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R K H Foundation
(UK, 1156286) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,080.00
(UK, 1156286) The RKH Foundation is a new, registered charity set up by insurance broker RKH Group as a focus for its charitable fundraising. For our first year, we've chosen two great causes to support: the Hague School in Bethnal Green, a primary school close to our London office, and Maggie's Cancer Centres, which provide free practical and emotional support to people with cancer, their families and friends. July 2014 John O'Groats to London Bike Ride Our next event is a gruelling 800 mile bike ride from John O'Groats to the Lloyd's Building in London, which departs on 4th July. More information on the ride and the latest fundraising news can be found on the RKH Foundation blog.
The Calm Trust - Children's Cancer & Leukaemia Movement - Swindon
(UK, 292318) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,077.50
Supports all local famillies who have a child with cancer or leukaemia. It is run solely by parents and volunteers and has no salaries or office accommodation to pay for.
The Eden Dora Trust
(UK, 1152507) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,074.48We started Our Charity The Eden Dora Trust www.edendoratrust.org to help those that need it most! Usually someone that has had Encephalitis is left with an ABI-Acquired Brain Injury
Start-a-Heart247
(UK, 1157638) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,065.00We fund-raise to assist communities provide public accessible Defibrillators by subsidising the cost of external 24:7 access cabinets. We encourage and assist with public education, awareness and visibility of defibrillators.
Smith-Magenis Syndrome Foundation UK
(UK, 1072573) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,065.00
(UK, 1072573) The Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Foundation is a small UK registered charity that supports families, who have children of all ages, with Smith-Magenis Syndrome and provides information for professionals working with these families.
Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Support Group
(UK, 1102599) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,062.98Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Support Group provides friendship & support, Early development group, education workshops and seminars, group speech therapy,teen groups and adult group, workshops for carers and professionals, signing classes and lots more.
The Tom Bowdidge Foundation
(UK, 1156553) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,060.00We are a charity providing physical and emotional support to teenagers with cancer and their families and supporting research projects.
Mark Pollock Trust
(UK, TaxID:499882) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,060.00We believe that the cure for spinal cord injury simply requires enough of the right people having the will to make it happen.Even if Mark doesn't walk again we believe others will if enough of us explore the gap between reality and fantasy in pursuit of a cure. It is time to disregard the impossible
White Feather
(UK, SC042693) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,060.00We will assist the people of Scotland who are in need by reason of ill health, disability and other disadvantage. We will fund to provide supplies and equipment to offer care & support. We will strive to raise awareness of various health issues & purchase equipment crucial to detect early diagnosis.
JOINING JACK
(UK, 1148156) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,059.92Joining Jack has the ultimate aim of finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, one of the most common fatal genetic conditions in the world. Recent scientific breakthroughs mean that the development of a treatment is closer than ever, and this will not only help Jack but all sufferers of DMD.
Bath Institute For Rheumatic Diseases
(UK, 1040650) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,055.00BIRD – its history, purpose and current activity The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (BIRD) was established in 1975 by the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (the ‘Min’) and the University of Bath and became a registered charity in 1981. It raises funds to support programmes of research and education into several rheumatic conditions, in particular inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. The main aim of the charity is to relieve sickness and to promote and advance medical knowledge with particular reference to rheumatic diseases. BIRD seeks to improve treatments for patients through promoting collaboration between clinicians and research scientists. Thus it provides a building with dedicated space and facilities for both clinical and laboratory-based research, and serves as a hub for research-active staff linking BIRD and the RNHRD, and for visiting doctors and scientists from the UK and overseas. It also organises educational programmes for doctors, health professionals, patients and the general public. Past achievements of BIRD include training of more than 25 PhD students, 20 clinical research fellows and 10 post-doctoral research assistants, many of whom now work in hospitals, academic institutions or the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and around the world. Research studies included disease mechanisms in RA, the biology of bone cells in osteoporosis and validating and optimising anti-TNF treatment for patients with RA, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. Today, the Institute is an internationally recognised centre for characterising novel autoantibodies in patients with connective tissue diseases, in particular chronic muscle disease (myositis) in both adults and children. These studies are being carried out with support from the Myositis Support Group and involve active collaboration with a number of centres throughout Europe. In addition, BIRD is currently providing funds (1) to support a multi-centre international research project on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and (2) to undertake a study of joint and muscle problems arising in young musicians. The latter involves collaboration with schools (Wells Blue School), colleges offering Music degrees (Bath Spa University, Falmouth University College) and a leading conservatoire (Guildhall School of Music, London). Much current research in BIRD is supported by an extensive biobank of over 30,000 samples and linked to clinical databases that underpin a range of biomarker and genetic studies of arthritis and connective tissue diseases. This resource is a key element in a developing research collaboration between BIRD, the RNHRD and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford. The Institute is managed by a Council of Management which meets quarterly, with day-to-day running in the hands of the Chair and a full-time Executive Director, supported by two part-time assistants. Core costs of some £125,000pa have to be met from unrestricted donations, legacies etc, from overheads on grants, charges from providing services to other charities and covenanted surplus from commercial activity (mostly laboratory tests) by our subsidiary Trading Company. Many of these sources of income are highly unpredictable from one year to the next. BIRD – its future vision and need for funds BIRD is committed to maintaining and promoting an independent research and education centre for bone and joint diseases in Bath following acquisition of the RNHRD by the Royal United Hospital. To achieve this, the Institute aims to enhance the value of its clinical and laboratory facilities through providing more support for research and, in particular, collaborative research studies that seek both to improve outcomes for patients and also to improve our understanding of the underlying disease. BIRD is seeking unrestricted sponsorship of its research and education programmes as follows: • Support for the continuing growth of the biobank and clinical databases to answer specific research questions, such as evaluating the long-term effectiveness of biological therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. The very nature of the biobank and databases requires continuous support for sample and data handling and storage. Funding in this area is also essential to allow development of new research partnerships, and hence more funding opportunities, such as that underway with NDORMS in Oxford and with many European centres. • Research Training Awards to support the next generation of researchers and to ensure that bone and joint diseases remain a focus of medical research in the future. Rheumatic diseases remain a major cause of pain and suffering, and a considerable burden on the national economy through loss of work, etc. Cures for these conditions have yet to be found, although treatment of the associated symptoms has improved dramatically in recent year’s thanks in large measure to a better understanding of the underlying disease processes. Further research will lead to a greater range of effective treatments, and the opportunity to identify those factors that determine clinical responses and risk of toxicity in individual patients. Through its large groups of well-characterised patients, Bath can play an important role in these developments and offer a fertile environment for training young doctors and scientists in the future. • Funding to undertake further educational programmes aimed at GPs, physiotherapists and other health professionals, patients, their families and carers. From the above, it is clear that the management of patients with chronic inflammatory joint diseases is changing rapidly for the better, largely through the ‘appliance of science’. This generates an increased need for updating knowledge for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. It is also very important to support patients and their families, friends and carers in their discussions with medical staff by providing news and information on recent developments. Our series of Patient Information Days is very successful* in achieving the latter and needs continuing support. * A self-help group for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsAZZ) was recently established as a direct result of discussions at a BIRD Patient Information Day.
Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches
(UK, 1073196) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,050.00The Burnham Beeches Rotary Club raises money for a variety of charitable purposes locally, nationally and international with an emphasis on supporting young people and donation to cancer care.
Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust
(UK, SC020978) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,042.76We are an organisation set up to provide volunteer drivers who use their own cars to transport cancer patients to their hospital and daycare appointments.
Yorkshire Cancer Centre
(UK, 1075308YCC) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,034.00Yorkshire Cancer Centre is the fundraising arm of St Jamess Institute of Oncology in Leeds. Our ongoing appeal directly benefits cancer patients in this excellent modern facility which opened in 2008. The Centre provides a range of cancer services to a catchment community of more than 2.6m people across Yorkshire. The Appeals focus is four-stranded: specialist medical equipment, research and education programmes, patient home comforts and the arts and gardens projects. Your contribution, no matter how modest, will enhance patient care to make this world-class facility a leading force in the early prevention, diagnosis, treatment and after-care of this indiscriminate disease that still affects one in three lives in the UK.
Finley's Tracks Charity
(UK, 1174) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,029.00Finley's Tracks is a new Charity set up in December 2014 which aim is to help all Manx sufferers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a devastating muscle wasting disease that starts taking effect at a young age, and rapidly develops leaving the sufferer in need of 24 hour care. We need a cure!
The Rachel Foundation - Infertility Research Trust.
(UK, 1087012) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,023.20The Rachel Foundation was set up to fund vital research into the causes of infertility. Our mission is to turn research into treatment to give couples the very best chance of becoming parents. "We made the donation to the Rachel Foundation because without the research foundation funds, we may never have had our precious son. After 13 unsuccessful attempts of IVF, we approached CARE in Nottingham. After just one cycle of IVF using the first ever CGH array procedure we achieved a pregnancy which resulted in our son being born, he is now 14 months old. We will be forever grateful to all the staff at CARE and hope the Rachel Foundation continues to fund more research into helping couples have children."
The Diabetes Research Project (DIRECT)
(UK, 1060423) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,020.00DIRECT, The Diabetes Research Project of the Peninsula Medical School raises money towards important research into the causes of, and complications associated with, diabetes. By supporting diabetes initiatives across the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula we can develop a wider awareness of diabetes throughout the region as well as benefiting from recognition of the research on a world-wide basis. Your donations will help us to continue to advance our already pioneering local base and sustain important studies on diagnostic methods, new treatments and ultimately, the means to prevent this condition.
National Children's Tumour Leukeamia Trust
(UK, 1136332) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,006.00Supporting Families with children living with Cancer, through treatment and beyond, fund days out, holidays, dreams, hospital parking, petrol and other financial problems.
Barbara Bus Fund
(UK, 257507) Browse events
YTD Raised: £993.89The Barbara Bus Fund was set up in 1968 to help wheelchair users get out and about in its fleet of specially adapted vehicles. The fleet is based in Stanmore, with other vehicles available in North Wales, West Yorkshire and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Please help to maintain and expand our fleet.
North East Motor Neurone Disease Trust
(UK, 1109258) Browse events
YTD Raised: £992.00The charity provides help and support for those diagnosed with MND, their families and care givers. It runs a weekly drop in centre in Newcastle, regular social events and summer outings. The charity is run by volunteers and all funds are used helping those living with Motor Neurone Disease.
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome Foundation
(UK, 203377465) Browse events
YTD Raised: £990.00The mission of the Coffin-Lowry Syndrome Foundation (CLSF) is to provide information and support for families, caregivers, relatives, educators and medical professionals affected by, or working with, individuals diagnosed with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome. CLSF seeks to become a visible group in the medical, scientific, educational and professional communities in order to facilitate referrals of newly diagnosed individuals, and to encourage medical and behavioral research in order to improve methods of social integration of CLS individuals.
Minhaj-ul-Quran International
(UK, 1102801) Browse events
YTD Raised: £989.00Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK is a religious education and social activity based charity. Our Fund Raising website gives full details of our projects www.letsrevive.org
Action Against Cancer
(UK, 1143743) Browse events
YTD Raised: £984.00Action Against Cancer funds the development of cures for cancer at Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, led by world-renowned oncologist, Professor Justin Stebbing. The groundbreaking programmes that we fund focus on developing new diagnostics and treatments to improve the survival prospects and quality of life for millions of cancer sufferers worldwide.
The Ethan Perkins Trust
(UK, 1131071) Browse events
YTD Raised: £980.00Did you know that 16,000 people develop a brain tumour every year in the UK and it is the main cause of cancer deaths in children? Brain Tumour research is still in its infancy and grossly underfunded. Research in this area is significantly behind other cancer breakthroughs. This is where you can help by raising funds and increasing awareness so that, eventually, the number of deaths from this aggressive disease can be reduced. The Ethan Perkins Trust was set up by his parents in his name because they lost their son at just 11 years old to an aggressive Brain Tumour. He under went treatment and fought the tumour but sadly passed away only 8 months after diagnosis. Ethans Parents were shocked by the lack of support and funding into Brain Tumour research. The charity has been set up to make people aware of this, to support other children undergoing treatment and their families. With your help by increasing funding and awareness hopefully other parents will in the near future be able to say"There is Hope" and finally "There is a cure". Help us make a difference to children's lives today, tomorrow and give children a future! About TEPT - We provide grants and lasting experiences for children diagnosed with brain tumours who are receiving treatment. To date we have issued 80 children and their families with grants, which is organised via social care workers. They tell us what the child needs e.g. a family break or a comfort item e.g. toy, games console, camera etc and we supply the relevant funds from your events, donations and sponsorship. We aim to raise awareness for the urgent need for research into Brain Tumours and we raise vital funds for the development of this research. To date we have raised £15,000 that has gone directly to Brain Tumour Research via the Brain Tumour Charity. We rely solely on donations and the charity is run by friends and family who are all unpaid volunteers.
The Swallows
(UK, 1149794) Browse events
YTD Raised: £973.00We are the Fylde Coast Head and Neck Cancer Support Group. The group was set up because of difficulty a lot of people have with swallowing and provides information and support for both patients and their carers. We need your donations or fund raising events. Please help us to help others!