Nominate Your Chosen Charities

mitziwaltz

1. Visceral

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

3. Medical research charity for intestinal disease

4. You might have heard of Visceral's new medical research director: Dr. Andrew Wakefield. Parents of children with severe bowel disease came to Dr. Wakefield for help, having been refused treatment elsewhere because the children also had autism. Wakefield not only provided essential medical care, he tried to find out why these children (and many others with autism) experience chronic, painful and debilitating bowel problems. His investigations found that many of them had antibodies of the vaccine strain of the measles virus in their infected gut--some have since been found to have measles antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid. Wakefield lost his job at the Royal Free as a result of making this public, and his name has been dragged through the mud. Visceral is continuing this essential work, and needs your support, as it won't be getting any from the government.

r.mac_2

1. Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre's

2. https://www.maggiescentres.org

3. Provides coping mechanisms, space and information for people with cancer and their family and friends.

4. Maggie's Centres are for anybody who has, or who has had cancer. They are also for their families, their friends and their carers.

The aim of Maggie's Centres is to help people with cancer to be as healthy in mind and body as possible and enable them to make their own contribution to their medical treatment and recovery.

They allow people to address all aspects of living with cancer. They can share their experiences with others in similar situations and, with professional help, inform themselves about the medical realities of their disease.

The friendly environment of the centres, close in each case to a major cancer hospital treatment centre, invites people to take time out and gives them a non-institutional place they can call their own.

marsha_2

1. Motor Neurone Disease Association

2. https://www.mndassociation.org

3. Helping people with motor neurone disease

4. This association helps people who suffer from Motor Neurone Disease and their families by giving support and equipment to help the sufferer. Motor Neurone Disease kills more people in the UK than AIDS does and the charity does not receive anywhere near as much as AIDS charities and the big charities like cancer research uk and breast cancer support charities. The network is in place within all hospitals for people with cancer but very rarely do newly diagnosed patients get an information pack or contact details for the MND Regional Advisor. My mum was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in June 2000, she lost her speech in December that year, then her swallowing ability in June 2001, she died in December 2001. People with MND have a life expectancy of only 14 months from diagnosis. So please support the MND Association. It is awareness week w/c 18 June. Look out for the wrist bands - two tone, red and blue.

niallmitch

1. Winstons Wish

2. https://www.winstonswish.org.uk

3. Helps Children and families cope with death

4. A child in the UK loses a parent every 20 minutes. Add in siblings, grandparents, friends etc, that is a lot of painful grief devasting children and families nationwide. Winstons Wish helps them to get to a place where the grief is no longer all consuming and allows the whole family to be able to remember the good times, not just the pain of loss. As somebody who lost his mother as a child, was told to get back to "normal" the day after the funeral and was still greiving 20 years later, I can attest to the need for this "not so fluffy" charity.

Look at the "Skyscape of Memories" page to see the scale of loss, pain, but conversely the inspiration of children and families being helped through their pain.

andybonner

1. Radio Clatterbridge

2. https://www.radioclatterbridge.co.uk

3. Hospital radio providing free patient information and entertainment

4. The small UK charity is a lifeline to elderly, infirm and unwell people, eg it's recently helped listeners with information about new ways to collect pensions. New equipment would help increase the amount of important speech-based programming. Its website also provides important extra information to listeners. Other stations are available to staff and patients, but this is the only one which can provide a targetted, relevant local programming. With a relatively small group of volunteers and a lot of competition from other charities, fundraising is always an uphill struggle. Any donations make a big difference.

broomgrove

1. The Familial !!!!!! Paraplegia Support Group

2. https://www.fspgroup.org

3. Helps FSP affected people, families and carers

4. Familial !!!!!! Paraplegia (FSP) is a rare neurological condition which is also known as Hereditary !!!!!! Paraplegia (HSP), This progressive condition is a genetical disorder caused by the inheritance of an abnormal gene from an affected parent, and in most cases there is a 50/50 chance of inheritance. It is characterized by slowly progressive spasticity and weakness of the lower limbs. During early onset of the condition there may be evidence of stiffness and weakness of the legs followed later by a scissoring !!!!!! gait. Bladder problems and fatigue are other associated problems. The severity of the effects of FSP varies from patient to patient. Where one patient may experience early onset FSP (from childhood), but manage to walk unaided for the rest of their life, another patient may require the use of a wheelchair within a few years of onset. There is no cure for FSP.

iandebruce

I would like to nomiate Get Connected as a charity elibible for the award of charity funds from your website.

1. The Official Name of the Charity: Get Connected

2. The Website of the Charity: https://www.getconnected.org.uk

3. A desciption of no more than 8 words of the charity: Free UK Helpline for Young People Under 25

4. One paragaph only (max 150 words) of why this charity should be supported:
The vision of Get Connected is simple: that every young person in the UK can find the help they need to support their emotional and physical well being. This is currently achieved by the provision of a unique telephone and email helpline for under 25 year olds. The helpline finds young people the best help, whatever the problem. Helpline workers provide emotional support for service users, so that they are in a position to explore the options available. Telephone users can then be connected for free to the service they select, or have information forwarded to them via SMS (text message). Get Connected uses databases of thousands of organisations, ensuring users have access to the best possible help. These agencies vary from national helplines to local drop in centres. We need donated funds to keep the helpline opena nd as effective as possible.

Ian Carrick
get Connected
020 7009 2500

sah10406

1. The Food Chain

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

3. Supporting people with HIV through good nutrition

4. The mission of the Food Chain is to improve the health and well being of people living with HIV by alleviating hunger and malnutrition.

In the UK as a whole, more people than ever before are testing HIV positive. The Food Chain helps men, women and children from a diverse range of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In South East London, one in a hundred women test HIV positive during pregnancy. Whatever you may have read, there is still no cure for HIV. But Food Chain CAN help those affected by the virus.

Food Chain volunteers prepare and deliver delicious, nutritionally balanced, individually tailored meals and groceries to people who, because of their illness, are housebound and unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves.

henpen_2

1. Rainbows Childrens Hospice

2. https://www.rainbows.co.uk

3. Provides vital care for life limited children and their families

4. It costs just under £2 million a year to keep the eight beds and other support services that the hospice provides open. In 2003 statuary funding stood at 8.8% the rest is raised by the community so EVERY DONATION is vital.

I believe this charity should be supported because the support the hospice gives to families facing the reality that they will have to watch their child die is invaluable to them during short life given to that child. This charity works hard to raise its funds and values every donation however small because they know it truly helps.

The Hospice currently provides care for children not expected to live to be adults. Please look at the website for more information about how the money donated is spent and if you want to support them go ahead and vote for them! (and make a donation if you want to the whole way!)

queensway_boy

Charity: Lifeblood

Website: http://www.thrombosis-charity.org.uk/

about: education on thrombosis


Reason: Its only 3 years old and badly needs to raise awareness among the public and medical profession.It affects 1 in every 1,000 people and apart from other potential deaths,it is the main cause of death during pregnancy.It receives no government funding and relies entirely on grants and voluntary donations.