Between Friends provides quality social, recreation, and development opportunities so that people with disabilities can connect, grow, and belong.

The Cancer Treatment and Research Trust (CTRT) was founded in 1985. Our main role is to research why and how cancers develop; find better ways of detecting and monitoring cancers, and testing new treatments. CTRT funds research work undertaken by consultants at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood, Middlesex; Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London. Our mission is to enable consultants to continue turning research ideas into exciting research studies and new life-saving treatments.

The Care Workers' Charity is dedicated to advancing the financial, professional, and mental well-being of care workers across the UK. We achieve this through grants, resource guidance, training and development, mental wellbeing support, and advocacy for fair pay, working conditions and recognition. Through our initiatives, care workers receive crucial assistance during times of need and benefit from ongoing development opportunities and meaningful engagement in shaping the policies that affect their profession. The Care Workers’ Charity is dedicated to supporting the social care workforce, those providing care and support to the million+ people drawing on social care. We believe that care workers deserve recognition, support, and advocacy for the vital work they do every day. Our mission revolves around three key pillars: crisis support, mental health initiatives, and advocacy for fair treatment, pay, and recognition. Caring for others is a demanding job, and sometimes, care workers themselves find they need help. The Care Workers’ Charity is here to provide immediate financial assistance to those facing crises. Whether it's sudden illness, unexpected expenses, or a personal emergency, our grants provide essential support during challenging times. We have distributed over £6.2 million to more than 12,200 care workers. Beyond financial aid, our Grants Team offers resources and signposting to ensure that care workers can access the full spectrum of help available to them. Partnering with Red Umbrella, we provide free counselling sessions and Mental Health First Aider training to care workers. This initiative has benefited over 500 care workers, helping to address the mental health challenges that can be prevalent in such a demanding profession. Mental Health First Aider Training allows care workers to support their colleagues and is creating a nationally accredited. We recognise the importance of mental well-being, not just for the individual care workers but also for the quality of care they can provide for those they support. At the CWC, we actively campaign for the fair treatment, recognition, and pay that care workers deserve. Care work is skilled, essential work, and it should be recognised as such. Through our workforce advocacy program, we engage in projects, advisory boards, and collaborations to push for improvements in working conditions, comprehensive training, and fair wages. We believe that care workers should be treated with the respect and dignity that their vital roles demand. We believe that the voices of care workers should be central to any conversation about social care's future. That’s why we are launching our Care Worker Advisory Board and host initiatives like Professional Care Workers’ Week. Through these platforms, we gather insights directly from care workers, ensuring their experiences and perspectives shape our work, as well as broader policy and research discussions. We've also involved care workers in research projects including the ethical use of AI in social care in partnership with the University of Oxford and the use of electric cars in care workers alongside Possible.

We provide high quality training courses & resources for professionals working with families, parents/carers in a variety of settings, aiming to support and strengthen family relationships. We train those working in prisons, mother & baby units, schools, Mosques, children’s centres and with third sector organisations, e.g. Barnardos, Action for Children and Home Start. Those who access our training love it, consistently reporting the benefits for those they are supporting. We focus on developing the capabilities of adults in the lives of children because we know that a stable, responsive environment is essential for children to develop the foundations of resilience & good lifelong emotional, mental & physical health. "Having responsive relationships with adults, growth-promoting experiences, & healthy environments for all young children helps build sturdy brain architecture & the foundations of resilience." Centre on the Developing Child, Harvard University.

Through The Challenge Fund, Project Hospice Nepal is fundraising for a desperately-needed new hospice in Kathmandu and the provision of palliative care in Nepal.

The Change Foundation uses the power of sport and dance to change the lives of young people

The Charlie Waller Trust is one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities, founded by the family of Charlie Waller who took his own life in 1997 whilst suffering from depression. Charlie sits at the heart of our story, our vision and our purpose. We help young people to understand their own mental health, to equip them to support themselves and those around them, and to empower them to talk more openly about the subject. Much of our work takes place in partnership with those with responsibility for young people - families, schools, colleges, universities, and employers.

Supporting men with prostate, testicular and penile cancers across the SW of the UK

The Childhood Trust is London’s child poverty charity. Children growing up in poverty face multiple and complex challenges which limits their potential and development, leading to poor health and life chances in adulthood. Our work is focused on supporting the 800,000 plus children living in poverty in London.

Providing a variety of programmes for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children from all over North West.

At The Children’s Hospital Charity, we want to give our young patients and their families the best care in the world. Because children are amazing. With our help, The Children’s Hospital is providing world-class care to children every day.  Since 1976 The Children’s Hospital Charity has been helping to make The Children’s Hospital in Sheffield an even more amazing place. The strength and courage our young patients show us every day has inspired us to build one of the best teams in the world.  Just like our dedicated staff, we want to give every one of these amazing children the best possible future - because these children are the future.

We are a national charity working to transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect. We support them through their most serious life challenges and we campaign tirelessly for the big social changes that will improve the lives of those who need hope most. We've been doing this for 140 years and we won't stop until we've built a society where hope is alive in every child.

Providing care, therapy, education and rehabilitation for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs from all over the UK.  

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is the one of the largest cancer research and treatment centres in Europe and enjoys an international reputation for excellence. Thanks to our research and facilities, an increasing number of people are surviving cancer. Everyone wants that to continue and your support helps us offer real hope to our patients.

The Churn Project supports vulnerable and isolated people in Cirencester and the surrounding villages, through a variety of groups, 1:1 work and education.

The Cicely Foundation exists for deprived, vulnerable and needy children in both the United Kingdom and throughout the world to help overcome some of their difficulties. The main focus of the Foundation involves supporting work linked to education, health and well-being.

Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering. The Trust was founded in 1985 by Mrs Averil Jarvis whose determination and dedication has ensured that the manifest need is fully addressed. The Trust’s primary objective is to respect and preserve the treasured relationship between owners and their pets. To this end it works in partnership with owners to overcome any difficulties that might arise. A national network of over 18,000 community service volunteers has been established to provide practical help when any aspect of day to day care poses a problem – for example, walking the dog for a housebound owner. A national fostering service is provided for pets whose owners face a spell in hospital – volunteers take pets into their own homes and supply love and care in abundance until owner and pet can be reunited. The Cinnamon Trust also provides long term care for pets whose owners have died or moved to residential accommodation which will not accept pets. Arrangements are made between owners and the Trust well in advance, so owners do have peace of mind in the knowledge that their beloved companion will have a safe and happy future. Emergency cards are available on request.

We are the only drop-in day centre in Brighton & Hove for 16-to-25 year old's who are experiencing homelessness. We provide practical and emotional support to help young people to move from crisis to stability. We want Brighton and Hove to be a city where young people’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring.

We collect pre loved clothing make seven days of clothing packs up including shoes coats new underwear pyjamas for people in the uk struggling to clothe themselves after every day expenses.

A family-run, national, registered children’s charity working exclusively for children with epilepsy.

Our mission is simple, to empower, advocate and enrich the lives of children and adults with disabilities. Working at our site at Ivybridge, about 11 miles from Plymouth – Hannahs provides learning, care, support and fun for children and adults with a range of disabilities, including: a School, Respite Centre, Children’s Home, Hannahwood – an innovative transition project for older students - therapies and supported activities. Our holistic approach offers professional support from our therapists, educationalists, expert medical staff and a care team.

The Destiny Project is a registered mental health charity, which aims to provide support and advocacy to communities that endure high deprivation. The Destiny Project prides itself on being a collaborative organisation and seeks to work with other agencies large and small, to provide as wide a range of services as possible, particularly for the most vulnerable in the community. The only constraint is our imagination, the creativity we can unleash, and our ability to reach and maintain high standards. The intention is to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people from all backgrounds, to promote and build skills that will create a positive impact on their lives by working around our outcomes within our focus areas: Health Poverty Education and Training Environment We aim to support service users to build personal skills such as confidence and self-esteem, vocational skills to compete in a changing and demanding job market, and life skills to help people live life positively and independently. All our services are delivered using peer education and a community-centred approach. The services that The Destiny Project delivers are targeted mainly but not exclusively, at people that require additional support. The Destiny Project will always prioritise the health and wellbeing of every member of the community that is involved with us. This builds the confidence and skills of our service users. We are developing additional services based on training and development to provide employability and vocational skills through work practice. Our plans include training opportunities through a community garden and in the long term, creation of internships for young people. This provides the opportunity for young people to gain experience by hopefully creating working relationships with local businesses and retail outlets. In the longer term, we aim to become an SQA accredited provider, giving our volunteers and participants, qualifications and accreditation for the training they complete. We also recognise the important role that volunteers play in our communities and we aim to actively encourage and support our volunteers. As we grow we want to recruit, train and support volunteers who wish to give some of their time. We aim to create opportunities for volunteers to contribute to the development of our services and the organisation and management of the Project. How can we support you? With support and understanding from trusted adults around them, young people can take forward healthy behaviours and outcomes into adulthood. ‘We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future’

THE DINOSAUR TRUST is committed to saving and improving the lives of children who suffer from Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, a rare and life threatening genetic disorder where the cells in the pulmonary artery fail to reproduce normally and cause thickening of the pulmonary arteries, eventually leading to right heart failure.

The Donkey Sanctuary is a UK based charity working worldwide to improve conditions for donkeys and mules. It has nearly 7,000 donkeys and mules in its care across the UK and Europe. The average cost of sanctuary care for each donkey is around £2,000 per year. This covers feed, bedding, farm and building maintenance, medical costs and includes the services of professional staff including grooms, farriers, vets, dental technicians and welfare advisers.

The Douglas Bader Foundation exists to advance and promote the physical, mental and spiritual; welfare and benefit of persons who are without one or more limbs, or otherwise physically disabled.

The DPJ Foundation is a Welsh charity to support those in rural communities and in agriculture with mental health problems. We do this by reducing the stigma that surrounds poor mental health, educating people with mental health awareness training and providing counselling and a 24/7 helpline.

The Dream Team grants special wishes to enhance the lives of seriously ill, disabled & terminally ill children. A dream can enhance a child's quality of life by providing much needed equipment. A short break away can give the family as a whole some time away from the daily struggles of living with a serious condition. A dream can bring new determination to a child who may be weary from treatment or discomfort and also can spur their determination to continue with often painful medical treatments. We receive no statutory funding and rely entirely on the generous support of the local community, businesses, grant-making trusts & other philanthropic organisations and individuals for support.