What they do: Fund innovative research projects with an aim to curing Parkinson’s disease. Location: National Candis Big Give project: To help fund a clinical trial attempting to establish the efficiency and safety of a potential new therapy. If successful it would have life- changing implications for people living with Parkinson’s disease, a neurological condition affecting around 120,000 people in the UK.
Meningitis Trust
What they do: Provide anyone affected by meningitis with life- long support including 24-hour helplines, counselling and grants, raising awareness of the disease. Location: National
Candis Big Give project: The charity organises 11 family days a year, where families can share their experiences and access support while having fun! The money raised will fund another two family days to be held in 2012.
FUNDRAISING TARGET: £10,000
ACTION FOR KIDS To provide ten children with mobility equipment Proje ct target: £22,000 AUTISTICA To fund work on a study of babies with autistic siblings Proje ct target: £40,000 CHILDREN’S HEART FEDERATION Buying 100 home-testing machines for children with heart defects Proje ct target: £80,000 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKS Improving health in Sheffield Proje ct target: £100,000 HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE Providing 695 hours of care to visually impaired children Proje ct target: £8,000 JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FUND Test 5,000 samples for genes that could lead to Type 1 diabetes Proje ct target: £50,000 KIDS N’ ACTION To fund healthy cooking and exercise classes for 450 disadvantaged children Proje ct target: £30,000 KITE CENTRE Annual costs of a centre for children with disabilities Proje ct target: £44,000 LIVE! To fund trips and activities for disabled children in deprived areas Proje ct target: £4,000 MAGGIE’S CENTRES To fit a cancer support centre in the North East Proje ct target: £60,000 MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE To fund 4,700 hours of nursing care this Christmas Proje ct target: £95,000 ME ASSOCIATION To train 30 volunteers for the charity helpline Proje ct target: £8,400
MIND To fund five projects for 500 people to receive mental support Proje ct target: £25,000 NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY Funding a nurse to work on a helpline for three months Proje ct target: £16,900 NATIONAL STAR COLLEGE To fund equipment for disabled youths Proje ct target: £15,000 PENNY BROHN CANCER CARE To produce 1,000 DVDs to help adults with cancer live better quality lives Proje ct target: £24,000 RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST To fund treatment research into bone marrow transplants Proje ct target: £40,000 SHAPE To give access to 2,400 disabled people to London arts Proje ct target: £12,000 ST JOHN’S HOSPICE To recruit a new senior staff nurse Proje ct target: £40,000 ST MARY’S HOSPICE To purchase materials for an urgent roof repair Proje ct target: £20,000 ST NICHOLAS HOSPICE To support bereaved children for three months Proje ct target: £10,000 THE NATIONAL BRAIN APPEAL To purchase clinical workstations used to help plan surgical procedures Proje ct target: £120,000 THEODORA CHILDREN’S TRUST Enabling eight new ‘clown doctors’ to visit 20,000 children in hospital Proje ct target: £80,000 WORLD MEDICAL FUND Treating over 25,000 sick children in Malawi Proje ct target: £60,000