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My Cancer My Choices
(UK, 1162165) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,521.33
(UK, 1162165) My Cancer My Choices is a complementary therapy centre in Berkshire dedicated to providing information and support to cancer patients, empowering people to live well with cancer. The establishment of My Cancer My Choices will provide support and information to these patients in a compassionate and empathetic way, at a uniquely stressful, uncertain and worrying time in their lives. The service will provide a range of therapies for the patient to help them relax and to provide relief of stress and its related symptoms. Initially, these will include: Acupuncture and manual Lymphatic Drainage, Reflexology, Massage, Aromatherapy massage, Relaxation techniques including mindfulness and meditation.
Heartswell South West Limited
(UK, 1092779) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,511.25Heartswell South West is a charity which is committed to supporting heart patients, their carers and families in the Westcountry. Donations help Heartswell to provide funding towards life saving cardiac equipment for local hospital's, counselling, cardiac nurses and nurse training.
PAPAA
(UK, 1118192) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,453.56PAPAA provides a positive approach for people living with the skin condition psoriasis and its associated condition psoriatic arthritis. The charity produces information, raises awareness, and offers help and advice. A journal is produced twice a year and a comprehensive website is updated regularly.
Abbies Fund
(UK, 1119273) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,330.00Abbie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of adrenal neuroblastoma when she was 21 months old. She underwent an intensive treatment programme for over a year. In January 2004 everyone celebrated as she was declared to be in remission and free of disease. Unfortunately, a relapse was diagnosed in June 2005 and she had to undergo yet many more months of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and numerous other invasive and horrendous treatments to try and rid her of this despicable disease. Abbie’s family and friends were all devastated when she finally lost her fight for life in September 2006. Abbie won the hearts of hundreds of local people, in and around her home of East Horsley, who followed her courageous fight to the end. She was a truly beautiful, special, loving, funny, intelligent, determined, dignified, feisty and unique child. All these words were used in ‘A Tribute to Abbie’ by her father on the day of her funeral, but the word he finally chose to capture the essence of Abbie was an ‘Inspiration’. She certainly was that. Abbie’s Fund was set up by local mothers after Abbie relapsed with the aggressive childhood cancer, Neuroblastoma, in June 2005. To date Abbie’s Fund has raised over £150,000 and is delighted to be currently supporting two very worthy projects. The first is running at the Institute of Cancer Research based at The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton over 2 years to develop a blood test to provide early diagnosis and monitoring of neuroblastoma. This test will make detection of the disease and the progress of treatment significantly easier to detect and monitor. It will also have a dramatic impact on the patient on a day to day basis as it will reduce the number of scans and tests which for young children can be scary, painful and often require general anaesthesia. The second project is researching the mechanism which makes a particular style of antibody therapy particularly effective at mopping up small amounts of residual disease. It is these minute levels of disease remaining undetected at the end of treatment that often ultimately lead to relapse and antibody therapy is one treatment under a lot of investigation at present to deal with this problem. Despite neuroblastoma being, after domestic accident, the second biggest killer and the most frequent cancer in children under five years of age funding for research into it is extremely limited and it is vital for Abbie’s Fund to continue to raise money to support these critical projects. For the full story of Abbie and her brave fight visit www.abbiesfund.com
Victoria's Promise
(UK, 1156377) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,329.30
(UK, 1156377) Victoria's Promise is the realisation of a dream had by Victoria Van Der Westhuizen, a dream to help people that had been affected by cancer. Tragically Victoria lost her own battle to a rare and aggressive cancer before she had the chance to complete her vision. Victoria's Promise is her legacy.
Jake McCarthy Foundation
(UK, 1151542) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,327.18Jake McCarthy was a bright, talented,fit,beautiful 24 year old who recently died from a totally undiagnosed brain tumour. Emergency surgery was unable to save Jake. The Foundation aims to raise awareness of the symptoms & early diagnosis to prevent another family having to endure such a tragedy.
Cam Sight
(UK, 201640) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,283.46Cam Sight provides support in Cambridgeshire for visually impaired people of all ages. We offer: support in people’s homes and communities; emotional support; technology and equipment; sport and leisure activities; volunteers; social groups; support for children and families.
The Cookie Jar Foundation
(UK, SC044558) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,282.00The Work that The Cookie Jar Foundaton carries out represents the personality of Christopher 'Cookie' Coutts. Christopher was taken from us at the age of 19 after a valiant fight with Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer. Christopher acted as an insperation to all who knew him; not only with his fight against cancer but with other mental and learning disabilities he faced in his day-to-day life. The role of The Cookie Jar is to continue Christopher's legacyand to help provide the necessary tools to those who are in need. The Cookie Jar is a not-for profit foundation established to meet funding requirements for a wide range of notable beneficiaries. We are a bespoke foundation, with ability to recognise notable niches that need to be filled within funding. Our main aim is to provide support to both children and those in need of help, whether it be in hospital, educational or community based environment.
Headway Hertfordshire
(UK, 1094046) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,221.51Headway North Herts and Stevenage Ltd supports people with acquired head injuries, their carers and their friends. This is provided in the form of support groups, information and advice, workshops and activities which give respite and a break to help people to cope with their brain injury and their caring on a day to day basis.
Walk the Walk
(UK, SC029572) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,175.88
(UK, SC029572) Walk the Walk is a grant making charity committed to raising funds for vital breast cancer causes. Every year thousands of women and men raise money for us by taking on one of our Power Walking challenges which include The MoonWalk London or Edinburgh and The SunWalk London
Small Steps SFP
(UK, 1150651) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,167.58Small Steps, provides vital assistance for children with special needs aged 0-4 years. It teaches parents of children with cerebral palsy, and other forms of motor and sensory impairment, how to help their child develop basic skills. No government funding is available for such deserving children.
Vision Aid Overseas
(UK, 1081695) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,148.22Vision Aid Overseas works for a world in which everyone has access to eye care and glasses. We provide services in developing countries that helps to send children to school and provides people with the means to support their families. Our work transforms lives through the power of good vision.
East Kent Unit for Breast Screening
(UK, 278268) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,040.00Our highly subsidised service enables women over 40 to be screened for breast cancer earlier and more frequently than they would under the NHS programme. Costing just £35, mammograms are carried out at two hospitals in East Kent — the QEQM, Margate and the K&C, Canterbury.
Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust
(UK, 1086173) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,004.48S.C.C.T. is a national registered charity set up to help relieve the pain, suffering and financial burden of families who have children suffering from brittle bone disease, bone cancer, scoliosis, arthritis, and all other muscular skeletal conditions.
NORSACA
(UK, 517954) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,992.37Helping people affected by autism from across the East Midlands.
Integrated Neurological Services (INS)
(UK, 1107273) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,988.26INS provides long-term rehabilitation and support for people with deteriorating neurological conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or who have suffered a Stroke. We help people to maintain their independence and achieve the optimum quality of life for them and their carers.
Team Type 1 Foundation
(UK, 364570020) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,985.00We FIGHT for the RIGHT to LIVE through a global mission of education, empowerment and equal access to medicine, tools and education for everyone affected by diabetes. Team Type 1 foundation (TT1) exists because everyone with diabetes deserves the right to lead a healthy and productive life. In developing countries that means changing health care policies in order to save lives.
Headway East Northants
(UK, 1085311) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,976.13Headway East Northants provides support and care for people who are brain injured. They have an activity centre and a minibus and employ five paid members of staff and six volunteers. The charity needs to raise £140,000 per year to maintain this service.
Headlines - Craniofacial Support
(UK, 1058461) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,895.53Headlines offers information, leaflets, advice, support and contact for anyone (including their families) having or dealing with Craniosynostosis and associated conditions (including Apert, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Cloverleaf, Saethre-Chotzen, Craniofrontonasal and Muenke Syndromes and Single or Multi-Suture Craniosynostosis). A Newsletter is produced three times a year.
The Hypermobility Syndromes Association
(UK, 1011063) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,813.21The HMSA aims to provide support and information to those affected by a Hypermobility Syndrome and to promote knowledge and understanding within the medical community and the public at large. We hope to assist sufferers to come to terms with their HMS and the distress that it can cause. The severity of the effects of a Hypermobility Syndrome varies with the individual: some have few symptoms others are severely affected. Hypermobility Syndromes are generally 'invisible illnesses' and because of this we can look well to the outside world but are often in severe pain. Moreover the nature of hypermobile joints combined with frail tissues means that we are prone to injury when performing simple everyday tasks. This opens us to skepticism, particularly by those in the medical profession who know little about HMS. The pain, stress and frustration can lead to depression: thus depression can often be mistaken as the cause of the illness, not a result of it.
OcuMel UK
(UK, 1147506) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,746.57OcuMel UK is a charity representing sufferers of ocular melanoma. We aim to support patients and their families by providing accurate, up-to-date information and emotional support via our website and helpline.
The Daisy Garland
(UK, 1106530) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,730.71Family-run national children’s charity, set up in memory of Daisy, providing support for children with drug-resistant epilepsy & their parents/carers. We fund ketogenic dietitians, a medically recognised way of treating drug resistant epilepsy, & provide grants for night-time breathing monitors.
Arrhythmia Alliance
(UK, 1107496) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,693.78Working to improve the diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for all those affected by heart rhythm disorders.
Breast Cancer Support
(UK, 1165394) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,664.57Breast Cancer Support is a UK breast cancer charity providing care, and helping people with breast cancer in world's poorest countries who can't afford medication or treatment. We believe that where people live with breast cancer shouldn’t determine if they live or die.
Keeping Abreast
(UK, 1129522) Browse events
YTD Raised: £3,594.43About Us... Keeping Abreast was established in September 2007 by patients Anna Beckingham and Beverley Birritteri and Breast Reconstruction nurse specialist Ruth Harcourt. They recognised there is a great need for women, both newly diagnosed with breast cancer facing the possibility of mastectomy, and also women further down the line who are also considering reconstructive surgery, to be able to meet and talk to other women who have been through similar experiences. Who attends? Meetings are held every other month and are open to women who are considering either immediate or delayed breast reconstruction. They are also attended by women who have already had surgery and those at various stages of econstruction, including nipple reconstruction and related procedures. Many of those attending are happy to speak openly of their experiences and show the results of their surgery. You are welcome to bring along a friend, husband or partner for support. Light refreshments are provided. What are the meetings about? Although the plastic surgeon will have explained all the details of the surgery it can often be very difficult to absorb the information and formulate the questions you may want to ask. Many women have said they feel more at ease when they are able to ask questions and express their concerns to another woman. We aim to have a different speaker at each support group meeting covering topics both directly related to breast reconstruction and also covering areas of general wellbeing. We also aim to proactively fundraise to support women post operatively through their recovery. Where are the meetings held? There are currently support groups in Norwich, Kings Lynn, Bristol, East Grinstead and Norfolk-based "Nick of Time". Within the Norfolk area there are also a number of outreach groups - Wymondham, Cromer, Stalham and more to follow! For more information on the your nearest support group please visit: www.keepingabreast.org.uk