The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2014 is supporting four community based charities Beating bowel cancer, Princess Alice Hospice, Raleigh International and Working Chance. With your support the Appeal aims to raise over £2 million to allow the charities to expand their programmes to transform even more lives.
John Taylor Hospice's purpose is to ease the personal and financial cost of illness and death just a little every day. Every day, alongside the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands, we find new ways to raise a smile and make every moment matter.
Trinity Hospice and Palliative Care Services and Brian House Children's Hospice provides specialist palliative care to the adults and children of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and much needed support for their families. Our services are available free of charge, however the Hospice only received limited government funding and therefore approximately £4m needs to be raised each year from the community. Your support is greatly appreciated.
To provide specialist palliative care services on as broad a basis as possible and at the highest quality achievable in both the Hospice and the community, thereby aiming to enhance the quality of life of individuals with a life-threatening illness.
Get Kids Going! helps disabled children take part in sport by providing specialist sports wheelchairs, sports grants and year round support. They can then compete in marathons, triathlons, tennis, athletics, skiing, rugby, basketball etc. With your help, many could become Paralympic champions and world record holders.
Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of self-harm or suicide opened its doors nearly a decade ago in Lucan, County Dublin. In the intervening years we have seen and helped almost 20,000 people in suicidal distress or engaging in self-harm, and opened up eight subsequent centres.
Target Ovarian Cancer is the national ovarian cancer charity working to save lives and help women diagnosed live their lives to the full, wherever they are in the UK. We do this by: improving early diagnosis, finding new treatments and providing support for women.
The charity exists to relieve sick and injured people in South East England and surrounding areas by providing a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and Air Ambulance Service for the benefit of the community. For more information, visit us: www.kssairambulance.org.uk
Yorkshire Cancer Research is Yorkshire’s very own cancer charity, helping the people of Yorkshire avoid, survive and cope with cancer by funding world-class research. We fund research that focuses on specific cancer problems in the region and contributes to the global fight against the disease.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is the official charity of the Queen Elizabeth & Selly Oak hospitals in Birmingham, including the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine where military patients are treated from around the world. Find out more at www.qehb.org. Your support is much appreciated.
We work in schools to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and their families. Children today have all sorts of worries, like bereavement, domestic violence and bullying. By supporting children now we give them the chance to grow up with prospects rather than problems. www.place2be.org.uk
The James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial Fund was set up in memory of James Wentworth-Stanley in order to address the huge problem of youth suicide and depression
We conduct world class medical research projects. We diagnose and treat thousands of people with epilepsy every year. We do this and much more. We are the UK’s national medical epilepsy charity. With Epilepsy Society, you don’t have to deal with epilepsy alone.
Pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal disease with no cure affecting 15,000 people in the UK. Most survive less than 5 years from diagnosis. It gradually destroys the lungs and makes breathing impossible. Your donation will help us to support patients and research into new, effective treatments.
Every day 100,000 people in Scotland struggle to breath due to chronic chest illness. Every 22 minutes someone in Scotland will have a heart attack or stroke. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland supports people living with these conditions in Scotland through research, advice, support and action.
Oakhaven Hospice is a community based service providing specialist palliative care to patients facing the complex emotional, physical & spiritual difficulties arising from a life - limiting illness. It costs £3 million annually to run the Hospice, with only around 13% of these costs being met by NHS
Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention is the only charity in the UK entirely dedicated to the prevention of breast cancer. Currently, 1 in 10 women and 1 in 1000 men will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, through the funding of vital medical research, Genesis aims to make 1 in 10, none in 10.
For almost 50 years Action Cancer, our supporters, and the community we serve, have faced challenges & come through them all by supporting each other. Because of the current crisis, our donations, the lifeblood of the services we offer, have been reduced. This is an urgent one-off appeal.
Travelteer Impact empowers under developed communities and their environments in Sri Lanka. This is achieved by creating projects that provide long-term support for the advancement of education and well being.
Leukaemia Care provides vital support, information and advice to anyone whose life has been affected by a blood cancer. We not only support patients, but carers and families too whose lives are impacted when someone they know and loves receives a diagnosis.
The Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre supports people affected by cancer. At the drop-in centre at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, people will find a friendly face, a listening ear and answers to their questions about cancer and its treatments. Services also include complementary therapies and counselling.
HDA exists to support anyone who is affected by Huntington's disease. It pursues the best possible care; provides training & advice to families and professionals; raises awareness; and promotes research towards better treatment and ultimately a cure.
Dorothy House Hospice Care supports 1,500 families affected by cancer and other life threatening conditions every year. It is the only charity providing free specialist nursing care at home for people with life-threatening illness in Bath,Wiltshire and Somerset. Most patients are looked after in their own homes, but short-term care, out-patient and day patient services are provided at the hospice in Winsley. All care is provided free of charge, but Dorothy House receives only about 30% of its funding from the NHS. This year, after NHS funding, more than £7,000 a day must be raised to continue to provide these services.