The ACLT aims to raise awareness and increase black, mixed race and ethnic minority representation on the world bone marrow registers and to promote blood donation. The chances of finding a match are greater if potential bone marrow donors are from the same racial background as the recipient. The ACLT has raised the numbers of black and mixed race people registered in the UK from 550 to 25,000 since 1996 and directly recruited at least 20 donors who have gone on to donate bone marrow/stem cells to sufferers. .
Across is a recognised charity dedicated to helping sick adults and children enjoy the pilgrimage of a lifetime to the Christian shrine of Lourdes in Southwest France. We operate the Jumbulance® a unique vehicle, specially constructed to carry our unable pilgrims who are accompanied by lay helpers, nurses and doctors. Visit our website at www.across-uk.org
Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is an independent charity which provides free information, advice and support to people affected by medical accidents through a national helpline, casework and support service and works with government agencies and health providers to improve safety and make systems for investigation and redress fairer.
Action Duchenne is a national charity that aims to find a cure for Duchenne, a severe genetic muscle wasting disease. The condition affects mainly boys and without treatment most of these young men are completely paralysed by their early teens and die by their late teens or early 20s. To ensure we do not lose another generation of young people to this terrible disease we need more funding for research and treatment.
ADDER is a charity based in the North East of England dedicated to helping people with dystonia, a neurological condition which involves abnormal muscle movements. Our main achievement is the correct diagnosis of over 2,000 people proving that dystonia is 2nd only to Parkinson's Disease in its prevalence (commonness).
M.E. devastates the lives of around 240,000 people in the UK. They live with severe pain and exhaustion and many are left housebound or bedbound. Action for M.E. helps to improve the lives of people with M.E. by providing specialist support and information whilst campaigning for research, treatments and services.
The Multiple Sclerosis Action Group in Northern Ireland - Action MS - was formed in 1976 when a small group of people with MS, families and friends decided to do something to fight multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system for which there is as yet no cure.
ADDISS provides information and support to families, adults and children who struggle daily to cope with the burden of having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. We are trying to raise money to build a national network of support for families all over the country. We currently run a telephone helpline. We offer training to schools and families.
AAF promotes access and participation of African people in the uptake and delivery of Health, Education and other social welfare services through the provision of resources, information, advice, training and support. Our community-based initiatives empower marginalized and disadvantaged African families to overcome poverty, ill health and social exclusion
To relief of sickness among persons in Africa who are suffering from HIV/AIDS or related conditions, by the provision of screening services and establishment of Advice Centres providing counselling to sufferers and their dependants and by establishing a centralised database to facilitate treatment by local agencies.
AgeCare is dedicated to the care and wellbeing of older people who are frail or suffering from dementia, promoting and researching best practice in residential and nursing care in its homes. The AgeCare Awards scheme offers nurses and carers throughout the profession a structured training scheme with nationally recognised qualifications.
Aims2Cure finances research into finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. It sponsors research scientists at The Institute of Neurology and at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science in London. In 2007 Aims2Cure established The Michele Elster Fund to help other MS sufferers by alleviating many obstacles life may present making a difference to their lives.
The Alice Rose Trust is based in the south west of England and was established to commemorate and celebrate the life of Alice Rose Reuben and to raise money to support sick children with metabolic disorders and their families.
The charity's objectives are to educate people in all matters relating to Alkaptonuria Disease and its causes, effects and treatments particularly through its website; to relieve the suffering of people with the disease by providing information and advice; to carry out research into the causes, effects, treatment and management of the disease and disseminate useful results.
Alopecia UK provides information, support and advice for for people with experience of alopecia areata, alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis. Alopecia UK also supports research into alopecia and works to raise awareness and understanding of alopecia.
Raising awareness and supporting sufferers of, and research into, Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency a genetic condition which causes lung and liver problems.
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.
The Brighton & Hove branch of the Alzheimer's Society is concerned with providing information and practical and emotional support to people in the City of Brighton & Hove living with, or affected by dementia, including carers, working to improve their quality of life.
The Anaphylaxis Campaign provides information and support to the growing number of people at risk from life-threatening allergic reactions, particularly to foods. The Campaign works vigorously to educate schools, health professionals and the food industry to achieve a safer environmemt for all those with severe allergies.
Anna has been in the Wessex Neurological Centre at Southampton General Hospital since August 2005 suffering from encephalitis (her third episode). The charity's initial aim is to provide portable sensory equipment to aid patient recovery and ultimately a sensory environment. Hence Anna's Room!
The Anthony Nolan Trust provides lifesaving donors for patients in need of a bone marrow transplant.
The Aplastic Anaemia Trust supports people who suffer from the bone marrow disease aplastic anaemia, a disease as common as leukaemia and just as deadly. The AAT is the only charity committed to raising money for sufferers of this disease.
Arthritis Care is the UK’s largest voluntary organisation working with and for people with arthritis. It was created to empower people with arthritis to take control of their life and be more independent.
ASBAH employs area Advisers in many parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They provide a solid foundation on which to provide a range of flexible and innovative services, tailored to the needs of individual service users.
It provides practical support and advice to sufferers from asbestos related diseases and to their carers.
Asirus supports the Scottish Ambulance and Fire and Rescue Services through GRIP (Grid Reference Identification Project) providing the location, access, personal and medical details of asthma and other at-risk patients in rural and remote areas of Scotland, for entry into their emergency control and dispatch databases.
A support group for people with all forms of glycogen storage disease, very rare genetic disorders of metabolism, including their families. Also promoting understanding of and research into these diseases which are often disabling and life-limiting.
AMEND is a patient support group for those affected by rare multiple endocrine neoplasia disorders, associated familial and sporadic growths – some cancerous. We provide worldwide support, have a research database and promote the awareness of MEN within the medical fraternity. We produce patient information approved by a medical advisory team.
Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.2 million people in the UK who have asthma. We work with people with asthma, healthcare professionals and researchers to develop and share expertise to help people increase their understanding and reduce the effect of asthma on their lives. Please support us in our vision of "Control over asthma today, freedom from asthma tomorrow".
The ataxias are diseases of the nervous system. They can affect anyone, from babies to adults. As ataxia progresses, people's disabilities increase, until they may depend entirely on others. There is currently no cure. Ataxia UK is the leading national support and research charity for people with ataxia, their families and carers.
The Sarah Matheson Trust supports people living with, and caring for, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and other autonomic disorders. The charity provides free information, support and education services and sponsors research. MSA is a progressive degenerative adult neurological disorder which causes problems with movement, balance and automatic body functions.
It is a world leading medical research institute carrying out vital research into various diseases and illnesses including Sudden Infant Death Syndrom (SIDS or cot death), Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR), pre-eclampsia, burns injuries incl. children's burns, skin repair, tendon and ligament injury, fistula, bowel disorders, heart disease, stroke and other vascular disorders.
BackCare (registered as the National Back Pain Association) is an independent national charity that helps people manage and prevent back pain by providing information, promoting self help, encouraging debate and funding research into better back care. HRH, The Prince of Wales, is its patron.
It's aim is to make a difference to the lives of older people and adults with a disability and to support practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity, by making grants to individuals and organisations, with identified health and social care needs which cannot be met by the statutory public sector.
BASIC (Brain And Spinal Injury Centre) is a registered charity which supports patients, carers and families from all over the country who are recovering from traumatic brain injuries and neurological conditions such as brain haemorrhage, brain tumour, stroke, head or spinal injury, MS, and brain cancer.
beat provides information, help and support to people affected by eating disorders. The charity works to increase knowledge, awareness and understanding, and campaigns for improved standards and availability of care. beat's telephone helplines take 20,000 calls a year. They support a UK-wide Self Help Network and provide awareness training across the UK.
The MS Therapy Centre provides therapy, information and support to people living with MS. Many professional therapists, including an MS Specialist Nurse, physiotherapists, dietician, speech therapist and counsellor are employed together with complementary therapists. We request donations only for therapy and receive no statutory funding, so fundraising is essential.
Behçet’s (pronounced Betjets) is a rare, complex and life-long condition caused by disturbances in the body’s immune system. Behçet’s can affect people of any age, but it most commonly affects those between the ages of 20 and 40. The society runs a helpline, funds research, and offers financial support for patients in need.
Multiple Sclerosis is an incurable and unpredictable disease affecting the central nervous system. They provide therapies for people with MS in Berkshire and the surrounding counties, giving them the power to manage their disease rather than letting it control their lives, and keeping them as mobile and independent as possible.
Bighearted Scotland is a consortium of 7 Scottish Charities; Alcohol Focus Scotland, Clic Sargent, Epilepsy Scotland, Momentum, Penumbra, Scottish Native Woods and Sense Scotland. By supporting Bighearted Scotland you will be supporting 7 Scottish charities with 1 donation.
"Sight loss is a frightening and traumatic experience that affects almost every aspect of a person's life!" What we do... Our aim is to help the 30,000 children and adults in Birmingham who have sight loss to achieve a better quality of life and live life to the full.
The group's aim is to provide support and information to raise awareness amongst the medical profession about the correct treatment of birthmarks.
Every year in the UK, 125,000 people have an unnecessary heart attack or stroke in which high blood pressure is a key factor. The Blood Pressure Association exists to fight the causes of high blood pressure to prevent strokes and heart disease in the UK.
Situated in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, Blythe House Hospice is High Peak's only day-care hospice. The principal activity of the hospice is the provision of specialist palliative care services and support for people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and the extension of support to their families. The services we provide are free to the user but not cost free. We receive less than one-third of our essential running costs from the local Primary Care Trust and we aim to raise £6000 from charitable donations each week. A £2.50 donation will pay for lunch for one of our clients, £10 will provide art therapy equipment, £20 will pay for a complementary therapy session, £30 means someone will receive a much needed counselling session. Every donation makes a difference. Thank you for your support.
The Bobath Centre is world-renowned for the treatment of children with cerebral palsy. Our aim is to give children the opportunity to get the most out of life by improving their quality and range of movement. We treat 300 children a year and see the widest range of the condition in the UK.
Bobath Scotland is a Scottish registered charity providing intensive and effective therapy to children with cerebral palsy. They employ professional therapists skilled in the Bobath Concept. Children are referred to us through NHS paediatric consultants. Since opening in 1995, Bobath Scotland has provided this important Service to over 500 children
35,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year – it’s the 2nd biggest cancer killer. Thousands more will have to face life with a stoma as a result of surgery.We want more people to survive bowel cancer by investigating what initiates it and causes it to spread (metastasise) to produce better diagnostic techniques and therapies. Our research also covers other bowel diseases, such as Colitis and Crohn’s Disease and through pioneering surgical techniques we aim to enable sufferers to live free of a stoma.
BRACE (Bristol Research into Alzheimer’s and Care of the Elderly) was set up to support the work of the Bristol Dementia Research Group through an endowment fund. The group is recognised by the research community as a major centre for Alzheimer's disease and dementia research.
The Brain and Spine Foundation aims to maximise the quality of life for people with neurological disorders and to reduce neurological disability by providing a national focus for research, education and information.