Nominate Your Chosen Charities

1jacks64

RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) - don't have time to say why and all the other stuff Martin is asking for.

Victor_Delta

1. The Prince's Trust

2. www.princes-trust.org.uk

3. Helps young disadvantaged people move their lives forward

4. The Prince's Trust is a UK charity that helps young people overcome barriers and get their lives working. Through practical support including training, mentoring and financial assistance, it helps 14-30 year olds realise their potential and transform their lives. It focuses its efforts on those who've struggled at school, been in care, been in trouble with the law, or are long-term unemployed. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a rich charity but does a lot of good work right across the UK - often in a very modest and low-profile, but effective and remarkable, way - and needs all the help it can get.

Ann_Griffin

https://www.HARC-online.org.uk

Support to parents/carers of people with autism

HARC is a small charity run by and for parents/carers of people with autism. We provide activities for young people with autism. We run a helpline from a small office manned by volunteers, social skills groups for young adults and younger age groups, produce regular newsletters for members and professionals. Support and advice is not ring fenced to members but to the wider community of Hertfordshire. Our helpline is vital to the support we offer. A diagnosis of autism for some families can feel like a life sentence, it is a very isolating disability for sufferers and their families. The nature of our children’s disability means that traditional fundraising is very difficult, we run our office on a shoestring. With funding we could do so much more. Please support HARC we will then be able to offer more support to our families. A little goes a long way.

Counting_Pennies_2

I nominate the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) http://www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com/

Offers support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood.

With so many parents who use this site, I am sure many of us have had use of their services. The last year they have been invaluable for me. They were instrumental in fighting for labouring mums to have fathers and other birthing partners with them years ago, and to this day are fighting for better maternity services.
They champion birthing practices, provide breastfeeding support to thousands each week through phonelines. Support mums going through postnatal depression.
On top of that they host local groups to help mums out of isolation in the early months and keep supporting through the pre-school years with fun activities for the young ones and invaluable support for mums, no matter whether they are going through postnatal illnesses or are well but want social interaction with others.
The NCT say they 'aim to give every parent the chance to make informed choices. We try to make sure that all our services, activities and membership are fully accessible to everyone.’

CAS_2

1.TOFS
2.https://www.tofs.org.uk
3.Helping chldren born unable to swallow
4.A registered charity for babies born unable to swallow.

Imagine you are going on holiday to Italy - a wonderful country, but instead you end up in Holland - just as wonderful but in a totally different way!

This charity helps parents who have a new born baby - but not with the health expected, but still a new life which is their responsability. They offer help and support to new parents and their families in the difficult times ahead.

Hopefully none of you will need the help and support provided by TOFS but please help those who do!

cindyhove

1. The Place 2 Be

2. https://www.theplace2be.org.uk/home.html

3. Enabling therapeutic and emotional support to children in schools
Helping primary school children deal with problems.

4. The Place2Be benefits Children by:
Enabling them to share their troubles and emotions.
Increasing their self-esteem and coping skills.
Helping them to communicate more effectively
Helping them to build relationships with others.
Being a support in times when there is no one else to turn to.

The Place2Be benefits Parents by:
Improving their understanding of their children.
Helping them improve their coping and parenting skills.
Increasing their confidence.
Helping them communicate more effectively with their child.

The Place2Be benefits Schools by:
Providing early intervention to address emotional, behavioural and
social problems of young people.
Raising staff morale, increasing staff retention and reducing
stress on teachers.
Reducing the problems caused by disruptive children.
Reducing truancy and improving attendance levels.
Lowering the number of exclusions.

5. There is very little funding available for this charity, and if we can help
with some funding more schools will be able to utilise this fabulous service.
I have seen first hand the difference to a childs life this organisation can
make to young children.
Please help me to help them!

StanBowlesFan

Name: Auditory Verbal UK (registered as The Auditory Verbal Centre)

Website: https://www.avuk.org

Short description: Enabling deaf children to listen and speak

Why it should be supported: AVUK is providing a breakthrough in choices available to families of deaf children. My daughter was born profoundly deaf. Now, just under five years' later, she is starting school with listening and spoken language better than her hearing peers. Without Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) she faced the prospect of considerable language delay and uncertain communications and literacy outcomes. AVUK has been a lifeline for our family. It is breaking down barriers between deaf children and wider society, giving deaf children independent lives and saving the need for money that would have to be spent on special needs. The work of the charity is capable of becoming self-sustaining. A small amount of funding now would provide a tremendous boost to the work of this small, two year-old charity and make a lasting and sustainable difference to the lives of deaf children.

birdie_2

Am I being really stupid or what? I just cannot find just *where* to post my charity nomination. I feel really strongly about Different Strookes, having had a stroke nearly 7 years ago. Different Strokes was set up in only 1996 to enable younger stroke survivors help younger stroke survivors through regular exercise classes.

Anyway, please direct me to the *Nominate* link (yes, I know I've got brain damage after my stroke). It's probably under my nose!

meheraltaf

1.BASIC

2. http://www.basiccharity.org.uk/

3. Provides a specialist resource at the Neurocare Centre for people and their families in crisis following a traumatic brain injury or neurological diagnosis.

4.This includes people recovering from severe head injury, brain haemorrhage, brain tumour and other brain-related conditions such as stroke and brain cancer.The donations would also benefit in funding for research projects and use of life saving new technology to permit non-invasive treatment instead of surgery for brain aneurysms, and monitoring of oxygen levels in head-injured patients by infra-red rather than invasive surgery.

competitionscafe

1. The Official Name of the Charity:

God's Golden Acre UK [Charity registration number: 1092028]

2. The Website of the Charity:

http://www.godsgoldenacre.org/uk/index.html

3. A description of no more than 8 words of the charity:

Care for Aids orphan children in South Africa.

4. One paragaph only (max 150 words) of why this charity should be supported:

You can help give a child a home by supporting God's Golden Acre who care for children who have been orphaned and abandoned by the HIV virus and violence. There are around 865 000 orphaned children in South Africa alone (ASSA stats), with a predicted peak of over 2 million in 2015. Not only have these children lost both of their parents and become homeless, but horrifically some of them have also been raped. Because of the rand/pound exchange rate, each pound donated goes a long way to covering medical fees, food bills, schooling, supplies, materials and feeding the families. Regular newsletters from Kwazulu Natal will keep you in touch with the volunteers, Heather and the children, so you can get to know them and see how they are progressing. This is a small charity where donations will make a big difference to the lives of these children. Thank you. :A