Addaction

Addaction is a major national drug and alcohol treatment charity in the United Kingdom. We aim to ensure that all drug and alcohol users can access appropriate treatment, regardless of what stage their substance use has reached.

We help people who are affected by drug use, and help to prevent the downward spiral of addiction before it is too late.

We tackle substance misuse in four main ways:

• Developing specialist services for young people
• Providing accessible community-based projects which respond directly to the wide range of each community's needs
• Reducing drug-related crime through work with offenders on probation or parole and prison-based projects
• Providing a national education programme including our free booklet the Parents Guide to Drugs

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Age UK

Age UK has a vision of a world in which older people flourish. We aim to improve later life for everyone though our information and advice, campaigns, products, training, research and all the vital support and services that help transform lives everyday. We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because we believe that there is strength in numbers. Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces bring together almost 120 years of shared history of working with and for older people to become Age UK – so that we can be here for everyone in later life.

Registered Charity No. 1128267

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Alzheimer Scotland

There are over 700,000 people with dementia in the UK, and more and more people are diagnosed each year. Although there is as yet no cure for dementia, good support networks can make the world of difference to people with dementia and their families. Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland's leading specialist dementia charity helping people with all kinds of dementia, their families and carers, and campaigning to improve public policies. We provide practical services around Scotland including day care, home support, counselling and support groups. From our central office Edinburgh, we produce a wide range of information leaflets about research, drug treatments, service options and other caring issues. We also run a confidential freephone 24-hour Helpline.

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Alzheimers Society

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading support and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them.
There are currently 700,000 people with dementia in the UK with numbers set to rise to one million by 2025. This is why we need your support so urgently to help people today, and to find a cure for tomorrow. Payroll giving is one of the easiest and most flexible methods of charitable giving, providing a reliable and vital stream of income. Giving regularly through your pay allows us to plan for the future and help care for the 700,000 people living with dementia.
Through our branches, we touch the lives of over 30,000 people every week, providing practical services and support for people with dementia and their carers. Through campaigning and lobbying we strive to influence government policies and raise awareness of the challenges faced by people affected by dementia. Through our research programme we work to improve the knowledge we have about dementia and its treatment - and to pursue the ultimate goal of finding a cure.

Registered Charity No. 296645

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Carers United

There are an estimated 6 million carers in the UK. Over 900,000 carers care for over 50 hours a week. Carers are those people that look after family, partners or friends who, because of disability, illness or frailty cannot manage without help. They include parents who are bringing up a child with a physical or learning disability. Carers United is a unique consortium of the leading carers charities united to help carers. Each charity is committed to supporting people who care for others by providing helplines, advocacy, short term breaks, information, advice and practical help. Carers United are Carers UK, Contact a Family and Crossroads - Caring for Carers.

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Catch 22

Catch22 is a local charity with a national reach. We work with young people who find themselves in difficult situations.We believe every young person deserves the chance to get on in life - no matter what.Whatever the reason for their situation, we help them out. We work with their families and their communities wherever and whenever young people need us most. As young people become more positive, productive and independent, the whole community benefits.

Registered Charity No. 1124127

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Contact a Family

Contact a Family is the only UK charity supporting families with disabled children, whatever the medical condition of their child. Our services include: 3 national and 5 regional offices across the UK providing local information, advice and workshops; 6 community-based projects across London providing activities for families; Development support, training and advice for UK-wide support groups; A team of volunteer Local Area Reps, all parents of disabled children themselves providing advice, information and representing families locally; A range of publications including The CaF Directory which details over 1,000 rare disorders and conditions, Share an Idea magazine, a series of factsheets and other useful leaflets

A national Freephone Helpline for parents 0808 808 3555

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Crossroads Care

Crossroads Care is a national network of local charities – combining a sound understanding and comprehensive knowledge of local needs and services with the benefits of being part of a national organisation, sharing ideas, good practice and resources via Crossroads Care Association. The Crossroads Care network employs over 5000 trained professionals who provide flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities and health conditions. The expertise of our local charities lies in the development and delivery of those services, supported by Crossroads Care Association which provides national policies, guidance and advice that ensures we offer and expand those services consistently and safely.

Registered Charity No. 282102

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Epilepsy Scotland

Epilepsy Scotland works to enable people with epilepsy to maximise their choices in life. In its dynamic new role, Epilepsy Scotland lobbies for better services to meet local needs and campaigns against the stigma of epilepsy by raising public awareness. Services include relevant literature and information on epilepsy, a video and reference library, an interactive web site, and a helpline for people with epilepsy, their families and carers. Epilepsy Scotland provides training courses in epilepsy management and offers a community support service for adults with epilepsy and additional community care needs. There is a network of support groups and branches.

Registered Charity No. SC000067

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Fair Havens Hospice

Fair Havens Hospice – part of Havens Hospices - is based in Westcliff-on-Sea and cares for adults throughout the communities of Southend, Castle Point and Rochford suffering a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. Fair Havens provides an In Patient Unit, Day Care Centre, Macmillan Community Nursing Team, Hospice at Home and Bereavement and Family Support. It costs £2.1 million each year to run with much of this coming from charitable donations.

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Family Holiday Association

The Family Holiday Association is the only national charity that specialises in providing holidays for disadvantaged families. The families we help are all living on a low income, and many are struggling to deal with other problems such as ill health, disability, poor housing, domestic violence and bereavement. 2.5 million children in the UK live in families that cannot afford a simple day trip to the seaside, so for many of the children it will be the first time they have had the chance to play in the sand, or paddle in the sea.

The FHA helps provide simple seaside holidays to these families, and provides them with memories they will never forget.

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Family Welfare Association

The Family Welfare Association (FWA) is a national charity dedicated to helping families and children in need. FWA give flexible, practical support to families who are suffering the consequences of poverty, domestic violence, ill-health, bereavement or homelessness. Last year we helped over 30,000 families and children.

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Fire Fighters Charity

Although accidents and fatalities are, thankfully, now not an everyday occurrence, firefighting and rescue work is still inherently dangerous and firefighters still face physical and physiological problems resulting from the work they do day in, day out. Their families also continue to require support when this demanding career creates difficulties financially or as a result of their family member's injury or illness. The FSNBF exists to support these Fire Service personnel and their dependents who find themselves in need by providing vital services including rehabilitation, recuperation, and sheltered accommodation.

Registered Charity No. 1093387

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Help the Hospices

Help the Hospices supports over 240 local hospices across the UK. In particular we help the 194 independent charitable hospices – that is, local charities – that provide the vast majority of hospice care in the UK. In everything we do, we aim to make a real difference to the care given to patients and their loved ones. We:

• campaign on issues that affect hospices, giving a national voice to their views and concerns;
• raise awareness of the need for hospice care and the difference it can make to the lives of terminally ill patients and their loved ones;
• raise money for local hospices, coordinating national appeals and partnerships with some of the UK’s biggest companies;
• organise training and grants for hospice staff and volunteers and for innovative new projects;
• run a comprehensive information service in partnership with St Christopher’s Hospice for members of the public and professionals, such as doctors, nurses, social workers, etc help to organise the annual World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and offer support and advice to hospice services around the world, especially in resource-poor countries.

Registered Charity No. 1014851

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Miscarriage Association

Miscarriage can be a very distressing, frightening and lonely experience. The Miscarriage Association is a national charity which provides support and information on the subject of pregnancy loss (including ectopic pregnancy). We gather information about causes and treatments and promote good practice in the way pregnancy loss is managed in hospitals and in the community.

• campaign on issues that affect hospices, giving a national voice to their views and concerns;
• raise awareness of the need for hospice care and the difference it can make to the lives of terminally ill patients and their loved ones;
• raise money for local hospices, coordinating national appeals and partnerships with some of the UK’s biggest companies;
• organise training and grants for hospice staff and volunteers and for innovative new projects;
• run a comprehensive information service in partnership with St Christopher’s Hospice for members of the public and professionals, such as doctors, nurses, social workers, etc help to organise the annual World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and offer support and advice to hospice services around the world, especially in resource-poor countries.

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Saint Francis Hospice

Saint Francis Hospice offers specialist care and support, free of charge, to people who have cancer, motor neurone disease or some other life-limiting illness. We offer our services in the inpatient unit, the day hospice, or at home, whichever is most appropriate and our patients come from Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Brentwood. Every year we need to raise two thirds of our £3.8 million running costs from the community.

Registered Charity No. 275913

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Samaritans

Samaritans provides 24 hour confidential emotional support to anyone experiencing distress, despair, or suicidal feelings. When most other services close down and there's nowhere else to turn, Samaritans is always there. Samaritans responds to nearly 5 million contacts each year to help people going through a particularly difficult time in their lives to find the strength to carry on.

People call Samaritans for a variety of reasons such as bullying, loneliness, isolation, relationship problems, financial worries, exam stress or illness. Not all people who contact Samaritans are suicidal or have active suicidal thoughts. Samaritans are there for all people who are concerned or upset or angry and just want to talk to somebody to offload everything they could not say to parents and friends.

We proactively target people who are at an above average risk from depression, despair and suicide such as young people, the homeless, the elderly, people in prison or on remand and people who live in rural areas.

Registered Charity No. 219432

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Sickle Cell Society

The Sickle Cell Society is a national organisation which was formed in 1979. The Society’s mission is to enable and assist individuals with a sickle cell disorder to realise their full economic and social potential. The Society provides advocacy, information, advice and counselling, financial assistance, respite support services, holds talks, seminars and training.

Registered Charity No. 104 6631

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St Raphael's Hospice

St Raphael's Hospice offers the best of palliative care to terminally ill patients living in Wimbledon, Merton, Sutton and Cheam. The Hospice is completely free of charge to its patients, regardless of the extent of services they receive and patients of all faith or none are welcome at St Raphael's. Our services include Home Care, a Day Care centre and an In-patient centre. The cost of providing our Hospice service has now reached over £50,000 each week, and we depend on the generosity of our supporters to enable that care to continue.

Registered Charity No. 1068661

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Stroke Association

Every 5 minutes somebody in the UK has a stroke. Stroke doesn't discriminate; it is a brain attack that can happen to anyone, even babies and children. Stroke is 3rd biggest killer in the UK, and around 1 million people are living with its effects today...yet 40% of strokes are preventable. The Stroke Association is the only national charity solely concerned with helping everyone affected by stroke. We support people who have had strokes, their carers and families with our Dysphasia (communication difficulties) and Family Support Services. We educate and inform to increase knowledge about stroke via our national Stroke Information Service, helpline and welfare grants. We also fund research into prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of stroke.

Stroke shatters lives, help us rebuild them.

Registered Charity No. 211015

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Terrence Higgins Trust

Official statistics from the Health Promotion Agency and Health Promotion Scotland published in November 2008 show that there were 77,400 people living with HIV in the UK by the end of 2007. We estimate that there are in fact over 88,000 people living with HIV in the UK today and that by 2010 the figure will be well over 100,000.

Terrence Higgins Trust was one of the first charities to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV and AIDS ever since. It strives to help and empower people affected by HIV and to prevent the spread of the HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) through a range of services across England, Scotland and Wales.

We work to reduce the numbers of people infected through education programmes, we provide quick, confidential HIV testing and a range of practical and emotional support for those affected. We also campaign tirelessly on behalf of all those living with HIV to eradicate the stigma and prejudice which still surround the virus.

Registered Charity No. 288527

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The Princess Royal Trust for Carers

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was formed in 1991 on the initiative of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal in recognition of the contribution made by carers and their need for support.

The Trust is the largest provider of comprehensive services to carers across the UK. Through its unique network of 144 independently managed carers’ centres, 85 young carers’ projects and interactive websites www.carers.org and www.youngcarers.net it currently supports around 354,000 carers, including 20,000 young carers.

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers relies entirely on the generosity of individual donations to help us continue our work.

Registered Charity No. SC015975

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