Charities
The Abracadabra Appeal
registered charity no: 1049776A third of all children in the Royal Surrey's area will use the paediatric facilities every year and, although the standard of care provided by the doctors and nurses is second to none, many of the facilities are overused and outdated.
It is the aim of the appeal to re-develop and update the children's ward, including special facilities for adolescents and parents.
It is intended to make a child's stay in hospital more bearable by building a new, bright and friendly environment incorporating the very latest advances in paediatric care and equipment.
RedCross.org.uk
registered charity no: 1060832"The British Red Cross gives skilled and impartial care to people in need and crisis - in their own homes and in the community, at home and abroad, in peace and in war."
In practical terms this means that volunteers provide skilled care to those in crisis, on a day-to-day basis, and it is this work which ensures that the British Red Cross is always ready to respond to an emergency.
Fundamental Principles:
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is committed to seven Fundamental Principles - Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Unity, Voluntary Service and Universality - which inspire and guide all its actions.
Often it is only because of our impartiality and neutrality that we are allowed to help vulnerable people in volatile situations. This is why we must remain an independent, non-political organisation. The British Red Cross is therefore dependent on the generosity of the public to continue our work.
The Children's Centre
registered charity no: 1047706Worthing's new Children's Centre will serve the needs of 55,000 children and teenagers in Worthing and the surrounding area.
It is an innovative venture that will bring together for the first time under one roof many health care professionals and services for children and teenagers in a large part of West Sussex.
Some 5000 youngsters a year are expected to receive care and treatment from the centre. They will receive help and support for:
- chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes
- respiratory and digestive disorders
- development problems
- behavioural difficulties
The Children's Centre will complement and support local community children's clinics by providing additional facilities for the assessment and treatment of children, and an easily accessible central base from which healthcare professionals will co-ordinate treatment and care.
The centre is jointly sponsored by Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust, and the League of Friends of Worthing Hospitals.
Leo House Children's Hospice
registered charity no: 1060832We aim to raise £3 million to build Leo House, a hospice and respite care centre for children suffering from terminal or life-limiting conditions.
Leo House is supported by Brighton and Hove Council
TeenCancer
registered charity no: 1062559Fact! One in three people develop cancer at sometime in their life.
Fact! One in 330 boys and one in 420 girls contract cancer before their 20th birthday.
What we do: The Teenage Cancer Trust sets up specialist hospital units for young people with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin's and related diseases, all over the United Kingdom.
They are designed for, and partly, by teenagers where young people can be together and have fun, as well as being given the best medical treatment. The cost of each unit is between £500,000 and £1million.
But why teenagers? Cancer is a shock at any stage of life but, in the past, little thought has been given to the particular ways cancer affects a young person. Most teenagres with cancer (other than those in Teenage Cancer Trust Units) are treated in children's wards, where cots are more common than beds. Older teenagres are treated alongside the elderly, isolated from their peers.
Growing up is rarely easy. Adolescence is a time of growth; physical, psychological and emotional. A time when young people take control, gradually, over their own lives and gain independence from their parents. The years between childhood and adulthood are exciting, but are also hypersensitive (Keeping up appearances is important, even to a teenager with cancer!), and unsure, when life plans must be laid and opportunities grasped, relationships forged and adult experiences begin to offer themselves.
The sensitive balance of growing up is knocked askew by cancer. No wonder teenagers with cancer feel both cheated and confused. Teenage Cancer Trust Needs...to raise millions of pounds to fund specialist units and other services for teenagers with cancer across the United Kingdom in order to help redress the balance.
British Lung Foundation
registered charity no: 326730The British Lung Foundation is the only UK organisation which raises money for research into all types of lung disease.
There are 40 different types of lung disease ranging from asthma to cancer, including bronchiectasis, fibrosing alveolitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis and sleep apnoea and they affect over 8 million UK residents from babies in the womb to the elderly.
An adults lungs, if opened out flat, would cover a tennis court and are made up of very delicate tissues and tubes, which once damaged through infection, pollution or smoking cannot be repaired. In most cases illness can be controlled with medication but more research is urgently required to discover new ways of not only controlling infections but also preventing damage to the lungs in the first place.
We all need to breathe - please help the British Lung Foundation researchers to make a better present for us and a brighter, safer future for the next generations so that everyone will be able to "Breathe Easy".
Barnardos
Charity No. 216250Barnardo's works with the most vulnerable children and young people, helping them transform their lives and fulfil their potential. We are the UK's largest children's charity, supporting over 50,000 children and their families through more than 300 projects in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
We believe that the lives of all children should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. We use our expertise and knowledge to campaign for better care for children and to champion the rights of every child.
Barnardo's helps children, young people and their families over the long term to overcome the most severe disadvantages; problems like abuse, homelessness and poverty, and to tackle the challenges of disability.
You can donate your old mobile phone (with it's battery and charger if available) at any of Barnardo's 300 shops.
Sense (Scotland)
Scottish Charity No. SCO22097With 95% of what we learn about the world coming from what we see and hear, deafblind children face many challenges.
Sense Scotland works to minimise the profoundly disabling effects of deafblindness in children from birth through to supporting them in their development as confident and independent men and women.
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