Our principle aim is to use the power of sport and the Ospreys brand to empower people within Ospreylia to make positive life choices. Ospreys in the Community will play an important part in improving many people's lives irrespective of age, ability or gender.We aim to improve lives by working in partnership with other organisations to create a wide range of innovative programmes that will be contained within our four Strategic Themes; Education, Health, Sport, and Inclusion. Why the community needs us Whilst sharing a strong relationship and forming a key part of the Ospreys Strategy, Ospreys in the Community operates on an independent basis to the professional rugby organisation. Our foundation utilises the undoubted power of the Ospreys brand and players in a positive fashion, to harness social good and make an impact in communities. Our impact on the community Ospreys in the Community engaged with over 46,000 people in our community last year becoming an established organisation that provides sustainable and enjoyable programmes that have a positive impact on the lives of Ospreylians.'Ospreys in the Community will be working to support Ospreylians so that Ospreylians support us.'
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is one of the UK's leading specialist hospitals for cardiothoracic care. Without your help, our Appeal could not support our Patient & Family Centred Care Programme, purchase vital equipment and fund innovative research for patients with heart and lung disease.
Education is the key to changing the life of a child. We choose remote communities to provide a world class education. The institutions we build and maintain focus on equipping children to change their lives and lift them out of poverty - thereby permanently uplifting communities.
We help people restore their mental health naturally through life-changing therapeutic outdoor experiences. We use the transformative power of the great outdoors and professional counselling to build resilience, establish connection and provide a foundation of lasting change.
Weldmar Hospicecare Trust provides specialist palliative care in north, south and west Dorset. We support people affected by cancer and other life-limiting diseases, and work with their families. We also provide respite services. Our services are free of charge. 75% of our funds are raised locally.
Hospice of the Valleys is THE Blaenau Gwent Hospice, caring for over 500 people every year with a team of specialist palliative care professionals, dedicated to providing hospice care. Available 24 hours a day all year round, it is completely FREE to all patients and their families in the community.
International charities Cord and Tearfund have linked up to bring you Toilet Twinning: a unique way to help transform lives in poor communities across the world. When you twin your toilet, your loo is linked with a latrine Africa. You'll receive a framed certificate of your toilet's twin, containing a photo, the latrine's location and its GPS coordinates so you can look it up on Google Maps. Tearfund and Cord will use the money raised to help households have their own loo; enjoy better health; go to school and work; and fund other projects to alleviate poverty around the world. Since the launch of Toilet Twinning in 2009, more than 1,600 latrines have been built in Burundi - providing safe loos for nearly 10,000 people!
Khalsa Aid (KA) is primarily a international humanitarian relief agency, based on the teachings of the Sikh Gurus who preached well being of all humanity. Since the launch of KA in 1999 we have provided aid in many different disasters.Most recently Khalsa Aid has launched projects in Punjab.
IHCRO UK is a registered non-profit charity set up with the purpose to deliver aid to all people who are in need, who are expelled from their own territory because of the war or discrimination, orphans, sick and poor families wherever they are regardless of their nation, language, or race.
The UK's flagship charity supporting gifted young musicians from low income backgrounds.
St. David's Hospice Care provides free community-based hospice care to people with cancer or any other life threatening illness living in Gwent and S. Powys. Your donations help us to provide the services that give patients a real choice about where they spend their final days.
ECHO supports children who are treated at the Evelina Children’s Hospital (part of Guys & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London), principally for Congenital Heart Defects but sometimes with more complex health problems as well as their parents/carers and close family. We provide information, friendship and moral support at all times, but particularly when parents may feel alone, isolated and desperate, or when they have immediate worries and concerns and need guidance or advice. We also support, befriend and empower the children themselves as they grow into their teenage years and beyond, to help them take the first steps towards independence in their lives and in their attitude towards their heart condition. Our advocacy provides vital patient voice to help the Trust shape its services for children with heart disease both at the Evelina and within the Adult Congenital Heart Disease service at St. Thomas.
Former Liverpool, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers footballer Stephen Darby and close friend and British Forces Veteran Chris Rimmer have partnered together to launch the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation. Stephen and Chris both have Motor Neurone Disease and have created a Foundation to create awareness of MND, to fund and assist research into the illness with the quest of finding a cure for the illness, to raise funds and offer grants to those with MND, as well as creating a network to help provide information and emotional support network for those diagnosed with the disease.
The Company's Charitable Trusts enable grants to be made to causes with the emphasis on those with connections to the City of London, young people, the crafts of tiling and bricklaying and our associated Regiment. Grants are made on an annual basis but are not usually made to individuals.
At Wadham we celebrate academic excellence, diversity and independence within a progressive and liberal community. Founded in 1610 by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, the College now comprises up to 250 graduate students and some 450 undergraduates.
Moodswings is an award winning charity offering information, advice, support to people with emotional distress. For some people we are the friend or family they don't have. For more information see www.moodswings.org.uk or follow us on facebook and twitter.
We seek to promote the care of cancer patients, their families and friends by providing emotional support through both complementary and talking therapies
With Kids is based in the East-End of Glasgow working with children and families providing a range of individual, social and practical support aimed at building the resilience and self esteem of children.
Lewis-Manning Hospice is a charity in Poole that offers free specialist palliative nursing care to around 650 local people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, helping people live well through their illness and beyond.
Narcolepsy UK's objectives continue to be to provide relief and aid to those persons suffering from narcolepsy. Our vision is to help provide a world where narcolepsy is understood and people with narcolepsy have the support they need to ensure that their rights are upheld and that they have the same opportunities as others in society. At a practical level, we deliver this by: Raising professional, political and public awareness and understanding of the needs of people with narcolepsy, their families and carers. Campaigning to influence the policies of legislators and funding bodies. Delivering relevant sustainable services that satisfy the needs of people with narcolepsy, their families and carers. Providing information and practical support to people with narcolepsy, their families and carers, either directly, in partnership with others or by facilitating and supporting the work of other organisations. Supporting research into the effects and management of narcolepsy. Our strategic aim is to achieve all this through a combination of fundraising, continuing dialogue with politicians, medical professionals, other patient groups across the European Union in particular and a variety of projects.
A team of 20 are cycling 400 miles to raise funds for the York and Lancaster Regiment to renovate the facilities at Sheffield Memorial Park which is dedicated to the Sheffield Pals who died on 1 July 1916 on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme. Please help them raise the target of £20,000
Phab is a national charity dedicated to promoting and encouraging the coming together, on equal terms, of disabled and non-disabled people to achieve an integrated and inclusive society.