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The Yorkshire Kidney Research Fund
(UK, 1106412) Browse events
YTD Raised: £5,085.00
(UK, 1106412) Founded in 1970 theYorkshire Kidney Research Fund supports research into the problems associated with all aspects of kidney disease. Active throughout Yorkshire and benefiting kidney research on a national and international basis, we rely entirely on donations, fundraising, voluntary support and legacies to help us fund groundbreaking work, helping people of all ages. Every year an increasing number of patients are diagnosed with serious kidney disease and kidney failure. Research helps us find the answers to deliver the best treatments and therapies and make a huge difference to many people. Donations help us to achieve our objectives. Some of the areas we're currently funding research in are: Investigating causes of poorly developed kidneys in babies; Ways to reduce the infections dialysis patients suffer from their dialysis catheters; Investigating whether the bladder changes the composition of urine after it is made; Investigating the way in which cells from the kidney die or survive in response to disease states; Optimal way to treat anaemia, a very prevalent complication in kidney patients which causes severe fatigue and reduction in quality of life; Investigating a condition called "Dialysis-related Amyloid". Please support us and help us carry on making a difference.
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund
(UK, 1051463) Browse events
YTD Raised: £5,056.95
(UK, 1051463) Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund is a registered charity. we've launched a Chemotherapy Appeal which will raise funds to build a chemotherapy and day treatment unit. The unit will be situated at the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple and treat newly 5000 patients yearly.
Primrose Centre
(UK, 1120931) Browse events
YTD Raised: £5,040.00
(UK, 1120931) The Primrose Centre is a breast cancer support centre in Bromley Kent.
Nordoff - Robbins Music Therapy (Scotland)
(UK, SC018224) Browse events
YTD Raised: £5,025.80
(UK, SC018224) We are Scotland's only music therapy charity and help people with a wide range of conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and dementia. We provide almost 400 sessions a week to children and adults facing serious health challenges. Our work improves communication, well-being and quality of life.
British Council for the Prevention of Blindness
(UK, 270941) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,965.61The British Council for the Prevention of Blindness prevents blindness worldwide by funding research into the causes of blindness and more effective treatments. The charity also specialises in training for medical professionals from developing countries who learn how to set up programmes which save the sight of many thousands of people.
Multiple Sclerosis International Federation
(UK, 1105321) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,962.78MSIF is an international NGO working in partnership with national MS societies and the international scientific community to raise the profile of MS and catalyse the vital research that will lead to the elimination of multiple sclerosis. Together we will eliminate MS. Join us at: www.msif.org
Scoliosis Campaign Fund
(UK, 285290a) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,955.36The SCOLIOSIS CAMPAIGN FUND raises money for people with scoliosis - abnormal twisting and curving of the spine. SCF is the joint fundraising arm of the SCOLIOSIS ASSOCIATION (UK) (SAUK) and the BRITISH SCOLIOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (BSRF). SAUK and BSRF are the only national charities in the UK working to help people with scoliosis. Every penny SCF raises goes towards helping to support people with the condition as well as funding research into the causes and treatment of scoliosis. By supporting SCF, you're helping people with scoliosis now and in the future! We have some fantastic fundraising events which can all be seen on our new, updated website. So whether it's a run, cycle ride, bake sale, or show, we hope to see you at an SCF event soon! Thank you so much for your support.
CdLS Foundation UK
(UK, 1054033) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,948.68The CdLS Foundation exists to ensure early and accurate diagnosis of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome ; promote research into the causes and manifestations of the syndrome and help people with a diagnosis of CdLS to make informed decisions throughout their lifetime
Cahonas Scotland
(UK, SC040786) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,903.23Cahonas Scotland exist to increase the availability of and facilitate access to information and support services geared to the needs of men experiencing cancer and life limiting disease. To advance education of the public in matters relating to male cancers and to undertake where necessary the prevention of discrimination and stigma arising from diagnosis and the cancer experience.
Corpal - Supporting those with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and Aicardi Syndrome
(UK, 1086019) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,878.64Corpal supports those affected by Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum which means that the major pathway across the two hempisheres of the brain is damaged or missing. Corpal is a Not for Profit group and is run by parents, and carers of children and Adults with ACC or Aicardi Syndrome.
LIBRA
(UK, 276685) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,867.50LIBRA raises funds which are used to equip the department of Haematological Medicine at King’s College Hospital in London. We have a number of dedicated supporters throughout the South East and beyond. Through donations and fundraising projects, we help to ensure that groundbreaking research and treatments can be carried out by some of the world’s leading experts on haematological medicine. Making a difference We provide equipment to help researchers develop treatments for Liver disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Sickle Cell disease and Diabetes We help to cover the cost of specialist Apheresis machines that are required for use on blood donors and also patients Through LIBRA, equipment is provided for a team of 86 researchers who focus on treating leukaemia The unit that we support has the largest bone marrow transplant programme in the UK We’re also funding a database project that will benefit other hospitals and it is already proving a great success We provide funds to cover the costs of laboratory space such as the ‘LIBRA Corridor’ which is a working unit, developed with our support
Association For Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders
(UK, 1153890) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,845.43A registered UK charity since 2003, AMEND is an international patient group run by patients for patients, for the benefit of everyone affected by the multiple endocrine neoplasia disorders and their associated endocrine growths. In addition to providing worldwide email and telephone support, AMEND runs a UK Research Registry and produces patient information with the help of an expert medical advisory team. Membership of AMEND is free and open to patients, families, friends and healthcare professionals. AMEND continually strives to look for ways of improving the care and management of MEN patients. Details of our work and free membership registration can be found on AMENDs well-respected website at www.amend.org.uk.
Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome Trust
(UK, 1038219) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,837.67The Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome Trust provides support to familes affected by Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome. Contact can be made via the helpline 0845 603 5338.
Pelvic Radiation Disease Association
(UK, 1147802) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,796.39We are a charity formed of volunteer patients, carers and health professionals who want to help people who are suffering from problems after pelvic radiotherapy - most common in rectal, gynaecological, bladder and prostate cancer patients. We work for wider recognition and treatment of pelvic radiation disease within the NHS nationally. Currently we are raising money to fund a nurse-led help line, and to employ a part-time administrator.
Trust PA - The Spinal Injury Charity
(UK, 1093038) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,773.50Trust PA - the spinal injury charity, was set up in memory of Paul-Andre Blundell (PA), who was paralysed during a rugby tackle and later died. He had hoped to benefit from recent scientific advances.Trust PA is working to help fund the latest science to make repair treatments available for those with spinal injury paralysis.
Hospice Africa
(UK, 1024903) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,744.41Hospice Africa promotes palliative care (pain control in terminally ill cancer patients) in sub-Saharan Africa, using oral morphine. The work in Uganda started in 1993 and continues in Kampala, Mbarara and Hoima. Currently, palliative care projects are also being supported in Malawi, Cameroon and Nigeria. See www.hospiceafrica.org.
Leukaemia Busters
(UK, 1010957) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,738.45Leukaemia Busters is a UK-registered medical research charity with a huge vision – a world in which leukaemia is quickly, safely and completely cured. We work towards this vision by funding and conducting our own research into finding new and safer antibody-based treatments for currently incurable forms of leukaemia. We receive no government funding and rely wholly on public support. With your help we are bringing new hope to leukaemia patients, both children and adults alike, by fighting for their lives through research.
Dorset Kidney Fund
(UK, 1058084) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,715.87The Dorset Kidney Fund raises donations to assist renal patients, their families & carers throughout the area covered by the Renal Unit at the Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester. All monies raised go towards the purchase of equipment and facilities for the benefit of kidney patients.
Leukaemia Cancer Society
(UK, 1040984) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,705.54The Leukaemia Cancer Society is dedicated to ensuring that more people with Leukaemia and other Blood Cancers survive, have the best possible quality of life and that their families and carers get the support they need.
Cancer Campaign In Suffolk
(UK, 1073241) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,699.00We provide support, information & complementary therapy to everyone in Suffolk affected by a cancer diagnosis from patients, family, friends & carers. We rely on your donations to keep these much needed services available to those who need it. Thank you for your support it’s very much appreciated.
Niamh's Next Step
(UK, 1150081) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,671.08Our charity aims to help other families fighting the agressive childhood cancer Neuroblastoma. Through personalised familiy plans, educational and exciting gift boxes for the child and the funding of research and education programs into this vile disease. Please donate and help us help others
Bright Red
(UK, 1105891) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,652.00Bright Red, a charity established to improve the lives and treatment of people in the North who are dealing with Blood Cancer. Through care, research and education we are striving to beat illnesses such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital Kidney Patients' Association
(UK, 285086) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,596.12It works to secure the best possible outcomes for all people with kidney disease and aims to secure sufficient income to support research, patient facilities and social activity for both patients and carers
Cancer Research UK
(UK, registeredcharityinEnglandandWales1089464ScotlandSC041666andtheIsleofMan1103) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,574.82We pioneer life-saving cancer research to help beat cancer sooner. We’re the world leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. We are fighting cancer on all fronts, finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat it to save more lives. We are entirely funded by the public, With your help, we can ensure more people beat cancer.
Down's Syndrome North East
(UK, 1096003) Browse events
YTD Raised: £4,551.20Down's Syndrome North East is the leading organisation for the help and support of all people with Down's Syndrome and their famillies and friends.We cover Northumberland,Tyneside,Wearside,Durham and Teesside. We are a registered charity run entirely by parent volunteers.