Action Against Hunger

Action against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is an international network committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while ensuring access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. To visit their website, click here

Habitat for Humanity

Shelter is a primary need for all. At its most basic, it is just a roof and four walls where we are safe and dry. Habitat for Humanity believes that simple, decent shelter is a basic human right. Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is a non-denominational Christian charity dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. Habitat for Humanity builds and renovates simple, decent homes with the help of homeowner families, through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials. To visit their website,click here

Save the Children

Too many children are still dying because they haven’t got enough food or because they can't get treatment for simple illnesses. Millions aren't getting an education and are being exploited and abused. This is not good enough. Save the children are changing this, partly by working directly with children, and partly by using their experience and influence to persuade governments and others who are responsible for children to do the right thing by them. They seek out the most marginalized children, wherever they are in the world, so that means they work in a really broad range of countries, from fragile states like Afghanistan, to developed countries like the UK. Save the children work closely with their colleagues in the International Save the Children Alliance, both in their programs with children and in their international campaigns and advocacy work. They have high ambitions for what's achievable for children and aim to inspire dramatic change for children and to involve them in creating that change. We'd like you to get involved too.. To visit their website,click here

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

For more than 45 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The largest multinational conservation organization in the world, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. WWF's unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature. To see what WWF are all about,click here

Greenpeace International

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by:

• Catalyzing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: climate change.
• Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves.
• Protecting the world’s ancient forests and the animals, plants and people that depend on them.
• Working for disarmament and peace by tackling the causes of conflict and calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
• Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing.
• Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by rejecting genetically engineered organisms, protecting biodiversity and encouraging socially responsible farming.

If you want to know more about Greenpeace international,click here

WaterAid

WaterAid is an international charity. Their mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.
WaterAid and its partners work with individuals and families in their communities and use a mixture of low-cost technologies to deliver lasting water, sanitation and hygiene solutions. To learn more about WaterAid,click here

H.E.A.R.T UK

"At H·E·A·R·T UK we′re passionate about preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
That′s why we provide:
• information, advice & support
• telephone helpline
• website
• membership scheme
and why we′re committed to:
raise awareness about the risks of high cholesterol, lobby for better detection of those at risk, fund research into improved treatment and support health professional training. It′s also why we work with a variety of partners to promote healthier lifestyle options." To discover more about H.E.A.R.T UK, go to www.heartuk.org.uk/

Malaria No More UK

Malaria No More UK is a new, entrepreneurial, not-for-profit organisation, committed to ending unnecessary death caused by malaria. Working with governments, corporations and the public, Malaria No More combines a powerful blend of funding, advocacy, popular campaigning and on-the-ground implementation to achieve its goal of eliminating malaria deaths. Malaria No More aims to:

• Ensure every man, women and child at risk of malaria in Africa has access to a mosquito net by the end of 2010.
• Put an end to malaria deaths completely by 2015

Learn more about our approach through our communications, resources, and investment at www.malarianomore.org.uk

TreeHouse

TreeHouse is the national charity for autism education.  TreeHouse was founded in 1997 by parents of children with autism and today we campaign for better autism education nationally and run a school for children and young people with autism. TreeHouse undertakes policy and parliamentary work and research to ensure autism is a national priority, supports parents to campaign locally and offers training and consultancy on autism education.  To learn more about TreeHouse, go to www.treehouse.org.uk

Africa Educational Trust (AET)

AET works with local communities in areas affected by conflict. In such places there is often no education system leaving whole generations of children and young people without access to any basic schooling and a very bleak future. AET provides support for children in primary and secondary schools. It also helps young people who have missed out on education because of conflict, the majority of them young women. AET uses innovative approaches including radio for literacy and vouchers for skills training. Over 750,000 children and young people have benefited from AET’s support since its founding in 1958. To learn more about the AET,click here

CANCER RESEARCH UK

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. Our groundbreaking work has saved millions of lives. Our websites have a wealth of information about cancer, our research, how to donate and more ways to support us. Simply go to www.cancerresearchuk.org

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, we expect to provide care to around 25,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in our hospices this year, along with support for their families. We are passionate about providing the best possible care and support for cancer patients and their families. We do this through our Marie Curie Nurses working in the community and our 10 hospices.

At Marie Curie Cancer Care, we will:

• put patients first
• champion new ways to help cancer patients
• listen to our staff and volunteers
• share what we know about caring for cancer patients.

To learn more about Marie Curie, go to www.mariecurie.org.uk

Save Darfur

Save Darfur are committed to the goals that they advocate for, including:

• Ending the violence against civilians;
• Facilitating adequate and unhindered humanitarian aid;
• Establishing conditions for the safe and voluntary return of displaced people to their homes;
• Promoting the long-term sustainable development of Darfur;
• Holding the perpetrators accountable

They call on the United States, other governments, the United Nations and regional organizations to focus their efforts on ending this crisis. To visit the Save Darfur website,click here

The Peres Center for Peace

“Our mission is to build an infrastructure of peace and reconciliation by and for the people of the Middle East that promotes socio-economic development, while advancing cooperation and mutual understanding.”

The peres center’s peace building activities are based on five main pillars:-

• people to people dialogue and interaction
• capacity building through cooperation
• nurturing a culture of peace in the region’s youth
• business and economic cooperation
• humanitarian responses

If you want to learn more about the Peres center for peace,click here

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

WSPA’s vision is of a world where animal welfare matters, and animal cruelty ends.

WSPA has been promoting animal welfare for more than 25 years. Their work is concentrated in regions of the world where few, if any, measures exist to protect animals.

WSPA’s work is focused on four priority animal welfare areas:

• Companion animals – responsible pet ownership, humane stray management and cruelty prevention.
• Commercial exploitation of wildlife – intensive farming and the cruel management and killing of wild animals for food or by-products.
• Farm animals – intensive farming, long distance transport and slaughter of animals for food.
• Disaster management – providing care to animals suffering as a result of man-made or natural disasters, and thereby protecting people’s livelihoods.”

To visit the WSPA website,click here

Mental Health Foundation

Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live. Our vision is a mentally healthy world where people are free from the suffering caused by mental illness.

Our mission is to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. We do this by:

• learning what makes and keeps people mentally well

• communicating our findings to a wide range of people

• turning our research into practical solutions that make a difference to people's lives 

Visit the website at www.mentalhealth.org.uk

OCD-UK

OCD-UK is the leading national charity, independently working with and for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Their objective is to make a positive and meaningful difference in the everyday lives of people affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by providing accessible and effective support services and by campaigning for improved access and quality treatment and care for people with OCD to ensure that every person affected by OCD receives the quality of treatment and care that they deserve. To visit the OCD-UK website, click here

Kiva

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. The Loans given at 0% interest so after the money has been returned, it can continue in circulation, helping more people to get out of poverty. To visit Kiva’s website, click here

Great Ormond Stree Hospital Charity

"Great Ormond Street Hospital is full of remarkable children whose bravery touches everyone. With our supporters, we help keep the magic alive for thousands of children who need our help every year. We raise money to enable Great Ormond Street Hospital to provide world-class care for its young patients and their families and to pioneer new treatments and cures for childhood illness by contributing to the rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital, funding the most up-to-date equipment, supporting research into, and development of breakthrough treatments, and providing accommodation and other support services for children and their families."

Shelter

Shelter is a charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. We do this by giving advice, information and advocacy to people in housing need, and by campaigning for lasting political change to end the housing crisis for good. visit the Shelter website at www.shelter.org.uk

NSPCC

Today, the NSPCC is inspired by a belief that we can make a difference for all children – by standing up for their rights, by listening to them, by helping them when they need us and by making them safe. Our vision is ending cruelty to children in the UK. We believe cruelty is preventable and that through having an inspirational vision we will achieve much greater success for children. To understand how the NSPCC work, visit www.nspcc.org.uk

The Wildlife Trusts

There are 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man and Alderney.  We are working for an environment rich in wildlife for everyone. We manage 2,256 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares; we stand up for wildlife; we inspire people about the natural world and we foster sustainable living.

Our OBJECTIVES are:

• To stand up for wildlife and the environment
• To create and enhance wildlife havens
• To inspire people about the natural world
• To foster sustainable living

If you want to know more about The Wildlife Trusts, visit www.thewildlifetrusts.org

Child Poverty Action Group

CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families and children. CPAG's aims are to: 

know more about CPAG at www.cpag.org.uk

• Raise awareness of the causes, extent, nature and impact of poverty, and strategies for its eradication and prevention;
• Bring about positive policy changes for families with children in poverty;
• Enable those eligible for income maintenance to have access to their full entitlement.

RSPCA

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is the leading animal welfare charity. That’s because we have the experience and knowledge to make a real difference to the lives of animals. From rescuing a single baby fox cub to successfully changing the law – and with it, the lives of millions of animals. If you want to know more about the work of the RSPCA, go to www.rspca.org.uk