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The Duchenne Research Fund
(UK, 1119068) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,420.78
(UK, 1119068) The Duchenne Research Fund has the vision that, through our work, a cure will be found for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The Duchenne Research Fund, formerly know as The GM Trust, was established in May 2007 to identify and fund research into finding a cure for this devastating disease.
LEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK
(UK, 1161622) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,360.79
(UK, 1161622) Our mission is to make blood cancer sufferers able to receive more effective treatment in the future. We are willing to fight blood cancer regardless of how long it might take.
Luna's Little Stars
(UK, 1153219) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,795.00Luna's Little Stars was set up after the devastating loss of our beautiful little girl Luna to a brain tumour. We send children with terminal brain tumours to Disneyland Paris and families looking for lifesaving treatment abroad by funding their trip to meet Dr's and discuss any available options.
Children With Cancer Fund (polegate)
(UK, 1110644) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,724.22CWCF was set up in 1998 by Ursula & Chris Downton with Kirsty & James Denny. Now with the help of other friends and family we still go out having fun raising funds to grant wishes to local children and their families who have had or are suffering from cancer that live in East Sussex, Brighton & Hove
UCAN
(UK, SCO36638) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,545.00500 people die every year in the North East from Urological Cancers and many more suffer unwanted after effects without appropriate support. These cancers are testicular, prostate, bladder, kidney and penile, they are some of the most curable cancers if detected early enough. UCAN continue to raise funds to highlight awareness of the signs and symptoms of urological cancers and to support sufferers through provision of Scotland's only urological cancer support centre based on Ward 44 at Aberdeen royal Infirmary.
Logans Fund
(UK, SCO40619) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,476.45Logan’s Fund are a children’s cancer charity who operate Scotland wide and aim to provide anything that will give a cause for optimism or an alternative focus away from hospital and beyond the treatment they are going through for any child and their family affected by cancer. Our philosophy is to try and win back some of the childhood lost to time in hospital. We want to give your child's horizon a sprinkling of magic dust.
PoTS UK
(UK, XT32371) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,188.91Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) can be a life altering and debilitating chronic health condition. The simple act of standing can be a challenge for people with PoTS as their body is unable to adjust to the pull of gravity when upright. PoTS is characterised by orthostatic intolerance (the development of symptoms when upright that are relieved by lying down). Symptoms include headaches, fatigue, palpitations, sweating, nausea, fainting and dizziness and are associated with an increase in heart rate from the lying to upright position of greater than 30 beats per minute (40 in teenagers) or a heart rate of greater than 120 beats per minute within 10 minutes of standing.PoTS UK aims to :• To support patients in obtaining a diagnosis and treatment.• Provide evidence based information to patients, carers and heath-care workers.• Facilitate mutual support via a Facebook forum.• Co-ordinate research projects• Promote awareness• Raise funds to support these aims.
Felix Fund - The Bomb Disposal Charity
(UK, 1142494) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,142.00Felix Fund supports bomb disposal experts and their families. We fund therapeutic breaks for bomb disposal teams returning from Afghanistan and other welfare and rehabilitation facilities for EOD units. We also provide hardship grants for individual members of ‘the bomb disposal family’ in need.
INCTR Challenge Fund
(UK, 1079181) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,114.66Please help overcome cancer in developing countries. The INCTR Challenge Fund pays for chemotherapy drugs for children with cancer in Africa and helps reduce the suffering of terminally ill patients in India and Nepal by building effective palliative care services. Please give! www.challengefund.org
The Dinosaur Trust
(UK, 1156233) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,058.12The Dinosaur Trust is a charity committed to saving and improving the lives of children who suffer from Pulmonary Hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. Having experienced the devastation that PAH can cause first hand, we felt that more needed to be done to help speed up research into better more personalized therapies and hopefully one day a cure for the disease. We are supporting the work of British institutions such as Cambridge University and GOSH. These teams
Friends of Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
(UK, 264136) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,007.28Our aim is to help patients and staff by purchasing equipment, funding research, improving the hospital's environment. We have pledged to raise £2 million to buy a new radiotherapy LINAC for the Centre. This will keep the Centre at the leading edge of world-class radiotherapy.
The Ups of Downs
(UK, 1141359) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,993.29The Ups of Downs was formed in January 2006 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to provide a forum for children with Down syndrome and their families to meet on a regular basis. We run weekly sessions for pre-school children and fortnightly sports clubs for infant age children. Our driving ethos is to empower parents to give their child with Down syndrome every opportunity to develop, flourish and achieve, by providing each parent with the knowledge, confidence, ability and resources.
Manx Cancer Help
(UK, 1024) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,930.49We have been supporting people of the IOM with the emotional and psychological impact of cancer for over 30 years. We offer a range of emotional, practical & psychological support to anyone affected by cancer incl; Psycho-oncology Service (1:1 psychotherapy) Drop In Complementary Therapies
N.S.P.K.U.
(UK, 273670) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,900.37The NSPKU exists to help and support people with PKU, their families and carers. It works closely with medical professionals in the UK. It receives no government funding and is dependent on the generosity of its members and the public to fund practical support, raising awareness and, research into the condition. It publishes a wide range of booklets and leaflets (including food lists) for parents, PKUs and medical professionals. Events - it organises conferences and study days. It also sponsors medical research into PKU. It is run by the Council of Management who are all unpaid volunteers with PKU in their families.
The Josh Carrick Foundation
(UK, 1148521) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,843.06The Josh Carrick Foundation aims to fund research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer for the advancement of health and to also provide funds for technological advancement in cancer research. The Foundation also wishes to help raise awareness of testicular cancer.
York Against Cancer
(UK, 1130835) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,764.91York Against Cancer is a local charity helping local people affected by cancer. We fund care for patients at York Hospital, research at The University of York and community education projects. The charity also provides transport to Leeds for radiotherapy and family respite breaks in Whitby
Pitt Hopkins UK
(UK, 1167153) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,742.53We are a newly registered charity no.1167153. Pitt Hopkins UK aims to raise awareness of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS ), particularly among the health professionals, to support and advocate for families with a child with PTHS while delivering the latest information.Pitt Hopkins UK also hopes to be able to fund some research for example into the breathing anomalies that many of the children and adults exhibit.
Melanoma UK Incorporating Factor 50
(UK, 1157635) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,722.42Melanoma UK was set up in 2007 in memory of Jon Herron. We support patients and families affected by melanoma (skin cancer) and funds raised help to provide that support. We are funding much needed melanoma nurses along with help in vital research. Melanoma is a cruel disease, still without a cure.
Youth at Heart
(UK, 1158249) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,614.35Supporting young people and their families, living with Congenital Heart Disease, in the South West. Our aim is to maximise access to life opportunities for patients, increase public awareness of CHD and facilitate links between medical professionals and community provision.
Above & Beyond Charities
(UK, 229945) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,605.00
(UK, 229945) Above & Beyond raises funds for all Bristol’s city centre hospitals. We invest in projects that make a real difference to patient care in our city. When patients, their families and friends want to say thank you for the care they’ve received at the hospitals, they come to us.
Teddy's Wish
(UK, 1160286) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,578.62Teddy’s Wish raises funds to provide support for grieving families and continue research into the causes behind SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), neonatal death and stillbirth.
Ian Pratt MND Foundation
(UK, 1167551) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,502.92Motor Neurone Disease is a terminal illness for which there is no known cause, treatment or cure. It can affect anyone at any age.
Scottish Cot Death Trust
(UK, SC003458) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,452.70Every 9 days in Scotland a baby or child will die of cot death and the majority of their families will never know why they died. As the only cot death charity in Scotland we fund research; support bereaved families and educate the public and professionals about cot death. Thank you for your support.
The Haemochromatosis Society
(UK, 1001307) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,324.01Supporting those affected, promoting awareness and aiding research. Haemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders.
Paul Strickland Scanner Centre
(UK, 298867) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,299.38Early diagnosis of cancer saves lives.For over 28 years Paul Strickland Scanner Centre has used leading edge technology with its CT, MRI and PET/CT scanners to provide comprehensive diagnostic facilities for cancer patients.But £1 million a year has to be raised to pay for new scanners.Please help.