(UK, XT29374) Browse eventsTHE PURPOSES OF THE LIFE 4 KIDZ CHARITY ARE:- To work with local communities and businesses to raise monies to benefit young people in Kenya, Africa and in Merseyside, UK by: (1) relieving poverty by providing grants, items and services to orphanages and/or individuals in need, or to other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; and (2) enabling them to participate in educational activities that they could not otherwise afford by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education and educational grants.
(UK, 289621) Browse eventsSAFAD is a charity run exclusively by students of Cranfield University. Our aims are:1) To relieve poverty in any part of the world by promoting appropriate development.2) To advance the education of the students of Cranfield University by the provision of overseas work experience.
(UK, 1061128) Browse eventsWE RAISE MONEY LOCALLY MAINLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WE THEN HAVE 4 MEETINGS A YEAR WHERE WE DEBATE AND VOTE ON WHO SHOULD RECEIVE HELP OVER THE YEAR. ALL APPLICATIONS COME IN WRITING AND VARY FROM £100 REQUEST TO £5780. THE RECIPIENTS ARE ALMOST ALL LOCAL ALTHOUGH WE MAY OCCASIONALLY DONATE TO A NATIONAL CHARITY SUCH AS CHILDRENS WISH OR CHILDREN IN NEED. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 22 MEMBERS
(UK, 1118349) Browse eventsThe charity helps support schools and healthcare facilities for Tibetan refugees, and underprivileged children in Nepal. We have helped to establish and maintain a school in the Kathmandu Valley where 80 children now receive a good education in Tibetan, English and Nepali
(UK, 1121101) Browse eventsWe bring high quality education to disadvantaged children in remote, rural areas of India. Our mission is to provide these children - regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background - with the skills to enter mainstream schools and fulfil their potential.
(UK, 1067427) Browse eventsWe are the Littlehampton District Club of the worlds largest voluntary service organisation, Lions International. Currently we have 26 members. Our main aim is to raise funds to help our local community and other Lions Projects, we consider all requests for assistance. For more information on Lions International please visit http://lionsclubs.org/EN/index.php We organise a number of regular fund raising events through the year, our next major fund raiser being Cycle for Youth 2013, a 24 hour Spin-a-thon to be held on the 20/21 April at the Wickbourne Centre, Clun Road, Littlehampton. Please visit our own clubs website for more information about your local club. If you would like to support us but are unable to get to the event, you can donate now through Virgin Giving. The photos to the right are a small collection from the first three Cycle for Youth Events which have been the Clubs major fund raiser over recent years. We also organise our Easter Eggstravaganza, Cycle for Youth, Rustington Parade and Fete, and Christmas Collections. In December we take Santa around some of our local streets and also make collections in Rustington, Littlehampton and local supermarkets. We are always looking for new members, if you would like to know more please contact us through our website above.
(UK, SCIO-SC036942) Browse eventsME Research UK funds high-quality biomedical investigation into the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This illness affects approximately 200,000 people in the UK but is neither well understood nor, in many cases, properly recognised.
(UK, 1101318) Browse eventsMkombozi Centre for Street Children is a Tanzanian Trust established in 1997 to protect street and at risk children and young people by providing, supporting, strengthening and advocating for community services in Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions, Tanzania. Mkombozi has assisted over 1,000 street based youth through housing, education, protection, outreach, mental and physical health provision.
(UK, 1111776) Browse eventsUK Deaf Sport aims to enable Deaf people to benefit from, excel at and fulfil their potential through sport of their own choosing. UK Deaf Sport influences positive changes and opportunities in sports culture, policy and procedure by brokering partnerships with key decision makers and sports councils and national governing body of sports.
(UK, 1130106) Browse eventsCCE RA - Voluntary Organisation supporting epidemiological research into the causes of Childhood Cancers. DID YOU KNOW? Mroe than 1,000,000 children of the world develop cancer each year. Millions of children are in care but not all survive. WHY? Why in my brain?It caused me so much pain.Why in my head?Perhaps somewhere else instead.Why in my brain?We tried a fluid drain. I just want to walk like you.I’ve had enough now, haven’t you too? Poem from Sophie Pollock (14yrs) who lost her battle with cancer in 2007. Montys Corner - Community Project - www.montyscorner.org Community support site providing complementary (non-medical) therapies and practical guidance for children going through cancer treatments and their parents. ABOUT USCCE RA is run by volunteers only, meaning that no one is paid. CCE RA Volunteers Voice - We would like to be sponsored - it is not different than running a marathon - sponsor us for our work because we are committing our brains and time every day to make a difference.
(UK, 1141333) Browse eventsLocated on historic Turl Street, Exeter is a medium-sized college in the heart of Oxford and the University. Comprising 320 undergraduates, 200 graduates and 43 Fellows, Exeter is a close-knit community of people from many and diverse backgrounds. Exeter also has strong American links, encouraged by the presence each year of 26 students from Williams College, a top American liberal arts college. The College is full of history. J.R.R. Tolkien was an undergraduate here, as were Alan Bennett, Martin Amis, and former President Kufuor of Ghana. Other former students include two Supreme Court judges and Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner. Philip Pullman, another Exonian, based Jordan College on Exeter in his novel Northern Lights. The fictitious Inspector Morse collapsed on the lawn in our front quad. Thank you for choosing to support our college. In doing so you are joining a tradition that goes back seven centuries, to 1314, when Bishop of Exeter Walter de Stapeldon founded the College. Your gift will help to secure the educational experience we offer and enable us to transform the College as it enters its eighth century. Your support will enable us to: - Maintain and enhance the world-famous Oxford tutorial system - Support students in financial hardship - Preserve the ancient College buildings and develop our new Walton Street campus - Enhance the collegiate experience through providing an array of extra-curricular opportunities Floreat Exon!
(UK, 1064520) Browse eventsWe are Friends Of Potten End School who fundraise for equipment needed for the school.
(UK, 1145521) Browse eventsMid Pennine Arts brings art, people and places together. We underpin projects with imaginative community engagement and creative learning, commissioning ambitious work that is unique to some very special places and connects directly with people, enriching communities and sometimes changing lives.
(UK, 526564) Browse eventsThe MGS Trust provides funds to support means-tested bursaries at The Manchester Grammar School and manages funds raised for building improvements.
(UK, Craigs Heartstrong Foundation - N/A) Browse eventsCHF is an established Manx charity set up in memory of Craig Lunt. His death was due to a previously undiagnosed heart defect. The purpose is to raise the necessary funding to enable the heart screening of men and women between the ages of 14 and 35 here in the Isle of Man.
(UK, 1114585) Browse eventsWe work within the UK to raise funds for projects that enable the women and children of East Timor to have a better future.
(UK, SC023840) Browse events.Kincardine & Deeside Mental Health Association are a small Deeside based charity in Aberdeenshire. Our aim is promote positive mental health, reduce isolation and aid recovery. We provide various groups and activities to help rebuild social confidence, whilst providing peer support.
(UK, 239506) Browse eventsSamaritans of Croydon and Sutton have been helping people for 43 years through the 65 trained listeners who answer more than 20,000 calls a year. Many are from people in distress and despair with around 1700 from those thinking of suicide. Some of these callers are still at school.
(UK, n/aaschurchofengl) Browse eventsIn September 2014, English Heritage placed St Michael and All Angels Church on their Heritage at Risk Register.It seems unlikely that the necessary repair work can be carried our for less than £150,000. Grant Aid is urgently being sought but will be conditional on a contribution from ourselves.
(UK, 930043647) Browse eventsWe are a professional and innovative South African Development organization, working in the field of Public Health and Social Transformation. Our goal is to transform options available to children, vulnerable families and communities that have been affected by disease, poverty and injustice.