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DEC Tsunami Earthquake Appeal
DEC Tsunami Earthquake Appeal is appealing for donations after the Asia disaster left hundreds of thousands of people in desperate need of help. Your money is vital and just one pound will provide a 10-litre water container, £7 can buy 1000 water purification tablets, £10 will see 6 x 4 plastic sheeting with mosquito protection sent to those in need, £39 gets a kitchen set including pot pans and utensils while just £35 is enough to endow a family with enough food for a week. The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation which launches and co-ordinates the UK's National Appeal in response to major disasters overseas.
Registered Charity No: 1062638
tel: 0870 60 60 900
web: www.dec.org.uk
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ChildLine
ChildLine is the UK’s free helpline for children and young people. Trained volunteer counsellors are at the end of the line 24 hours a day, every day, to offer children support, advice and protection. Since ChildLine was launched in 1986, it has helped more than one and a half million children. Children turn to ChildLine for help with many problems - the most common are bullying, family tensions, physical abuse at home, and worries about other people such as friends and family members. Sadly, sexual abuse and pregnancy also figure highly in calls to ChildLine. Thankfully, children trust ChildLine and our counsellors can help identify an adult in their life whom they might feel able to talk to, and give the child support and encouragement to do that.
Registered Charity No: 1003758
tel: 0207 650 3200
web: www.childline.org.uk
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Greatwood
Greatwood is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of ex-racehorses. As a registered charity, their aim is to provide the horses with a safe, secure and rewarding future. Greatwood acts as a safety net for horses after their racing days are over. They take in as many animals as they can, restoring their morale and retraining the horses for happy and useful lives in other disciplines. Rehabilitating ex-racehorses is expensive, but the horse could be priceless to the person who cares for it in the end. The horseracing industry has taken significant steps to help us minimise the problem cases among racehorses leaving the sport and gives us considerable financial support. However, this is barely a quarter of the costs of our overheads.
Registered Charity No. 1077080
tel: 01672 514535
web: www.racehorsesgreatwood.org
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Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. They work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems while challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion. Mind also influence policy through campaigning and education, inspire the development of quality services that reflect expressed need and diversity and help achieve equal rights through campaigning and education. The Mindinfoline offers thousands of callers confidential help on a range of mental health issues.
Registered Charity No. 219830
tel: 020 8519 2122
web: www.mind.org.uk
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Buglife
Buglife (The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) is committed to ensuring the survival of bugs, bumblebees, dragonflies, snails, spiders, beetles and many more fascinating invertebrates. Despite their essential role in the environment, invertebrates are Britain's most neglected inhabitants, and many species are in decline or threatened with extinction. Buglife was founded in 2000 to raise awareness about the threats to these animals and to ensure the practices and policies of land managers and local and national government create a rosy future for invertebrates nationwide.
Registered Charity No. 1092293
tel: 01733 201 210
web: www.buglife.org.uk
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ActionAid
ActionAid is an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. In all of its country programmes, ActionAid works with local partners to make the most of their knowledge and experience. Helping vulnerable people fight for and gain their rights to food, shelter, work, education and healthcare, ActionAid is constantly seeking new solutions and asking itself how it can make the greatest impact with its resources.
Registered Charity No. 274467
tel: 020 7561 7614
web: www.actionaid.org
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Task Brasil Trust
Task Brasil Trust aims to improve the lives of abandoned children living on the streets of Brazil. Established in 1992, the London based charity organises projects to support the needs of the homeless children and pregnant teenage mothers living on the streets. Jimmy Page, from the rock band Led Zeppelin, boosted the charity in 1997 by donating money towards buying 'Casa Jimmy', a safe home for some of the lucky children. To volunteer, sponsor a child or make a donation visit the web site.
Registered Charity No. 1030929
tel: 020 7735 5545
web: www.taskbrasil.org.uk
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TIME
TIME was founded in November 1991 as an 'umbrella' organisation for charities with an interest in promoting organ donation. Presently there are 30 national charity members each with a representative on the TIME Council. The objects of TIME include the following. To promote a wider knowledge, and understanding of, the needs of patients on transplant waiting lists. To co-operate with other organisations and statutory bodies with a view to improving the supply of donated organs. This is achieved mainly through the annual National Transplant Week. This year marks its fifteenth anniversary, which will take place from 1st - 15th July. TIME organises and co-ordinates this week which precedes the British Transplant Games (BTG) which are usually held annually in July. The aim is to increase public awareness to the need for organ donors. People who wish to donate their organs when they die are encouraged to register on the National Organ Donor Register and to carry the multi-organ donor card. One day is specifically highlighted as National Donor Day.
Registered Charity No. 1095611
tel: 0117 931 4638
web: www.timeinmind.co.uk/
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