable and marginalised children in many of the world's poorest countries to enable them to grow up free from disease, poverty and exploitation as valued individuals within strong communities.
(Registered no: 1089879)
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Help the Hospices |
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Help the Hospices is the national charity that supports the hospice movement. It offers a wide range of services to help hospices in their vital work caring for patients and their loved ones. These include grants and direct funding, support for training of staff, and information, advice and advocacy services.
(Registered no: 1014851)
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Spinal Research |
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A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone - over 40,000 people in the UK alone are paralysed as a result. We are dedicated to finding treatments to repair the spinal cord and restore feeling and mobility to people paralysed by spinal cord injury. We are so close to turning this hope into a reality - help us reach our goal by taking part in an event and raising funds for the charity.
(Registered no: 281325)
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The Shooting Star Children's Hospice |
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Shooting Star House, Children’s Hospice provides holistic care for children and young people living with life-limiting conditions and vital support for their families, free of charge, 365 days a year. This includes Respite, Hospice at Home and End of Life Care. As we receive no government funding, the £2.5 million needed each year has to be raised from charitable fundraising and donations.
(Registered no: 1047916)
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Maggie's Centres |
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Maggie's Centres help people adjust to living with cancer, through a pioneering support programme developed for patients, their carers, family & friends. Each centre is located close to a hospital and has been designed carefully and imaginatively to make people feel at home. They aim to help people disc | |
