Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the UK's commonest life-threatening infection in newborn babies and yet most of these dreadful infections are preventable - easily, simply and cheaply. Please help Group B Strep Support inform pregnant women & health professionals how to do this and save tiny lives.
Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft charity, is dedicated to helping the millions of children in the world who suffer from cleft lip and palate through providing free surgery and follow up care, and free training for medical professionals to promote sustainability. Charity Registration No 1114748
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL WELLBEING OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES REQUIRING PALLIATIVE, SPECIALIST AND MEDICAL CARE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HOME CARE, HOSPICE CARE AND HOLISTIC THERAPY FOR BOTH DAY PATIENTS AND RESIDENT PATIENTS
Transaid is an international UK development charity that aims to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods across Africa and the developing world through creating better transport. Projects focus on access to health and community run transport, transport management and professional driver training.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity raises money for King’s Mill, Newark, Mansfield and Ashfield hospitals. Funds donated by members of the community enable us to enhance and improve patient care/facilities ensuring we provide the best possible experience for our patients.
Sport has tremendous physical, psychological and social benefits for the participants, particularly young people. WheelPower provides and promotes opportunities for thousands of children and young adults with disabilities to participate in recreational and competitive wheelchair sport and improve their quality of life.
To help and support heart and lung transplant patients of the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne both financially and by providing facilities for recreation to enable them to improve their condition. Also to educate the public of the need for organ donation.
We are a fundraising charity established to help those who suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, their families and specialist CF centres. We exist to; support those with CF directly and their families, provide emotional support, essential medical and physio equipment and to provide a better quality of life
East Kent Hospitals Charity aims to provide equipment and facilities for patients and their families in the care of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. We are the Charity for the QEQM in Margate, Kent & Canterbury, William Harvey, Buckland and the Royal Victoria Hospitals.
Jessie May provides nursing care at home for children with a terminal illness in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire areas. The charity receives no statutory funding and so relies totally on voluntary contributions to fund its service.
Age Concern Scotland is the recognised fighting force for older people in Scotland. It has been working for 60 years to make the lives of older people more secure, comfortable, dignified and enjoyable.
HospiceCare is a community nurse-led service with a range of services available that are tailored and delivered to meet the individual’s needs. We offer friendship, empathy and a safe place to talk about fears and hopes for the future, whether in the Hospice building itself or in someone’s home.
The Pituitary Foundation's aims are: -To provide support to patients, their families, friends and carers. -To give information on medical and lifestyle issues faced by sufferers of pituitary disease, and -To increase public awareness of pituitary disorders.
To deliver high quality palliative & end of life care in West Cumbria; providing services traditionally found in a Hospice building to people in their own homes and local communities: Home nursing, patient support, pre & post family bereavement care, complementary care, lymphoedema services.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides hospital services in Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury. The Trust’s Charitable Funds seeks to enhance the services provided by the Trust for the benefit of patients or towards the benefit of staff, which will result in improved patient care.
The Snowdrop Trust cares for children in their own homes, from birth to nineteen who have a life threatening or terminal illness. The Trust provides specialist paediatric nurses and the support team offers, practical, emotional and financial support for their families. www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com
Here at St Kentigern Hospice we offer specialist palliative care for people with life threatening or life limiting illnesses. We focus on the patient's quality of life by controlling symptoms through a holistic approach taking into account their physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs.
Portsmouth Hospitals Charitable Fund is an umbrella charity with 22 'specialty' charities, which cover all departments within the hospital and the 'Rocky Appeal' charity. It aims to enhance/improve services and facilities for patient and staff including various research projects.
Thank you for deciding to support the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charity. We provide funding for extra equipment and better facilities to improve the welfare of all hospital patients in the West Hertfordshire area. We also provide funds to support staff training and education which in turn will better equip our nurses to provide a much higher standard of care.
Yeovil Hospital is currently focused on raising £500,000 for a new Special Care Baby Unit with more space for families as part of the Flying Colours Appeal. If you would like your fundraising to be directed to another ward/department, please email [email protected].
The Bubble Foundation supports the Children's Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Great North Children's Hospital. We treat babies born without an immune system who left untreated would all die by their first birthday, and older children with other immunodeficiencies who would die by early adulthood.
Jewish Care is the largest social care and health charity for the Jewish community in London and the South East. Our staff and volunteers help and support over 7,000 people every week through a range of 70 services. Jewish Care – promoting meaningful lives for our community.
TASC The Ambulance Services Charity provides support to current and retired ambulance services personnel, their families & dependents when they face difficulties. We understand the challenges & demands which face all members of the Ambulance Services and we are uniquely placed to support them.
Raising awareness and supporting through physical & emotional trauma that threatens the lives of 1 in 80 women, is the leading cause of death in early pregnancy & often damages fertility. We supply hospitals with leaflets, receive 1.2m website hits, 16000 email & forum messages & 2000 calls yearly.
The Countess of Chester Hospital is a 580 bed NHS Foundation Trust hospital, which looks after over 400,000 patients/year. We have a separate registered charity called the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Charitable Funds which uses the income it receives to purchase items not covered by the NHS.