Every year around 18,000 parents become bereaved, The Compassionate Friends, supports parents suffering the inconsolable heartbreak of losing a child. With bereaved parents offering help, support, advice, and friendship to other bereaved families, each person working for The Compassionate Friends has experienced the loss of a child. And this first-hand experience means newly bereaved parents can Read More …
Images by Pyjama Fairies Pyjama Fairies is the only UK charity to make pyjamas and surgical gowns specially made for babies and children aged up to 16 years old having surgery and any other associated medical test. Each garment is made in colourful and age-appropriate fabric and are designed to minimise discomfort when medical intervention Read More …
Together, we’ve now raised an astounding £30 MILLION for good causes using #easyfundraising. What an amazing achievement! Thank you to everyone who’s raised a donation, registered a good cause, signed up supporters or raised awareness around easyfundraising in any other way. In 2003, easyfundraising founder Ian Woodroffe set up the site from his kitchen table to help raise money for charities that Read More …
Since Kate Middleton donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust last year, interest in hair donation has been on the rise. Chances are that you have plenty of questions on the subject, so let’s take a moment to learn a little more about the process of giving your hair to charity! What is a Read More …
The Stroke Association is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to conquering strokes. A stroke can be catastrophic, with wide-ranging, life-changing consequences. There are more than 100,000 strokes in the UK each year; that is around one stroke every five minutes, and almost two-thirds of stroke survivors leave the hospital with a long-term disability Read More …
The charity was co-founded in 2008 by Dr Claire Guest, who was the Training Director of the first study to train dogs to identify cancer in 2003 and published in the BMJ in 2004. Working in partnership with researchers, NHS Trusts and Universities the charity train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human diseases. Read More …
Additional Brownie points for Cawston It’s been over a century since the Brownies began. Now there are thousands of well-loved units all across the UK, offering girls aged between seven and ten the chance to make new friends and learn new skills. As an organisation that relies upon heavily upon volunteers and the generosity Read More …
We let the public know the reality behind the fur trade’s glamorous façade. What is Respect for Animals? Respect for Animals is a charity campaigning against the fur trade, and has been doing since it was founded in 1993. The charity focuses on making an impact on the way consumers perceive fur, using hard-hitting and Read More …
Around 18,000 parents become bereaved every year. What is The Compassionate Friends? A heart-warming charity that guides bereaved parents along the path of recovery, The Compassionate Friends understands the suffering of the inconsolable heartbreak of losing a child. With bereaved parents offering help, support, advice, and friendship to other bereaved families, each person working for Read More …
We will continue to save the lives of elderly dogs that have been turned down by other rescues because of their age or ailments. What is Oldies Club? A truly unique and heart-warming charity, Oldies Club is a UK dog rescue for older dogs, aged 7 and over, that have found themselves homeless through no Read More …
