Each month our friends at Viking donate £200 to one easyfundraising cause, to help it continue it’s valuable work. If you think your cause deserves to win, tell us why!
How it works:
1. Post a comment below to tell us about your cause and why you think they should be Cause of the Month.
2. On Monday November 21st, we’ll announce a shortlist of 10 causes and ask you all to vote for the one you would like to win.
3. The voting closes at Midday (12 noon) on November 30th and the cause with the most votes fairly cast will win a £200 donation from Viking
Thanks to Viking for sponsoring the competition again this month and well done to Jack Ford Memorial Fund – Families Against Neuroblastoma who were last month’s winners.
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Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently.
Tuck by Truck is a social enterprise contracted by the local authority Bromley Council to provide employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in a supportive environment.
It works by running a business that provides and maintains usherette sized snack trays to customer’s premises. The income generated supports us to employ and provide further employment opportunities for our Service Users.
Our Bromley recycling project is a social business offering a waste collection service to customers throughout the local area. The project, which is located in Bromley (London), was set-up in 2005 and has 5 years of experience in the recycling and re-use activities. It predominantly supports adults with learning disabilities to gain practical work experience but from time to time we also work with young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds referred to us by the Princes Trust.
The project has both a retail unit and workshop, and experienced staff. The project is able to offer a professional waste collection service to businesses and private households. The service is designed to eliminate the use of landfill, enabling customers to recycle with confidence. The project recycles 100 per cent of the timber, paper and cardboard waste collected. The project ensures that timber waste is graded for re-use and is often ideal for builders, gardeners, and general DIY jobs. The retail unit sells the graded timber at a fraction of normal retail prices. The non saleable waste is processed for use as fuel or chipboard type products.
please contact Georgie Cooper 02083131695
I nominate ‘Believe in Magic’ a new charity created by 16 year old Megan Bhari to help seriously ill and terminally ill children. ‘Believe in Magic’ gives Magical experiences to sick children to bring a little bit of sparkle and happiness into their lives.
What a wonderful charity, well done Megan, bless you.
Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently. We also have social enterprises that provide work Monday to Friday 9.30 to 1600
Tuck by Truck is a social enterprise contracted by the local authority Bromley Council to provide employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in a supportive environment.
It works by running a business that provides and maintains usherette sized snack trays to customer’s premises. The income generated supports us to employ and provide further employment opportunities for our Service Users.
Our Bromley recycling project is a social business offering a waste collection service to customers throughout the local area. The project, which is located in Bromley (London), was set-up in 2005 and has 5 years of experience in the recycling and re-use activities. It predominantly supports adults with learning disabilities to gain practical work experience but from time to time we also work with young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds referred to us by the Princes Trust.
The project has both a retail unit and workshop, and experienced staff. The project is able to offer a professional waste collection service to businesses and private households. The service is designed to eliminate the use of landfill, enabling customers to recycle with confidence. The project recycles 100 per cent of the timber, paper and cardboard waste collected. The project ensures that timber waste is graded for re-use and is often ideal for builders, gardeners, and general DIY jobs. The retail unit sells the graded timber at a fraction of normal retail prices. The non saleable waste is processed for use as fuel or chipboard type products.
Georgie Cooper
Project Manager
I am Brown Owl with 3rd Erskine Brownies. Unfortunately, at the moment, we are running a campaign to try to retain our Brownie meeting place which is to be taken over from the local Council by a commercial let which will exclude community use.
The £200 would be a great boost to our funds to help us find alternative premises and storage facilities for our equipment which is currently stored at our meeting place.
Why not give our girls a boost when they need it the most!
Many thanks
Kimberley Clark
3rd Erskine Brownies
C’mon Erskine councillors, fight for this cause.
Please support Restore Counselling. Restore offer a counselling service to those in need from any background in Northern Ireland. All counselling is provided by professional accredited staff (many offering services voluntarily) Restore aim to provide 35% of services on a pro-bono basis to ensure those most in need are not restricted from getting the help they need. Monies are mainly spent on overheads and insurance and any help would be much appreciated and really make a difference.
Thanks
Sounds like a great organisation, hope you do well.
Dreamtime’s our name, a small charity,
Working around the blustery Tay.
Helping kids that need support,
Here’s our latest new report!
A waiting list of forty four,
Desperate, knocking at our door.
But here’s the rub, and it’s a biggy,
There’s no money in the piggy.
Everybody needs a friend,
Someone to play with and depend,
Dreamtime’s there to help fulfil,
The dreams of those who fit the bill.
Many people just don’t understand,
That some kids need a helping hand,
To make friends, join in, play a part,
But we can help them make a start.
We want to raise Ten thousand quid
A tidy sum to help the kid
Who’s lonely, with no friends to call,
No parties, play, no fun at all!
Our plea we’ve put into a rhyme,
We sure have a mountain to climb!
Up the fundraising path we’re hiking
But we’ll be fine with help from Viking!
fab poem about an amazing project
Thank you, Vicky.
Great poem, great cause, hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
Thanks for reading our poem, Jean. Glad you like it.
I was going to put up a plea for our own charity but love your poem and wish you the best of luck. I’ll try next month
Thank you, Pam. There are so many amazing projects on here so it will be difficult to choose just one! Good luck with your project. Kind regards, Gail.
same here!
Great appeal, good luck to you.
At some time in our lives all of us will be bereaved. The death of someone close is likely to be one of the most distressing experiences we face. When someone dies a relationship is lost and we move into a new and largely unknown situation. Grief is a natural, unavoidable reaction which allows us to begin to come to terms with our loss and to adjust to the change it has made to our lives.
Cruse Bereavement Care Herefordshire offers help to anyone affected by death, regardless of age, race, religion, disability, gender or sexuality.
Support is given on a one-to-one basis with a Bereavement Volunteer who is trained and who has regular supervision and continuous specialist Cruse training.
Funds are needed to continue to provide training and support for volunteers and to administer a high quality service to those who are struggling at a difficult time
On November 16th last year, Owen Evans from Rubery died from Aplastic Anaemia – he was aged 9. Together with Owens family we have decided to raise much needed funds and awareness of this little know blood disorder which is especially devastating to children.
In memory of Owen, his Mum Sue, his Headteacher Paul Freear and family friend Lexi Sutton are embarking on a trek to China to raise money for The Aplastic Anaemia Trust. The charity although small are making a HUGE difference to the lives of sufferers and their families.
The £200 would make the world of difference to our fundraising target of £10,000 – all in memory of our friend Owen.
Please consider us for the donation – visit our website to find out more about Owen, the disorder and The Aplastic Anaemia Trust.
Many thanks
Lexi
I should like to nominate the Ear Trust as a worthy winner of the monthly prize It is a wonderful institution which through the dedicated work of it`s surgeons can give a ” life ” to babies and children born deaf by fitting them with a cochlear implant Without this they would face a lonely intoverted life being unable to participate in normal childhood activities With it the can attend normal school and become useful society members Futher education and a quality career is there for them. I was an adult recipient and had I been ” implanted ” earlier would not have had to give up my job. Please think about this truly remarkeable work It deserves a donation Thank you
Woolsery Primary School is thriving village school, with enthusiastic pupils, staff and parents. Based in a rural North Devon village, where even people who would normally have little to do with a school take active rolls in School life we consider ourselves lucky in our community. As a parent I am a Forest Ranger and take part in the many fundraising activities that enable our small school to keep up with their larger ‘cousins’!
Unfortunately during the half-term holiday our School was vandalised. The sports field equipment was mindlessly destroyed, trees were with limbs haning, the Forest School area was completely devastated – as was the local community when the news was heard. The Children of the School were quiet – a very unusual occurrence! No football as no goal posts, no where to sit outside, no Forest School. There were some tears, and then ACTION.
Pupils cleared the Forest School site – they were not going to take this laying down, it is very much their School and what happens to the School they take personally. Work has started to re-create the area that took years to grow and develop into the site we had. Fund raising activities have been started to by the whole community to replace equipment, and enable our School to start again.
The School website will give some idea of how important our School is to us – and how great it is to be part of it!
The children would be overwhelmed to be awarded the money – it may give the School council a headache deciding where to spend it though!
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
walk the walk is charity dedicated to raising money and awareness of breast cancer. As a grant making charity, it means that everybody taking part in their challenges is raising money for Walk the Walk. The charity then looks at various projects and campaigns that are involved with breast cancer and grants funds to where we know it will make the most difference. It is our policy to look at projects that perhaps would not easily find funding, and to those that would perhaps take many years to achieve their goals and assist them in reaching them in a shorter time. We support research, which we feel is our future, and certainly over the past 13 years some ground breaking research has been made, not only into the causes of breast cancer but also identifying cancer genes and consequently improving the treatments. We also fund emotional and physical support for those that have cancer now.
Our flagship events are The MoonWalks in London and Edinburgh, and The SunWalks in Newcastle, Bristol and Southampton. We also organise trips and walking adventures to other events throughout the country and indeed the world, encouraging people to keep taking on new challenges and to keep them motivated.
as a supporter of this charity i am aiming to raise between £1000 and £4000 personally during 2012 and this wonderful amount of money would be a very welcome boost to my efforts, a charity very close to my heart
NMC West Midsaims to provide specialised Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Complimentary Therapies, Support and Information to people with Muscular Dystrophy and allied Neuromuscular Conditions.
There is no provision for people over the age of eighteen to receive this vital treatment and support.
Many feel isolated and alone. We will provide information and support at all stages of living with a neuromuscular condition many of which are life limiting:-
“As time goes on, our bright, funny, and outgoing son will be trapped inside an ever more useless body, until he reaches an early and untimely death which is most likely to be in his late 20s”-
Jane & Mark whose son Murray has Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
“I was forced to use a wheelchair after falling to many times. Now I can’t even stand” Josh who has FSH-MD
This money would be used to help us refurbish and equip suitable premises to include a Physiotherapy area, Computer and Technology area and a drop in Café area, along with our long term plan to provide a hydrotherapy pool. We would also like to be able to run our own mini bus service to enable people that do not have access to specialist vehicles to be able to attend the centre on a regular basis to give carer’s and families respite time knowing that care and support was available.
Valleys Gymnastics Academy is a voluntary organisation and was formed in 2011 is now run by the members for the members. We have a Members’ Committee in place so that everyone has the opportunity to become involved and have a say in the way that the club is run – we believe that this is essential!
Valleys GA provides valuable opportunities for children and young people to develop team work, confidence and social skills whilst not forgetting the fun they will have and the social skills they will develop along the way – as well as the gymnastics and other physical skills they will develop and the great friends they can make!
We specialise in Artistic Gymnastics (for both boys and girls) and Freestyle Gymnastics (freerunning) and also offer pre-school activities. We also offer an increasing range of classess and facilities for our adult members – these range from adult gymnastics through to Latino-fit and Hula Hooping fitness classes. We currently have approximately 320 members.
We offer committed young people the opportunity to develop their leadership skills by becoming volunteers and qualified coaches / instructors in their chosen activity. We believe that coaching and volunteering can develop essential life skills (e.g. teamwork, communication skills etc) – in 2010 our young volunteers (aged 18 and under) were awarded a voluntary sector (GAVO) award for the outstanding work they undertake in engaging young people in healthy physical activity.
Please have a look at our website for more information about what we offer the local community!
The Llangollen Railway is a heritage standard-gauge railway running between the town of Llangollen and the village of Carrog through the delightful scenery of the Dee Valley. The Railway is working hard to extend the line from Carrog to Corwen in 2012.
To achieve this target further funding is needed to match grants from the National Lottery and the Welsh Assembly. As well as giving further pleasure to passengers the extension will also help to boost tourism and the local economy.
The Railway is largely staffed by volunteers who drive the trains abd provide the technical infrastructure which enables the Railway to run safely and efficiently.
The WAY Foundation help and support anyone widowed under the age of 50, and their families.
We are a national charity with over 2000 members – but with, unfortunately, many more to reach who don’t yet know about us. We operate solely on donations & membership fees, and rely on the time & effort of volunteers (all of whom have been widowed too) to run & coordinate all aspects of the charity.
There are currently several things in the pipeline which the money would go a long way to helping towards, both for helping existing members and reaching out to people who we could help.
If you, or anyone you know, could benefit from joining our organisation – or if you’d just like to find out a bit more about what we do – please visit our website http://www.wayfoundation.org.uk
Many thanks for your support
xxx
Hello Sarah,
I have nominated and support another charity – Cruse Bereavement Care Herefordshire. We have similar aims to yours. I have been reading through the nominations and realise that with so many good causes it must be difficult to know which to choose as the ‘top ten’. We all work so hard to try and help and I admire those young widows who are putting aside their own grief in order to try to help others. So if you are nominated instead of us I’ll vote for you!!
Sugarloaf RDA aims to improve the lives of people with special needs and disabilities by providing opportunities for horse riding. Our riders find that riding enriches their lives, by encouraging confidence, co-ordination and physical exercise.
Our riders :
◦Benefit physically, improving muscle tone, posture and motor skills
◦Benefit personally, by learning new skills, and achieving something to tell family and friends about
◦Benefit socially, by getting out, making friends, and being part of a team
◦Enjoy the outdoors, by riding out in the countryside
◦Enjoy their ponies, bringing a new dimension into their life
£200 would help us carry on with our work by going towards the hire of the indoor school and the hire of some of the horses and ponies we use. It would also go to specialised equipment for our more physically disabled children and adults
I would like to nominate Bodnant Primary School in Prestatyn to receive the prize.
Their Mission Statement is :-
At Bodnant we are a family, where everyone cares and shares. Everyday we all try to be tolerant, fair and understanding. We work together as equals, respecting one another. We always do our very best, and are happy every day.
A family in school is exactly what they are. The Head Teachers know the names of all the children and both the Infant School and the Junior School have excellent reports when they are inspected.
The local council is merging the two schools and reducing the intake from 3 stream entry to 2 stream and they want to reduce it further to single stream. This is happening because a new school was built on the other side of town which was unnecessary and to disguise the faux pas it was decided that the facilities at Bodnant would be cut without any local consultation. Typical that when something actually works well in this country it can’t just be left alone to continue to flourish without some bureaucratic interference. We (the parents and supporters of the school) have fought this decision, much to the suprise of the council, and, although the infant school and the junior are to merge under one headteacher, we will continue to campaign until dual stream entry is written in stone and the junior school site is expanded to cater for a minimum of 420 children. I am passionate about my cause as during the time my children were pupils at Bodnant we went through some pretty awful times and the staff did all they could to support my daughters and myself by encouraging me to go into school to help out. For their compassion and ethics I shall be forever in their debt and for the children of Prestatyn I shall continue to fight for this amazing school.
My supported cause is kilmood playgroup.Tthe staff run a playgroup for local toddlers. The playgroup is always fundraising to try and make ends meet as government grants hardly cover the running costs. It is a small playgroup operating in a rural environment and the staff offer so much support and compassion to the toddlers. My young son who has hearing problems loves going to it and he has come on so well since he started attending. As im sure you appreciate hearing problems bring on all sorts of other developmental problems and the staff have embraced this problem and will do everyting in their power to help and guide him.
If we were lucky enough to receive this money it would go towards much needed equipment that they need and by me submitting this request and maybe getting considered it would be my small way of saying thank you to the dedicated staff.
Please look upon my request in a favourable light
Thank you very much for spending the time to conisder this
Wow – TS Vernon Sea Cadets, Birmingham would love to win £200 to spend with Viking. As a parent volunteer, I’ve been asked to help with the admin in the Ship’s Office and believe me we could definitely do with a new printer and some stationery to help get us in some sort of order! TS Vernon Sea Cadets is a charity run organisation for local youngsters between the ages of 10-18 years. It provides a place to learn and enjoy. The Juniors (age 10-12) in particular would benefit from extra stationery and coloured pens for them to use in their lessons. Fingers crossed for TS Vernon winning this fantastic Viking prize!
WOW – TS Vernon Sea Cadets would love £200 to spend with Viking. As a parent supporter, I have been asked to help with the administration in the ‘Ship’s Office’ and a new printer and a decent supply of stationery would be fantastic to try and get everything in order and organised! TS Vernon offers a practical and enjoyable learning environment for local youngsters aged 10-18 years old. Our Junior Cadets (age 10 to 12) would love and benefit from new arts and writing materials to use in their lessons.
This would be a fanastic and extremely welcomed prize from Viking for our Unit!
New Start Cat Rescue are a non profit charity run by volunteers who aren’t paid for the work they do in rescuing cats of all ages in the uk and Ireland. They give cats and kittens the love and care and attention they need in order to help them find new forever homes. Any cats that are ill are treated at a vets and the rescue never asks potential new owners to pay any vets bill that may arise. All they ask for is a small fee when an animal is rehomed to cover the cost of vaccinations. They give up their time and often sleep to care for cats that have been abandoned or are unwanted or simply need a new home. They do not turn their backs on a single cat regardless of its condition or age. Please help them as they are currently bringing a kitten back from the brink of death who was abandoned and too young to fend for itself. This little kitten suffers from seizures and her vets bill is likely to be very high so please please help these guys out.
New start cat charity
We are a non-profit Organisation.
Our aim is to promote a neutering and re-homing
program.
Provide advocacy and to educate individuals on
the care of these animals.
Products
Our Aims
To rescue and help unwanted cats and kittens of any age. To encourage responsible cat ownership .
To neuter feral cats and return them to their normal colonies where possible.
To find suitable homes for any cats who come into our care and give advice when necessary.
To check new homes to make sure they are suitable for a new cat.
To promote regular vaccination and worming programs and to encourage micro chipping of cats when old enough.
To encourage neutering of kittens placed in new homes.
we need a hospital wing so badley we have a quote of £1000 so £200 would be a great start or even for vets bills every penny helps our cats/kittens
To save 1 soul is enough of an achievement but to commit your time to a whole cause to save many kittens / cats as a group deserves recognition. To maintain this service of alleviating the suffering of cats and kittens, money is constantly needed. Individual group members do their upmost, committing their own money and time but like all are experiencing in these times, money is very tight. In particular money is running low and whilst contributions of cat food and the kindness of people, money is running out we need more money.
The situation isnt being helped by the general vaccinating of cats / kittens reducing due to people cutting costs so increasing the amount of infection circulating in the UK. New Start also help this cause by taking in unwanted cats / kittens and ensuring vaccination takes place. With cats and kittens being the most popular pet in the UK this increase is having its toll. New Start are not like some other animal charities, whereby they will take in where others may not.
This very welcomed £200 will be used wisely (not diluted in everyday spending). It will enable New Start to purchase 1 of many needed hospital isolation cat units in a volunteer’s home to house poorly felines. It will prevent the spread of certain infections primarily by isolating in very much needed units.
Currently when certain infections are identified in cats, those cages cannot be used to house vulnerable cats for at least a year. Purpose built units will enable ease of decontamination and will contribute to the recovery of poorly felines in particular. Continuing the cause of saving souls.
Thank you samx
Milton Keynes Mind is the only local mental health and wellbeing charity working in Milton Keynes, Over the last year
Their counselling service has provided a range of talking therapies to over 600 people, providing over 3000 sessions with 94% improving as a result of our support. We offered help to anyone who needed it, working with people with a wide range of needs.
Their social groups have supported over 100 individuals in over 1000 sessions, building confidence, self esteem and social inclusion. These sessions have enabled people to move forward towards their goals, helping them into work, college, volunteering or simply to feel better.
Their Community Garden has created an oasis of loveliness from a piece of wasteland in only 5 months. It has also supported over 20 people to spend time outdoors, develop horticulture skills and build confidence and self esteem. In addition, we have created a space for the whole community to enjoy, with over 200 visitors during our Open Garden event.
Their training has supported over 700 people to develop new knowledge and understanding about a whole range of mental health and wellbeing issues. Our ‘Changing Minds’ event, attended by over 150 local people and groups helped challenge stigma and discrimination and our schools support helped over 400 teenagers to gain understanding of how they can help maintain positive emotional health.
Their advice service has offered a listening ear, information and signposting to over 250 people, through phone and email, with over 50 face-to-face sessions. With our local knowledge and excellent links to other agencies, people have been able to get the knowledge they need, when they need it to make the most positive choices.
They have also worked with TONS of other groups to help them get started, develop new skills, support people in the community better and learn about emotional health and wellbeing. They don’t get any money from the local council and raise all their own income – they could really, REALLY do with an extra £200 which would help them provide even more.
The £200 would provide 15 counselling sessions, 4 workshops (supporting nearly 150 people), 2 months of the gardening project or 40 phone advice sessions for people in need. They do make their money go a long way!
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a harrowing, life-threatening, genetic syndrome which affects the hypothalamus in the brain and thus the regulation of many important hormones in the body affecting appetite and resulting in low muscle tone, immature sexual development, growth problems, learning disabilities, ranging from mild to severe, emotional instability and challenging behaviour
The main characteristic is that of a feeling of constant hunger. It could be said that those with PWS live in a state of near-permanent hunger. Hard to imagine isnt it?
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK is the only organisation in the UK dedicated to supporting people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and their families. It is a unique and vital source of expertise and support.
We support nearly 900 families affected by the syndrome and one of our key areas of activity is our programme of families events. We are holding a series of Christmas parties throughout the UK aimed at bringing families together in a safe, food-friendly, environment and would welcome £200 worth of Viking vouchers in order to purchase craft materials for the children.
Thanks for taking the time to read – your support would be invaluable.
I work for PWSA UK and the family days and Christams parties are immensely beneficial to all the family. It give children with this rare condition the opportunity to meet up with other children who are experiencing the same difficulties. It also gives parents and siblings the chance to share experiences and offer peer support. We are a very small charity with limited funds, therefore £200 to purchase items for activities would be so much appreciated not just by us but from all those families we support.
Many thanks for reading
Jacquie
we are a small primary school, within an area of high deprivation, we have around 170 pupils including our nursery classes. We are always looking for ways of raising funds for the children and the school, but this can be extremely hard, we aim to give our children in the school the best opportunities we can and aim to make the learning and development within and outwith school as enjoyable as possible. We want our children to remember being at Westquarter Primary School and go onto achieve great things in life, the more scope and opportunities we can give them at this stage the further they will go, and as a parent i want the best for my children and each and every single child at Westquarter Primary School
Westquarter Primary School,
Tuberous Sclerosis complex
a genetic disorder which can cause brain tumours , kidney tumours . learning difficulties , epilepsy etc
when i found out my son had this disease i had never heard of it and still now to this day nobody really knows what it is . after searching and searching over internet there is very few english websites . mostly american . I know that that tuberous sclerosis assiociation would appreciate the benefit so ts could raise more awareness :0)
25% group helps to support and campaign people who are severely affected by ME/CFS. That means that everyone is either house or bed bound and the majority are living a very limited life assisted by carers. 25% group is our voice to the outside world, talking because we can’t. They also provide a newsletter to members with the latest news and research keeping us up-to-date. They have various schemes to try and help people not feel so isolated and stuck within the four walls – a life that for many is unimaginable. Please help them to continue to provide that help. Thanks. Jemima
The Ear Trust does wonderful work by giving a cochlear implant to babies born deaf and children who become deaf as a result of illnesses such as meningitis Without this their lives would be one of isolation and consequently intovertism. With it they can attend normal school and interact with their peers throughout their lives Absolutely wonderful As funds are always required for vital equipment to assess and treat these people please consider the Ear Trust as a nominee for the donation
Radio Lollipop Volunteers in Dundee work with children in Ward 29, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Each evening 6pm –8pm we bring care, comfort, play and entertainment to the children in an effort to bring laughter and happiness and so relieve the stress of being in hospital. Children who are encouraged to play make a quicker recovery and are released from hospital earlier.
To meet these ends we need to purchase various craft materials and also keep the 24hr radio service running.
Please help us by voting for us.
We are a school PTA and are continuing to raise funds to purchase additional activities and equipment not funded by the school budget. Both pupils, parents and teachers are involved in deciding how this money is spent ensuring that the most is made of this money.
This year we are concentrating on our outside school areas by raising money to purchase much needed outdoor shaded areas for classroom activities and play. We are also actively running Bike it Walk it schemes to encourage families to leave their cars behind, both reducing congestion around the school, helping the environment and making our families more active and healthier.
Please support us so that we can continue to support the school in this way
Thanks
Cathryn
1st Brackla Rainbows are a group of girls from Brackla, Bridgend in South Wales, aged 5-7 years old. The girls are the most fantastic, energetic bunch who love doing crafts, playing games and learning new things. With the support of the local school we meet in, we are able to concentrate on using funds to help the girls get together and do things that some would not normally be able to – like going on day trips. The group is run by volunteers and we would love to be able to take the girls away for a night to build confidence, friendships and give them memories that will stay with them for a long time. Thank you!
1. The Little Princess Trust gives little girls the confidence to be as a we all are- Little Princesses!! They make wigs from real hair to girls who have cancer or a condition that results in hair loss. Please look at their website -
http://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/
2. My friend Sarah has Alopecia and has started a blog about her experiences…a support to others. I didn’t know how she felt about it, to my shame. Read about it here – http://www.sarahloo25.blogspot.com
3. Baby Jess likes to pull on it! ouch! and although of course incredibly advanced (A-levels already completed naturally) she doesn’t understand the concept of my pain or the words ‘No thank you!’.
4. I haven’t had a hair cut since December 2010…okay I know.
5. C’mon guys- you were gonna get a hair cut anyway- why waste it on the floor of a salon?!
The details -
@ I’m only spending £10 on my haircut at the Crop Shop!
@ I’m not getting any money for my hair donation- I thought I’d take the chance to fundraise and raise awareness in the process!
@ I’m starting fundraising on today November 3rd and will get my hair cut on 1st February so you guys time to raise some money and make a difference to little girls in the UK. Perhaps one of your many New Year’s Resolutions??
@ I’m hoping to put in £50 of my own money by Christmas and then another £50 after I’ve had my hair cut.
I would love this to happen to really kickstart my donations! Let’s make it easy for people to give!! xx
I would like to nominate the 25% ME group like Jemima above. Im housebound with ME and the 25% is great in helping us feel less isolated. We can contact fellow sufferers & we get a useful newsletter keeping us up to date with developments. Thanks John
Second Chances German Shepherd Rescue – German Shepherds come into the rescue for many reasons: relationship breakdowns, changes of employment, allergic reactions and, sadly, family bereavement, to name but a few.
Without exception all the dogs are assessed and handled by one of Second Chances’ devoted and experienced volunteers before being placed in one of their carefully-checked homes. This ensures that the transition to the new home goes as smoothly as possible.
Second Chances is a small Scottish charity that relies heavily on its membership for funding. Charity events are organised to raise funds for rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming. Being small, Second Chances offer a very intimate service, the volunteers handling all the dogs as though they are their own.
Please help to raise much needed funds
Thanks
What a great cause, hope you do well and fulfil all your goals, bless.
The Wiltshire Youth Marching Band are a new community group for young musicians in Wiltshire.
We have started the band through lots of hard work, committment and determination – The children have raised funds to buy instruments which allowed the band to start in September 2011.
We have not received any grants or funding so far any we really need help now in raising £3000 to buy Ceremonial Uniforms for the band.
The band have been booked to play at Remembrance Day, Carnivals throughout the South West, Veterans Weekend Events and will possibly be part of the Olympics. The amount of bookings we have shows the lack of quality Youth Marching Bands in the UK.
We have only been running for 8 weeks and have many bookings for 2012.
We are now on a mission to raise £3000 to buy the uniforms for the band!
Go to our website to see a video of the Trowbridge Carnvial 2011 – this was achieved in just 5 weeks!
The Band Members ages range from 8 up to 18 and we currently have 21 musicians involved plus adult volunteers.
These musicians are very talented and committed – please help them become the best youth marching band in the UK!
Stirling Albion are a small part time Scottish football team. In recent times we have been hit hard by the recession and, at one point, were only days away from going bust.
An ambitious bid from the supporters to take over the club was eventually successful. This now makes Stirling Albion Scotlands first, and only, 100% fan owned club.
We dont have a rich owner plying money into our club to keep us afloat. We now rely on a small set of supporters who constantly give up their own time and money to support our club.
In the current climate, every penny counts for Stirling Albion and £200 would go a long way supporting our cause.
EMH are a mixed ability football club that has endeavoured to provide access to sport for young boys and girls from the local and surrounding community since 1968, with the help of volunteers, fundraisers and sponsorship from local businesses. EMH are registered with the Echo League and all the people involved have current Criminal Record checks and are committed to providing access to sport for as many young people as possible.
The teams play their home matches at the Bretons Outdoor Centre off the A125 Rainham Road, South Hornchurch. They have been reasonable successful rising from division F to D in successive years and reached the league cup final for their division last year. (They are hoping to do well again this year).
Providing this opportunity to young people helps to keep them focussed and off the streets and provides a positive social interaction between different children from different ethnic profiles and backgrounds. This we believe adds real value and forges strong links between all sections of the community. Our matches are well attended by parent’s grandparents and extended families.
This year we are trying to raise money to build changing rooms for boys and girls to use in the community when accessing sport. Currently we have no toilet or changing facilities and in the future we would like to hold a football festival but this would be impossible at are current home pitches.
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Help the kids continue with the positive team behaviour , promoting physical and mental well being.
Our Youth Football club is a child centred organisation, we believe in developing every child through positive, fun physical exercise. We try to provide more than just Football we promote a fun non judgemental, supportive safe environment for children. We aim to build self esteem, taking part and happiness. In the current economic climate we are struggling for sponsorship and funding so £200 would be very gratefully received
Thank you for reading my post.
Camlough rovers f.c – Is a very pro-active community based soccer football club. All coaches, managers, players are all volunteers. We have 15 teams(male and female) and run many school hoindays , other workshops for the whole community all sharing 1 football field, with our own makeshift lighting. Due to the overuse of the field we have to constantly rasie money to upkeep the grass surface.
We are struggling to raise funding to turn waste land at the side of our pitch into a 3g all-weather surface with floodlighting, to enable us to continue our coaching 5 nights a week and all weekend during the poor weather.. and to enable us to continue to grow our programmes …
We have planning permission granted and have begun clearing the wasteland by people giving up their free time… The only way we can get the money , is from lots of small amounts of fundraising buiding up to the 240,000 we need.. .. once we get our 3g our club could become self finacing
Our area has no community centres and indoor halls/schools are not available to us for various political and over booking reasons due to lack of facilities…we are a fully intergrated cross community club… whos numbers for youth players has grown in 5 years from a 5aside team with 7 players to 150 players today.
There are many great causes/charities out there all fighting for the same pool of money…… we may not save lives such as cancer reasearch etc… but what we do provide is a cheap or free outdoor activity for kids which keeps them active at least 3 times a week, we teach them about healthy eating for sport..through fruit smoothie worshops for example…. proper hydration for sport at the youngest age groups thus educating parents for the future…. with water being the simplest cheapest method…
All our activities will directly help our members avoid childhood obesity, diabetes etc…. maybe reduce the risk of cancers by being healthy and active… give our members young and old life long friendships and build confidences helping to reduce depression and lonlieness… give families struggling with the harsh finacial climate, cheap/free & enjoyable days out in the fresh air…. whilst our training sessions are taking place many parents take the opportunity to go for walks/runs as we have it planned to take several age groups at once to enable parents with 2 or more children to avail of the free time.
We provide our teenagers with the opportunities to develope coaching skills, and gain valuable experiences to help them in their futures….
Soccer clubs and other sporting clubs do alot of unseen work in helping our communities in many indirect ways that people may not initially recognise… governments spend thousands on tv ads to get their health messages across… we do it directly for 150 kids and families every week….
A donation of £200 is alot to us and we make it go a loooooooooooong way…
Thanks for reading , my rather long post… we are desparate
I would like to nominate Friends of Tsunami Animal-People Alliance (TAPA). TAPA exists to address the rabies issue in Sri Lanka; aiming to eradicate the disease through catch, neuter, vaccinate and release (CNVR) of dogs. TAPA works in the disaster affected areas of Sri Lanka, former conflict zones, rural areas and places where there is no veterinary service. They also provide an education program for children who are the most likely victims of dog bites. I have seen first hand the excellent work they are doing and they have also provided great support to Dogstar Foundation over the last few years so they are truly a generous and supportive organisation in every sense of the word. £200 would fund their team to sterilise and vaccinate 20 dogs against Rabies protecting humans and animals against this fatal disease.
A much needed foundation, keep up the good work, bless you.
I would like to nominate The Pippa Jones Little Treasure Trust (TPJLTT) to win £200. TPJLTT is a small charity with a big heart. Based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire it provides ‘treasure bags’ of toys to children in hospital being treated for cancer. It also provides grants to families to help pay for childcare for siblings where the parents are having to care for a child in hospital with cancer.
My own son has leukemia, and he was thrilled to receive a treasure bag whilst he was in hospital having intense chemotherapy. The contents were thoughtfully chosen to suit his age, and provided much needed distraction from treatment.
TPJLTT was set up by Pippa Jones mum Louise, to help other families after Pippa lost her brave battle with a brain tumour in May 2010. It is a fitting tribute to Pippa, and her mum works extremely hard to provide support for others.
My son and I would like to give something back to this wonderful charity and hope we can win the £200 to do this.
Africa on the Ball is a non-profit organisation working in deprived areas of Africa. We use the power of football as a vehicle for social development.
We do this by creating and financing league teams for young African girls and boys to join. Team sports help educate and teach skills such as teamwork, cooperation, communication, empowerment, commitment, leadership, motivation and give young people a focus in areas which offer them few outlets to shine.
Through this bond, we assess each player’s medical and education status and seek improving standards of living.
We also use football as a tool to break down taboo subjects such as HIV/AIDS and to eliminate discrimination, making sure people of all ages, health, ability and education are engaged in sporting activity.
£200 would go a million miles to helping us reach our aims and goals in underprivileged communities in Africa.
WOW!!! what a wonderful organisation, hope you do well, bless you.
Tewkesbury Battlefield Society was formed 14 years ago to promote and protect the last remaining site of the Battle of Tewkesbury as an area of historical interest. This was fought in 1471 and was the defining battle in the War of the Roses where the Lancastrian army was defeated by King Edward from the House of York and the end of their claim to the English throne. One of the principal aims of the Society is to erect a substantial piece of public art to commemorate the battle and Tewkesbury’s place in history. The chosen design, the winning entry in an open competition, comprises of 2 16ft sculptures formed from reclaimed oak- one of a horse carrying a knight with a steel lance representing the victors and a second riderless horse with head bowed representing the defeated army.
It has taken 14 years to acquire the neccesary planning permittion and approval from numerous other bodies but as of July 11, all boxes have been ticked and it is hoped that the sculptures will be erected in the summer of 2012. The project is estimated to cost around £80,000 and over the years £21,000 has been raised from a variety of small fundraisers and donations and by producing and hiring out medieval banners to decorate the town during the annual medieval festival. Now we have the go ahead, major fundraising has to start and a £200 donation from Viking will be a very useful addition to the pot.
£200 at this crucial time of year, could make a huge difference in many lives.
£200 could buy a set of toiletries for 40 people coming off the streets and into one of our hostels.
£200 could afford us 16,000 tea bags. It may seem like such an insignificant thing but a cup of tea can make the difference between someone struggling, and that same person feeling welcome and comfortable enough to open up and start to tackle some of the problems that lead to their homelessness.
£200 could pay for 6-7 people to spend a night in one of our hostels, or for one person to have secure accommodation for a full week.
£200 could put 8 of our service users on a fishing course. It might seem like an unusual way of treating addiction. But we have found that getting people out in the fresh air, away from drugs, and learning a new skill really helps them to cut down on their drug use.
£200 £100 could buy two new beds and mattresses at one of our supported housing projects for homeless people.
Thanks for considering The Society of St James for this £200 donation.
I would like to nominate Rider Down Scott Shepherd which has been set up during 2011 to raise money for people who have severe brain injuries following cycling accidents. In May 2011 Scott Shepherd had a serious accident and spent nearly 5 months in a coma. His injuries have meant that he is severely brain damaged and many people across the world have pledged to raise money to support his development and rehabilitation. The charity aims to do the same for other people like Scott and support their families too by funding towards specialised bikes, and respite care breaks. The £200 would give us the chance to boost our new cause and support the people who need us.
Tigers Ski Club in Sunderland is a small ski club which promotes skiing as a healthy and exciting pastime for young and old alike.
The head coach and driving force behind the club , Niaill Whatmore, devotes a huge amount of personal time to all skiers of every ability. With an inclusive policy, they welcome adults and children, some with learning or behavioral difficulties.
£200 would make a huge difference to the club allowing them to purchase basic equipment for training.
Scott
I would like to nominate Simba.
Simba provide parents who have lost babies with a memory box and keepsakes to help remember our children. They also have memorial tree’s and send parents a leaf to be added with messages on. It has been 5 years since I lost my son but Simba are still in contact with me, they do a lot of fundraising, and are now branching out to other areas to help other people who have lost their babies.
It must be very heartbreaking, meeting us parents going through such a hard time, and Simba do such a great job, they are caring and kind and provide more than just matriel things to us.
1st Kingham Guides are a group of energetic 10-14 year olds who like nothing better than the activity-packed programme that we endeavour to provide. They meet weekly throughout term-time and also occasional holiday meetings and camps, trips and overnight stays indoors.
All this comes at a price and although all the parents pay a termly subscription with hall rent, craft supplies, badges, books etc the extras are difficult to provide as often as we would like. £200 would go a long way towards buying some new outdoor cooking equipment ready for the spring. A lot of our cooking pots etc are over 40 years old and although they have been well looked after we really need to replace many of them now.
Thank you for reading! We look forward to your votes.
Jenny
Education West Africa is a fairly new charity, but the Chairman has been visiting Sierra Leone for many years since the end of the civil war. She has established many links with UK schools. When asked how the schools could help in the best way possible, the Headteachers asked for desks for the children & for school uniforms, as without a uniform children are not allowed to attend school & often look in through the windows.
In the last two years many desks & now uniforms have been provided, monitored carefully. The wonderful thing is that not only does this scheme help the young people, but it provides work for local carpenters & seamstresses.
This country is extremely poor & education is the way out of poverty for these young people. The Chairman & her husband, who have both been in education for many years, visit twice annually & are off again next week. The money donated is used very carefully with a minimum sum being used for administration & is accounted for scrupulously. £200 would provide desk space for 16 children or 20 uniforms.
The Harbour Counselling Service provides free professional counselling to those in need in Perth and the surrounding areas. With the financial problems in the world today we have been seeing more and more people need extra help to cope with the stresse of life.
I nominate jack and Jill preschool as they are amazing they have been open since 1984 and have survived on donations alone as time get harder so does fundraising Jack and Jill preschool has the best reputation and the staff always go that extra mile. Unfortunately without funds then they will close and our children will be without a bright future that they currently are looking at which as a parent is all you can ask for from a preschool setting.
I believe St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth deserves to win the £200 as we serve our local community with Palliative care, as well as a day hospice, alternative treatments, and bereavement support to over 3200 patients and families a year. We deliver our services free of charge, hence why we need to fundraise so badly.
The £200 would make the difference as it would equate to a new commode, or 2 shower chairs or 4 TENS machines.
Celia Hammond Animal Trust ~ Our Aims and Objectives
To provide care and refuge for cats and kittens both feral and domestic and for those animals which on the basis of age, temperament or appearance would not normally be taken in elsewhere
To promote the welfare of animals through example and education
To humanely reduce the population of dogs and cats, both pedigree and mongrel in the U.K by neutering as opposed to the current situation where hundreds of thousands of healthy but unwanted or stray animals are being destroyed simply because there are not enough homes to go around
To provide low cost neuter/vaccination clinics for animals belonging to people on benefit or those unable to afford private veterinary fees.
To provide low cost treatment in our clinics for sick/injured animals whose owners do not qualify for help from the major charities but who cannot afford private veterinary fees
To operate a rescue service for animals, both domestic and feral, in emergency situations through calls from the public, local authorities and the police
To provide long and short-term sanctuary accommodation and rehoming facilities for rescued animals
To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect and to take appropriate action
Their work with feral cats that noone wants is second to none. They also rescued all the strays living on the Olympic site despite fierce opposition to do so.
Celia Hammond Animal Trust ~ Our Aims and Objectives
To provide care and refuge for cats and kittens both feral and domestic and for those animals which on the basis of age, temperament or appearance would not normally be taken in elsewhere
To promote the welfare of animals through example and education
To humanely reduce the population of dogs and cats, both pedigree and mongrel in the U.K by neutering as opposed to the current situation where hundreds of thousands of healthy but unwanted or stray animals are being destroyed simply because there are not enough homes to go around
To provide low cost neuter/vaccination clinics for animals belonging to people on benefit or those unable to afford private veterinary fees.
To provide low cost treatment in our clinics for sick/injured animals whose owners do not qualify for help from the major charities but who cannot afford private veterinary fees
To operate a rescue service for animals, both domestic and feral, in emergency situations through calls from the public, local authorities and the police
To provide long and short-term sanctuary accommodation and rehoming facilities for rescued animals
To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect and to take appropriate action
Their work with feral cats is second to none. They also rescued all the cats from the Olympic site despite fierce opposition to do so.
The Oldies Club helps older dogs find forever homes. They rescue and rehome Oldies Club dogs via a network of foster homes. All the dogs they deal with are at least 7 years old, and most are over 10 years old. Some have been neglected, or their previous owners were unable to give them proper care due to ill health. Because of this their vet bills are quite high, and any financial help is very much appreciated. They also need homes and volunteers to help foster, transport, make dog coats or put up posters – older dogs all across the UK need your help. They also work with other rescues to publicise the plight of their older dogs and help them find loving new homes too.
Older dogs deserve to live out their life with love and comfort. Please could you help.
Celia Hammond Animal Trust ~ Our Aims and Objectives
To provide care and refuge for cats and kittens both feral and domestic and for those animals which on the basis of age, temperament or appearance would not normally be taken in elsewhere
To promote the welfare of animals through example and education
To humanely reduce the population of dogs and cats, both pedigree and mongrel in the U.K by neutering as opposed to the current situation where hundreds of thousands of healthy but unwanted or stray animals are being destroyed simply because there are not enough homes to go around
To provide low cost neuter/vaccination clinics for animals belonging to people on benefit or those unable to afford private veterinary fees.
To provide low cost treatment in our clinics for sick/injured animals whose owners do not qualify for help from the major charities but who cannot afford private veterinary fees
To operate a rescue service for animals, both domestic and feral, in emergency situations through calls from the public, local authorities and the police
To provide long and short-term sanctuary accommodation and rehoming facilities for rescued animals
To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect and to take appropriate action
Trinity School and Performing Arts College PTA – Newbury, is a very hardworking organisation raising funds for the additional stuff for school. It is made up of parents and teachers to help raise the bar with school. Funds raised help pay for books, equipment, instruments, trips, and all sorts of other things the school cannot afford. The PTA is supporting a refurb of the 6th form block, which is small compared with the growing number of students using it. £200 would make a huge difference to the students both currently and in the future.
many thanks
Heather
Brave Little Heroes UK are committed in helping create SMILES for children with brain tumors, raise funds, awareness & memories for their families to treasure. We are a new charity and over the past couple of weeks we have already lost 3 young children to this cruel disease.
Seeing what these kids have to go through is heart rendering, but seeing their little faces light up when we can grant some of their finally wishes is heart melting. They don’t ask for a lot. Maybe new mobile phone, toys, trips to zoo or theme park, maybe a visit to see the favorite band.
Problem is it all costs money and as a new charity we only have very limited funds available. £200 could help us grant a child’s last wish for xmas.
IT DOESN’T COST A LOT TO MAKE A CHILD SMILE. END OF THE DAY. THESE CHILDREN DIDN`T ASK TO BE ILL AND NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS & NO FAMILY DESERVES TO LOSE A CHILD
WEB PAGE http://www.braveheroes.co.uk/
CHARITY PAGE:- http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/blhuk/
FACEBOOK CAUSE PAGE:- http://www.causes.com/causes/634631-brave-little-heroes-uk/about
What an inspiration your organisation is. My heart goes out to these children, they need a break and something to look forward to. I hope you succeed. Best wishes and keep up the good work.
Please support the Royal Surrey Appeal – raising funds for vital pieces of equipment to make the Royal Surrey County Hospital an even better hospital than it already is.
the friends of Perryfields Infant school is the fundraising committee in a small school in Chelmsford, Essex. we work really hard to raise funds for the school, but it is so hard to keep asking parents and friends to donate money. however, over the last few years, we have managed to raise enough money to buy some much needed laptops for the school and we are now fundraising for a sand pit for the foundation stage. winning the money would get us nearer to offering our children a more exciting outdoor classroom and play area.
Holy Trinity Church punches way above its weight in the community of Dunoon and Cowal. Not the established church by a long way, the episcopal (Anglican) church in Scotland often struggles with its Victorian buildings and congregations become depressed and dependent on the clergy to keep everything going. But the people of Holy Trinity have developed a strong community that welcomes everyone, regardless of age, sexual orientation or origins, and have become known for an exhilaratingly ‘can-do’ attitude to life – and coping with the rain!
£200 would allow us to entertain the people who come to our carol services with more than a cup of tea and a biscuit … and that would be great on a dark, chilly evening.
I would like to nominate Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme. We are a small charity training German Shepherd Dogs to be Guiding Dogs for the blind, we are all busy fund raising and all our members of volunteers. Our founder started the Charity seven years ago and we now have four German Shepherd dogs out working with their Blind Person. Being a small chairty we need all the help we can get. Please vote for us.
The Meadows Sports College is one of Sandwell’s four special schools and is the only secondary 11-19 school that meets the needs of students with complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties, associated communication and language difficulties and challenging behaviour. Many of our students also have acute medical needs.
The school are currently raising funds to purchase sensory
equipment for our young people. This equipment will enable us to enhance our current curriculum to create more hands-on, practical lessons, giving students meaningful experiences which they may not get anywhere else. Sensory equipment also engages more students with complex needs and improves their fine motor skills, cognitive skills and movement.
All the students will greatly benefit from any donations made. If you would like to know more about the school please visit the website http://www.themeadows.sandwell.sch.uk/
We have been working hard as Trustees of Gotham Memorial Hall to improve our facilities. We undertook a £170,000 refurbishment in 2010 to integrate all part of our hall together. Since then, through fundraising and increased usage from the community, we have brought the rest of the building up to the same standard. We now have volunteers who run a weekly Coffee Shop which is an important central hub for the community.
Our chairman, Andrew Vickers, is due to be presented with an award at the Rushcliffe Borough Council Community Awards this evening in the category – Building strong communities – people who have helped develop community facilities or set up and run clubs or groups. He has put in many hours of unpaid work to improve our facilities.
I would like to nominate Rochdale Womens Refuge,we are a registered charity. We accept women and children from across the country who are at risk or have experienced Domestic violence.
We have 30 bedspaces and can accomodate 15 women plus their children at any one time. We also work with women in the community offering Floating support adn outreach work.
We also work with women fleeing forced marriage and honour based violence both in the accomodation based service and in the community.
Women adn children arrive with hardly any belongings or non at all, and at Christmas time this can be really difficult not living at home, and spending Christmas with women they dont know. Living communally with no comforts from home is difficult at any time but more so at Christmas.
Children come without their toys as well as their clothes.
and this is espically traumatic for everyone.
£200 would enable us to provide toys for the children adn a small present for each of the women at Christmas.
Thank you
Animal Rescues are often at the end of everyone’s list especially at trying times like this. Irish Retriever Rescue UK is run by volunteers who give their free time to try to make a life better for this beautiful breed. It isn’t just the UK but Ireland that benefits from this wonderful charity. As you probably know, sadly, Ireland has a very poor reputation for puppy farming and the treatment of animals in general. Golden Retrievers or ‘Goldens’ to their owners, are in large part renowned for their intelligence, loyalty, sociability and incredible ability to make an otherwise dreadful day into one of sheer pleasure. Irish Retriever Rescue UK works in Ireland and all over the UK to rescue Goldens left in dreadful conditions, gives them medical aid, looks after food and vet costs and transportation to the UK from Ireland should it be necessary all to rehome them in a safe environment. If any rescue is a promotion of Irish – UK relations in the field of animal safety, it is this one. It is an ambassador of hands across the sea each helping the other for the rescue and safety of man’s best friend. My Golden’s Laurel, Hardy and Charlie Chaplin are proud to be involved, albeit in a small way with this fantastic charity.
Thank you Kathryn.
We are currently inundated with unwanted Golden Retrievers and are in desperate need of more fosterers in the UK. We need more funds in order to safeguard the future of Goldens.
Balls to Cancer was the vision of one man who brought this to reality in October 2011in Wolverhamptopn by organising the first alternative Race for Life, raising money for male related cancer. The vision doesn’t stop there as 2012 will see this become a UK wide event on Fathers Day, with a family day out wrapped around the fun run for fathers, sons, brothers, grand fathers etc to come together.
As a supporter of this cause we ( #teamnuts) are doing all we can to raise funds. The £200 would be a very worthwhile contribution as there is so much to do to secure venues and raise awareness of this great cause.
Please see the website http://www.ballstocancer.co.uk ; follow on Twitter @Ballstocancer and join #teamnuts and also join the group on Facebook.
I too would like to nominate Balls to Cancer.
Sad to say in this day in age male cancers are still somewhat of a taboo. Balls to Cancer is working tirelessly to breakdown those taboos and raise awareness whilst raising money. My family has personally been affected by a quite rare male cancer; penile cancer – only 400 men a year are diagnosed. if you are reading this you have probably already said in your head “penile cancer?” – that is my point exactly! My uncle sadly died in August this year after a very brave and painful battle.
I know that £200 would be gratefully received and put to very good use!!
You can follow on Twitter @ballstocancer and join #teamnuts
SMASH provides a high quality, mentoring service to vulnerable young people aged 13 to 18 years in the Swindon area. By training volunteers to the highest possible standard we enable them to provide long-term intensive mentoring relationships. Through these supportive relationships and positive role-modelling young people are supported and enabled to reach their greater potential.
SMASH also aims to become a sustainable Project of nationally recognised standing, serving vulnerable young people in the Swindon area through strong partnerships and creative and courageous work. The Project has the views and needs of it’s client group at it’s core and will always challenge and advocate on their behalf when needed.
As one of the areas largest and most successful charities, the SMASH project has been helping the young people of Swindon for over ten years, establishing a proud track record of improving the lives of those facing a variety of issues, ranging from problems at school with bullying through to lack of confidence, bereavement, or anti-social behaviour. The success of the scheme has been recognised at the highest levels, including the Home Office, the Deputy Prime Minister and has been approved and endorsed by the National Mentoring and Befriending Foundation and was one of the UK’s first mentoring schemes to achieve Approved Provider status.
£200 will make a difference, and enable the mentors and young people to have some fun activities, which these young people rarely get a chance to do.
Please support SMASH (Swindon Mentoring and Self Help)
Avid is the Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees and supports ordinary people throughout the UK who give up some time each week to visit detention centres where many migrants to the UK are kept pending a decision to admit them or deport them.
The visitors may be the only people that the detainees have contact with who are not officials or in uniform. The visitors simply listen to people’s stories, allow them express their fears for the future and bring them some ordinary conversation, giving them a link with normal society and community life outside the detention centre.
The costs for visitors groups are small, but the network supporting the groups is not a big name in the charitable sector and therefore has to work hard to raise funds to keep the service going. Winning the £200 would be a great morale boost for all those ordinary people who make up AVID’s groups.
In recognition of the invaluable service Her Majesty’s Forces have provided for their country, and an acknowledgment that the injured service men and women have specific needs not currently available through mainline health provision.
The Veterans Retreat plans to create the first project within a 54 acre site in South Northumberland for a residential development of 200+ disabled compliant bungalows and a 90 bed care/nursing facility with leisure and health services.
They should be cause of the month because the money would go towards the cost of materials for the local comprehensive school to make advertising merchandise we can sell to the public.
In recognition of the invaluable service Her Majesty’s Forces have provided for their country, and an acknowledgment that the injured service men and women have specific needs not currently available through mainline health provision.
The Veterans Retreat plans to create the first project within a 54 acre site in South Northumberland for a residential development of 200+ disabled compliant bungalows, a 90 bed care/nursing facility with leisure and health services.
They should be cause of the month because the money would go towards the cost of materials for the local comprehensive school to make advertising merchandise we can sell to the public.
In recognition of the invaluable service Her Majesty’s Forces have provided for their country, and an acknowledgment that the injured service men and women have specific needs not currently available through mainline health provision.
The Veterans Retreat plan to create the first project within a 54 acre site in South Northumberland for a residential development of 200+ disabled compliant bungalows, a 90 bed care/nursing facility with leisure and health services.
They should be cause of the month because the money would go towards the cost of materials for the local comprehensive school to make advertising merchandise we can sell to the public.
My cause is Danum Strings Orchestra, Doncaster. Until recently we were part of the Local Authority Music Centre, which provides tuition in schools, and offers music opportunities to adults as in further education. With financial cut backs, and many schools leaving the LA to become academies, our future became very uncertain, and we have just broken away and become independent, running the orchestra as a club, with a committee, and using our subscriptions to begin funding ourselves. It is not enough. We can no longer give senior citizens the concessions that they had previously, and almost all our income goes to room hire for rehearsals. We want to continue to give young people the chance to use their skills in the classical music context. There are few opportunities for that elsewhere in the community. We have a good following, although many of these are older people and pensioners who enjoy not only the music, but the atmosphere and ambience that comes from a classical performance – again, not readily available elsewhere in the community. We are all prepared to work hard to raise funds, but this first year is going to be very hard. We need every bit of support that we can get if we are to survive, and, always a small orchestra, breaking away has lost us players because we have had to move to the outskirts of town to find an affordable venue. Not every one is able to get to the venue with the all the equipment needed. A double bass is not easy on the bus, especially when you also need music case, music-stand, etc. Older players also find the extra miles difficult. It would be terrific if we could get this award. We need equipment. Young people, in particular do not always have their own instruments, they have used school instruments to learn on. It would be great to have uniformity in the music stands we use. We need to present ourselves professionally if we are to succeed. Can you help us?
MS trust is such a gem. Recently diagnosed myself they have so much helpful information and offer so much support to all sufferers. Booklets or information can be read on their website and they will even post a copy of needed and there is not one question about MS they do not help with.
All the work they do and they do not charge a penny so £200 would be very helpful to them and the many they help.
I nominate the Ilfracombe street reps as they are a group of volunteers that care about the area that they live. They get involved in many schemes, such as painting walls, removing graffiti, reporting dumped rubbish etc. As they are a non profit group they rely mostly on donations to ensure that they can carry on helping to improve the area for themselves and visitors alike.
The Green Party is working hard to try to help the poorer people of Britain by making real positive political changes. Other parties get donations from big businesses and large trade unions but we represent small businesses and ordinary people who can’t afford big donations. We need your help to provide a real alternative to the old political system.
Prevent Unwanted Pets (PUP) Registered Charity 702569 is a very small, local animal charity. We consist of 4 very local, independant branches and I would like to nominate the Lancashire West Branch.
PUP main purpose is to encourage people to have their [ets neutered and in this way it is hoped that there will be less stray, unwanted and mistreated pets in the furute. Many thousnads of animals (cats, dogs and rabbits) are destroyed every year due to a lack of caring homes.
PUP works closley with local vets to help source low cost neutering and will pay for the operation where the owner can not meet the costs.
PUP Lancashire West also rescue, care for and then rehome as many unwanted animals as we can. We have to raise every penny ourselves are are always looking for ways to fund our work.
Please vote for PUP.
Thanks you.
I would like to nominate guide dogs for the blind my husband lost most of his sight due to a stroke and we have a beautiful guide dog called Major who has given him his Independence back. my son in law is running the marathon for
guide dogs in April 2012 and is trying to raise funds his giving site is.
http://www.justgiving.com/john-white3/ it would be great to get some extra help with this, hope you will consider this cause Many thanks
We nominate Balls to Cancer
We are Balls to Cancer and we ARE the male alternative to the Race for Life.
We are raising funds for male cancer awareness and research. Our aim is threefold, firstly we want to open a male only telephone line for men and boys who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families, we also want to fund a group which will travel the country talking to teenagers is a language they understand to take away the taboo of talking about testicular cancer and asking for help, and thirdly we want to fund research into finding a cure for this horrible disease, we will be talking to Oncologists and hospitals to ascertain which laboratories are the ones we should be funding.
Our main fundraising event will be our annual Father’s Day races across the country which will start in 2012, we will also be raising money through a host of other activities including golf days, Christmas parties raffles and football memorabilia auctions.
We held our first ever fun run on the 30-10-11 at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton, it was a huge success with over 100 runners and walkers and it was great to see so many fathers and sons running together to raise awareness and money.
It is our aim that the Father’s day races will be run by grandfathers, fathers and sons. Fathers can walk with their small children boy or girls. This will be a real family day where fathers can spend some real time with their children and raise money for a very important cause.
If you can help with venues, raffle prizes or famous faces please get in touch.
37,000 men are diagnosed a year with Prostate cancer alone in the UK, killing one man an hour.
Please help us, please get involved
Thank you
It would mean so much to win the £200 for my cause. In June of 2012 a group of school pupils from Monifieth High School are going on a trip to India and will be staying in a small village called Tamil Nadu which suffers major poverty. We will be staying there for 3 weeks in the hope that we can help change someones life. As you can imagine, this trip is costing a lot, ranging from £2,500 – £2,700. Although £200 doesn’t seem like a lot towards my cause, any sum of money will help make a difference and give us the chance to help these children who have very little. Thanks.
Rochdale Dog Rescue works every week to find responsible rescue places for dogs in a Northern Pound in the UK that are due to be put to sleep if not claimed after 7 days.
Few people realise that many healthy dogs, through no fault of their own, are being destroyed if not claimed within the week.
Latest statistics show that even more pets are being abandoned and not reclaimed by their owners and thousands a year are put to sleep after spending 7 days at the stray dog kennels.
The pound dogs come in all shapes and sizes, ages and breeds. Some dogs are abandoned pets that once belonged to somebody, some are strays and some are simply signed over to the pound by their owner.
The only certainty for these dogs is that they need our help!
We work hard each week at Rochdale Dog Rescue to find placements for these dogs whose lives are literally in our hands.
£200 would really help us to save the lives of more death row dogs and keep them safe until their new forever loving homes are found.
The historic and much-loved Strathpeffer Pavilion was restored to its former glory, with the addition of modern facilities, by the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust. With support from The Highland Council and others, it is now leased to a local charity, Strathpeffer Pavilion Association (SPA), which runs it as a great venue for all sorts of events, for the benefit of Strathpeffer and the wider Highland community.
Since re-opening in August 2004, the beautiful Pavilion, in its own garden setting in the heart of the village, has hosted hundreds of performance events, weddings and wedding anniversaries, fairs and exhibitions, conferences, dances and children’s shows. SPA has a voluntary Board and small professional staff, which works hard to maintain this famous building and equip it to fulfil its full potential as a multi-purpose venue.
I would like to nominate The Moira Anderson Foundation as it is a fantastic charity which supports children and adults of all ages who have delt with sexual abuse. They use all different types of councilling i.e theraputic play and other methods of support to service users, unfortunately there is a 3 month waiting list at the moment but with more calls coming in every day and the councilors not being cheap this may get longer, some of the service users struggle with the day to day living and just being able to find the strength to call the Foundation then having to wait months for councilling can feel like alife time whether its a child or a pensioner. The £200 donation would help greatly. Thank you
Rifco Arts is an arts charity based in Watford that develops and creates vibrant, accessible and high quality theatre to encourage and engage new and diverse audiences. Our work reflects and celebrates the contemporary British Asian experience with a focus on artistic excellence, new writing and ambitious programming.
Rifco Arts has been pushing the boundaries and introducing a new kind of audience to the world of theatre both nationally and internationally for the past 12 years, which reflects and celebrates the contemporary multicultural world we live in; enticing, educating and engaging new audiences. We want to bring together a modern diverse community to celebrate the contemporary British Asian experience and cultural fusions in our society.
We believe in Artist Development; working with new writers, nurturing young artists and creating new and exciting work; involving the community at every step of the way. All this, combined with all the glitz and glamour you would expect from a British Asian Theatre Company makes Rifco Arts unique.
We work with the hard to reach areas of the community who traditionally don’t engage with the Arts. We work with Young British Asian artists to provide mentors and leaders of the future; inspiring the creative minds of tomorrow. Our work helps to create community cohesion and a better understanding between cultures, communities and society. We educate without preaching through celebration, entertainment and participation.
We are a tiny charity (only 3 members of staff) but we punch above our weight! £200 would be a big boost to the company and would pay for us to either run 2 workshops with young adults in the area or to pay for an artist on our artist development scheme to attend a days training in a subject that would help them gain work and enhance their career.
I would like to nominate Rochdale Womens Refuge, who offer emergency accomodation to Women and children across the country fleeing or are at risk of Domestic Violence, from someone close who they love and or trust.
RWR operates 24/7, 365 days.
We can accomodate up to 16 women plus their children at anyone time in the accomodation and the same number out in the community, where we offer Floating Support.
Emergency can be anything from 1 night to 12 months depending on each persons situation.
We also work with Women and children fleeing forced marriage and honour based violence.
We work with people in crisis, and often they arrive with no belongings, just the clothes they stand in. Children have to leave all their toys behind due to the emergency, and if it is a planned move, mum will grab clothes and essentials and often through no fault of her own can forget to grab a favourite toy for the child.
Times are specially hard at Christmas, we often recieve more referrals at the run up to Christmas and on Christmas day due to the financial stress people encounter at this time.. It would be great if we secured the £200 pound to enable us to buy a small present for each of the women and a toy for the children on Christmas day.
Thank you
I would like to nominate Friends of Guys Marsh. We are small charity supporting the Governor and staff at HMP Guys Marsh, near Shaftesbury in Dorset, a rural area some distance from the nearest railway station. We raise funds to pay for a bus from Gillingham Station to the prison for visitors. Families often travel huge distances with small children and a waiting bus instead of an expensive taxi is always very welcome. Retaining family contact is crucial in the eventual resettlement of prisoners. £200 would help towards this cost and with Christmas approaching we feel it is even more important to help families to stay in touch with their men-folk.
Our small registered charity was set up in September 2008 in memory of
Jo. Supported by her family and many great friends we raise money (over £80,000) to help encourage involvement in sport.
100% of the money that is raised goes to help young UK athletes excel in sport through our grant schemes
We also have funded projects in India, Guatemala and Lesotho that have
helped children improve the quality of their lives through sport.
All of the £200 would go to the projects we support, and none to the running of our charity.
Thank you for reading this
Janet Brown
The Rowan Organisation is a non profit making organisation dedicated to assisting disabled people to live independently. They are set up as a company, and function in a similar way. They provide a service to help fund carers, an information service, and an Independent Living Adviser to provide support. In addition they offer a salary service, plus NI and PAYE advice, along with training for carers and a list of carers, along with a contract. They also have contact with Local Authorities, and self funded service users. Each county has a team with Project Manager in charge. There is even the option of a Managed Account, for people who do not feel capable of managing their own finanances.
******* I would like to nominate B.I.N, they are a rescue that help saves Bull breed dogs. Many people have prejudices against the bull breed due to the sigma attached but these people help save and rehome this brred, as you can imagine this is a mammoth task due to over breeding and not being a breed of choice and so winning this month would help the cause.
Please give the bullies a chance, they are big softies really
I would like to nominate Marie Curie Cancer Care.We in Elgin have a group of fundraisers for this incredibly important charity.The nurses do so much for patients suffering cancer or terminal illnesses.They look after the patients so that they can be cared for at home thus giving their friends or families respite.
We need to raise as much money as we can so that patients can be looked after in their own homes.£200 would be a HUGE help for this worthwhile charity
Hayes Park School is raisng funds to build a solar dome in the school grounds. We have the space chosen, and we have planning permission in place, but we are still a considerable way off our target.
The children in school have been engaged in fundraising activities for the dome, and winning ‘Cause of the Month’ would give our project a huge lift.
The dome will be used to create a rainforest within the school grounds, adding to the learning environment for the children, and will be an invaluable asset for the school and local area. This will be of huge benefit to the children as they will be able to see ‘first hand’ what a mini rainforest ecosystem is like, and will assist in the delivery of many aspects of the curriculum, not least Science.
Cancercare Lancashire is a charity which cares for patients and families of people with cancer. We all think it will never happen to us or our loved ones but when it does we are so grareful for organisations like Cancercare. While I was nursing my precious husband through cancer all my energy had to go on caring for him. Sometimes I just needed my batteries re-charging and that is where Cancercare came in. I went there for an hour here and there for massage and counselling. It was an oasis in the middle of the most horrible storm. The caring didn’t end when my husband died. They hold classes for jewelery making, yoga, painting and countless other things. Like so many organisations that do good things, they rely on donations to keep going so £200 will mean a lot to them and to all the people needing to use this service.
I’d like to nominate Dogs Trust, they really do what they say and are remarkable in their efforts to re-home ALL dogs. My disabled daughter was fortunate enough to have her little dog Coal given to her by Dogs Trust. Coal was blind and the charity got him an operation to regain his sight. Coal is a wee STAR and a complete joy to have around, he makes everyone smile.
Please consider this wonderful charity for the award, thank you.
Hello.
We are Fusion Youth Theatre.
We provide high quality drama workshops that are open to everyone in the local community regardless of ability. We never turn away anyone, we only ask for enthusiasm. We have had a lot of performances in our 6 years. We have travelled to Ghana in Africa to work with a dance troop over there and build international relationships and to sample another culture through the medium of theatre. We have also helped raise funds for the Japan relief effort this year. We are just about to do another charity event in aid of Great Orman Street Hospital. We are a volunteer organisation and rely on funding bid to give the children in the are a chance to perform in other countrys and venues. Through fundraising we took the Youth Theatre to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, to great acclaim. We would welcome this donation as a lot of our regular funding streams have been cut.
Thank you.
Scott Middleton and the FYT Team.
I nominate Sapperton Primary School. We are a very small primary school desperately trying to raise funds to build a new classroom ro add to our existing 4, which will double up as a school hall, which we currently don’t havel. It is difficult to raise the necessary funds for this building project as the school is so small with only around 50 families. To win £200 towards the project would be a huge help and bring us closer to achieveing our goal of a school hall, something which nearly all schools already have.
Holwell Nursery and Preschool
We are a nursery based in Holwell in Dorset. We are a charity and do not get funding from the goverment, when equipment needs replacing the committee work hard to raise money for that cause. We are currently fundraising to replace the carpet in our baby room, which has been down many years and is looking tired and threadbare. We are organising a bingo and history day (we have photos and records of old when the nursery was a school) but £200 would help our cause greatly. Giving the baby room a fresh and safe enviroment for the many babies that come through our doors would be wonderful.
Stroud Valley Community School PTFA raises money for the school to buy things for the children that they wouldn’t normally be able to have. With the budget cuts meaning the school has even less funding, they rely on us to help them pay for basics like books, classroom equipment, outdoor play things and computer software. We also buy the children Christmas presents and help out towards the costs of school trips when asked.
The extra money could make a big difference to the cause as parents are finding so difficult to help us at the moment. We have a big landscaping project in the school, to make an outdoor classroom and forest schools area that we are helping towards and it would be great to get some more funds for this.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
The Chaseley Trust cares for people with severe physical disabilities, from partially or completely paralysed to deteriorating neurological conditions. Our aim is to provide the best quality of life possible and help individuals find out what they can do, rather than focus on what they can’t. £200 could support our photography group with a new camera, provide paints and canvases for our art group, provide a computer adaptation to give internet freedom to someone who can’t use their arms, or take residents on a spectacular outing! Please support us.
Stroud Valley Community School PTFA help the school to afford things for the children that they would not normally be able to give them. With the budget cuts, the school is struggling to provide everything they need and so we help out where we can. We have recently bought books, computer software and classroom and playground equipment.
The school have asked us to contribute towards a landscaping project where they are planning an outdoor classroom and forest schools area. This woudl massively enrich the children’s school experience and research has shown that many children thrive in this type of environment. All money that we can raise will help us get nearer to the goal of providing them with this and so please consider us for the £200.
Thank you very much.
I would like to recommend Benvardin Animal Rescue Kennels because they do sterling work caring for and rehoming animals. Quite often animal charities get forgotten and the time, effort and dedication the staff give of themselves to run them is amazing and often goes unrecognised. In times of recession animal charities suffer quite a bit and funding is paramount to their survival. Animals can’t raise money for themselves so please help us, help them.
Workmates are a group in Glasgow who were set up to help school leavers with special needs access college ,work experience, and community based activities . Without the 1:1 support, this for many would not be possible due to additional needs. we fund raise through out the year to try to allow our young people to experience as much as possible to inhance there lives and £200 would very much help us achieve this.
I would like to nominate Bishopbriggs Tennis Club. I have just taken on the role of Club Coach, and due to not having all weather courts, we have set up some indoor sessions at a local Leisure Centre. We have 29 players at the moment under 10, and I would like to put together a team of 4 players, aged 8 and under to take part in a league next year. It would be great if the club had a little money behind them, so these players could be the first mini team for the club, and it would be a huge step forward to receive additional support.
£200 would be enough to cover the cost for entering the team, with money left over for putting a further team into the summer leagues
Allwyn / Club Coach
Family Action In our Region (FAIR) is unique in its diversity in the range of services provided to families living in Rushden and East Northamptonshire. One of the services FAIR provides is an after school club, the Go Wild Club, for children and young people with low self esteem, behaviour and learning difficulties including ADHD and ASD.
Last year some of the young people were elected to be part of our Youth Management Team (YMT), here’s what Naomi has written for FAIR’s AGM report:
“YMT has achieved a number of things in the last 12 months including writing and publishing 2 newsletters in the winter 2010 and spring 2011. We helped to organise the Christmas fayre stalls to help raise money for FAIR. We also helped to organise the lantern launch in January 2011 that was held to announce the new beginning of the Go Wild Club. We helped to plan the Easter family fun day 2011 and in October 2011 we organised a funraiser talent show FAIR’s Got Talent which many members of FAIR’s Go Wild Club and YMT took part in.
Whilst being in the YMT we’ve learnt new skills like: communication skills, decision making and project management and we’ve also gained confidence, boosted our self-esteem, and got better with organisational skills.”
YMT funding ceased October 2011. The Youth Management Team only meet for an hour a week, a £200 donation from Viking would enable us to keep YMT going for a few more weeks while we search for more sustainable funding.
Thank you for reading.
I would like to nominate 2nd Hamilton Girls Brigade. They are a non profit, Christian organisation for girls from 5 to 25. They are expected to pay fees to their Head Quarters which covers them for insurance purposes and also a small part of this is donated to their National appeal. They operate in an area which sees many families suffering due to lack of money etc and try as best they can to offer families with more than 1 child in the company discounted fees. Fund raising is also done to try and subsidise a weekend camp to make it as accessible to as many girls and officers as possible. There is also a group of older girls who participate in the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. This too costs money and once again fund raising is done to keep these costs to a minimum. All the company are taken to the annual pantomime for which transport, tickets, juice and crisps all have to be paid for, with a group of 60+ girls and leaders, this is expensive. They are a really worth while cause where the leaders give of there time, talents and money to keep the company going.
Iona-May is my Great Niece, she was born 9 weeks premature, she has quadraplegic cerable palsy, is also blind. Iona-May was given 72 hours to live from being born. But she has proved everyone wrong and is still going strong 6 years down the line. She has many hurdles still to go, she is a little fighter.
I believe £200 would help her alot towards making her life alot easier. The family are doing alot fundraising so they can adapt the house she lives in with hoists, wet room and sensory room, all of which would help Iona-May.
She is a star, the £200 could help with some sensory lights, which obviously are not cheap.
Please vote for her.
Linda.
As part of the Parents And Friends Of The School committee for Wincanton Primary School I would like to nominate the school.
It’s a fantastic school where everyone works hard to make the children feel happy in their learning environment.
Much improvement has been done in the last year but we are actually fund-raising to build a new decking area in our outdoor classroom.
Every contribution is welcome and we are making progress towards our target but if Wincanton Primary School won, the work could start almost straight away meaning the children could start using their new outdoor learning space in the spring.
Wouldn’t that be great?
Thank you for your consideration.
The Kitchener Scholars Association raises money for the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund which grants scholarships to young ex servicemen and to the sons and daughters of servicemen and ex servicemen to help pay for their university education.
Founded by public subscription in memory of Lord Kitchener who died in 1916 when HMS Hampshire struck a German mine off Scapa Flow, the Fund has helped thousands of young people get a good education and go on to lead productive lives.
With the recent increase in the cost of education, the demand for scholarships exceeds the money available and all donations are gratefully received.
We run a rescue centre for sick and injured stray cats , We get no goverment funding , These cats come from Middlesex, london essex and sussex.. they all need veterinary care and operations before we find them all loving homes.
We always need equipment , toys and enrichment objects to help some of the terrified and nervous cats sociable and easy to handle , this helps their confidence and they become trusting and affectionate cats
, some cats are with us for several months until that special home is found, so we have to keep them happy and responsive with lots of activity and play available to them.
Please help us enrich the lives of these beautiful cats whilst they are in our care .Every contribution is very much appreciated .
Please vote for us
Molesey Monkeys are an under 14′s girls football team, they are art of Molesey Juniors football club who play in Molesey, Surrey.
They have been invited to represent England in an international football tournament to be held in Switzerlnd July 2012. The tournament is organised by Komm Mitt.
The squad is has 15 girls on the team, we are also lucky enough to have a manager, coach and a dedicated first aider.
The cost of the trip is going to be approximately £6,000.00, we have no sponsor and are ot able to get any financial help from the club, so the girls are trying to raise the money themselves.
£200 would enable the girls to buy the football kit needed for the trip.
Life support have two main projects in Africa. Building a children’s village in Zambia for children orphaned by Aids; giving them a real chance in life. This village is located on a farm and will one day be self supporting.
The second is in Congo, building a school for local children who have no school in walking distance and training young girls so that they can support themselves and escape a life of prostitution.
£200 would pay for the equipment and materials to get the girls in Congo started on their project.
this charity takes in unwanted, abandoned spaniels from around Yorkshire. this year they have had to spend a lot on vet bills as they have a scheme running which means if you take on a dog that has existing condition they will pay for the treatment how ever long it takes to resolve. this means that people aren’t put off adopting a dog. They fund raise throughout the year and people donate washing powder, toys and various items and the charity is not government funded so everything has to come out of supporters pockets.
please help the charity to continuing to help springers in need.
please vote for us many thanks
Reading all the comments before me, makes me realise how lucky i am that my grandsons are Autistic and not terminally ill.
I would like to nominate the school that Robert & James (twins) go to, the school is fantastic and all the children that go to the school are well looked after, but like all schools there is never enough money for the equipment they need. It is amazing how much more special need toys cost.
Thank you for the opportunity you give to all the charities that need any donations.
Gambia Education and Teaching Support is a small charity supporting education in The Gambia. GETS took responsibility for running the Sunrise Centre at Bakoteh in January 2011,
The Sunrise Centre supports its local Gambian teachers as they learn pupil-centred teaching techniques, the nursery classes concentrating especially on speaking and writing in English, whilst the skills centre teaches useful skills that could help with earning a living.
Besides sponsoring two of our nursery teachers studying for their ECD certificate at The Gambia College, supporters of GETS sponsor 50 children of varying ages in a variety of Gambian schools.
We are now raising funds to build a Lower Basic school so that the children leaving our nursery can continue their education at Sunrise. We need £40,000 for the first phase of the building and already have over £31,000, so are working hard to raise the rest of the money needed.
Every £ added brings us nearer to our goal – giving Gambian children the education they deserve!
I would like to nominate Marie Curie Cancer Care. My friend’s mum passed away at one of their hospices and we were all touched by the level of care she received. Most of us will be affected by cancer at some point in our lives and Marie Curie do amazing work supporting people at the most distressing times of their lives, through nursing and their hospices.
In February 2012, I will be trekking to Mt Everest Base Camp to help raise funds for them. My target is £3,750.00 and £200 would make a huge impact in reaching my goal.
I would like to nominate a new charity called Safe Anaesthesia Worldwide. We provide anaesthesia to hospitals in poor countries, which is crucial to enable surgical treatments and save lives.
Today in Britain we take anaesthesia for granted, but incredibly it remains unavailable to millions of people in developing countries. Without anaesthesia emergency surgery cannot take place and many patients suffer and die as a result. Women suffer in particular from complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
In poor countries giving birth is still very dangerous and in some countries a woman’s lifetime risk of dying in childbirth is as high one in seven. Millions of mothers and newborns die due to complications during childbirth whose lives could be saved surgically by caesarean sections, if safe anaesthesia was available.
Safe Anaesthesia Worldwide can make a life-saving difference by providing appropriate anaesthetic equipment that is specially designed to work in poorly resourced hospitals and training staff to use and maintain this equipment. Donations are urgently needed. Thank you.
I wish to nominate THE STAFFORD TRUST.
They support and assist the rehoming of unwanted, abandoned and mistreated Staffordshire Bull Terriers.
They are supported only by donations from the public.
All the members work on a voluntry basis to help the dogs find new homes, go through any medical treatment they may need either due to neglect, abuse or medocal conditions. They also neuter all the dogs they help and never destroy a dog if it is healthy and has a chance of finding happiness in a new ‘forever’ home.
They also work to rehabilitate Staffordshire Bull Terriers who have been used as breeding machines, have dog phobias or are badly adjusted because of the treatment they have been subject to prior to reaching the safty of The Stafford Trust and its members.
The members all work extremly hard both with the dogs and raising funds for the trust.
I think they deserve an extra £200 to help them continue to assist the unwanted SBT’s and provide them with the help and love so badly deserve
Good luck as a fellow animal supporter. In our group the largest group on death row is staffies.
Tragic that these lovely dogs have such bad press.
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Hi
Easy fund raising thank you for providing an opportunity for small charities some valuable support where a small amount of money would make a real difference but id like to suggest that rather than a vote you select the winner.
Small charities often have small amount of staff and supporters and time is valuable and to try and get people to vote for them when they could be doing something more productive with their time is a waste of time.
Owen.
Please consider Carlisle Eden Mind for your nomination. This organisation provides support across the Carlisle and Eden area in Cumbria, England. Through various creative projects, people can improve their feeling of wellbeing. Individuals may have a diagnosed mental health condition, may be isolated, lonely and/or lacking in confidence. Our organisation greatly values the many Volunteers who make it possible for us to provide such support. We provide quality Volunteer placements that include access to regular training opportunities & reimbursed expenses.
Carlisle Eden Mind works closely with other local organisations, so that individuals who are struggling needn’t have to struggle more, to find the support that they need to be able to make positive changes to their lives.
Carlisle Eden Mind would use the £200 that Viking have kindly offered, to help us provide valuable support to vulnerable individuals in our local communities.
Every year St Oswald’s Warton hosts an important charity event, a Festival of Christmas Trees. This gives lots of local and larger charities the opportunity to raise funds for themselves or for others.
The festival aims to encourage good will at the Christmas season.
If we are awarded to prize money it will be used to further the aims of the festival, and allow many charities to benefit from this fundraising initiative.
my fundraiser is for sapphire supreme majorette troupe in wakefield … they are a dance troupe that work extremerly hard to enter into big competions with the help of the trainers who work hard to get them where they deserve to be and they do this work voluntry. they are in need of new uniforms for milartry dance which is very costly and we do all we can to raise money for the troupe. all the girls want to look there best as they work extremerly hard for this .thankyou
I would like to nominate the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) – they help farming families who are facing hardship or distress. We all know that farms are very dangerous places, and many tragic accidents occur. RABI are there when such accidents occur, to help those make a speedy recovery, and make life easier.
The charity helps over 1500 beneficiaries annually with an associated expenditure of £2million.
Ben Hodgson is an 11 year old boy with Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative wasting disease of the muscles.
The Ben Hodgson Fund aims to raise money that will pay, not only for the essential equipment needed to give Ben and his carers and better quality of life and to maintain his independence and dignity, but also to give Ben special life exeriences that he may never otherwise have the opportunity to experience.
Because of the progressive nature of the disease it is essential that any funds raised for Ben are channelled into the fund whilst he is still well enough to benefit from the results of the fund raising. The sooner we can raise funds the more Ben can benefit from them.
Friends of Barnetby School are a voluntary Parent Teacher Association that work tirelessly to organise several events every year to finance a variety of extra activities and utilities which both support and enhance the education of the children within our school. We are currently raising funds to replace the school stage, which has come to the end of its safe working life, and would be extremely grateful to receive donations to help our cause, that not only benefits the children at the school, but the wider local community.
thank you.
Compass Disability Services’ mission is to enable equality of opportunity for disabled people. They do this through consultation and respresentation work. They provide independant living support services, training for disabled people to become Community Champions, and so, so much more. They really do exactly what it says on the tin!
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (Jo’s Trust) is the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities. There aim is to offer information, support and friendship to women of all ages, to help them to understand the importance of cervical screening, and to provide there own personal brand of support if your screening shows up abnormalities or if you are diagnosed with cancer.
They look to provide comprehensive, easy to understand information about cervical cancer, cervical abnormalities and their subsequent treatments. They also have an area for you to contact a panel of medical experts. It helps to be able to access information you can trust when questions come to mind.
Jo’s Trust aim to help you understand every step of what you’re going through.
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (Jo’s Trust) is the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities. There aim is to offer information, support and friendship to women of all ages, to help you to understand the importance of cervical screening, and to provide our own personal brand of support if your screening shows up abnormalities or if you are diagnosed with cancer.
Jo’s Trust look to provide comprehensive, easy to understand information about cervical cancer, cervical abnormalities and subsequent treatments. They also have an area for you to contact a panel of medical experts. It helps to be able to access information you can trust when questions come to mind.
Jo’s Trust aim to help you understand every step of what you’re going through.
Isotropic Explorer Scout unit is based in the West of Hull and is the fourth section of the Scout Association for 14-18 year old’s.
Explorer Scouts have been running for 10 years in 2012 and we are currently looking at many ways of raising funds to celebrate the milestone within our unit.
As part of the Scout Association we are a none profit making organisation so at present we are self funding everything, which on occasions means that the young people maybe unable to attend an event as their parents/guardians can not afford it during these difficult financial times.
There for if we are awarded these funds from Viking it will go a good way into help us support those young people during these difficult times.
I would like to nominate The Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society as my chosen charity. They have proved invaluable since our two children were diagnosed with this degenerative condition four years ago. A-T causes increasingly severe disability & premature death. Currently there is no cure & only limited treatment options.
I would like to Poole Sea Cadets. Poole Sea Cadets are a maritime youth charity. We offer young people between 10-18 the chance to learn new things, experience new challenges and develop new skills to give them a head start in life. This ranges from adventure training to sailing, Sea Cadets get the opportunity to take part in lots of great activities, all on a nautical theme.
Our Cadets this year have achieved so much: they won The Armed Guard at the National Finals, our Band were Runners Up at The National Finals, and there were further achievement at National Levels by our Drill Squad, Junior Rowing and Sailing Squad.
All proceeds from our fundraising events directly benefit the Sea Cadets. Our fundraising is vital as it helps towards of our day to day running of our unit and ensures we offer our Cadets continuous skills training on land and sea, and opportunities to benefit them now and in future years.
Please find out more information from our website http://www.sea-cadets.org/poole. Thank you
Please consider our club for this funding. ECKA Kingsthorpe is a voluntary, not for profit martial arts club that offers socially inclusive training to youngsters from 5 – 20 within the local area of Northampton. It’s aim is to keep children off the streets and give them a focus and purpose, instilling discipline and ensuring they become responsible, mature adults who work well as part of a team and can offer something back to their local community. The club’s facilities are sparse and equipment is in a very poor state of repair. This money would help us to replace some equipment. Martial arts rarely gets supported via grants and funding and as we are socially inclusive the income we receive is put back into training the children. Please help us to support these youngsters.
I would like to nominate the Friends Of Akitas Trust, as the people who run this charity are solely voluntary bodies with great hearts, who rely solely on donations to help all Akitas that they come across nationally. There are many of them sadly. I have recently adopted one male Akita from them who was left in a very distressful life threatening situation, he now has a loving well deserved home after Friends of Akitas rescued him gave him a second chance of life, fed & watered him, paid his veterinary fees & helped him regain his trust in humans, gave him basic training a warm & loving foster home til his forever home came along,which these loyal dogs trully accomodate to I couldn’t ask for a better friend, loyal companion. This charity is well deserving of this nomination with winter approaching, more Akitas find themselves homeless, abandoned quite often through no fault of thier own more kennel fees to pay, more vet fees to cover, higher food bills please help these people help the well deserved Akitas
Thank you
After a rigorous selection course at the start of October, I’ve been selected by the charity Project Trust to spend my gap year in China teaching conversational English in a state secondary school.
To go overseas to help, I need to raise £5100 which is a lot of money for a 17 year old. This money will go to Project Trust itself, and they’ll use it to hold future selection courses and our training courses and it’ll also go towards the accommodation abroad for me and the country representative.
My year in China will give me valuable experience, but will also help the lives of the school children whom I’ll be teaching. Thank you very much!
Circles Network is a registered charity formed in 1994 with educational aims to build inclusive communities. We have projects in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland which support people who are experiencing social exclusion or are at risk of being isolated, through disability or long term illness, to become and remain included in community life. The primary function of Circles Network is to assist people to develop Circles of Support; these are networks of friends who agree to support a person in a non-patronising, non-judgmental way to achieve the dreams and ambitions they may hold. In all forms of our support we use person centred approaches and work towards empowerment for individuals. Ultimately, Circles Network aims to build inclusive communities where everyone belongs, and to show through a wide range of schemes how people can be supported to live fulfilling and self-determined lives regardless of their abilities.
Thank you
Alison Carr
At the kennels in Hersham, Surrey, Denise and her team care for 80 plus greyhounds, all of whom are for looking for their forever home. And in August 2008 “The Sanctuary” was opened to provide a special home for long term residents.
When a greyhound retires from racing its future lies in the hands of its owner. Many are simply put to sleep, or meet much worse fates. At Hersham Hounds there is a place of safety for retired greyhounds whilst they wait for their special home. These are not ‘rescue dogs’ in the accepted sense as most are handed over by the trainer, on behalf of their owners, with the express intention of finding them a good retirement homes.
Hersham Hounds actively promote the fact that Greyhounds make wonderful pets and adapt to life outside of the kennels very well. A ‘No Destruction’ policy is operated, which means that no dog will be put to sleep except on health grounds, when there is no other option.
The staff work tirelessly for the hounds, and recently became an Independant Charity. As well as caring for every hound, they work are constantly trying to raise much needed funds for their up keep – in particular the crippling veterinary bills they need to pay for.
Go along to the kennels to meet the greyhounds and see for yourselves what wonderful pets they make. I have two of these beautiful creatures who give nothing but love and affection and ask nothing in return:-)
At the kennels in Hersham, Surrey, Denise and her dedicated team care for 80 plus greyhounds, all of whom are for looking for their forever home. And in August 2008 “The Sanctuary” was opened to provide a special home for long term residents.
When a greyhound retires from racing its future lies in the hands of its owner. Many are simply put to sleep, or meet much worse fates. At Hersham Hounds there is a place of safety for retired greyhounds whilst they wait for their special home. These are not ‘rescue dogs’ in the accepted sense as most are handed over by the trainer, on behalf of their owners, with the express intention of finding them a good retirement homes.
They also bring greyhounds back to Hersham who may have lost their homes through no fault of their own; such as bereavement, divorce, change of living circumstances etc.
Hersham Hounds actively promote the fact that Greyhounds make wonderful pets and adapt to life outside of the kennels very well. A ‘No Destruction’ policy is operated, which means that no dog will be put to sleep except on health grounds, when there is no other option.
This means they are constantly under the strain of meeting heavy veterinary bills etc and so rely on fundraising activities which they themselves organise in order to do so. Hersham Hounds recently became an Independent Charity and this £200 would go a long way to helping them pay for all the care these dogs require.
They rely on us the public to support them in caring for these dogs with regular walkers, fund raisers, foster parents and much more. The staff know every dog and remember every dog even after homing and love to see them coming back for a visit:-)
This £200 would make a massive difference to their ability to meet all these dogs needs and give a much needed boost ( and breather) to the piggy bank:-)
Go to the kennels or to one of the many Events the staff work tirelessly to make a success of & to meet the greyhounds and see for yourselves what wonderful pets they make as I well know with two of them in my life which I wouldn’t be without:-)
i would like to nominate tia greyhound and lurchur rescue deb is a true angel for the greys they come in the rescue in all sorts of states these dogs are so gentle deb gives them that second chance they deserve so much it is hard work looking after 100 + greys sometimes
I would like to nominate Earls Hall Infant School. At the moment the PTA are trying to raise as much money as they can to help towards the replacement of our swimming pool roof. We have had quiz nights, table sales, boot sales 2nd hand uniform sales, book sales & cake sales. Our Annual Christmas Fayres & Summer Fetes have put every penny profit over the last few years into the fund. We have had trips to London to see shows & again every penny profit has been given to the fund. The pool is used for all the children in the infants & juniors for weekly lessons, weekend lessons & also Birthday parties. It is also used by other schools for lessons, & has been considered for therapy sessions for patients from the local hospital. It would be a great shame if we can’t raise enough money to have a new roof, as the pool would have to close down. This would impact on so many people who use the pool as they would have to travel further for their lessons & pay a lot more for them. If we were lucky enough to win this money it would be used to support us in our effort to raise as much money as we can for our much needed pool roof. Thank you for your time in reading this. I hope you can help us. Kind Regards
I would like to nominate the Northamptonshire Sands Charity (Still Birth & Neonatal Death Charity). My niece was born 3 weeks ago stillborn and the Sands Chairty have supported my sister and her husband throughout this time and are there for them anytime in the future.
They were given a memory box on the day Emmie was born with a picture of her hands/feet, cut of hair, teddy bear, candle and a blanket to remeber her. Since my sister left the hospital they have been there to support them every step of the way, as well as helping with arranging the funeral and costs.
Northamptonshire Sands is reliant on donations and fundraising in order to provide support to bereaved parents in the area. The group is run by volunteers who freely give of their time supporting parents, running the group and organising fundraising events. We thought something like this would never ever happen to our family, but it did and at a time when support and help were need this charity was there straight away to help and will always be in the future.
Please vote for them, thay are so valuable to those parents out there who sadly have to go through losing a stillborn baby.
Many Thanks for reading this
Claire x
I support Weston on Trent (C of E) Primary, a small village school who is to some degree a victim of it’s own success. Through the dedication of the staff and HeadTeacher they managed to move from a very old building to a brand new purpose Built school five years ago.
Consistently over-subscribed, this lovely school is a joy to be in and indeed the children who go there including my own two are very lucky indeed to benefit from a modern building, up to date resources and a very dedicated teaching team.
The school still has to raise some money to pay off the final amount for the new building, and with this in mind I would love them to be voted in and to benefit from the £200 towards this fund, of which the PSFA will soon be working very hard to encorouge parents, village residents and local businesses to raise the amount needed. Please vote for us !!
The Epilepsy Society is based in Buckinghamshire – a leading epilepsy charity – it helps people with epilepsy in numerous ways – spearheading genetic research to find better treatments, it has its own medical assessment centre and MRI scanner, working closely with the National Hospital. It provides residential accommodation for people with severe epilepsy, runs an epilepsy helpline, has an Epilepsy Information Network with volunteers in most epilepsy clinics across the country, produces information materials and dvds for patients and professionals and plays a key campaigning role for better epilepsy awareness and services.
Epilepsy is the cinderella of medical conditions, attracting much less research and charity funding than other more ‘popular’ causes, despite the fact that 1 in 133 have the condition, which still carries a stigma – how many celebrities want to be associated with it or will admit that they have the condition? Not many!
Please vote for Epilepsy Society to receive the funding – I have been associated with them for many years know the staff who run it and how dedicated they are to improving the treatment and lives of people with epilepsy!
Barbara
I am chairman of ‘Owlets’ lIketshall St Lawrence pre school, we are a small pre school which means few parents a to fundraise for us. Every penny that we raise go straight back to giving the children the best of everything.
We are hoping to raise money for our new outside area which at the moment still needs to have grass put down, we have lots of exciting ideas but as with everything this costs. Thats why we use ‘easy fundraising’ what a fantastic idea. Thank you.
Croydon Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health is a charity supporting all suffering mental distress. We deal with the whole person, not with the diagnosis, by providing four drop-in clubs in different parts of the borough which are open evenings and weekends when other facilities are closed. We have a wonderful group of volunteers, many of whom have experienced mental distress themselves, who ‘staff” these clubs, providing refreshments and socialising with our members. We also run four workshops weekly – art, creative writing, well-being & relaxation and music. For many of our members we are their only social outlet. Should we be fortunate and win this money we would be able to buy some extra equipment for the art group and more board games for the drop-in clubs. Mental health problems affect 25% of the population yet it has a very low public profile – sufferers deserve better than this, surely? Thank you for reading all the way through.
Hi, I am nominating willows animal sanctuary, which is an animal refuge in the north east of Scotland. This charity has been on the verge of closure a few times and it would be tragic if it isn’t able to keep going.
Willows cares for all sorts of animals and never puts an animal to sleep. They also employ disabled people and give them a chance of independence and rehabilitation.
Over the past two severe winters they struggled with the weight of snow causing one of their buildings to collapse. We don’t have many animal refuge centres in our area and this one is much needed.
Please vote for them as not only will it affect the animals but the disabled people too who enjoy the animals and the jobs they do.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
I run a charity called ALD Life supporting those living with adrenoleukodystrophy(ALD) and adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). ALD was made famous in the film Lorenzo’s Oil in the 1990s.
I started the charity following the diagnosis of both my sons with ALD. ALD is a terminal, genetic brain disorder causing apparently normal and healthy young boys to lose all voluntary function within months – these boys usually die within a year of diagnosis and seldom live beyond teenage. We have been very lucky in that my eldest boy, although profoundly disabled, blind and completely dependent is still with us today. His younger brother was able to have a bone marrow transplant to prevent the onset of irreversible symptoms purely thanks to his brother’s diagnosis, as treatment is only effective with prior knowledge of the condition. ALD does not always affect just young boys: adult males and females can develop AMN which is more physically debilitating and at worst results in loss of mobility. Approximately a third of adult males with AMN will also develop ALD with a similar prognosis to young boys. There is currently no cure for ALD or AMN.
ALD Life provides emotional, practical and financial support for sufferers as well as funding research, promoting awareness and education within the health system. We also run three charity shops in the south east London area so we can be as self sustaining as possible. Please helps us – http://www.aldlife.org.
I am supporting Brain Tumour Action which is a Scottish charity providing support, information and counselling to women, children and men diagnosed with a brain tumour. Run entirely by volunteers and with no Government funding, they manage to produce high quality information leaflets, trained counsellors, befrienders and a telephone helpline.
They have support groups around Scotland’s major cities and also links and information on other support groups across the UK
Even on their limited resources they are committed to funding research projects which will increase understanding or improve people’s situations. £200 would be a significant figure to this cause.
I would like to nominate Birdline UK Parrot Rescue of which i am a member. Birdline is run completely by volunteers and is spread across the whole of the UK.
Many people will buy a larger parrot on a whim without fully realizing the commitment required. The larger parrots especially are like young children and need the same attention and commitment as one would give a child. They are highly intelligent creatures and have an average life span of 60 to 80 years. When they don’t get the correct care, problems will arise and a lot of these birds will self mutilate their skin, they will rip out their feathers, chew their own feet and become severely depressed.
Birdline take in the unwanted, sick, neglected and disabled parrots from budgies to Macaws and depend entirely on donations. When a bird is handed over it remains within Birdline for the rest of its natural life, and will be fostered to an ideal home who must remain a member of the charity.
A lot of the birds that come in to the charity are in a terrible state, from holes chewed in their bodies through stress, broken bones, vitamin deficiencies, fear of humans .. the list is endless. None of them are turned away and Birdline pay out hundreds of pounds on vets bills each year to help these birds so that they can have a more comfortable life.
People tend to view animal rescues as mainly for Dogs & Cats
but there are many parrots out there that are neglected, ill treated or unwanted and Birdline is one of the few charities who help these wonderful creatures find a safe place in this world.
I would like to nominate MK Elite Cheerleading team whom have got the chance to go to Orlando and compete at ISASF Worlds 2012.
The team have trained and worked so hard for this and are fundraising with various events such as Bag packing, Sponsored Walks and many more, this is a major achievement and for them to gain a little more help would be amazing.
These cheerleaders come from all backgrounds in life and this is a sport that is not recognised here in the UK to which they gain no sponsorship or help and yet they train just as much if not more than most athletes in recognised sports and to be competing against teams all over the World is a chance of a lifetime .
Please help them achieve a dream the youth are the future of today.
I would like to nominate Brave Little Heroes UK. These guys work endless to give a child dying from brain tumors a smile to cheer them up for just a moment of time out of their painful days. They go well out of their way to work together to make their cause known, to reach out to other groups who share their vision. £200 would be certainly well spent on these kids and to some it will be their last christmas
Kamas Cave Greyhound Sanctuary is a small charity based in Lincolnshire which takes in Greyhounds, many of them ex racing dogs that have been abused or injured and are dumped as soon as they stop earning money for their owners. Most dogs have been kept confined and muzzled in cramped kennels all day and night.
Kamas Cave is run by Ann and Paul who work tirelessly to raise funds in so many ways so they can rehabilitate them and get them used to being just pets. They currently house 20 dogs which are then house trained. given medical care and most of all love. Some are lucky to find new forever homes with loving owners. They have recently been raising funds for new kennels by sponsorship such as buying a brick or sponsoring a dog. I know £200 would give this small charity a much needed boost and enable them to continue the good work they have dedicated their lives to.
Good luck x
2nd patchway scout group is ran by volunteers to benifit children age 6 years to 15 years old the money would go towards the rest of the fundraised money to repair the old outdated hut we meet in. we are also fundrasing for a activity center to be built within our grounds which will benifit all ages
Free 2 Be Ministries is a new charity set up this year to encourage and support people as they become everything they were created to be, enabling them to fulfil their purpose. Our work has already begun in a remote area of Western Kenya with Aids orphans, building a school, a medical centre and providing a loving home for them.
We are a small group of volunteers, no one gets paid and we don’t claim any expenses form the charity for travel, administration, stationary, every penny we raise goes straight to the cause.
The £200 would be taken personally by us in January and be used for much needed equipment for the school, last time we visited the remote mud hut they called a school there wasn’t one poster, toy or book in the room. We intend to transform this school in January and give these children a chance to be everything they were created to be.
We hope you are inspired to support our cause, the £200 will make a major difference in the lives and futures of at least 125 children.
Thank you for listening, may you be ‘Free 2 Be’ ….all you were created to be.
Kate
‘Beaumond House Community Hospice’ have been an amazing support to me over the last year. I dont know how I would have coped at all with my Breast cancer diagnosis, they have listened, offered me daycare support, practical help, benefit advice, amazing three course meals, respite care after treatment /surgery . . . . All of this cost me nothing!! and they are the most genuine, caring people I have met
. Their service means the world to the patients. I cant empathise just how vital this Community Hospice is and they need and deserve every penny, I want all Cancer, Alziemers, MS and other patients to have the same wonderful experience that I have 
Thank you
Heather
I raise money for the RNLI to helping them to save lives at sea.
Next year our local Lifeboat Station will be getting a new boat, and i am trying to raise as much as i can to help to Kit it out and update our station.
Thank you
I would like to nominate Thrive Cardiff, as they off great support for families of special needs children. They organise play sessions just for our group and trips to legoland, tenby, Disney on Ice, to name but a few, which some families probably wouldnt have the chance to go otherwise, Ive been a member for about 16 years now, and have made many,many friends, there are new people joining all the time, which is great that they have someone else to talk to, they are not alone in their battle with a special needs child, cause it can be isolating, and you feel as if your the only one going through it, but Thrive is a helpline to all. Please help our group, thankyou
Lancaster & Morecambe Deaf children’s society are a group of parents providing support, and activities for Deaf children and their families in the Lancaster and morecambe areas.
We have been running 3 years and we have over 70 children attend our different activities. The kids always appreciate meeting their peers and the activities we do.
In September we set up football training for any child between 5-16yrs that has any kind of hearing loss – from glue ear to total loss. Over the last week we have grown dramatically in size due to word of mouth and as a result we have now looking to attend a national deaf tourmnament and take a team (or 2) of U12′s to play at it. We would look at the £200 to help fund this clubs increase in need to equip itself, as it has grown so popular due to children not being able to ‘fit in’ at other local clubs.
All help would be appreciated
On 1 February 2010 a fire spread through our Church Hall at St Peter’s and destroyed it. It was a greatly upsetting for the local community as it was the original school building in Elworth before it became the Church Hall. Lots of people had memories of their time there, especially during the World War II.
As a Church we have had to raise a vast sum of money on top of the insurance in order to rebuild the hall. We are nearly there, but still need a few thousand pounds to complete and furnish the hall. £200 would make a great difference and help us achieve our goal sooner rather than later and be back in the hall around Christmas or soon after.
The hall is not only used by the Church, but other groups on a regular basis who have had to find alternative venues whilst the hall is being rebuilt. The Elworth Pre-School runs every day during term time and then there is a Mother and Toddler group meeting every week as well as Brownies and Guides, Weight Watchers, Rythem Time, Coffee Stop and many other groups which benefit the community as well as St Peter’s.
We would be grateful for your support. Thank you. Carolyn
I would like to nominate the Cecilian Society of Glasgow. I have been very surprised to learn about the Cecilian Society, who at a first glance appear to be a musical theatre society. I recently attended one of their committee meetings and realised that they also do a lot of work for charities, both local and national. Every year, they donate tickets to charities who sell the tickets or give them to less fortunate people and gain the profit from the tickets for their charity. They also seem to planning a lot of other fundraising events throughout the year including ceilidhs and other social events but have a severe lack of funding.
This year they have selected Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research as their main charity and in supporting the Cecilian Society you are also supporting Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research who do a great deal of research into beating blood cancers.
I think it is important not only to support Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research but also to support the Cecilian Society who go beyond a lot of societies and clubs in order to put on valued entertainment for the community but also do a lot of work to help many charities across Glasgow and the UK.,
A wonderful community programme to help the children and adults of Preston join in on the sport of Gymnastics, all run by volunteers and dedicated qualified coaches who give up hundreds of hours of their own time each and every week, fantastic and very inspring group of people.
I am an Assistant Cub Scout Leader with 1st Thatcham Cub Scout Group, and I would like to nominate them for this kind donation from Viking.
During the storms of winters past we were unfortunate to find that there was a serious amount of damage to the roof of our HQ. We are constantly working hard to raise much needed funds to make essential repairs to our meeting place. Our HQ also provides accomodation for other local Brownie Units and Girl Guides, along with a Saturday morning judo club. Without these essential repairs each of these Groups will be forced to seek accomodation elsewhere within the local community.
If we were fortunate to be awarded the £200, this would be a welcome bonus to our funds so that we can set about repairing, and improving our facilities and current accomodation for all who use it. We do try to raise additional funds from many varied events whenever we can.
If you can see the number of people who use this hall from a number of age ranges, please support us if you can.
Many thanks for reading
Bagheera
I support Ald life it’s a fantastic charity founded by a mother of 2 boys diagnosed with a terminal brain disease called adrenoleukodystrophy made famous by the Hollywood block buster lorenzos oil! The charity supports affected families from diagnosis right through to bereavement. They can also fund disability aids & every yr fund a weekend get-together for all affected families, a fantastic charity that have helped me enormously, I also have 2affected boys. Please support my cause £200 will make a huge difference to this charity thank you.
1st Flitwick Boys Brigade provides a range of activities to boys between the ages of 5 and 15 . Over the past couple of years we have been looking to increase the range of our activities but at limited cost to the boys and their families as many are on benefits and BB is there only activity outside of school.
Particular areas we are looking to expand are sporting ones by using the local school gym etc – which would cost us £25 an hour.
We have started doing DofE with the boys which will involve purchasing tents and other equipent.
We would also love to purchase a bible for each boy – so that as and when they leave they will have something very special to treasure
All in all our fundraising aims for this year is about £900 and this £200 would go a long way to helping us give these youngs boys something to occupy their time
Thanks for reading !
Hi we’re FOBS aka Friends of Barnetby School. Our school is one of the few to be classified as outstanding by recent Ofsted reports. We feel that this is partly due to the ‘extras’ that are provided by our efforts and kind support of the local community. We are a registered charity who raise funds for St Barnabas School in Barnetby which is also used by the wider community, including ‘out of school club’ and Brownies. We are currently fundraising for a new stage, as sadly our old one is no longer safe to use. It was used regularly for school and community productions and fashion shows etc. We even lended it out to our local nursing home for them to use for performances. Your support would take closer to being able to replace it. The children benefit greatly from performing, although many wont make a career out of it the confidence and enjoyment they gain will equip them with skills to last a lifetime!
I would like to nominate the Tsunami Animal People Alliance (TAPA) who work in Sri Lanka to eradicate rabies and restore the harmony between dogs and people. See the brilliant work at the website http://www.tsunami-animal.org/home.htm or at TAPA SriLanka on Facebook.
I would like to nominate New Broughton Toddlers & Playgroup. It is run voluntarily and the current committee has resigned and the future looked bleak for the group until two parents this week joined the committee and agreed to take on responsibility. if this hadn’t of happened, the group would have had to close and children in the area would have had no where to go. They usually run at a loss with dedicated staff doing all they can to fund raise. So this £200 would go very far in helping us benefit the group and the many children who attend (ages 0-5 years).
The RAYNES PARK HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST exists to grant monies to assist individual pupils and projects in this large South London School with a wide catchment area. The Trustees meet three times a year and consider written requests put forward by the Teachers. All school departments can make requests, and out of hours teacher-led activities. The grants enable the purchase of educational and recreational items, fund the inclusion on trips of pupils who otherwise cannot afford the costs. The Trust keeps track of allocations, and unspent grants are reallocated if not used in good time. We aim to assist across the whole school and pupils of all ability levels.
I am a committee member for the South Bretton Pre-school, which is also a registered charity. The pre-school has been around for many years and provides a fantastic, much needed pre-school setting for many families in the local area. We rely on every single penny we raise to keep this wonderful setting open and without funds being raised, we would simply have to close the setting which wold impact so many families that rely on our pre-school.
I would like to nominate Tapa (Tsunami Animal People Alliance ) Srilanka http://www.tsunami-animal.org/home.htm
for the £200 award. The money would pay for 20 animals to be sterilized & vaccinated.The organization is wonderful. It cares for animals in a poor country.
The Tsunami Animal People Alliance works in Sri Lanka to improve the welfare of people and animals affected by and recovering from the Great Tsunami of 2004. Who chose the name Tsunami Animal-People Alliance (TAPA) to emphasise the interaction and importance of both animals and people in the community, giving thought, care and protection to both.
The goal is to improve the welfare and living environment of Sri Lanka’s animals and people, particularly in the tsunami-impacted zones, and now also in the former war/conflict zone.
In order to continue to run a catch-neuter-vaccinate-release (CNVR) programme for dogs in communities in Sri Lanka, we rely on financial and resource donations from individuals, industries and organisations. These donations help us to run field clinics and education programmes.
Friends of Tsunami-Animal People Alliance UK (FOTAPAUK) are Fundraising in Britain and all funds raised go directly to Tsunami Animal People Alliance in Sri Lanka. You can see more at;
http://www.tsunami-animal.org/
FaceBook; Tapa Sri Lanka
Twitter; http: #TAPAVetsSL
Home Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire is an organisation established to :-
Safeguard,protect & preserve the good health of children & parents.
Prevent cruelty to or the maltreatment of children
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Relieve sickness, poverty & need amongst children & parents of children
Promote the education of the public in better standards of child care within the area of Royston & its environs.
Dogs on Death Row
Our group literally pulls dogs from death row.
Dogs in the pound have 7 days to live and then they can be destroyed.
They are lost family pets, dogs that are dumped because they are ill, bait dogs from dog fighting, bitches too spent from over-breeding.
The things I see are horrific, unspeakable, you are stunned speechless by the inhumanity.
The guys in the group spend so much time rescuing they don’t have time for anything else.
I am trying to help with the admin stuff – the biggest being fundraising!
I am trying to get us registered as a Charity, so I need to raise 5K per year.
I am committed to do this.
£200 will be a great start.
I know they are only dogs.
Why dogs compared to everyone else asking for money?
Because you can save a life, here, today, now.
Thank you x
To be a refugee – to be forced to leave your home, your country and even your family – and travel to an unknown and possibly unwelcoming place, is a devastating experience from which it can take years to recover. Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton helps people in this sad situation as they try to rebuild their lives. Our clients come from a number of different countries and their lives have been threatened for a variety of reasons but they can all benefit from joining a network of support.
We offer advice on immigration, health, education and other aspects of life in Britain that new arrivals may find confusing. We provide access to counselling for those who are traumatised and free English lessons for those who are keen to improve their language skills. Above all, we offer hope and the hand of friendship.
We are a very small charity with minimal funding and lots of volunteer help. £200 would pay the rent for a classroom for ten lessons, or fund our creche for four sessions (to allow mothers of young children to attend our classes) or buy a set of learner dictionaries for two classes. It would certainly help us to make a real difference to people’s lives, both socially and in terms of better employment prospects.
The Commando Spirit Series’ mission is to raise £1m by 2014 to help Royal Marines in their time of need.
All money raised by Commando Spirit goes to The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund
Over the next 18 months, 75% of serving Royal Marines will be deployed – more than ever before. They face great danger, risking injury and even death on behalf of their country. When our Royal Marine Commandos need help, we want to ensure they get it.
The RMCTF helps Royal Marines and their families when they need it most. They aid the wounded and injured. They give quality of life to those returning from operations. And when the worst happens, they support the families of those who die in service.
Give a little for those who risk their ALL
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Astrofund is the only fund wholly dedicated to research into low grade glioma brain tumours. These are the tumours that my 18 month old son was diagnosed with. 4 operations later, chemotherapy twice and radiotherapy too he is doing well.
Veterans Retreat is a residential and medical facility providing dedicated care and support for injured and disabled Veterans of HM Forces.
We are totally committed to ensuring that the post service lives of those men and women who have selflessly dedicated their lives, are fully cared for and supported.
The journey to rehabilitation can be a long and traumatic one, and the opportunity to be in an environment surrounded by colleagues whom have had similar shared experiences is one which has been widely supported by those very service men and women we aim to treat.
We would like to win this money to buy materials for the local comprehensive school to create merchandising material for us to raise further funds and awareness of this fantastic project.
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Progressio is an international development charity that believes in change that lasts. For the last 70 years Progressio has been working to ensure people have the power to overcome poverty and injustice.
By working alongside people in poor communities we help them gain the skills and confidence they need to stand up for their rights, and tackle the unjust systems and policies that keep them poor. We also support them by campaigning internationally on issues like climate change and access to natural resources.
In the last year we have directly improved the lives of 46,619 people and have helped more than 10 million more people through changes to international and national laws. We really need support to ensure this great work continues!
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Pamela.
Swindon Youth for Christ is an organisation that works with young people by engaging with them in public places, in schools and in Youth clubs. They seek to help each young person to find self-worth and purpose which in turn can lead them to contribute to the benefit of the community. They believe that the Christian message can turn lives around for good.
Tighnabruaich Primary School is located in Rural Argyll. There are only 21 pupils and due to locality they very rarely manage to have trips outside the village. They are hoping to raise enough funds to get to a week long outdoor education course involving the entire school, inc. pre 5. The parents are frantically raising funds, however the village has a low population and very few pupils so this is meeting with difficulty.
Please help!!
Tighnabruaich Primary School has only 21 pupils and is located in rural Argyll. The village consists mainly of holiday homes and as such fundraising, albeit always well supported by the local community is difficult.
The pupils very rarely get to travel to trips due to location. The staff and parents are frantically attempting to raise £2500.00 in order to send all children (inc. pre 5) on a weeklong outdoor education course.
£200.00 would go a long way to help……..Please help!
I nominate “Friends of Tsunami Animal People Alliance (TAPA)”
Langdon Pumas is a local youth football club supporting teams from Under 6 through to Under 15. We are a new club and have suffered 3 terrible acts of crime at our ground that have resulted in us having football equipment stolen. We would put £200 back into our club to replace the balls and equipment that was stolen so we can provide the best for our players. Local clubs play a big part in the community and we really dont have the money to replace everything that was stolen. Thank you for your support.
The Public, a unique building managed by Sandwell Arts Trust since September 2009, is set in the heart of the 12th most deprived area in England [Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010]. It is an area with a history of grass roots groups with great civic pride, working together but with individuals held back by lack of confidence and aspirations, not seeing themselves as active participants. It was deliberately built as an iconic, high spec building that would be a catalyst for West Bromwich’s regeneration – economically for the town and Borough of Sandwell and on a personal scale through access to new opportunities.
Sandwell Arts Trust is a registered charity and has welcomed over 350,000 visitors to The Public over the last two years.
The core of our vision is to use the arts to raise aspirations and changing lives – establishing The Public as “a creative place, inspiring art, changing lives” that will have a significant impact on regenerating West Bromwich.
We make a difference to our local community in two main ways:
1. Tackling the barriers that prevent individuals from achieving their full potential; and
2. Empowering communities by encouraging participation, celebrating talent and raising aspirations.
We contribute to raising aspirations and empowering communities through:
- workshops for schools, families and adults – using art as a catalyst for people to gain self confidence and increase their self esteem;
- supporting local people to gain experience and skills in the creative industries – opportunities that previously didn’t exist. Over the last year alone more than 140 young people have benefited from work experience and internships at The Public;
- supporting the development of young people through our partnership with the Sandwell schools
Fundraising within the arts has never been more challenging and we would appreciate your support to enable our valuable community activities to continue.
Suffolk and Essex Small Animal Welfare is an independent registered charity, dedicated to the rescue, care and rehoming of any domestic or wild animal in need. Veterinary care is provided for sick or injured new arrivals, others may need time to recover from trauma, or just lots of TLC.
SESAW survives purely upon donations and the kindness of a willing band of volunteers but is struggling in the current hard times. The downturn in the economy is doubly bad news with a reduction in donations and an increase in abandoned animals. It is likely there will be a record number of cats, kittens, dogs and rabbits still waiting for a new home at the end of the year when the Sanctuary is usually at it’s quietest.
£200 would cover the cost of food and heating over the Christmas period. Please make it a season of goodwill towards the animals.
Reading Quest is a dynamic charity that works with the educationally disadvantaged through its literacy programme, and more recently through numeracy innovations. The charity is primarily based in Oxfordshire but it is extending its work in other parts of the country, such as Birmingham, London and Bristol.
Despite the traditional academic image of Oxford that is so regularly portrayed, certain areas of the community are among the most deprived in the UK; for example, 21% of children in East Oxford live in poverty, being economically and educationally disadvantaged. With proof of a distinct relationship between poverty and illiteracy, the need for Reading Quest is critical; for example, children who are eligible for free school meals are twice as likely to achieve a low level 3 in English SATS results.
Through a commendable group of core tutors working with pupils around Oxford and through a training programme to enable professionals such as teachers and teaching assistants, Reading Quest has supported over 4000 children in the local area. The charity is greatly valued by these children as well as by their parents/carers and schools; all have benefited substantially from working with Reading Quest.
Despite this magnificent work over the past 15 years, there is a worry that without further funding and support, Oxford and the surrounding areas will lose this vital charity, allowing further inequality and illiteracy to persist. The £200 from this generous Viking donation would not only provide a much needed boost to our ever shrinking resources, but help us ensure a ‘Happy Christmas’ for the children and families we work with in terms of our continued outreach work.
Thank you for taking the time to read this plea, and please consider voting for Reading Quest.
Did you know that 10% of children now have a clinically diagnosable mental health problem? That’s the equivalent of 3 in every UK class – and the problem is growing.
Blue Smile is a Cambridgeshire charity that supports disadvantaged and vulnerable children through arts-based therapeutic support in schools. Research shows that this early specialist intervention really helps children avoid long term mental health problems. It can quite simply be life changing.
Because Cambridge is prosperous, you may think it is not affected. In fact there are pockets where children’s well-being is amongst the very worst in the country.
The Head of one of the neediest schools in Cambridge where Blue Smile is working has said:
‘Blue Smile provides an individualised, personal and practical service which inspires confidence and trust in our children, families, governors and school staff. It has helped improve home-school relations, increased support for children with specific needs and strengthened the developing, nurturing and caring ethos of our school.’
We need funds to continue this work and to go into more schools – please vote for us.
Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norwich is home to over 1000 rescued animals. Recently The Quality of Life Sanctuary in Devon has been evicted from its land after the bank foreclosed on them. With the proprietors already forced to leave, the animals have been left with nowhere to go. All negotiations to allow the animals to stay in their home have failed and they must now be removed or face the unthinkable…
As bailiffs moved onto the farm, where 35 horses & ponies, also cows, sheep & goats await their fate, Hillside have been contacted in a last ditch attempt to save the animals. They have agreed to do all they can & the first few animals from the Devon Sanctuary are already arriving. However Hillside are constantly struggling themselves, especially with the rising cots in animal feed.
There are many, many other worthy charities nominated on this site & I wish help could be available to them all but this really is an emergency.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I am a supporter of St Michael’s, Newquay Organ Fund and am the Chair of the Appeal Committee as well as Churchwarden of the church. The basic aim of our Appeal is replace our existing electronic organ with a pipe organ. The church had an excellant pipe organ until it was destroyed by fire in 1993. It was replaced by an elctronic organ. We are now in possession of two organs which will be combined to form a new instrument. This will increase the scope and raise the level of music in the church as well as providing opportunities for people to learn to play the organ as well as attracting well known organists to play.
Thanks to generous donations we are halfway there but we still need more so please give consideration to our appeal.
I support 1331 (Stowmarket) Sqn Air Cadets.
The Air Cadets is a National, Uniformed organisation which offers young people between the ages of 13 and 20 the opportunity to fly, glide, camp, participate in any number of sports, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, work experience with the Armed Forces, Participate in community projects and above all meet new frinds and have a lot of fun.
We pride ourselves in helping young people to increase their confidence, regardless of background or ability. There is absolutely no pressure to join the armed forces, although we can offer advice and assistance to anyone who does want to.
Young people take responsbility for themselves from a young age and as they progress they learn to take responsibility for others.
In these difficult times many young people are turning to crime and disorder but we play a part in preventing that by teaching respect, both for themselves and others.
This is a fabulous organisation, run by volunteers, which sends well rounded and responsible young people out into the community and it needs funds! Sports equipment, transport, camping equipment are things which cost a lot of money and the Squadron tries to provide as much as possible so that young people from all backgrounds can participate – not just those who can afford the price.
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we are a very small locally run project for all new raw artists who are trying to get a break …….with their fabulous art work being displayed and advertised in order to get commissions we have over 10 artists who range from 16 years to 64 years old ……..from unemployed single, parially sighted, single parents and foundation students:
given these very hard times we are now finding it very difficult to get customers to part with their hard earned cash …especially for unknown artists ,,,,, so we would ask to be out forward in order for us to help these special talented people maybe in getting more advertising on radio shows papers etc……
there for please would you keep us in mind for the award of £200, it would make a difference if we could get even on eof our unemployed people to get some kind of paid work,,,,,,,,,,
Blenheim Scouts is a large Scout Group based in South West Bristol with around 140 members. We have also worked hard over the last 7 years to provide facilities and activities for the local and wider community and now provide mountain biking, archery, floodlit Multi Use Games Area, football and even beach volleyball! All of this is available to our own members but also to individuals and groups in the community.
At the end of 2010 we took the decision to move our HQ to the activity site where these facilities are based. We had been trying for several years to raise sufficient funds to build a new multi-use facility for the whole communtiy there but as a very large scale project, and the economy in decline, we just could not find the money so settled on the next best option which was to move our 5 bay portacabin 5 miles down the road!!
Sadly, tragedy stuck on 1 January 2011 when our Group Scout Leader and driving force was killed in a hot air balloon accident.
But the Group came together and picked itself up, dusted itself down and continued with the project. On 23 July, the community watched as we transported the building, section by section to its new home and pieced it back together. We then spent 6 weeks during the summer holidays refurbishing it with the help of many local companies and had an opening ceremony on Sept 16, enjoyed by over 300 local people.
£200 would be a fantastic boost to our funds as we now need to replace some of the netting in the archery range and want to install permanent floodlighting so it can be put to greater use in the winter when outdoor activities are limited.
Take a look at our website where there are links on our home page to see what we do and how we moved our building.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and please vote for us.
I support the Dogstar Foundation because On a day-to-day basis the Dogstar Foundation help animals in Sri Lanka by providing free treatments for injury and illness, Rabies & DHLP vaccinations by the local vet network and visiting overseas Volunteer Veterinary surgeons.
In addition, they arrange regular fixed and mobile clinics offering sterilisation/vaccination and treatment of skin conditions such as mange for owners who could otherwise not afford to have their dogs and cats attended to by a veterinary surgeon.
They also provide veterinary treatment and feeding programs for local street (stray) dogs and those who live within local Temples. They also aim to rehome pups that may be left at the Temples, whilst following up their medical needs (i.e. vaccination and sterilisation).
Dogstar believes Prevention is better than cure, by running sterilisation clinics it reduces the over population of street animals and also reduces the spread of disease.
I would like to see Dogstar win the £200 as it would help them to help more animals in need.
I have enclosed a short Youtube film to give you more of an insight
http://youtu.be/fXQa6UUBMi4
The above should say ‘in Support of Dogstar Foundation’ not Wetnose
Blenheim Scouts is a large Group based in South West Bristol with approx 140 members. We have worked hard over the last 7 or 8 years to develop our activity centre site at Cheddar Grove Primary School field which now boasts a mountain bike track (including bikes and safey equipment), archery range, floodlit Multi Use Games Area and even a beach volleyball court!! All of these facilities are available for use not just by us, but also the school and the local and wider community. This has only been possible through our unique partnership with the school.
Our dream was to create a multi purpose community building on the site to compliment these facilities and give a central focus point to the community. Whilst we have spent several years searching the necessary funds, towards the end of 2010 if became obvious that with the global financial situation the way that it is, we would have to put this dream on hold.
We decided to move our existing headquarters building (a 5 bay portacabin) 5 miles down the road to our new site. Work started on gutting the inside of the building over Christmas and then tragedy struck. Our Group Scout Leader (Allan Burnett) was suddenly killed in a hot air balloon accident on New Years Day.
The Group was in a state of shock for a while but we knew what we had to do. So we picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves down and carried on with Allan’s vision. So on 23 July, the community looked on in amazement as the building moved on the back of a lorry, section by section.
We then set about refurbishing it completely in just 6 weeks! The transformation was amazing and you can see some slideshows of what was achieved on the home page of our website http://www.blenheimscouts.org
A grand opening event was arranged for 16 September and was attended by over 300 local people.
This was a major achievement and means we now have a co-ordinated and joined up approach to our delivery both to Scouting and the community.
£200 would go a long way towards the cost of replacing some of the archery netting that is essential to make the facility safe and enable us and the wider community to use it. We are also looking to install dedicated floodlighting to the facility to make greater use of it during the winter when outdoor activities are not so easy to come by.
Thank you for reading this and please vote for us. There is also a film on the home page of our website that shows you what we do. Why not take a look.
http://www.blenheimscouts.org
I support The Studio ADHD Centre. This small charity, based near Dorking in Surrey, has been in existence for 10 years supporting children and teenagers with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), Asperger’s Syndrome and other complex behavioural problems, as well as providing support to their families.
AD/HD affects about 5% of the school-age population and can continue into adulthood. There is no cure but, in some cases, it can be managed with medication.
Despite the opinions of many, AD/HD is not a cause of bad parenting or lack of discipline. It is a psychological problem that, if left untreated, can lead to anti-social behaviour, verbal/physical bullying, exclusion from school, drug/alcohol problems, even self-harm and family breakdown.
The Studio provides a ‘beacon of hope’ for these young people and their families by giving personal and continued therapeutic support linked to positive, challenging activities. These help develop personal and emotional confidence, as well as leadership, team-work and other important social skills.
The Studio is a registered Duke of Edinburgh Award unit and our Activity programme links into this as well as fostering an interest in volunteering and the community.
Our older teenagers are given support and encouragement to take on work placements and college courses to enhance their career prospects.
As is the case with many charities these days, The Studio has suffered severe funding cuts but is determined to carry on supporting the increasing numbers of families that are seeking our specialist services.
With your help, The Studio can help these young people to Become The Best You Can.
Shirswell & Fringford Plyagroup provides fantastic childcare for pre-primary school children. The staff are very easy to get on with and just provide such a wonderful, caring and nuturing environment for all the children that attend.
Both my children attend and have enjoyed there time at the playgroup.
Unlike privately funded nurseries, palygroup such as this one struggle to raise the vital funds that they so desperately need for the eductaional well being of our children.
There are in constant need of financial support from the local community and I have placed there web search tool link on my business website.
Please help us the parents to help the playgroup in order to help our children to achieve their full potential.
Support West Norfolk Young Carers
Our children aged 7 to 18 do a wonderfull and often heart breaking job of caring for someone in their family with an illness, disability, mental health or substance misuse problem. They help with household tasks, help siblings, try to do their school work, don’t have much of a social life or lie in in the mornings like their age group! They assist with washing, medication, feeding and other tasks as they are with their cared for 24 7 but the biggest impact can be on their emotional health. We provide a break for them, positive activities and fun times or just time to chill out and a listening ear and support, we have no government funding so rely on donations, just be reading this and using easyfundraising to buy something you are helping us so a big thanks from us and the children.
The Newhampton Arts Centre believes everyone should have the chance to take part in the arts, whatever their age, abiltiy , income and social or ethic background. The NAC is situated in a socially deprived area of Wolverhamnpton.
We are currently raising funds to provide an inclusive arts week for children with disabilities and an exciting project to engage older people in active arts such as dance, drama, singing, drumming, bhangra and more.
New Start Cat Rescue really deserve this as they work ntirelessly to help take care of and re-home abandoned and unwanted cats. They are getting by on donations and holding exhibition/rehoming shows,but really need the boost! Please give to them-they are so deserving of this!
Good Luck to the three “Wall of China Walkers” on their Trek for Owen…….
An inspiring example when a mother, a family friend and a headteacher team together to raise funds for a little known charity……The Aplastic Anaemia Trust.
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My name is Russell Small and i am going on a World challenge in 2013. The World challenge is a European Adventure and visits unique and exciting countries such as Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro. It may not sound as interesting as some of the others. But it is! And I hope you nominate this challenge so i can get there. Whilst we are there we will be helping orphans in a Romanian orphanage and teaching them English.
Thank You!
Roots Alive is a group of fantastic young musicians in Leeds who play folk and traditional music. In 2013 they are going to South Africa to teach tunes to children in schools in Durban township schools. They’ll leave instruments behind, with online lessons for the children to learn. These are schools which are for some of the poorest children in South Africa.
We need to raise money to ensure that all the Roots Alive young musicians can afford to make the trip, and to make sure that we can leave enough good quality instruments behind. We know how playing music has transformed the lives of the young people in Roots Alive – we want to make this available to children who have so few opportunities!
we are raising funds to develop a CRAFT/TRAINING ROOM at our new County Guide Headquarters so that we can Train/ teach our Guiders skills for them to share with the Rainbows/brownies/guides /young leaders in their units
I am trying to raise money to go to Venezuela on World Challenge next summer. Whilst there we are going to work with the local Yek’uana tribe, we will be helping repair homes and construct buildings, build a flush toilet to improve sanitation and teach them a little about england. Currently people in Venezuela have a negative view of the British as they come to Venezuela to exploit there oil and gold. We hope to do a little to change this and hope to learn new skills along the way.
Thankyou
Isabel MacInnes