Make a difference - Give to Charity
| CHARITIES - | ||||
| Charities sorted in NO PARTICULAR ORDER | Apply | |||
|
 |
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
Gift Aid
- The 190,000+ charities in England & Wales are generally registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The Charity Commission has an online register listing them all. Many charities take the form of limited liability companies and these are also registered with Companies House. (The main reason for using a company is to obtain limited liability for the trustees). Major changes to English charity law are contained in the Charities Act 2006.
- The 20,000 or so charities in Scotland are registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), who also publish a Register of charities online.
- The 5,000 or so charities in Northern Ireland are registered with the Inland Revenue. There is no central register or regulatory body for these charities, but this situation is currently under discussion.
- Local symptoms: unusual lumps or swelling (tumor), hemorrhage (bleeding), pain and/or ulceration. Compression of surrounding tissues may cause symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing the eyes and skin).
- Symptoms of metastasis (spreading): enlarged lymph nodes, cough and hemoptysis, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), bone pain, fracture of affected bones and neurological symptoms. Although advanced cancer may cause pain, it is often not the first symptom.
- Systemic symptoms: weight loss, poor appetite, fatigue and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such as thrombosis or hormonal changes.
In the United Kingdom, Gift Aid is a scheme to enable tax-effective giving by individuals and companies to UK charities. In outline, Gift Aid allows individuals who are subject to UK income tax to complete a simple, short declaration that they are a UK taxpayer. Any cash donations that the taxpayer makes to the charity are then treated as being made after deduction of income tax at the basic rate (22% in 2006/7), and the charity can reclaim the basic rate income tax paid on the gift, adding approximately 28 per cent to the value of the gift. Higher-rate taxpayers can also claim a deduction for income tax purposes.
Charitable Organization
A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. Trusts, foundations, and in some jurisdictions specific types of companies, may be established for a charitable purpose or may acquire such purpose after establishment. Charities are all non-profit organizations, however, not all non-profit organizations are charities. Organizations that are only partly dedicated to charitable purposes are sometimes considered as, or treated as, charities, depending on specific regulations at a given jurisdiction. Some charitable organizations may be established by companies as part of tax planning and strategies.
UK Charities
There were over 200,000 registered charities in the UK at the start of 2007.
Cancer: Symptoms
Roughly, cancer symptoms can be divided into three groups:
Every symptom in the above list can be caused by a variety of conditions (a list of which is referred to as the differential diagnosis). Cancer may be a common or uncommon cause of each item.
PDSA treatment
Today, PDSA treatment is only available to the pets of those in receipt of Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit. For those eligible, treatment for sick and injured animals is entirely free of charge (except for a voluntary donation). Recently, the PDSA started providing eligible pet owners with preventative services such as neutering, vaccinations and microchipping. These services are the only treatments that are not free; however, they will be offered at cost price. Although there is no cost for all treatments except for those of a preventative nature, PDSA asks clients to make a donation of whatever they can afford towards the treatment of their animal. Ultimately, though, this donation is voluntary and at the pet owner's own discretion. Currently, PDSA is able to offer its services to 75 per cent of eligible people, and has plans to increase this to 80 per cent over the coming year.
Homelessness
Homelessness is the condition and societal category of people who lack housing and food, usually because they cannot afford a regular, safe, and adequate shelter
The term "homelessness" may also include people whose primary nighttime residence is in a homeless shelter, in an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. An estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless.
The term used to describe homeless people in academic articles and government reports is "homeless people". The term '(of) No Fixed Abode' (NFA) is used in legal circumstances. Sometimes the term “houseless” is used to reflect a more accurate condition in some cases.
Since the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the public perception has been increasingly changing to a focus on the human right of housing, travel and migration as a part of individual self-determination rather than the human condition.
WWF: History
The organization was formed as a charitable trust on 11 September 1961, in Morges, Switzerland, under the name World Wildlife Fund. It was an initiative of Julian Huxley and Max Nicholson. In its deed of foundation, the organization stated its original mission to be the "conservation of world fauna, flora, forests, landscape, water, soils and other natural resources by the management of land, research and investigation, and publicity, coordination of efforts, cooperation with other interested parties and all other appropriate means." In the last few years, the organization set up offices and operations around the world. The initial focus of its activities was the protection of endangered species. As more resources became available, its operations expanded into other areas such as the preservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of natural resources, and the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. In 1986, the organization changed its name to World Wide Fund for Nature, retaining the WWF initials, to better reflect the scope of its activities.
John Aspinall Foundation
The John Aspinall Foundation is a British charity which works to promote wildlife conservation. It also supports a number of conservation projects overseas to protect endangered species.
The twin zoos are currently home to some Asiatic Wild Dog, Axis Deer, Banded Leaf Monkey, Black and white Colobus Monkey, Black and White Ruffed Lemur, Black Rhinoceros, Blackbuck, Bongo, Brazilian Tapir, Canadian Timber Wolf, Capybara, Caracal, Clouded Leopard, De Brazza's Monkey, Dusky Langur, European Bison, Fishing Cat, Giant Anteater, Greater Kudu, Grizzled Leaf Monkey, Hog Deer, Honey Badger, Iberian Wolf, Indian Tiger, Javan Langur, Jungle Cat, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, Lynx, Malayan Tapir, Moloch Gibbon, Nilgai, Ocelot, Pallas Cat, Red River Hog, Serval, Siamang Gibbon, Siberian Tiger, Snow Leopard, Sumatran Tiger, Tamandua, White Faced Saki.
The NSPCC
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a UK charity campaigning and working in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to, and abuse of, children. The NSPCC lobbies the government on issues relating to child welfare, and creates campaigns for the general public, with the intention of raising awareness of child protection issues.
It also operates both the NSPCC Child Protection Helpline, offering support to anyone concerned about a child, and Childline offering support to children themselves. The NSPCC merged with Childline in 1996. In addition to the telephone helplines, NSPCC runs a similar online service called there4me.com. The charity also runs 177 local services. These offer general family support, as well as more specific services such as working with families with alcohol problems. The NSPCC is the only UK charity which has been granted statutory powers under the Children Act 1989, allowing it to apply for care and supervision orders for children at risk.
Results
SPOTLIGHT ON
ETHICAL FINANCE
If you want to compare ethical finance product, you can check ethical finance Comparator
TAX REBATE & CHARITY
All or any part of a tax refund due to you under the UK Self-Assessment tax system can be allocated to a charity of your choice, and paid direct by the Inland Revenue to that charity. You nominate the charity and enter the charity code number on your Tax Return at box 15.
POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF ETHICAL INVESTMENT
In 1976 the United Nations imposed a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa.
In 1971, Reverend Leon Sullivan (at the time a board member for General Motors) drafted a code of conduct for practicing business in South Africa which became known as the Sullivan Principles. These principles sought to document the practices of American companies in South Africa. Reports documenting the application of the Sullivan Principles discovered that U.S. companies were not attempting to lessen discrimination within South Africa.
Because of these reports and mounting political pressure; cities, states, colleges, faith-based groups and pension funds throughout the United States began divesting (or removing their investments) from companies operating in South Africa.
The subsequent negative flow of investment dollars eventually forced a group of businesses, representing 75% of South African employers, to draft a charter calling for an end to apartheid. While the SRI efforts alone didn't bring an end to apartheid, it did focus persuasive international pressure on the South African business community.
CANCER RESEARCH
Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display the traits of uncontrolled growth (growth and division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not.
Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but risk for the more common varieties tends to increase with age. Cancer causes about 13% of all deaths. According to a Cancer Society, 7.6 million people died from cancer in the world during 2007. Apart from humans, forms of cancer may affect other animals and plants.
Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of the transformed cells. These abnormalities may be due to the effects of carcinogens, such as tobacco smoke, radiation, chemicals, or infectious agents.
Animal Sponsorship
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) is a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1917 by Maria Dickin to provide care for sick and injured animals of the poor. It is the UK's leading veterinary charity, carrying out more than one million free veterinary consultations a year, and is the largest private employer of fully qualified veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK.
During World War I, animal welfare pioneer Maria Dickin worked to improve the dreadful state of animal health in the Whitechapel area of London. She wanted to open a clinic where East Enders living in poverty could receive free treatment for their sick and injured animals. Despite widespread scepticism, she opened her free "dispensary" in a Whitechapel basement on Saturday 17 November 1917. It was an immediate success and she was soon forced to find larger premises. Within six years, Dickin had designed and equipped her first horse-drawn clinic, and soon a fleet of mobile dispensaries was established. PDSA vehicles soon became a comforting and familiar sight throughout the country. Eventually, PDSA's role was defined by two Acts of Parliament, in 1949 and 1956, that continue to govern its activities today.
SHELTER: Stopping bad housing
Shelter is a charity registered in England and Scotland that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing. It has offices in England and Scotland, and works in partnership with Shelter Cymru and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland.
It was originally launched on 1 December 1966. Shelter helps people in housing need by providing advice and practical assistance, and fights for better investment in housing and for laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
Approximately two thirds of Shelter's expenditure goes on housing aid and 1/3 on campaigns and education.
People experiencing homelessness or other housing problems can get practical information and advice from Shelter.
Unusually for a charity, Shelter has recently seen strike action by its staff in response to changes to their terms and conditions.
World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada.
It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 90 countries, supporting 100 conservation and environmental projects around the world.
It is a charity, with approximately 9% of its funding coming from voluntary donations by private individuals and businesses. The group says its mission is "to halt and reverse the destruction of our environment".
Currently, much of its work focuses on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests, freshwater ecosystems, and oceans and coasts.
Among other issues, it is also concerned with endangered species, pollution and climate change. The organization runs more than 20 field projects worldwide in any given year.
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Howletts Wild Animal Park (formerly known as Howletts Zoo) was set up as a private zoo in 1957 by John Aspinall near Canterbury, Kent. The animal collection was opened to the public in 1975.
To give more room for the animals another estate at Port Lympne near Hythe, Kent was purchased in 1973, and opened to the public as Port Lympne Zoo in 1976. The collection is known for being unorthodox, for the encouragement of close personal relationships between staff and animals, and for their breeding of rare and endangered species.
Since 1984 both parks have been owned by a charity (The John Aspinall Foundation). Following the death of John Aspinall he was buried in front of the mansion house and a memorial was built next to the grave near the bison. The most recent extension to Howletts was the Black and White Colobus open-topped enclosure, just behind the entrance.
Childline in the UK
ChildLine has 13 counselling centres around the UK, staffed largely by volunteers. The bases are located in Glasgow and Aberdeen, (where the service is provided by the Scottish children's charity Children lst), Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Rhyl, Swansea, Birmingham, Nottingham, London, Exeter, Belfast and Foyle. As many as 4,500 children have phoned ChildLine every day, though only 2,500 of these callers can be answered. Since the merger with the NSPCC the service has expanded, and depends on public generosity to pay for the children's phone calls. However, in July 2007 the NSPCC was awarded a £30 million government grant to expand all its helplines. This was to enable an ambitious project to extend the telephone service to text and web-based services, thus to make the service accessible to all children and young people in distress and danger, and to create sufficient capacity by 2010 to answer all calls and messages.
Unlike most other freephone helplines, Childline offers confidentiality to children unless their lives are in immediate danger. This is seen as one of the greatest strengths of the service, as it allows children to discuss their problems "safely" in the knowledge that no intervention will take place without their consent. The tragedy of child abuse is that the majority of children suffer in silence because they have been told that if they seek help they will not be believed, or they are threatened into silence, or they fear that intervention will inevitably shatter such happiness as they have, for example, break up the family.