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ACCORD Hospice provides specialist palliative care to over 700 patients and families each year from the community of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. We are very reliant upon the goodwill of our supporters in raising the monies required and are grateful for every donation we receive.Thank you.
Acorns Children’s Hospice provides care and support for children and young people who have life limiting or life threatening conditions and support for all the family. It costs £750 per day for each child’s care. Acorns relies on the community to fund over 70% of it's activities.
Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service was founded in 2007 with the aim to provide a children's hospice service for all children with life limiting and life threatening illnesses in Berkshire and beyond. We have land + planning permission + with your help we can raise the money to build it.
The Amy Winehouse Foundation has been set up in Amy’s memory to support charitable activities in both the UK and abroad that provide help, support or care for young people, especially those who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or addiction.
The Arthur Rank Hospice Charity supports patients, families, staff and volunteers at Arthur Rank House, the adult Hospice in Cambridgeshire. The Charity is totally responsible for funding the Day Hospice and the Hospice at Home Services as well as financially supporting the in-patient unit.
An independent registered charity covering North Derbys, provides specialist palliative care to terminally ill adults and their families, maintaining best quality of life throughout illness. All services are provided free of charge. £2.7 million must be raised annually from voluntary giving.
Our charity cares for adults in Ayrshire and Arran with life-limiting illnesses. We help them live as actively as possible to the end of their lives, however long that may be. Hospice care is open to all. It’s free for patients but it’s not free to provide. So we need to raise over £4M each year.
Barnsley Hospice provides care and support for hundreds of local people each year. Our main priority is to achieve the best possible quality of life for patients with a life limiting illness, whilst supporting their families, during the period of illness and bereavement. As a specialist care provider, the range of skills we offer include, pain and symptom management, emotional support and terminal care at the end of life.
The Beacon of Hope is a charity providing immediate and ongoing personal intedgrated social and nursing palliative care in Ceredigion and neighbouting areas. We serve people with all kinds of life-limiting or terminal illmess from the moment of diagnosis as well as support for their families.
Beaumond House offers supportive palliative care to patients with life-limiting or terminal illnesses and their families. We provide short term respite care, day care and care in the community. We also provide equipment loans; complementary therapy, welfare benefits advice and a 24/7 support line
Bedford Daycare Hospice cares for people in Bedfordshire with life limiting illness, from diagnosis through investigations and treatment, to remission or palliative care. Local support is vital. You can make the difference!
Believe in Magic spread Magic to seriously and terminally ill children in the UK. Through very special and once in a lifetime experiences, magical parties and anything we can to put that all important smile on their faces! We bring magic and hope to incredibly brave and truly inspirational children.
Bexhill on Sea Lions Club is part of Lions Clubs International; the largest community service organisation in the world. It raises funds and provides services for those less fortunate locally, nationally and internationally.
Each year around 1,000 people start a journey with us which will enable them to live again. Available 24/7, our life-changing care is tailored to meet each patient's needs, whether they wish to remain in the comfort of their own home or seek round-the-clock support at our hospice in Selly Park.
<p> Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice provides support to children in South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Lincolnshire with life limiting conditions, which means the child is not expected to live into adulthood. Our hospice is a relaxed and happy place where families can take a break, have fun and get help with the care they need. We also assist children and their families in their own homes. Our support includes ongoing medical respite care for the poorly child, practical and emotional support for family members, sibling and bereavement support and end of life care.<p> <p> It costs £2.5 million annually to provide this service, and with no statutory government funding, fundraising and public support is vital to our success. By raising money for Bluebell Wood, you are helping us continue to provide care for families in your region who need our help the most. We are a local charity, and every penny raised stays in this area to help children with life limiting conditions enjoy a life of love and laughter.<p>
Situated in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, Blythe House Hospice is High Peak's only day-care hospice. The principal activity of the hospice is the provision of specialist palliative care services and support for people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and the extension of support to their families. The services we provide are free to the user but not cost free. We receive less than one-third of our essential running costs from the local Primary Care Trust and we aim to raise £6000 from charitable donations each week. A £2.50 donation will pay for lunch for one of our clients, £10 will provide art therapy equipment, £20 will pay for a complementary therapy session, £30 means someone will receive a much needed counselling session. Every donation makes a difference. Thank you for your support.
BONNIE BABIES MAKES AND SENDS TINY PREMATURE CLOTHES, BLANKETS AND SADLY BURIAL OUTFITS TO U.K. SPECIAL BABY CARE UNITS, ALSO TO PARENTS WHO NEED THEIR SUPPORT. IN 2008 ALONE THE CHARITY SUPPLIED 80,739 ITEMS TO PARENTS EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH OVER 130 HOSPITALS, PLEASE HELP TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.THANK YOU.
The Bracken Trust is a Cancer Support Centre based in Mid Wales. The Charity provides information and support via Nurses, a Macmillan Cancer Information Co-ordinator, Cancer Counsellors and Complimentary Therapists to patients, carers and the bereaved who have been affected by Cancer.
Bury Hospice delivers very special nursing and medical care to local men and women who are living with a life-threatening or terminal illness whilst supporting their families and carers.
The Butterfly Hospice Trust has built a six-bed hospice on a four-acre site in Boston to increase specialist care treatment choices available to patients with life limiting illnesses who live in South East Lincolnshire. It was officially opened by HRH the Princess Royal on 11th April 2011
Butterwick Hospice Care offers specialist care to children and adults suffering life limiting illnesses and offers support to their loved ones. Services are all provided free of charge. Butterwick cares for over 1500 patients every year and needs to raise £3.7million. Thank you for your support.
CASA IS A NORTH LONDON AGENCY THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ALCOHOL & DRUGS PROBLEMS. WE HELP OUR CLIENTS TO BUILD UPON THEIR STRENGTHS AND TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, FREE FROM ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUG MISUSE.
It helps children with disabilities experience therapy, achievement and enjoyment through horseriding.
CHART is a team of community responders, based in West Chiltington and Pulborough, who have been trained by the South East Coast Ambulance Service. It provides essential treatment in the first crucial minutes of an emergency, enabling critical intervention to be performed that can save lives.
Cherished Memories organises high- profile events and special days of family bonding for life-limited and disabled children from hospices in South East England. A recorded DVD of the day is sent onto the families, so they can look back on and remember with love and happiness.
The charity gives children from contaminated areas of Belarus respite holidays.It supports the home hospice team in PInsk.The new project is to build a small childrens hospice in Pinsk
Cherry Trees provides home from home respite care for children and young people with severe learning and physical disabilities. We recognise that these children are best looked after at home but, because of their very special needs, they require very special care, often 24 hours a day, seven days a week. <p> It’s not surprising then that from time to time both they and their families need a break. Cherry Trees is that special place, providing professional care in a safe and loving environment, where every child is valued for who they are. It is a community that values them and enables them to spend time with friends whilst their families have a much-needed break. <p> Founded in 1980 by a group of parents and doctors, Cherry Trees has become a lifeline for the families of more than100 children and young people who are regularly cared for here – for a few hours, a weekend or even a couple of weeks.
For any charitable purpose relating to the National Health Service. Supporting a range of health related activities benefiting patients, staff and giving public benefit. Related research. Challenging stigma in respect of mental health.
Chestnut Tree House, the only children's hospice in Sussex, cares for life-limited children and young adults aged 0-19, and provides support for their families.
The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is a Scottish charity that provides the only hospice services in Scotland for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. CHAS runs two children's hospices - Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch - and an at home service called CHAS at Home. A children's hospice offers professional care, practical help and emotional support to the whole family, usually from the day of acceptance to the death of their child, and beyond.
At CHSW we help and support children and their families who are living with life-limiting conditions. We provide a loving and caring place for the whole family. A place where everyone can find expert care and support in facing an uncertain future.
The Order of Malta helps the sick, the needy and refugees regardless of religion, race or creed. With permanent observer status at the UN and other international organisations and diplomatic relations with 100 countries, it is able to respond immediately to world catastrophes.
Compton Hospice, a local charity in Wolverhampton, is a specialist provider of palliative care and education. In collaboration with others we influence quality of life through excellence in patient care, whilst ensuring effective use of available resources.
It offers emotional support, practical help and information to the cancer community and carers throughout the north east. the organisation is volunteer led and most volunteers have first hand knowledge of cancer.
Cornwall Hospice Care provides care and support throughout Cornwall, for people living with life-threatening illnesses, their families and carers, not only in our two hospices - St Julia’s in Hayle and Mt Edgcumbe in St Austell - but also in outreach centres across the county. Last year, nearly 500 people benefited from over 7,400 bed days, receiving treatment to alleviate pain and control symptoms. The care given to patients and their families is provided free of charge, but costs us over £5 million annually (£10 a minute). Only 13% of this is funded by the government which means that we rely heavily on the generous support of the general public, donations, challenges and fundraising events. All the money we raise stays in Cornwall.
Cotswold Care Hospice is a local, independent charity that cares for patients throughout Gloucestershire. The service is free of charge to all those who use it. The hospice cares for over 500 patients and their families each and every year. The Hospice had to raise £2.1 million every year.
Countess Mountbatten Hospice provides specialist palliative care for patients where curative treatment is no longer possible both within the hospice and in their homes and the community. Our objective is to imporve the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their family and partners.
The Hospice provides palliative care to adults suffering from cancer who reside in the Andover area. Within its six bed in-patient unit and ten place day centre the hospice offers symptom control, respite care, terminal care, complementary therapies, family support and bereavement services all delivered in a peaceful and homely environment, believing that each person is special and every day counts.
Cransley Hospice provides Hospice care for North Northants. it is also the base for Macmillan nurses who provide specialist care in hospital and at home. Although within the NHS, the Hospice relies heavily on charitable donations with the current target being in over £550,000 every year, £60 a day.
It offers a free bereavement support service to ANYONE in Scotland, regardless of their loss suffered, age, gender etc. Support is generally through one-to-one face-to-face contact, but in some areas groups are available. Support can be accessed via the helpline number. Full details of services, training and volunteering opportunities can be accessed via the Website.
The Cynthia Spencer Charitable Trust funds staff & equipment at the Hospice that are not funded by the NHS, currently funding nine members of staff including Nurses, a Family Worker, Housemothers and the Chaplain. It also administers funds for the county-wide Hospice@Home and Occupational Therapy teams & Hospice-based Lymphoedema service.
Demelza Hospice Care for Children cares for life limited children and their families, offering respite breaks, end of life care and bereavement support at our hospices in South London and Kent and through our hospice at home service in East Sussex. Find out more at www.demelza.org.uk.
Providing specialist care & support for children and young people with a life threatening illness. The hospice is open 365 days a year and the care is completely free to families. With more than £2.85 million needed each year, it remains almost totally reliant on voluntary funding.
DIAL provides a free, confidential information and advice service on all issues affecting disabled people’s everyday lives, to enable and empower individuals to improve their quality of life.
The dispensaire francais provides medical services to french and french-speaking patients who, for various reasons such as an inability to speak english or a lack of understanding of the NHS, have difficulty in accessing NHS services. The doctors and health professionals give their time and expertise for free allowing the patients to be treated at minimal cost.
The charity supports cancer sufferers and their families in the Doncaster area by giving funds for equipment. Since formation in 1972 it has raised in excess of £4m to build and equip the St John's Hospice and over £1.1m for equipment for the local NHS trusts.
<b>The Donna Louise Children's Hospice Trust</b> provides respite for children with life threatening conditions and support for the whole family at the hospice and in their own home. Our hospice called Treetops, is based in Trentham, on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent. Here we provide respite and end of life care for children from all over Staffordshire and South Cheshire that are between the ages of 0 and 19 years and have a life-threatening illness. We provide a safe, caring environment where children and families can truly feel at home. <p> A community nursing team provide respite and end of life care to children and families within their own homes. <p> Currently the Trust cares for 160 children from South Cheshire and Staffordshire. Its annual running costs of £2 million are obtained mainly from public donations. </p>
<p> Dorothy House Hospice Care supports 1,500 families affected by cancer and other life threatening conditions every year. It is the only charity providing free specialist nursing care at home for people with life-threatening illness in Bath,Wiltshire and Somerset. Most patients are looked after in their own homes, but short-term care, out-patient and day patient services are provided at the hospice in Winsley. All care is provided free of charge, but Dorothy House receives only about 30% of its funding from the NHS. This year, after NHS funding, more than £7,000 a day must be raised to continue to provide these services.<p>
Douglas Macmillan Hospice cares for adults and their families across North Staffordshire, who have cancer and other life limiting illnesses, completely free of charge . The Hospice needs to raise over £8 million each year. The hospice is dependent upon the continuing generosity of our supporters.
Dr Jackson's provides faster and better cancer care for local people across Pontefract, Wakefield and Dewsbury. Our Charity purchases specialist equipment and facilities for local hospitals, finances the introduction of new techniques and fund research into the treatment and prevention of cancer.
Dr Kershaw's Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with life-threatening illnesses in a peaceful and homely environment with accommodation for 12 inpatients and 15 day places. Dr Kershaw's serves a population of 230,000 people from Oldham and its surrounding districts.
Duchess of Kent House (hospice) has 16 in-patient beds, day therapy facilities (3 days a week), out-patients and a Family Support Service (bereavement), providing palliative (hospice) care for the population of west and central Berkshire. In the last 15 years over 12,000 patients have been treated and cared-for by a team of 50 (full-time equivalent) consultants, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational and speech therapists, admin & site staff, etc. This care continues after death for those relatives who wish it through the FSS. All care is provided free of charge, according to need. As with all parts of the National Health Service there is never enough money to pay for all aspects of what we technically call ‘specialist palliative care’. This is where the independent charity Duchess of Kent House Trust comes in. Since 2002, the Duchess of Kent House Trust (independent charity) has raised £1,500,000 for the unit to pay for the Family Support Service, 2 in-patient beds otherwise not available, the dietician, chaplaincy, psychologist, aromatherapist, and equipment. Please support this local charity caring for local patients and their families. Thank you very much.
<p> Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Endowment Fund is a charity of over 240 funds for the benefit of patients and staff in Dumfries and Galloway. Each hospital and most wards, units, departments and speciality has its own individual fund. These individual funds are managed by senior staff working in that specific area and are used to enhance patient care. The charity funds are used for the purchase of equipment, patient comforts and amenities, research and training together with the provision of extra facilities and opportunities not available from government funding.<p> <p> An example of one of our individual funds is the Alexandra Unit which is a specialist palliative care unit. The principle aim of the unit is to enhance quality of life on a day-to-day basis. Care is provided by a multi-disciplinary specialist team, encompassing medical, nursing, social work, physiotherapy, psychology and spiritual care specialities.<p> <p> The unit is bright and airy comprising of eight single bedrooms, a common room, outside terrace and ward kitchen. The emphasis is on offering comfort and flexibility in a warm and friendly atmosphere where patients can live as if they were at home whilst receiving specialist care.
Meadow House Hospice provides Specialist Palliative Care Service in West London. The in-patients’ unit and Day Hospice aim to help patients adjust to the physical, psychological and social implications of progressive illness. Specialist nurses provide palliative care at home and a family support team assists families, both practically and emotionally.
The Earl Mountbatten Hospice is the Island's only hospice. It cares for over 1300 people at any one time, people who have been given a life limiting diagnosis. To continue to be able to provide free care we need to raise £2 million per year.
We provide care and support for life-threatened children and their families across East Anglia and Essex - in their own homes, in the community or at one of our hospices in Ipswich, Milton and Quidenham. This year we need to raise around £4.8 million from public donations to deliver our services.
The hospice’s services are free but we receive less than 23% of our annual costs from government and so have to fundraise almost £6,000 every single day of the year to make ends meet. Our friends in the community are a central part of the team which together provides a crucial local service.
East Lancashire Hospice provides specialist care, supportive care and end of life care for patients and their families from Blackburn Darwen Hyndburn and Ribble Valley who are coping with a life limiting illness. To enable us to continue this work, we need to raise almost £2.8 million every year.
EllenorLions Hospices provides all encompassing hospice care to over 2,500 patients each year. Our vision is the best quality of life and care for children, young people and adults who are in need of Palliative Care. For more information please go to www.ellenorlions.org or call 01322 221 315
Eurovangelism is passionately committed to resourcing, inspiring and serving churches in Europe as they work to transform their villages, towns and nations from the inside with God's love and power. Harvest for the Hungry is one of their appeals to provide food for those in poverty in Europe.
The Charity provides support for terminally ill people and their carers in their own homes in the Exmouth & Lympstone area. This support is provided by a team of Community Palliative Care Nurse Specialists and voluntary workers.
Caring for Life is at the centre of our philosophy at Farleigh Hospice. Caring for the lives of individuals and their families who have been touched by cancer or other life limiting illnesses. It's about extra-ordinary people taking the time to improve the lives of others; about adding life to days, even when days can't be added to life. We are the sole provider of hospice care in Mid Essex and our huge range of services are offered completely free of charge.
The Fund raises money and awareness for children's charities and other deserving causes in the north of England.
The Five of Hearts is a fundraising consortium allowing donors to support five amazing Birmingham charities - Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Foundation, Focus Birmingham and St Basils.
Flights for Life is a registered charity based at Wickenby Airfield in Lincolnshire. The charity has been set up with the aim of providing sick and terminally ill children with the opportunity to experience the magic of flight in a vintage aircraft.
The aim of Florence Nightingale House, the Aylesbury Hospice, is to provide a first class palliative care service which is accessible to the people of Aylesbury and the surrounding area. Running costs exceed £2million per year, and this year the Friends of Florence Nightingale House have pledged to provide £450,000 towards these costs.
The Foyle Hospice provides specialised care and support both in the inpatient unit, in our Daycare unit and in our community for patients with cancer and other progressive illnesses. This care also extends to the family and further ongoing support is provided for bereaved families. In the northwest
Framework Foundation was established in 2011 with the objective of raising funds to help worthwhile causes. We hope that it will also encourage us all to do as much as we can, to help others who find themselves facing very challenging circumstances.
Francis House is a very special hospice caring for terminally ill children. Criteria for entry into the hospice is the child has been diagnosed as having 'no cure'. It is therefore unlikely that these children will become adults, and consequently the House tries to improve the quality of their short lives.
The Friends Of Cynthia Spencer Hospice is a registered charity and was formed in 1990 by a few individuals; all of whom had come into contact with the Hospice when their respective husbands, wives and close family members had been patients. Since our formation we have gone from strength to strength and do a tremendous amount of fund-raising ourselves. The three main aims of the charity are: - * To raise funds to help with the provision of items which are not available via the N.H.S and to buy those much needed extras for our patients. * To give support to the medical staff and patients in any way we can. * To promote awareness in the local community. The charity's costs are minimal and therefore the majority of the funds raised are spent on patient care.
Raising funds in order to provide additional equipment and facilities for patients and staff at Danetre Community Hospital that cannot be provided by the NHS. Our volunteers are our greatest asset!
Friends of East Sussex Hospices raises funds for the nine hospices serving the people of East Sussex. These are: Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice Demelza Hospice Care For Children Hospice in the Weald Leo House Children’s Hospice at Home The Martlets Hospice St. Catherine's Hospice St. Michael's Hospice St. Peter & St. James Hospice St. Wilfrid's Hospice
Forest Holme is a specialist palliative care unit, which forms part of the Dorset Cancer Centre at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Friends of Forest Holme support this 10 bedded unit through various fundraising initiatives to enhance the NHS service and improve the quality of care to our patients and their families.
WE HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE RUNNING COSTS OF THE HOSPICE FOR 17YEARS (SINCE 1992) AND THEY COST A MINIMUM OF £500,000 PER ANNUM AS THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FREE TO RESIDENTS OF THE THE BAILIWICK WITH NO GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT
To assist and help Lydney & District Hospital
It provides comforts to both in-patients and out patients, eg. transport,flowers in wards and public spaces, coffee shop. It also provides library facilities and finances certain training facilities for medical staff.
The Friends of The Wisdom Hospice supports the work of the only adult hospice serving Medway and Swale in Kent. It makes an annual grant to Medway Community Healthcare of £580,000 towards Hospice running costs. In addition it provides extra equipment and facilities that fall outside the MCH budget.
Fynvola provides nursing and palliative care for older learning disabled people at the end of their lives
George Thomas Hospice Care is the major provider of free consultant led community specialist palliative care to those facing cancer and other life threatening illnesses in Cardiff. We exist to help those suffering from cancer, their families and carers at a most difficult period in their lives.
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