Charity Search

Charity Pages Issue 6 Welcome to the Your Expert Witness Charity Search facility - where solicitors can find appropriate charities when dealing with wills and legacies for their clients. Amongst the charities listed below are a selection of some of the perhaps lesser known charitable organisations and trusts - giving both client and solicitor alike the widest possible choice when deciding a suitable home for what can often be someone's life savings.

Categories:

Actors - Animals - Brain Injuries - Cancer - Children - Elderly - Environment - Finance - Food - Healthcare - Learning & Physical Disabilities - Medical Research - Overseas Aid - Seafarers

Actors Top of page

Actors Benevolent Fund

The Actors’ Benevolent Fund exists to help members of the theatrical profession who are in need because of accident, illness or old age. For over 130 years the Fund has been able to support many thousands with grants, allowances and help towards the payment of domestic bills. Today charities are being called on more than ever and the requests for the ABF’s help become more and more numerous.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 027 836 6378 or visit their website at
www.actorsbenevolentfund.co.uk

Animals Top of page

Last Chance Animal Rescue

Registered Charity No. 1002349

Don’t leave it to chance... leave it to LAST CHANCE

As animals can’t speak for themselves it falls to me to ask you to consider leaving a legacy to Last Chance Animal Rescue. Any money that we may receive will be spent entirely on the running and improvement at the Centre, which is dedicated to the rescuing, rehabilitation and re-homing of dogs and cats etc.

Many of the number we receive have found their way to our door through circumstances such as their beloved owner passing away, may that door always be open.

Many are elderly, in their twilight years, and would just love to find a caring retirement home, something we have great success and pleasure in finding for them, and we continue to care for them, young and old, long after they are settled in their new loving homes, by offering all kinds of support, including financial if needed, for their continued welfare and well being.

As you can imagine this level of commitment doesn’t come cheaply, which is why I am appealing to you to remember Last Chance if possible, when you make your will. They do say where there’s a Will there’s a way!

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01732 865530 or visit their website www.lastchanceanimalrescue.co.uk.

Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital

Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital are a specialist hospital, dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating all species of British wildlife using all available veterinary expertise.

Every year in Britain over five million wild animals and birds are injured as a direct result of their encounters with man's world. We care for sick and injured hedgehogs, badgers, wild birds, foxes, even reptiles and amphibians.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01844 292511 or visit www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk.

The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts are the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places everywhere – on land and at sea. We are supported by more than 800,000 members, 150,000 of which belong to our junior branch - Wildlife Watch. Every year The Wildlife Trusts work with thousands of schools and welcome millions of visitors to our nature reserves and visitor centres.

Our purpose is to lead the way in achieving our vision of an environment rich in wildlife for everyone through pursuing our mission of creating Living Landscapes and securing Living Seas.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01636 677711 or visit www.wildlifetrusts.org.

Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust

The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust (GHDT) was founded in 2002. With no tradition of horsemanship in The Gambia and a combination of poor management, high disease risk and poverty, farmers were investing comparatively large amounts of money for a working animal only for it to die, too often within six months. Not only was this causing further hardship for the farmers, it was also creating a serious animal welfare problem and the veterinary services did not have the infrastructure or finances to be able to help the farmers.

The aim of the GHDT is to reduce rural poverty in The Gambia through improving the health, welfare and productivity of working animals.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01306 627568 or visit www.gambiahorseanddonkey.org.uk.

Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats

Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats is a sanctuary in Kent who care for abused, neglected and needy goats. They are the only registered charity in the UK who care solely for the welfare of goats.

They rescue abandoned, abused and neglected goats and also help animals simply in need of a new home whose owners can no longer care for them or who have been left alone after the death of companion goats. They also help improve the knowledge and education about goat welfare nationwide.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01622 746420 or visit www.buttercups.org.uk.

Brain Injuries Top of page

Cancer Top of page

Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund

The Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund is a registered charity, number 1007819. The trustees are Virginia Bates, Dr John Glees MD FRCR, Patrick Baly FCA, David Bates, Les Biggs ACIS (Secretary) and Sir Peter Blake CBE,RDI,RA.

The main objective of our Charity is to provide funds for research into causes and cures for pancreatic cancer. Below is a summary of some of the research work we have funded at St George’s University of London in Tooting, South West London.

The Fund has supported research at St George’s University of London in Tooting, South London for many years into the effect on pancreatic cancer cells of various combinations of drugs. Prof. Gus Dalgleish, one of the UK’s foremost cancer specialists has driven and directed this research.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 02380 515 950 or visit their website at
www.ralphbatespcr.org.uk

Beechwood Cancer Care Centre

Beechwood cancer care centre offers support to all those living with cancer or life limiting illness, as well as their relatives and carers. They first began offering cancer care back in 1990 and since then their Centre has helped many people. Based in Stockport they offer support to anyone from across the North West. All services are free of charge to all those who need them.

They understand how cancer and life limiting illness can affect someone's life, and offer support via complimentary therapies and one to one counselling along with group sessions. They also offer full carer and bereavement support.

Beechwood offers support with every aspect of the journey with serious illness from diagnosis until end of life not just for the patient but for the whole family.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 0161 476 0384 or visit our website at
www.beechwoodcancercare.org.uk

Prostate Action

The Prostate Cancer Research Centre carries out research into the causes of and treatment for the UK’s most frequently diagnosed male cancer.

Currently a man over 50 has a 1 in 11 chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and experts have predicted that, due to increased lifespans and widespread testing, a boy born in 2015 will have a 1 in 7 chance.

The Centre's mission is to raise funds to undertake research that will improve the survival and quality of life of men with prostate cancer.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7679 9366 or visit our website at
www.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk or click here to watch a video on the work we do.

The National Brain Appeal

The National Brain Appeal is one of the world’s leading centres for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with a wide range of neurological and neuromuscular conditions including multiple sclerosis (MS), brain cancer, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, Prion disease, and head injury.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7734 4445 or visit www.nationalbrainappeal.org.

Children Top of page

Action for Sick Children

Action for Sick Children's mission is to ensure that healthcare in the UK meets the unique needs of all children and young people and their families. With over 50 years’ experience, they campaign on all aspects of healthcare, whether in hospital in the community or at home and from national policies to individual family cases.

Action for Sick Children believe that family focused environments, as well as excellent medical services, are critical to aiding recovery. Action for Sick Children provides leadership at local and national levels. They harness the experience and expertise of children, parents and their families as well as healthcare professionals. They define standards in child healthcare and lobby to implement these standards.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01663 763004 or visit their website at
www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk

KOFUP Kenya Orphans Fund & Uganda Project

KOFUP was begun by a group of Southend people as a response to the plight of the many children in Sub-Saharan Africa who have been orphaned by the HIV/Aids plague.

KOFUP supports children within the framework of community projects. At least two of the trustees visit each year, travelling around the different communities to monitor the use of funds and ascertain ongoing needs.

KOFUP currently supports 11 projects in all, two in Uganda and nine in Kenya. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed in the past year. Without doubt you have helped, and are helping, to change lives and give hope.

Since KOFUP started, every penny raised has been set aside for the support of orphans. All administrative costs are paid by the trustees or by specific donations for that purpose. KOFUP supports children and adolescents in their own communities. KOFUP aims to reach street children before they reach the streets.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01702 343562 or visit their website www.kofup.org.

The National Deaf Children's Society

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

We offer free information and support to families with a deaf child. Through our publictions and web forums, the Freephone Helpline, their specialist advisors and family events, parents can rely on them from initial diagnosis through to adulthood.

We run various activities and events where deaf children and young people can learn new skills, gain confidence and meet other deaf children, often for the first time.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 0845 231 1617 or visit www.ndcs.org.uk.

Kidney Kids Scotland

Kidney Kids Scotland was founded as a Charitable Trust in July 2000 to help children with renal illness and their families from Scotland. We support hospitals all over Scotland supplying them with much needed equipment and funding for posts recognised as being essential.

Kidney Kids Scotland has distributed over a million pounds towards the treatment of children in Scotland with renal/urology problems and been instrumental in funding and developing The Paediatric Renal Network in Scotland.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01324 555843 or visit www.kidneykids.org.uk.

Kidscape

Kidscape is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7730 3300 or visit www.kidscape.org.uk.

Siloam Christian Ministries

Active in India saving eye sight by treating glaucoma and poor folk with cataracts.

Through Siloam you can also sponsor children’s education in India, Kenya and Vietnam. Our children’s character development programme in Kenya, Uganda and India help teach Christian character traits to youngsters in home work clubs.

Siloam helps independent missionaries and indigenous projects that don’t attract the attention as the larger charities. Siloam is satisfied in knowing that the projects it supports overseas comply with all the accounting criteria demanded by the UK Charity Commissioners. Inspections are carried out on a regular basis to overseas projects and fundraising material, gathered to share with sponsors and donors in the UK.

At the present time Siloam is sponsoring more than 40 different projects overseas for which your financial help and prayer support are eagerly sought. Affiliated with Childcare Worldwide.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 08000 27 79 17 or visit their websites www.siloam.org.uk and www.childcareworldwide.org.

Elderly Top of page

The Not Forgotten Society

The Not Forgotten Association (NFA) is a unique tri-service charity which provides entertainment, leisure and recreation for the serving wounded, injured or sick and for ex-service men and women with disabilities.

They do this through a tailored programme of activities including outings, concerts, holidays, events and the provision of televisions and TV licences. Each year they help approximately 10,000 individuals of all ages, whenever and wherever they served.

The NFA is a non-fundraising charity and relies entirely on the generosity of those who recognise the value of its work.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7730 2400 or visit www.nfassociation.org.

Dementia Concern

Since 1982 Dementia Concern have been providing information and support services for people with dementia and their carers in the London Borough of Ealing. They work with approximately 700 people with dementia and their carers.

The principal aim within the articles of association of Dementia Concern is to support people with dementia and their carers to live as independently as possible by, in particular, providing dementia care services and practical help.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 8568 4448 or visit www.dementiaconcern.co.uk.

Environment Top of page

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

FSC is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests.

FSC runs a global forest certification system with two key components: Forest Management and Chain of Custody certification. This system allows consumers to identify, purchase and use timber and forest products produced from well-managed forests. FSC certified forests are responsibly managed with respect for the environment, for wildlife and for the people who live and work in them.

FSC UK works to promote and support the system in the UK, raising awareness through education and helping businesses to do the right thing by the world’s forests.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01686 413916 or visit www.fsc-uk.org.

Finance Top of page

Brendoncare

Brendoncare is a registered charity which provides high standards of care through its 10 care centres across the south of England. We provide financial support to those who cannot afford the full cost of that care with our 'Care for Life' promise, offering security and peace of mind to our residents and their families.

Brendoncare also runs numerous friendship and wellbeing clubs providing fun, friendship and stimulation for older people. We provide a hardship fund for older people who simply cannot afford to get to our clubs, meaning nobody is excluded, whatever their financial situation.

Brendoncare is dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people. Care is at the heart of all that we do, and our aim is always to provide happiness, fulfilment and independence.

Leaving a gift in your Will to Brendoncare is a very special way of supporting our work and helping to ensure that Brendoncare builds a positive future for older people in generations to come.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01962 852 133 or visit their website www.brendoncare.org.uk/legacies.

Pharmacist Support

Pharmacist Support is an independent charity working for pharmacists and their families and pharmacy students to provide help and support in times of need. Our range of free and confidential services include financial assistance, a stress helpline (Listening Friends), addiction support (Health Support Programme), debt, benefits and employment advice and an information and enquiry service.

Pharmacist Support currently works in partnership with CAB, Action on Addiction and Chiumento. Some services are delivered directly by trained volunteer pharmacists, located throughout Great Britain. Because of the shared professional background, these volunteers are uniquely able to understand the specific pressures affecting pharmacists and their families.

Pharmacist Support relies on funding to deliver our services and help pharmacists and their families face life changing events.

By supporting Pharmacist Support you will help ensure the continuity of our work and enable us to develop new services as the needs of pharmacists change. For further details visit our website at www.pharmacistsupport.org/get-involved/donate.

You can help Pharmacist Support in a range of ways by taking up a challenge or holding a fundraising event, leaving a gift in your will or sponsoring an event. If you would like to help us make a difference, please get in touch with Petra van den Houten on 0161 441 0317.

You can make a difference to someone whose life may be falling apart by making a donation today.

Food Top of page

Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide specialises in tackling hunger with the most vulnerable people in the world's poorest places. We use our expertise and local knowledge to help communities develop lasting solutions to hunger so that they can lead happier, healthier lives and lift themselves out of poverty.

Gifts in Wills are crucial to Concern's vital work across the world. From helping farmers learn new skills so that they can grow more food for their families, to helping communities build a well to provide a source of clean water for preparing food safely, our projects will transform lives far into the future. Your gift will help us plan ahead, respond quickly to emergencies, commit to long-term projects, and tackle the root causes of hunger.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7801 1881 or visit www.concern.net.

Vegfam

Vegfam helps people overseas by providing funds for self-supporting, sustainable food projects and the provision of safe drinking water.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01550 721197 or visit www.vegfamcharity.org.uk.

Healthcare Top of page

Royal College of Surgeons of England

With 4.2 million surgical operations carried out every year in England alone, our aim to maintain and advance surgical standards in patient care has never been so important. Some operations are minor, while others are life-saving or will dramatically enhance the quality of life. In every case, the patient places their trust in the hands of the surgeon.

Independent of the NHS, the College relies heavily on charitable support to fund the development of these activities. Legacies and donations from grant-giving trusts, companies and individuals provide an essential source of income, and allow us to fund important new projects and initiatives.

The College continues to sustain and improve surgical standards throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our training, education and research programmes are intended to advance the knowledge and skills of surgeons so that the treatment received by patients is of the highest possible standard.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7869 6086 or visit their website www.rcseng.ac.uk/support-our-work.

Mercy Ships UK

Mercy Ships is an international faith-based organisation with a mission to increase access to health care throughout the world.

We use hospital ships to transform individuals and serve nations, one at a time. Through the deployment of the world’s largest charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, Mercy Ships works with host nations to help fill the gaps in health care systems, while serving the immediate needs of their population.

Mercy Ships provides free surgery and medical care, and partners with local communities to improve health care, offering training and advice, materials and hands-on assistance.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01438 727800 or visit www.mercyships.org.uk.

Learning & Physical Disabilities Top of page

The Seeing Dogs Alliance

Seeing Dogs has made increasing progress since it started operations in 2001. Our highly successful rearing/training programme presently includes several dogs either being puppy reared or receiving their Seeing Dog (our term for guide dog) training. We currently have 15 working Seeing Dogs, including two Hungarian wirehaired vizslas, which are the first of the breed in the UK, and maybe in the world, to qualify to guide blind people, and 3 retired dogs.

It costs us about £15,000 to train each dog and owner. Our clients are currently usually trained in their home environment, although our target is to have a dedicated training centre. When residential training has been required, we have used hotels.

Puppies remain with the puppy rearers till they are 12-14 months old, during which time they are familiarised with all the circumstances they are likely to encounter as Seeing Dogs – crowded streets, heavy traffic, buses, trains, cars, cafés, restaurants, stairs (although not escalators), lifts, swing doors, etc. An allowance is available to cover the expenses of this very important pre-training work. We like our puppy rearers to take their charges to puppy training classes, however, which help with obedience training and socialisation with other dogs. We provide them with a reference manual, and visit them from time to time to check on the puppies’ progress. We are also always at the other end of a phone to give advice or to obtain it for them.

Our main need is funding. At present, we concentrate our funds on training dogs and owners, who have to pay for the dogs’ food and routine vets’ bills. You can painlessly make a difference to our finances. Please remember us in your will, and/or complete the attached Subscription and Donation Form and return it, together with a cheque, or, what would be more useful to us, complete the attached Bankers’ Order for a regular monthly, quarterly or annual donation, at a level you will not miss, and return it. If you are a taxpayer and you complete the Gift Aid Declaration on whichever form you use, we shall be able to recover from the tax authority a further quarter of what you give. You can also donate online on our website, but please let us know if you do this, so that we can acknowledge your donation. Thank you.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01483 765556 or visit their website at
www.seeingdogs.org.uk

Camphill Foundation UK

Camphill Foundation provides much-needed financial support to projects which greatly enhance the quality of life of adults, children and young people with learning disabilities. Camphill communities throughout the UK and Ireland offer safe and supportive environments in a variety of semi-rural and urban settings where individuals can feel at home and develop their personal abilities and interests. There is also a strong sense of belonging to a diverse but cohesive intentional community and supported living network. Work opportunities abound, giving a real sense of meaning, purpose and achievement, which is essential for a person’s well-being.

Camphill Foundation supports development projects such as the building of new accommodation, establishing new workshops and facilities, developing agricultural and horticultural activities, providing new equipment, and various educational, training, cultural and social initiatives. Support is often in the form of grants to help projects get started and loans at a low rate of interest, usually over several years.

Supporting Camphill Foundation means also fostering a new understanding and recognition of people with disabilities and enabling them to develop and make use of their astonishing talents and skills as fully engaged, talented and co-responsible members of the community carrying out important and meaningful work which is both fulfilling for them and of great value to others.

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For further information on donating to this charity tel 01454 601995 or visit their website at
www.camphillfoundation.net

Vitalise

Vitalise is a national charity providing short breaks and holidays (respite care) for people with physical disabilities and their carers. We offer inspirational opportunities for volunteers through one of the largest, most diverse volunteer programmes in the UK.

Vitalise has been providing short breaks at accessible centres in the UK since 1963. We were founded in 1963 as Winged Fellowship Trust and in 2004 we became Vitalise.

We firmly believe that disabled people should have the same rights, freedoms, responsibilities and quality of life as those without disabilities.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 0303 303 0147 or visit www.vitalise.org.uk.

Frontline Partnership

Frontline enables and supports people with a learning disability and high support needs to live full and productive lives through their active inclusion, participation and contribution within the Brentwood community and farther afield.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01277 218902 or visit www.frontlinepartnership.org.

Medical Research Top of page

Dr Hadwen Trust

The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) is the UK’s leading non-animal medical research charity that funds and promotes the development of techniques and procedures to replace the use of animals in biomedical research.

To further this aim, the DHT supports and assists scientists to implement existing techniques and develop new ones which are more human-relevant and replace animal experiments. We award grants to scientists in universities, hospitals and research organisations following a rigorous peer-reviewed selection procedure.

Only those projects with the highest scientific calibre and the best potential for the replacement of animals will be awarded funding.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 01462 436 819 or visit our website at
www.drhadwentrust.org

National Eye Research Centre

Over 40 people in the UK lose their sight each day. It is a difficult environment in which charities currently operate and the National Eye Research Centre are working hard to raise their profile and that of the valuable work they do. A donation from your charitable trust will go such a long way in helping them to increase funding of vital research to prevent blindness.

The NERC is a leading eye charity funding research into some of the most prevalent degenerative and disabling eye conditions. Our research is principally within the University of Bristol, but also in Yorkshire and in other eye centres throughout the UK.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 0117 929 0024 or visit www.nerc.co.uk.

Overseas Aid Top of page

Concern Worldwide

For further information on donating to this charity tel 020 7801 1881 or visit www.concern.net.

Seafarers Top of page

Sailors Society

Sailors’ Society exists to transform the lives of seafarers and their families worldwide, in port, at sea and at home.

90% of everything on our shelves comes by sea, and yet we rarely think about the 1.5 million people who bring these goods to us, who spend an average of 9 months at sea, away from home and family.

Sailors’ Society provides practical, emotional and spiritual welfare support for merchant seafarers, through its global network of multidenominational chaplains and ship visitors. The Society also supports key projects in seafaring communities.

For further information on donating to this charity tel 02380 515 950 or visit our website at
www.sailors-society.org/legacy

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