Run, walk, trek, jump or cycle - at home or abroad. Marie Curie Cancer Care provides free nursing care and support to more than 25,000 patients and their family every year. By taking on your own challenge in 2009 you'll be helping us continue this work. (Registered no: 207994)
Category: Medical & health - cancer
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Parents and Children Together has been building and strengthening families since 1911. Every day PACT works with children and their parents or carers on a one-to-one basis or at drop-in group sessions at projects across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. PACT is also an approved adoption and fostering agency and finds 'forever families' for some of the 5,000 children each year who need a permanent placement. (Registered no: 285214)
Category: Children's - welfare
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity aims to raise £150 million over the next 5 years to keep the hospital at the forefront of paediatric medicine by
•Contributing to the rebuilding of two thirds of the hospital and the ICH
•Funding equipment
•Supporting research into and development of new treatments
•Providing accommodation and other support services for families and staff (Registered no: 235825)
Category: Medical & health - children
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WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education. WaterAid helps poor communities in Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific establish sustainable water supplies and latrines close to home. These most basic services are essential to life; without them vulnerable communities are trapped in the stranglehold of disease and poverty. (Registered no: 288701)
Category: International aid - general
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The Circulation Foundation (formerly known as the British Vascular Foundation) exists to raise funds for research into vascular (circulatory) disease. This disease can threaten life, limb or lifestyle and accounts for 40% of all deaths in the UK, many of which are premature and preventable. The charity also works to raise awareness of vascular disease. (Registered no: 1102769)
Category: Medical & health - heart and coronary
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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. Macmillan Cancer Support is a trading name of Macmillan Cancer Relief. (Registered no: 261017)
Category: Medical & health - cancer
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The National Society for Epilepsy conducts world class medical research projects. We also diagnose and treat thousands of people with epilepsy every year. We do this and much more. We are the UK’s national medical epilepsy charity. With NSE, you don’t have to deal with epilepsy alone. (Registered no: 206186)
Category: Medical & health - other conditions
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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association provides guide dogs and other mobility services to blind and partially sighted people. The charity also campaigns and educates people on caring for their eyes. (Registered no: 209617)
Category: Animals - helping
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HOPE was founded in 1994, focused on Helping Orphaned, Poor and Exploited Children. Working mostly with volunteers, we ensure that your donation will go directly to help needy children. We pride ourselves on the personal nature of our projects, targeting our help to individuals and small groups of people. We need your support for street children and those affected by conflict. (Registered no: 1041258)
Category: Children's - welfare
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Mencap wants a world where people with a learning disability gain an equal right to choice opportunity and respect. The charity believes that people should have equal opportunities in education, work and in playing a full part in the community. They believe that support for the families and carers of people with a learning disability is vital to achieving their vision. (Registered no: 222377)
Category: Disability - learning
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