From before they are born until they are into their twenties, we help disadvantaged children across the UK. We do it through practical services and programmes that are proven to work. We help children through fostering or adoption. We intervene early to stop neglect and abuse. We make life better for disabled children. We influence policy and advocate for change. Nearly 7,000 staff and volunteers run over 600 services, from family centres to intensive support services, youth work to residential care homes. Together, we make a difference to the lives of 390,000 children, young people and families every year. From our origins running children’s homes, we have spent over a century working on the front line, developing services that set a lead for others to follow. We work in partnership with other charities, local authorities and health services, and are supported by a broad range of donors, campaigners, experts and specialists. Our work depends on public support. We earn it by showing how every single thing we do makes a difference. Wherever we work all do what’s right, do what’s needed and do what works for children in the UK.

This is the year for you to get involved and make a real difference to the lives of people with M.E. By raising vital funds for Action for M.E., we can invest in valuable research to help us understand the illness better, and find some answers to the many questions we all have. We rely on the support and initiative of fundraisers at work, school and in the community to continue our work.

Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children’s lives through medical research. We do this by: · finding and funding cutting-edge medical research across the UK most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people · assessing the impact of the research we fund and sharing the results · raising funds to make this vital research possible.

Established in 1963, we are a leading mental health charity with projects throughout Northern Ireland. Please contact us and we will help promote your personal challenge as you TAKE ACTION on Mental Health!

Action on Addiction is the only UK charity working across the addiction field in research, prevention, treatment, professional education and family support. 

Action on Elder Abuse aims to end the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people. We are the only charity in the UK working exclusively on this issue, providing knowledge, expertise and support to thousands of people every year.

A charity with a mission to change lives through providing opportunities for employment, education, training and enterprise for disadvantaged young people and adults.

Action4Diabetics (A4D) is a medical charity providing life-saving medical supplies and educational support to young people with Type 1 Diabetes in Southeast Asia. Type 1 Diabetes strikes indiscriminately and if untreated can be fatal. In Southeast Asia, children are still dying every year because they simply do not have access to essential medication and support. But we are trying to change this! Since being founded in 2015, A4D has expanded to support over 400 young people with free access to insulin and blood glucose testing equipment across the region.

ActionAid works in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We help over 19 million of the world's poorest people to find real and lasting solutions to poverty. We work with local partners to help communities gain rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare and a voice in the decisions which affect their lives.

Active8 is a vibrant small charity in Cornwall, for young people with a physical disability. Our aims are to empower and motivate young people through fun and social activities, and also support them to challenge our society and make their voices heard.

Activity Alliance brings organisations and disabled people together to make active lives possible. Established in September 1998, the national charity looks to a future where everyone can achieve more through increased opportunities and choice. We work with so many amazing people and are proud to be at the centre of influential world-renowned programmes for disabled people. Our vision is that disabled people are active for life, but the stark reality is that disabled people in England are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be inactive. Every day, our team enables regional and national organisations to engage more disabled people in sport and active recreation. With your support we can continue to challenge perceptions and change the reality of disability, inclusion and sport for disabled people.

Who is Adara? The Adara Group has two quite different parts, but one united purpose – to support people in poverty. The first part is an international development organisation, made up of non-profit companies and trusts in six countries, called Adara Development. The second part is two Australia-based corporate advisory businesses, Adara Advisors and Adara Partners. The Adara businesses are “for purpose” rather than for profit. Their sole objective is to fund Adara Development’s administration and emergency project costs. This allows 100% of all other donations received by Adara Development to go directly to project-related costs. Adara is focused on improving health and education for women, children and communities living in poverty. We are experts in maternal, neonatal and child health; and remote community development. We reach tens of thousands of people living in poverty each year. Our work has two pillars – best practice service, and knowledge sharing. The purpose of the Adara Group is to: 1. Work side by side with women, children and communities living in poverty to improve their lives 2. Change the way people think about the role of business in the world and the power of business/non-profit partnerships.

At ACT we believe that every patient deserves the best possible care. We work with staff throughout Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals to ensure that donations are spent in areas with the most urgent need that cannot be met without charitable support and that provide the greatest benefit for patients.

Mental Health , Education and Training Services

Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub is a charity founded to represent the needs of adults living with Cerebral Palsy (“CP”) in the UK.

Adventure Therapy exists to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and adults with unique health conditions, impairments or limitations, through outdoor activities and adventure-led pursuits. Our range of activities build self-confidence and develop skills and abilities, through individual and group sessions, team work and leadership. The therapeutic benefits of outdoor pursuits and adventure can motivate, improve vitality, aid rehabilitation and help to build treasured memories for our clients and their families.

Africa Educational Trust provides education to children and adults affected by conflict and poverty in Eastern Africa. Reaching over a quarter of a million people every year, we work to build better education systems and give learning opportunities to people who missed the chance to go to school.

We work in the challenging but extraordinary landscape of northern Tanzania, from Kilimanjaro to the Kenyan border. Here, ancestral lands are grabbed for luxury wildlife tourism and private game hunting. Here, human rights are routinely violated. Maasai society is one of the most patriarchal societies on earth. In Maasai culture, negative traditional attitudes towards women and girls are inherent and widespread. If you’re a girl born into a traditional Maasai family, you will endure extreme gender inequality at every stage of life. You will undergo female genital mutilation. You will be denied the right to go to school. The right to choose when and whom to marry. The right to use contraception and access healthcare. The right to earn an income and inherit property or land. The right to have a say in decision-making. You will be one of the poorest, most vulnerable and disenfranchised people on earth. Our key areas of focus are women’s economic empowerment; girls’ education; land rights and HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health. We concentrate our efforts on those pastoralists who endure the most dire inequalities; hard-to-reach individuals who are excluded and stigmatised not only by the State but by their own communities. Our work is empowering women and reducing gender inequality in Tanzania.

African Prisons Project works to bring Justice, dignity and hope to men, women and children in prison in Africa through healthcare, life skills, access to justice and leadership.

AfriKids is an award winning Child Rights Organisation which works alongside indigenous communities in Northern Ghana to improve the lives of their most vulnerable children and communities as a whole.

Against Breast Cancer is a registered charity which funds unique research into secondary spread breast cancer. Our aim is to find vital information to increase survival after diagnosis and ultimately to discover a vaccine against breast cancer.

Working for the well-being of older people throughout the Borough of Great Yarmouth and to help make life a more fulfilling and enjoyable experience

Age Scotland is the largest charity in Scotland dedicated to enabling everyone to make the most of later life. Older people are the fastest growing group in society. Ageing is not an illness, but it can be challenging at times and, at Age Scotland, we provide vital services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people when they need it. We provide a platform and stand up and speak for those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. Our vision is a Scotland where everyone can love later life. Our ambition is to Inspire people to see that they can change theirs and others later life for the better. Engage with people and enable them to change later life for the better and Support older people who are struggling as they live longer to achieve better, happier and healthier lives.

Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Too many people experience difficulties as they age. We cannot promise everyone good health, but we will fight for good care for all of us. Where we find loneliness, we will reach out. When age becomes a burden, we will try to lighten the load. Age UK will campaign. We will fundraise. We will research. We will make the powers that be listen. We will do all this to make life better for older people here and abroad. Age UK is for all of us, because age is a part of life.

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Age UK Cheshire is an independent charity committed to making later life a more fulfilling and enjoyable experience for all older people in Cheshire. It provides a range of care and support services to enable older people to continue to live more independent and active lives and to remain in good mental and physical health for as long as possible.

Supporting local Oxfordshire people to get the most out of later life.

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is an independent charity working with and for older people to improve later life locally. The Gift of Friendship appeal is tackling the significant issue of loneliness - there are thousands of older people in Shropshire going weeks without contact with family, friends or neighbours. We’re raising money to reduce our sizeable waiting lists for vital services such as befriending, social activities and telephone buddies.