New Site Charity Nominations Now Open

toffeegirl

I'd like to nominate The Kent Air Ambulance Trust

http://www.kentairambulance.co.uk/

The Kent Air Ambulance Trust is one of 16 independent Air Ambulance operators.

We take the existance of Air Ambulances for granted but the Kent Air Ambulance is funded entirely by voluntary donations, receiving no Government, National Lottery or NHS funding.

http://www.airambulancecharities.co.uk/

AlwaysOnTheGo

I'd like to nominate Tommy's, the baby charity as in the UK, a baby is lost every two minutes as a result of miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth.

Details of the work they do can be found at http://www.tommys.org

Many of us on this site are parents. Others still long to become parents and rely on funding of baby specific medical research charities like Tommy's to provide answers to the medical issues they have encountered whilst trying to maintain a healthy pregnancy. Tommy's is the only UK charity solely dedicated to maximising health in pregnancy.

I an a mother of three. I have two living children, Tommys helped me and now via this nomination and the fund raising I am doing myself for this charity http://www.savingtinylives.co.uk we can make a difference.

patricial

I would like to nominate the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
https://www.torturecare.org.uk as a charity well worthy of support.
It works towards rehabilitating torture victims., and that includes people like Terry Waite who have been hostages. It isn't a glamorous charity and has no Government funding even for the children it helps.

nade30

Hi Martin

I would firstly like to thank you Martin for this wonderful idea, there are a lot of charities all doing fantastic work and all deserve something, but being volunteers myself for my two chosen charities, I would like to nominate Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and SSART (Staffordshire Search and Rescue Team).

https://www.hearing-dogs.co.uk
https://www.staffssearchandrescue.org

Hearing dogs is chairty who train dogs to alert deaf people to sounds such as telephone, alarm, doorbell etc but more importantly, fire alarms and sirens etc. The charity is not as recognised as Guide Dogs for the blind, and being deaf myself, I would like to raise that awareness.

SSART are a voluntary low land rescue team who help the emergency units look for missing persons or help in the aid of bad weather e.g. floods, ice/snow etc. Completely trained and voluntary, these people are on call 24/7.

Good luck in choosing.

Thanks

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macwise

I would like to nominate the Highland Carers Project as a small charity, which is part of the UK network of carers centres/projects.

Highland Carers Project offers information, advocacy and support to carers looking after family, friends or neighbours who couldn't manage on their own due to illness, old age, disability or addiction.

Carers devote their lives to loved ones in need, often giving up work and/or moving home and enduring financial and social deprivation as a result. They are not paid for what they do and are often not entitled to any financial support from the government. The project offers a listening ear, relevant information about benefits, community care services, health services etc. They provide an information pack and regular newsletter to keep carers informed of their rights and changes in welfare benefits and legislation. They also provide advocacy and support groups, using telephone conferencing facilities for carers who are isolated and disadvantaged.
:T

They have two different websites because they are part of two different networks, https://www.hccf.org.uk and https://www.carers.org/local/scotland/inverness and their charity number is SC(NO) 020501. They would really like to offer their Carers Information Line as a freephone number but are not funded for this. Perhaps this grant could help change that?

trishabelle

I would like to nominate Cancer Research U.K. as both my parents died of this disease and for another smaller charity I would like to nominate Willen Hospice as this is where my son was cared for before he died over 3 years ago from a brain tumour.

falc_2

I don't work for them but I do really admire the way they take young people off the street and mentor them, helping them both practically in giving them somewhere to stay and helping them to find their role in society. They are based in South London, but it would be great to see them expand.

http://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/

falc_2

It is always difficult to know where international aid is going, and most of the international aid charities don't really know themselves. They give money to local NGOs and hope for the best, not really knowing whether those NGOs are genuine and not really having any systems in place as yet to help them find out. Actionaid is head and shoulders above the rest in terms of effectiveness. https://www.actionaid.org

They are an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide - helping over 13 million of the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people in 42 countries worldwide.

And I don't work for them!

edda

Charity name = One Vision

Website = http://www.one-vision.org.uk/index.htm

Summary = For people with sight in one eye only

This is a small charity based in Northampton that now serves the whole of the UK. A very helpful friendly and understanding service is provided over the phone. Sympathetic and practical advice is offered to people affected by the condition (and their friends and relatives). Those with sight in one eye only do not qualify as disabled and receive no financial assistance from national or local government. Would love to help them practically by nominating them, as they have been so helpful to my family.

lovelybirchtrees

Quaker Social Action
https://www.quakersocialaction.com

Promotes project called 'Made of Money?' for financial literacy

Made of Money? brings families together to talk and listen and learn about money, as a family unit. We believe that giving children some fundamental tools to understand the power of money will benefit them right now, but also give them an invaluable foundation for the future.