+Whizz-Kidz

Whizz-Kidz are the UK leading charity for young wheelchair users and work hard to provide life changing mobility equipment and services for many young people users across the UK. These include clubs to build confidence and make friends, as well as equipment to help them navigate through life.

This year, we are encouraging you to take on Santa in the City for this fantastic cause. All you need to do is sign up alone or with your team, set up a fundraising page and choose your target! It’s as simple as that!

Why do it for Whizz-Kidz? This year Santa in the City have partnered with Whizz-Kidz to try and raise as much as we can to support young wheelchair users across the UK and we need your help! By taking on the challenge for Whizz-Kidz, the money you raise really will have a life changing impact on many young wheelchair users across the UK. You’ll be enabling the charity to provide transformative mobility equipment and confidence building services such as clubs, learning programs and wheelchair skills training to ensure every young wheelchair user is mobile, enabled and included. Whether your able to rope in your team at work and raise a lot, or your doing it on our own to raise a little, Whizz-Kidz are truly grateful for any support and look forward to cheering you on on the day!

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Registered charity No. 802872. Charity registered in Scotland No. SC042607

+Over the Wall

Right now, 1 in 10 children are missing out on childhood due to a serious illness or disability – and that number is growing.

For these children, quality of life is adversely affected by isolation and their inability to participate in many of the everyday activities enjoyed by their friends and peers. This often results in a growing lack of self-esteem and confidence which can become a barrier to future growth and development.

That’s where Over The Wall Children’s Charity comes in.

Over The Wall is a UK based charity for children with serious illness and disabilities, and their families, to discover a world of mischief and magic. A place where they can be brave and have fun with others. These amazing places are physical – in residential camps and also available online – with Camp in the Cloud and Camp365. And what’s more, it’s all free!

Registered Charity No.1075361 & SC043191

+National Brain Appeal

The National Brain Appeal aims to transform the lives of the millions of people affected by neurological and neuromuscular conditions. It helps to drive advancement by funding pioneering research, innovative treatments and world-class facilities – over and above what the NHS can provide.

Since the charity was launched in 1984, it has raised more than £56m for ground-breaking projects. It plans to deliver a further £100m of investment by 2032 to enable the advances that the neurological community so desperately needs.'

https://www.nationalbrainappeal.org/

Charity registration number – Our England and Wales charity number is 274467, and our Scottish charity number is SCO45476.

+Action Aid

I hope you’re well. Please find the information about ActionAid below:

Organisation line: ‘ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls. We are ending violence and fighting poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.’

Registered Charity No. 290173. A limited company registered in England. No. 01844281

+SportsInspired

For 12 years SportInspired has been working directly with children and young people from the UK’s 20% most deprived communities. Children that are three times as likely to suffer mental health issues and twice as likely to be obese, just because of where they live. Our sports programmes empower these children to believe they can achieve anything

Our vision is for every 9-year-old living in the UK’s most deprived places to reap the life-long benefits of sport, reaching 145,000 children each year from 2030. We want a world where children and young people live lives they love, believing they can achieve anything.

Registered Charity number- 1162785

+Abscent

== AbScent is the UK anosmia support charity, offering the best support so that no-one faces smell loss alone. We do this through a range of online services, providing support and interaction, trusted and accessible information, and practical resources to manage life with little or no sense of smell.

Registered Charity Number: 1183468

+ Approach Dementia Support

Approach Dementia Support has been providing specialist dementia services in Staffordshire since 1981. Approach offers quality services to promote positive well-being for both individuals living with dementia and their families.

We believe that anyone affected by dementia should be supported to live their life the way they choose.

Approach Dementia Support provide person-centred services to provide 1-2-1 and group community-based activities which enables and encourages social interaction, emotional support and access information. Research highlights the importance of social interaction for those affected by dementia: physical, mental and social activity can help slow the progression of symptoms of dementia.

We recognise that Family and Carers provide the stability that people living with dementia need daily. It is therefore important that carers get the support they need. Carers can access information, emotional support, training and advice through our Carers Cafes, Carer Support Team and Carer Training.

Registered Charity Number: 8300439

+ Brace

BRACE is a charity dedicated to funding research into Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. BRACE funds scientific research into the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of dementia with the aim of one day finding a cure. Together we will defeat dementia.

Registered Charity Number: 297965

+ STAMMA

[STAMMA][1] exists to create a world that makes space for stammering. Where a stammer is embraced as just a difference. Where no-one judges us on our stammer or the way we choose to deal with it.

We will stand up for and empower those who stammer and challenge discrimination wherever we find it. We will provide support and information and fight for speech and language therapy services for those who want it. No matter how you talk, we're here for you.

STAMMA, reg. charity no. 1089967/SC038866

+ stem4

stem4 is a charity that promotes positive mental health in teenagers and young people 13-25 years and those who support them including their families, carers, education professionals, school nurses and GPs. We do this through the provision of clinically informed, evidence based free downloadable apps, an innovative education programme and a website to promote resilience strategies and the benefits of early identification and intervention of mental health disorders. All our activities contribute to helping young people and those around them flourish.

+ Humanimal Trust

Humanimal Trust drives collaboration between vets, doctors and researchers so that all humans and animals benefit from equal and sustainable medical progress but not at the expense of an animal's life. This is One Medicine.

+ Fountain of Peace

Fountain of Peace aims to provide hope and a secure future, in a Christian environment, for orphaned, abandoned, and other critically vulnerable children of Western Uganda.

Registered Charity Number: 1117909

+ Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity

Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity (Alex TLC) is the only charity in the UK that provides invaluable support and information to anyone affected by a genetic leukodystrophy.

Leukodystrophies are genetic disorders that mainly affect the white matter of the central nervous system (i.e. the brain or spinal cord). Most leukodystrophies are degenerative, causing symptoms such as impaired mobility, vision, speech and hearing, incontinence, inability to swallow and loss of cognitive skills. In some cases, they can sadly be terminal.

Our aims are to:

Enable more patients, families and carers to access vital support and information,

Connect patients and families to others living with similar disorders,

Raise awareness and improve public and professional education through events and campaigns,

Advance medical research to find better treatments, enable early diagnosis and increase life expectancy.

Charity Registration Number 1106008

+ Paul's Cancer Support Centre

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Paul's Cancer Support Centre are here to help people affected by cancer, their families, and anyone who supports them, from our centre in Battersea and through our Home Visiting Service.

Registered Charity Number: 1128295

+ Porchlight

Porchlight Porchlight is Kent’s largest charity for homeless and vulnerable people.

With government protection schemes ending such as furlough, the eviction ban and the Universal Credit uplift, thousands of homeless and vulnerable people in Kent are at breaking point. More than 9,300 households could be at risk of homelessness this winter. As people are facing the worst of times, we are preparing to do everything we can to support them.

Registered Charity Number: 267116

+ Learning Disability Network London

Learning Disability Network London is an award winning charity providing services for people with a range of learning disabilities and their families. We operate in Camden, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. Our extensive experience is in supporting people with disabilities including people with complex needs and profound and multiple disabilities. We place special emphasis on promoting family relationships, as this is crucial to delivering successful services. We have been supporting people with learning disabilites in London for nearly 60 years.

Our vision is to enable learning disabled Londoners to stay healthy, be safe, and to live well in a society where people with learning disabilities are valued as equal citizens having the chance to make full use of everything their community has to offer just like everybody else.

Registered charity No: 801081

+ Richard House Children's Hospice

Richard House Children's Hospice based in East London, provides palliative care to around 300 children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across London every year.

From the moment a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting, life-threatening or complex health condition everything changes. These changes affect the whole family, which is why we feel it is vital not only to provide care to the child but to support the whole family and to help families choose when, where and how they receive care.

https://www.richardhouse.org.uk/

Richard House Trust is a registered charity (1059029) and a company limited by guarantee (3232837 - England & Wales)

+ Cavell Nurses Trust

Cavell Nurses' Trust is the charity supporting UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, both working and retired, when they’re suffering a personal or financial crisis often due to illness, disability, domestic abuse and rising living costs.

From simple, essential support like money to repair or replace a broken cooker, to vital life-changing aid like helping a family flee their home due to domestic abuse, Cavell Nurses’ Trust is here to help.

Cavell Nurses' Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales (1160148) and Scotland (SCO41453)

+ Child Bereavement UK

Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.

We provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

Our vision is for all families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives, when a child grieves or when a child dies.

Our mission is to tackle the inequalities that exist in the availability, accessibility and quality of bereavement support and training across the UK and to build capacity within communities to manage the impact of child bereavement.

Charity number is 1040419.

+ Little Gate

Little Gate — Creating opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism We give adults with learning disabilities and autism the opportunity to train ‘on the job’ in paid apprenticeships. We work closely with employers and specialist education providers to ensure everyone involved gets the most from these wonderful learning opportunities.

Charity number 1153584

+ Bethany's Smile

Bethany Hare's Smile Foundation, also known as Bethany's Smile, is a charity based in Leeds, Yorkshire. The charity's mission is to support those families with children suffering from life limiting/life threatening illnesses. Essentially, Bethany's Smile seeks to provide opportunities and experiences to help families spend time together when it is needed the most.

registered children's charity (1145131)

+ Ruth Strauss Foundation

In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, wife of former England Cricket Captain, Sir Andrew Strauss, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died in December 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.

In her memory, Sir Andrew launched the Ruth Strauss Foundation to provide emotional support for families to prepare for the death of a parent, and to raise awareness of the need for more research and collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers. We are developing the first UK-wide specialist helpline and online service to offer pre- bereavement support for families, which is helping families facing the death throughout the UK.

Charity reg. 1183221

+ St Joseph's Hospice

Being diagnosed with a terminal illness can turn your world upside down. We are here to provide free of charge, high quality specialist palliative care and support to people in our community nearing the end of their lives, and to their loved ones.

Registered Charity No. 1113125.

+ Sepsis Research

We are Sepsis Research FEAT. Our mission is to #StopSepsisNow, preventing some of the 50,000 sepsis deaths that occur every year in the UK.We fund pioneering research into the detection and treatment of sepsis, being undertaken at the world-leading Roslin Institute near Edinburgh. We also raise awareness amongst the general public so that the key symptoms of sepsis are quickly and easily spotted and lives can be saved.

Registered Charity Number: SC049399

+ Support Dogs

Support Dogs is a national charity dedicated to increasing independence and quality of life for people affected by autism, epilepsy and physical disabilities. We provide, train and support specialist assistance dogs to achieve this. From keeping children calm and safe, to alerting their owners prior to an oncoming epileptic seizure, from raising the alarm in emergencies to helping open doors and get dressed in the morning, our support dogs transform the lives of their families.

Registered Charity Number: 1088281

+ Arrive Alive

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Arrive Alive funds equipment and lifesaving vehicles for medically trained volunteers (CFR's). CFR's are trained to attend 999 calls in those vital seconds/minutes prior to a road or air ambulance​.

Registered Charity Number: 1149910

+ Victim Support

Victim Support is an independent charity. We are dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales and we put them at the heart of our organisation. We provide specialist help and services to support people to cope and recover until they feel they are back on track with their lives. In 2020–21 VS provided support to 153,100 victims of crime, 36% more than the previous year.”

Registered Charity Number: 298028

+ Held in our Hearts

Held in our hearts are a Scottish charity providing baby loss counselling and peer support to families, with over 40 years’ experience of offering compassionate bereavement care in the community.are

Your support and assistance with our work with the families is invaluable and we will support you as best we can. This may be through training, information sharing, organising a joint visit to a family or perhaps you wish to fundraise for us.

We hope you find lots of information here but please contact us should you wish further support. www.heldinourhearts.org.uk

Registered Charity Number: SC024375

+ Brain Tumour Support

Brain Tumour Support is a charity offering free support to anyone affected by any type of brain tumour.

The charity is uniquely dedicated to providing practical and emotional support for anyone affected by a brain tumour, from initial diagnosis and for as long as support is needed, and even after bereavement.

We not only support patients, but also families, carers and loved ones who are dealing day to day with the impact of a brain tumour.

We provide specialist, tailored services through one-to-one and group support, as well as online and telephone support and specialist counselling.

Registered Charity Number: 1163856

+ Astriid

Astriid bridges the gap between businesses and skilled professionals who have long-term health issues.

Registered Charity Number: 1176645

+ Foothold

Foothold is a small organisation but we have big plans.

We’re here to make sure engineers and their families never face life’s challenges without support. Whatever the problem, big or small – you’ll find tools to make your life better right now.

We're expanding the number of partners we work with to help increase the varied support we offer. We've begun working with experts and supporters to create a library full of useful guides and advice.

We're planning to triple the number of people we help by 2022 and to do that we're constantly looking at ways we can provide support. And we're working with our community more than ever - to create community stories, to recruit wonderful volunteers and to fund-raise.

We're mainly funded by IET member's donations but we work independently of The IET. Check out all the ways we're working hard to make sure we've got your back.

Registered Charity Number: 208925

+ Maggie's

Maggie’s offers the best possible support free to anyone with cancer and their families who walk through our doors. You'll find our centres alongside NHS hospitals and we can also support you online.

How we can help

Our Support Specialists, Psychologists and Benefits Advisors are here, if you or someone you care about has cancer.

Time to talk

Share experiences with others in a similar situation around the kitchen table in a centre, or in our online community.

Registered Charity Number: SC024414

+ Croydon Health Services Charitable Fund

Croydon Health Services Charitable Fund

Charity number: 1054824

We help people of all ages, from all walks of life to have the best possible experience of NHS care in Croydon, South London, during what can be some of the most difficult times in their lives

Our purpose is:

Refurbishing parts of our hospitals and community services Funding state-of-the-art equipment Supporting life-changing research to pioneer new treatments Supporting the health and wellbeing of our 4,000 strong workforce