The New Forest Marathon Community Fund aims to promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle within the local community, where we provide grants to contribute towards community projects and community groups. Local community groups that we support range from: -Brownies and Guides -Beavers, Cubs and Scouts -Youth Police, Air, and Army Cadet Forces -Sports Teams -Dance and Cheerleading Clubs We help to provide local community groups to complete activities that they may not have had the opportunity to participate in before, all of which promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. We also help to fund projects which promote wellbeing as well as helping to contribute towards much needed equipment for good local causes.
Sparkles is a parent-led charity that supports preschool children with Down's Syndrome in and around Buckinghamshire. Sparkles was formed in May 1999, by the parents of three children with Down's Syndrome. Concerned that their children would be on a long NHS waiting list for Speech Therapy, and with the help of their local Portage Worker, a group formed and together began to provide the essential therapy the children needed prior to starting school. Sparkles now provides Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for around 30 pre-school children a year, whilst also providing support and pathways to friendships that are invaluable to parents.THANK YOU for visiting our page! Charity No: 1168036 Find out more Website http://www.sparkles.org.uk/index.html Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Sparkles-Speech-and-Language-Charity-136947019023/
Bridge the Gap is a footballing community for men aged 18-30. We commit to building relationships, developing leaders & transforming lives. Delivering football sessions, socials events and mentoring, playing our part in supporting men’s mental health, well-being and decreasing social isolation.
The Dreams and Wishes Charity is dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of seriously ill children and their families. Our goal is to fulfill an ill child’s dreams, this could be through gifts, a holiday of a lifetime or giving them the chance to meet their favourite celebrity.
On 2 April 2020, aged 50, Michelle died from pancreatic cancer. Exactly a year before she died Michelle hiked 50k in a day. On 2 April 2021 we would love you to do “50 for Michelle” in order to celebrate her life. You can do anything that has 50 in it to raise money: 50 steps, a 50 minute workout, bake 50 cupcakes, hike 50k, cycle 50 miles, raise £2 from 50 people, write a 50 word poem, play 50 songs, do 50 push ups, sell 50 cups of coffee, take 50 photos..
We raise awareness and funds to help those affected by dementia primarily in the Southwest.1 in 3 of us will be affected by dementia, so keep it local and help us to continue providing the support and services in your area.
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.
Hope4 is a charity for the relief of poverty particularly among homeless and badly-housed people in Rugby and the surrounding areas. It runs a food ministry at a local church, a day-centre for homeless people, as well as food distribution and a winter shelter. See www.hope4.org.uk.
Provides support and free therapeutic activity holidays for 250 teenagers and young adults (aged 14 to 30) with cancer from the UK and Ireland every year. Helping reduce the sense of isolation often felt by young people with cancer by supporting them through their journey with cancer.
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation aims to raise money to support a range of good causes – national and local, helping adults and children alike. The Royal British Legion will be our lead charity in 2014/15.
We are a small group of volunteers who are organising special events for children with life limiting and life threatening illnesses within the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire areas.
Scotland's oldest and most loved dog and cat sanctuary based in Edinburgh.
Runner's united in the face of youth homelessness. We engage homeless and underprivileged young people in regular running-based activities led by qualified fitness professionals. Harnessing the underlying benefits of running as a powerful motivational tool, we aim to achieve positive, sustainable outcomes in all our participants.
The Myositis Support Group is a UK charity providing advice and support to sufferers of Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Inclusion Body Myositis and Juvenile Dermatomyositis and their families. The MSG also funds and promotes medical research that improves diagnosis, treatment, management and understanding of these diseases.
InKenya & Ethiopia we respond to the poorest people, running projects including clinics, urban development projects, feeding programme for children, women’s development programmes, schools,work with young people with learning disability, after-school programmes,sports development for young people.
Leiomyosarcoma Research UK (LMSR UK) is a charity dedicated to supporting research, raising awareness, and providing education on leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer. We aim to improve outcomes, foster collaboration, and build a strong community for patients and families across the UK.
Arms Around The Child works to provide loving homes, medical treatment, protection, respect and education for children who have lost their parents to AIDS and are affected by HIV, or are living in adversity including neglect, abuse or exploitation in India and Africa. If not us then who?
Our charity was founded in 2007 by a group of parents, who realised how important it is to connect with other people in order to share experiences. Our aim is to provide opportunities for parents, carers, siblings and extended family networks to have fun in a fully inclusive environment, where a child with Down’s syndrome is one of many, rather than one of a few.
NIPANC is a Northern Ireland charity working to improve the outcomes of pancreatic cancer by: Increasing public understanding of this cancer promoting awareness of the cancer’s signs and symptoms, funding vital research & supporting patients and their families
Chordoma UK was established in 2013 as a special fundraising initiative incorporated into UCL Cancer Institute Research Trust. Chordoma is a rare, relentless and difficult to treat bone cancer that occurs in the head and spine in people of all ages regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation. During 2017 Chordoma UK became an independent UK registered charity and exists to (a) promote and provide financial support to encourage primary and peripheral research projects into chordoma and research projects that might benefit the understanding of, and treatments, therapies, and cures for, chordoma being undertaken at bona-fide research establishments within the United Kingdom and elsewhere. (b) provide patient support services and other support resources for chordoma sufferers and those connected with or related to chordoma sufferers (c) promote awareness into chordoma within the patient, healthcare, and clinician communities. (e) support individuals and organisations whose aim is to raise funds for Chordoma UK and (f) provide financial assistance for other charities or bodies as are in any way concerned with research into chordoma and other related cancers or with the furtherance of awareness of chordoma.
Our vision is to make cutting-edge rehabilitation more accessible and inclusive for those living with various forms of paralysis. This includes a focus on recovery below the level of injury, which we guarantee by staying up to date with the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience.