We’re A Spoonful Of Sugar. We help seriously ill children in hospital. We do this by giving them the best medicine they can get. A laugh. Each week, we send a professional entertainer or artist into the wards to give the children a healing dose of fun. We try our best to give them something to look forward to - like arranging a post-treatment VIP trip to Hamleys. In all this, our aim is to help the children forget where they are, forget the suffering and forget the monotony of hospitalisation. If we can achieve any of that, even for a second, it’s all worth it. We already help the kids in the Carousel Ward of UCH in London. Now we need your help to get to the hundreds of children in 21 similar wards nationwide. Every penny you can spare will go directly into bringing some much-needed fun and laughter to all of them.

We are a charitable organisation that has been set up specifically to support projects designed to help alliviate poverty in Africa.

ACET in the UK works to support the rapidly growing ACET International Alliance. The Alliance is a group of independent organisations currently working in 22 countries to reduce rates of new HIV infection, care for those affected by HIV/AIDS and support AIDS orphans.

ABC focuses on helping children and adults suffering directy or indirectly from HIV/AIDS. It sees education in general as fundamental in increasing awareness about the disease, as well as helping provide the basis for an active and fulfilling life. ABC is Malawian born and has a base both in the UK and in Malawi.

Pre-eclampsia is the most common of the serious pregnancy conditions, affecting one pregnancy in 10 or 70,000 women each year. Action on Pre-Eclampsia aims to raise public and professional awareness, improve care and ease or prevent physical and emotional suffering caused by this potentially devastating condition.

Afghan Mother & Child Rescue is a small hands-on charity which concentrates on building specialised mother and child health clinics in Afghanistan. The clinics provide a safe, clean environment for births and are playing a crucial role in helping to bring down Afghanistan’s extremely high level of maternal and infant mortality.

It funds education and health as well as other projects mostly in the Hindu Kush area for the Nuristani people of Afghanistan. For more information please see our website at www.afghanschools.org

The IMAGINE Appeal supports the pioneering work undertaken at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool. Donations help make a difference by enabling the hospital to research medical conditions, buy vital equipment, build a better environment, and provide dedicated facilities for children and their families.

Alternatives offers free confidential help for those facing an unplanned pregnancy or have post-abortion concerns. Alternatives offers a calm space, a listening ear, accurate information and time to think through the decision-making process. Alternatives offers friendly support and practical assistance.

Support for men and women facing unplanned pregnancy, abortion or miscarriage.

Every year 35,000 parents are told the baby they are expecting may have an abnormality. ARC gives parents information about antenatal testing and supports them and their families when an abnormality is discovered in their much wanted unborn baby. ARC is a lifeline for expectant and bereaved parents and also trains health professionals so they can to do a difficult job better.

This Fund was set up in 2003 with the aim of raising £250,000 to provide 3 additional intensive care cots for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This was achieved in just two years with magnificent support from staff, families and the local community. Donated funds are utilized to purchase specialist equipment.

A baby's nine month journey in to the world is hazardous and the last few hours and minutes crucial to life. It could be the life of your unborn child or grandchild. The NHS Capital Budget provides basic essentials only. Donating to The Baby Beat Appeal allows us to provide the very best in fetal monitoring equipment.

Baby Lifeline - the leading mother and baby charity, supports the care of pregnancy and birth. As well as providing vital technology for maternity and special care baby units, it also provides 'cutting edge', specialist training for health professionals.

It helps the people of africa and in particular the people of Mali help themselves by providing ambulances and medical equipment and funding for medical facilities and staff

Best Beginnings was set up as a charity in 2006 as a catalyst for change, using innovative approaches to break down inequalities in child health in the UK. Our vision is of a future where all children enjoy best practice healthcare from conception, and where families have the information and support needed to protect their children's health and avoid preventable illnesses and deaths. Many of Britain's babies are born in challenging circumstances and are disproportionately prone to a number of problems including being born prematurely, suffering serious illnesses, developmental disorders and deaths in early infancy. The nationwide gap is huge; for instance, the infant mortality rate in Birmingham is more than 6 times greater than in Eastleigh in Hampshire. We are committed to making a difference, but we need your help to do so. To find out more about our work and how you can make a difference, please visit our website: www.bestbeginnings.info

The BRC is a small charity which provides antenatal and postnatal classes, information and emotional and practical support to women and their families through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. We have a lending library and several free support groups including breastfeeding, international women and homebirth in a warm welcoming environment!

BirthLink supports maternal and neonatal healthcare in disadvantaged countries, where maternal and newborn care is severely compromised by lack of education and basic resources. Through workshops, seminars and 'hands-on' skills training, based on low-tech care, our aim is to improve outcomes for mothers and babies.

Bliss is the UK charity that cares for premature and sick babies. We are dedicated to ensuring that babies survive and go on to have the best possible quality of life. We provide practical and emotional support for families during an extremely difficult time, so they can give the best care to their babies. Our specialist study days and training supports doctors and nurses to develop their skills. We fund research to improve the care of all sick and premature babies. We raise awareness of the issues affecting special care babies and fight for essential change within government and the NHS.

Born Too Soon was established in 1985 to offer information and support to parents of small pre-term babies and new born infants requiring specialist care on the Neonatal Unit at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and also to raise money to purchase much needed equipment in the Unit.

BCT supports causes which make family life easier and are close to the hearts of Bounty Parenting Club members. Beneficiaries are nominated and chosen by our mums on a quarterly basis through Bounty.com. Recent recipients include The Rainbow Centre, Bristol and the Association of Children's Hospices.

For 40 years BNMT has made health improvements in Nepal. Recently armed conflict has distrupted health services. BNMT rehabilitates health care and buildings, improves pregnancy care, prevents and treats infectious diseases, especially TB and HIV and supports poor communities to gain better health standards.

Claire House cares for children aged 0 to 18 with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions from Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. The charity provides specialist respite care, palliative and terminal care and bereavement and family support for the whole family in a home from home environment where the needs of the children and their families come first.

Clapa is a support organisation for all those with and affected by cleft lip and palate. One in 700 children are born with this condition - about 1,000 a year in the UK. CLAPA provides information, advice and one to one support through its national network of branches. It also runs confidence-building camps for children and distributes bottles and teats for babies born with cleft lip and palate.

Donations are welcome for all areas but the main focus will be on two appeals: LOLLIPOP APPEAL- to benefit children from babies to teens. We wish to introduce a high dependency area so save seriously ill children from having to be transferred. CANCER FIGHTING FUND- to help with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

East Berkshire Women's Aid provides support for victims of domestic violence throughout East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. One in four women suffer some form of emotional, mental or physical abuse, and it affects women of all ages, cultures, backgrounds and professions. Services include refuge space for women and children, resettlement for families leaving the refuge, and advice and support for families suffering from domestic abuse. East Berkshire Women's Aid is a registered charity, set up in 1976.

The ECHO Trust gives people the chance to make an immediate and dramatic difference to the lives of sick children across the country. Making waves across the medical profession, ECHO ensures the availability of cash for children's hospitals and health projects which has never before been possible. Echo delivers money where it's wanted most.

ECD offers a preventative solution to the destruction of families, securing the future of the children of Brazil away from the streets, child-prostitution, gangs, violence and drug trafficking. They house the child together with their Mum and give them all the basic necesssities to go back into society and back into the work force.

First Steps raises money to help local charities and organisations that support mothers, mothers-to-be, babies and toddlers in the West Midlands. Since its launch in 1995, it has raised well over £1 million, and has been able to provide many vitally-needed items ranging from playthings for local pre-school groups to foetal monitoring equipment for hospitals in its area.

FSID is the UK's leading baby charity working to prevent sudden infant deaths, also known as cot death, and promote infant health - funding research, supporting bereaved families, providing information to the public and working with professionals to improve investigations when a baby dies. www.fsid.org.uk/

FORWARD works to promote action to bring about positive social change to enhance the well being & protect the dignity of African girls & women globally. FORWARD is committed to eliminating harmful gender-based discriminatory practices that violate the sexual and reproductive health & rights of girls & women, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) & child marriage.

The mission of Friends of Colombia for Social Aid is to help improve the lives of the most disadvantaged children in Colombia. FOCSA fulfills its mission by donating medical, educational and other necessary equipment to hospitals and other institutions that have been set up to help these children.

The charity raises funds to purchase vital equipment for the Intensive Care and Special Care Baby Units at St George's Hospital. It helps the smallest patients in St George's, the babies, who require medical care due to prematurity, illness, or those requiring surgery.

The aim of the Charity is to purchase equipment and provide goods or services to enhance a patient's stay; provide support for training and development of staff; buy additional equipment not normally provided by the Trust and to provide support for medical research projects whilst respecting the wishes of donors.

To raise funds to purchase equipment for the ante-natal units for hospitals in Devon & Cornwall.

The Charity represents two hospitals, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and The Princess Royal Maternity. It raises money for special equipment that the NHS cannot afford, such as special non invasive equipment for very premature babies or state of the art cameras to investigate throat tumours. It was formed to help save lives.

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the UK’s most common life-threatening infection in newborn babies. Without preventative medicine, GBS infects approximately 700 babies annually –75 die and 40 survivors suffer long-term problems. Most GBS infections are preventable. Help GBSS inform pregnant women and health professionals how to do this and save tiny lives.

The appeal's aim is to raise funds to provide equipment for the neonatal unit and the maternity unit, and to support the services and facilities provided for bereaved parents, or parents of poorly babies and children at Wythenshawe hospital, Manchester.

The charity helps fund medical equipment throughout the trust, and enhances the level of care by financing many courses and education days. It helps improve both patient and staff environments and holds many different funds reflecting the sheer size of the trust

Iain Goodwill trust is working hard to highlight the dangers of young children around motor vehicles - particularly at home. In addition it is trying to make cars impossible for children to start.

Inter Care (licensed by the Enviromental Agency) sends unused UK NHS prescription medicines, for Humanitarian Aid to over 100 remote health centres in 7 countries in Africa.

The International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease was set up to promote research into the fetal and developmental origins of disease and involves scientists from many backgrounds.

The KGH Charity Fund helps to improve the lives of patients, their families, visitors, and staff at the Kettering General Hospital. Every donation is gratefully received and makes a big difference to the individual services and care the hospital provides. By helping the KGH Charity Fund today, you may well be helping a loved one tomorrow. Thank you for your support.

Supporting Kubuneh Health Centre, The Gambia. Providing money for medicines, medical equipment and vital structural needs.

The Luton & Dunstable Hospital provides a wide range of general and specialist services to over 300,000 people. These include one of the country’s largest Breast Screening centres and a neonatal intensive care unit which is responsible for treating the most premature babies in the whole of Beds and Herts. In 2006 the L&D became an NHS Foundation Trust and the Health Service Journal Awards voted us ‘one of the Top 5 Best Performing Hospitals’ in the UK. The hospital has remained out of debt since 1999 and this enables us to spend all donations on providing additional equipment, supporting staff and enhancing patient care.

Maternity Worldwide is working to reduce mortality associated with childbirth in developing countries. This is through deployment of medical and midwifery staff, subsidy of patient care for those most in need and advocacy within the developed world.

Milton Keynes Pregnancy Crisis Centre provides confidential support for those affected by any issues surrounding pregnancy. This includes men as well as women. We also actively support young families in need.

The Miscarriage Association is a national charity offering support and information to those affected by the loss of a baby in pregnancy.

It funds desperately needed research into complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Since August, it has been funding two research fellows at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and Imperial College. Their research is already seen as groundbreaking and the results could potentially change clinical pactice to improve the lives of severely sick babies.

The National Maternity Support Foundation (NMSF) was set up following the tragic stillbirth of Jake Canter due to the nearest hospital maternity unit being closed. Our founding principles are to take a 'proactive educative approach' to maternity care occupying the 'sensible middle ground' of public opinion. Working in partnership with the Royal College of Midwives, the NMSF’s four key objectives are as follows:- 1. Campaign to help keep maternity services available, accessible, safe and well resourced 2.