Medical Research And Care

• Action Medical Reseach

  

  Action Medical Research, for children, for life - the leading UK-wide medical research charity dedicated to helping babies and children. We know that medical research can save and change children’s lives. We want to make a difference by treating sick and vulnerable babies, helping disabled children and targeting rare diseases in children.

• Alzheimer Scotland

  

  Alzheimer Scotland helps people with dementia, their carers and families. Our members include carers, relatives, people with dementia, professionals, groups and organisations. Our local services include; day centres, home support, drop-in centres, support groups, carer education, one-to-one support, welfare rights service and information and advice.

• Alzheimer's Society

  

  Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them. There are 750,000 people with dementia in the UK with numbers set to rise to one million by 2025. Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• Arthritis Research UK

  

  Arthritis Research UK is the charity leading the fight against arthritis. We’re working to take the pain away for sufferers of all forms of arthritis and helping people to remain active. We’ll do this by funding high class research, providing information and campaigning. Everything we do is underpinned by research.

• Asthma UK

  

  Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.4 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma. We work together with people with asthma, health professionals and researchers to develop and share expertise to help people increase their understanding and reduce the effect of asthma on their lives.

• Blindcare

  

  Blindcare is an equal partnership of ten registered charities working for people who are blind or visually impaired. Through the work of our partner charities we are able to provide education for adults and children, mobility training, research into the prevention of blindness and vital treatment to improve or restore sight.

• Bliss

  

  Bliss, the special care baby charity, provides vital support and care to premature and sick babies across the UK. We offer guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives. We also fund ground-breaking research and campaign for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born.

• Bighearted Scotland

  

  A donation to Bighearted Scotland works harder by helping a wide range of good causes for both children and adults across Scotland. We worth to help people with a wide range of issues including; epilepsy, special needs, exclusion, disability, cancer, mental health and alcohol problems, whilst also promoting environmental awareness and sensible drinking.

• Bowel Cancer UK

  

  Bowel Cancer UK is a leading charity dedicated to raising awareness of bowel cancer, improving the quality of life of those affected by the disease and ultimately, reducing deaths from the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, affecting men and women equally.

• The Brain Research Trust

  

  The Brain Research Trust promotes and supports vital research, with the help of our donors, the BRT supports world-class research at UCL's Institute of Neurology (IoN), London, and provides well over £1.5 million a year in research grants. Since the BRT was founded, we have given over £30 million to the IoN to help finance their research programmes and PhD studentships.

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer

  

  Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to the prevention, treatment and ultimate eradication of breast cancer. We fight on three fronts: research, campaigning and education. We believe passionately that this disease can be beaten and we are determined to save and change the lives of people now and in the future who have been, or may one day be, affected by breast cancer.

• Breast Cancer Campaign

  

  Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. We only funds research into breast cancer and will support research at any centre of excellence in the UK and Ireland. We have a particular interest in supporting innovative research and will fund the best breast cancer.

• British Heart Foundation

  

  The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need your help. We rely on your donations of time and money to continue our life saving work.

• British Lung Foundation

  

  The British Lung Foundation is the only UK charity working for everyone affected by lung disease. We focus our resources on providing support for people affected by lung disease today; and work in a variety of ways, including funding world-class research, to bring about positive change, to improve treatment, care and support for people affected by lung disease now and in the future.

• Cancer Research UK

  

  Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. Our ground-breaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has seen survival rates double in the last 40 years. But more than one in three of us will still get cancer at some point in our lives. Our research, entirely funded by the public, is critical to ensuring more people beat it.

• Charities For CHANGE

  

  Charities for CHANGE offers you the chance to support five fantastic charities with a single monthly gift. Charities for CHANGE is a unique group of charities, united in our mission to achieve positive change in the world, including Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

• The Christie Charity

  

  The Christie Charity is the second largest hospital charity in the country and the most successful charity in the North West. Each year we raise £13m to fund cancer research and patient services that fall outside the remit of NHS funding. The Charity is currently contributing to the building of our new £35 million Patient Treatment Centre, which will include the largest phase I clinical trials unit in the world.

• CLIC Sargent

  

  Every day 10 families are told that their child has cancer. Diagnosis often comes as a shock. Treatment usually starts straightaway and can last up to three years. As the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is there… with clinical, practical and emotional support, every step of the way.

• Diabetes UK

  

  1 in 20 people will develop diabetes in their lifetime. Currently 3 million people in the UK have diabetes, leading to a range of complications. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, heart disease and amputations. Diabetes UK is THE charity dedicated to improving lives of people with diabetes and their families.

• Down's Syndrome Association

  

  We are the only organisation in this country focusing solely on all aspects of living successfully with Down's syndrome. Since 1970, we have grown from being a local parent support group to a national charity with over 20,000 members, a national office in Teddington Middlesex, offices in Northern Ireland and Wales. Despite this, the organisation is run by a total staff of only 33 (many of them part time), and a network of around 126 regional volunteer-led support groups.

• The Elizabeth Foundation

  

  The Elizabeth Foundation is a voluntary organisation for deaf babies, pre-school deaf children from 0-5 years, and their parents. The Elizabeth Foundation provide - nationwide and often without charge - parent centred services for babies and young children with a hearing loss and offers their families.

• Eve Appeal

  

  Every year a million women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer worldwide. In the UK, 18,000 women are diagnosed and nearly 7,500 women die every year. And yet, awareness and funding of gynaecological cancers remains low. The Eve Appeal is determined to change this by funding vital research to develop effective methods of prediction, detection, treatment and care that will help save women's lives.

  Our vision is simple: A future where fewer women develop and more women survive gynaecological cancers.

• Great Ormond Street Hospital

  

  Great Ormond Street Hospital is full of remarkable children whose bravery touches everyone. With our supporters, we help keep the magic alive for thousands of children who need our help every year. Help us save more lives, develop new treatments, build state-of-the-art facilities and support our remarkable patients and their families. With your donation we can help keep the magic alive.

• Help the Hospices

  

  Help the Hospices is the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK. We are here to represent and support over 185 hospices, providing a wide range of services to help them care for patients and their family and friends. Every moment is precious. That is why every year hospices help over 100,000 children and adults living with life-limiting and terminal illnesses – adding life to days even when days cannot be added to lives.

• The Laura Crane Trust

  

  Cancer is the most common form of non-accidental death in teenagers and young adults in the UK. The Laura Crane Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to funding research specifically into cancers affecting 13-24 year-olds, where cancer can strike in dangerous and difficult forms, often necessitating very harsh regimes of treatment in an effort to save their lives.

• Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

  

  Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Blood cancers are indiscriminate and can affect everyone from babies to grandparents. Our life-saving research is focused on finding causes, improving diagnosis and treatments, and running groundbreaking clinical trials for all blood cancer patients. Your support means we can continue our life-saving work and ensure a better quality of life for those touched by blood cancer.

• Kidney Research UK

  

  Right now, the lives of over three million people in the UK are threatened by chronic kidney disease. No one knows who or when kidney disease may strike next. It could be any one of us, young or old. That’s why Kidney Research UK is funding vital research projects. By helping scientists to understand more about the condition, they will get ever closer to finding better prevention, treatments and ultimately a cure. As a charity, we rely on individuals to help us fund research – and save more lives. Please support us.

• Macmillan Cancer Support

  

  Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan. As treatments improve, more and more people are living with cancer in their daily lives. This means they need more than medical help, they also need practical, emotional and financial support.

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

  

  Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing, totally free, to give people with terminal cancer and other illnesses the choice of dying at home, supported by their families. Everyone should have the right to choose how they spend their last days. Please support us with a Payroll Giving donation and help us make a real difference to the lives of terminally ill people.

• Meningitis Research Foundation

  

  Meningitis and Septicaemia are terrible diseases that can kill within hours. Our Vision is a world free from meningitis and septicaemia. We aim to achieve this by funding research to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, and to improve survival rates and outcomes. We also promote education and awareness to reduce death and disability, and give support to people affected.

• Mildmay International

  

  Mildmay has been a pioneer in HIV since 1988. We opened Europe’s first AIDS hospice, where Princess Diana famously shook hands with an AIDS patient.

  Our hospital in the UK is now Europe’s only dedicated rehabilitation centre for HIV, dealing with the most complex cases of HIV. Mildmay also cares for thousands and thousands of people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe, supporting marginalised and unreached people.

• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

  

  Muscular Dystrophy Campaign provides support for over 60 types of muscle wasting conditions. Muscle disease is life-limiting and there is currently no cure for the 70,000 babies, children and adults affected. We fund pioneering research into treatments and cures, support those affected through our Care and Support services throughout the UK and campaign to raise awareness and bring about positive change. Help us to fight muscle disease – give us Strength in Numbers.

• The National Eczema Society

  

  The National Eczema Society has two principal aims: first, to provide people with independent and practical advice about treating and managing eczema; secondly, to raise awareness of the needs of those with eczema with healthcare professionals, teachers and the government.

• Epilepsy Society

  

  As the UK’s leading epilepsy charity, we make a real and lasting contribution to the treatment, care and understanding of epilepsy. At the Epilepsy Society, we do this by giving information, support and care; providing medical assessment, diagnosis and treatment; raising awareness and undertaking ground-breaking medical research.

• Northern Ireland Charities Together (NICT)

  

  Northern Ireland Charities Together (NICT) is a unique consortium of charities all providing services for people in Northern Ireland, including NI Chest, Heart and Stroke Association, RNIB NI and Ulster Cancer Foundation. Our aim is to make it easy for people of Northern Ireland to support our six charities through tax efficient payroll giving.

• Parkinson's Disease Society

  

  The Parkinson's Disease Society is the UK's leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their families, carers and friends. We campaign for a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's, provide information and a local support network, and fund a wide programme of research into the cause, treatment, prevention and cure of the condition.

• The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)

  

  The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) works on behalf of the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people, tackling hearing loss and making hearing matter. We do this by campaigning and lobbying, raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, providing services and through social, medical and technical research.

• The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

  

  The only charity in the world wholly dedicated to defeating lung cancer- the biggest cancer killer in the UK. We work in; Research -for early detection and eventual cure of lung cancer. Patient Care – providing patient information, support and advocacy. Tobacco Control- Providing one of the most successful smoking cessation programmes in Britain and the Kids against tobacco smoke campaign.

• Scope

  

  Scope is a charity that supports disabled people and their families. We work to raise awareness, change attitudes and influence government policy. We support disabled people and their families through practical information and support, particularly at the time of diagnosis and in a child’s early years, as well as offering them services which are primarily focused on those whose complex support needs are not met elsewhere.

• Sense

  

  Imagine not being able to see or hear - how would you go to work, pour a coffee, phone a loved one? Sense exists to improve the lives of children and adults who are both deaf and blind, working to break them out of their isolated world, become active members of society and learn to communicate with family and friends.

• Sense Scotland

  

  Sense Scotland has been working for over 20 years with children and adults who have communication support needs because of deafblindness, sensory impairment, learning and physical disabilities. One of our key areas of expertise is communication. Working closely with people, often on a one-to-one basis, we aim to find out what their aspirations are and how they want to live their lives.

• Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity

  

  Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity is a registered charity that exists to support and enhance the services of Sheffield Children's NHS Trust and it's reputation as a centre of excellence for the research, prevention, care and cure of childhood illnesses.

• Somebody Cares

  

  Somebody Cares is a unique consortium of four charities helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, substance misuse, homelessness and imprisonment overseas. This includes NAT (National Aids Trust) who are the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming society's response to HIV.

• The Stroke Association

  

  Stroke is the 3rd biggest killer in the UK and the leading cause of adult disability. The Stroke Association is the only UK charity solely concerned with stroke and our vision is of a world where there are fewer strokes and everybody affected by stroke receives the care and support that they need.

• World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK)

  

  World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) is the principal UK charity dedicated to cancer prevention through a healthy diet, nutrition and weight management. WCRF UK has a worldwide vision and a unique mission, which it fulfills through its partnership of education and cancer research programmes, designed to benefit supporters, health professionals, the general public and children.

• Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity

  

  The Cancer Appeal was launched in 1994 to support the work of Weston Park Hospital and has gone from strength to strength ever since. And it's all down to you - our great, enthusiastic and generous supporters.

• Yorkshire Charities Group

  

  Yorkshire Charities Group is a joint venture between six Yorkshire based registered charities. Includes; Epilepsy Action who provide vital support, advice and information for the 456,000 people in the UK who have epilepsy, including 38,000 living in Yorkshire, St. Gemma’s Hospice, Leeds is the 4th largest Hospice in the UK and every year cares for over 1,000 patients and their families, Sue Ryder Care Wheatfields Hospice in Leeds, has an in-patient unit with 19 beds, a day hospice and a team of community clinical nurse specialists who take the loving hospice care into the patients home.

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