Charity Listings
If you would like to run for
a charity in 2011 click here to browse every charity that has guaranteed
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All our official charities have guaranteed places available.
Click on the names below to contact for more information.
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CLIC Sargent
Most children get coughs or colds, flu or viruses. But imagine being told: “it’s cancer”. Every day in the UK, 10 families hear this news.
Only one charity cares every step of the way: CLIC Sargent. CLIC Sargent is the only charity offering children with cancer and their families all round clinical, practical and emotional support and social care.
Today we can only help two out of three families who need us. That’s why we need you to run for us.
CLIC Sargent Nurses are specially trained children’s cancer nurses. They are at the heart of our work, and part of our specialist care teams across the UK. To support our nurses, we are encouraging CLIC Sargent runners to run dressed as a nurse on the day. You can support our theme as much or as little as you wish, but you will be sure to make an impact!
Run for CLIC Sargent and you will help fund not just nurses, but our whole range of services right across the UK.
To join the CLIC Sargent running team and receive a full fundraising pack, please contact our Running Events Team
Email: run@clicsargent.org.uk
Tel: 0845 602 4770
Website: www.runfornurses.com
To set up a fundraising web page to help you raise money quickly and easily visit www.virginmoneygiving.com |
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The Fire Fighters Charity
Every year, thousands of fire fighters are injured whilst protecting the public. Every 30 seconds in the UK, fire fighters are called to an incident, putting their lives on the line, and often sustaining physical injuries whilst carrying out their duties. The Fire Fighters Charity is here for fire fighters during their times of need, and assists thousands of individuals every year, by providing pioneering treatment and support services.
Our modern, dynamic and award-winning charity has three UK centres, located in Cumbria, Devon and West Sussex, which offer varying combinations of therapy and recuperation services. Our pioneering new Beneficiary Support Services also offer local and remote assistance to people in need nationwide.
It costs over £9 million every year to keep the Charity running, and with no government funding, we are completely reliant upon donations and fundraising.
To join The Fire Fighters Charity running team, and receive a full fundraising pack please contact:
Ludo Macaulay
Email: lmacaulay@firefighterscharity.org.uk
Tel: 07917 831571 / 01722 332211
Website: www.firefighterscharity.org.uk/running
To set up a fund raising page visit www.virginmoneygiving.com
To download a sponsorship form click here |
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Other supported charities
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Duchess of Kent House Charity
One of the slogans of Duchess of Kent House Charity is 'Fundraising the Future' and the charity is proud not only to have donated over £1,500,000 to supporting hospice care in our local area in the last five years, but also to plan to increase our contribution by 50% by 2012.
All this is only possible with the help of our donors - individual, corporate, institutional and associations. Being a small local charity, focused precisely on helping local people and their families suffering from life-shortening diseases, you know that any gift or donation you make helps people in Newbury, Reading, Wokingham and surrounding areas.
Thank you for running for us.
Tel: 0118 939 4889
Email: george.solly@dokhc.org.uk
Web: www.dokhc.org.uk
To set up a fund raising page visit www.virginmoneygiving.com |
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The Berkshire MS Therapy Centre
The Berkshire MS Therapy Centre is a Grass Roots organisation that was formed some 29 years ago by a group of people, all suffering from MS, who wanted to create a self-help group to provide therapies, education and support to people with MS in the area to help maintain everyone’s independence for as long as possible.
What began in two portakabins in Caversham, is now a purpose build centre in Reading West that serves almost 1,000 people. We provide physiotherapy, chiropody and counselling as our core therapies as well as the ever popular barachamber, providing oxygen therapy.
We rely entirely on donations to exist and every £1 raised in sponsorship from the Reading Half Marathon will go directly to providing care and therapies for the local MS community.
We welcome all visitors, so if you would like to see how your sponsorship will be spent, please call Jackie Malcolm and arrange an appointment. Thank you for considering running for the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre.
Tel: 0118 901 6000
Email: Jackie@bmstc.org
Web: www.bmstc.org |
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Against Breast Cancer
Did you know that 100 women a day in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer? Most of us know someone who has been touched by this terrible disease. Your support is vital in enabling us continue our work to find a vaccine against breast cancer and to look at ways to increase the survival of women who have the disease.
Support us at the 2011 Reading Half Marathon by:
Emailing us for an application form for a guaranteed charity place
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Applying for a ballot place and using it to raise funds for Against Breast Cancer – call us for a sponsorship pack
In return, we are keen to give you as much support as we can by offering you:
A training schedule
Lots of useful tips to get you fit
Lots of ideas and materials to help with your fundraising
Sponsor forms and a link to set up an online sponsorship page
An Against Breast Cancer t-shirt or running vest
…and be there to cheer you along on the day
Tel: 01235 534211
Email: Events
Web: www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk
To set up a fundraising page visit: www.virginmoneygiving.com |
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Autistica
Autistica is the largest UK charity raising funds for medical research that
will improve diagnosis, advance new treatments and discover the causes of
autism.
Autistica believes that this research will ultimately bring real benefits to
people with autism and their families.
Tel: 01491 411569
Email: Lynn Hart
Web: www.autistica.org.uk |
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Sue Ryder Care - Nettlebed Hospice
In the next 12 months 350,000 more people will be diagnosed with cancer, 7,500 will have a traumatic brain injury and 150,000 more people will have a stroke. Sue Ryder Care is a charity providing compassionate care to people with end of life and long-term care needs. Each year we provide 4 million hours of care to people with cancer, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease, stroke and dementia.
Our team at Nettlebed Hospice provides specialist palliative care for people in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. They are dedicated to providing expert care where people need it, maximising and supporting their choices and independence. It costs over £2.3million a year to care for people and their families, over half of which is reliant upon donations and fundraising. Your sponsorship money will enable the people we care for get the best from life, whatever their condition.
To join Sue Ryder Care Running Team and receive a full fundraising pack
please contact:
Allison Bennett
Email: Allison.bennett@suerydercare.org
Tel: 01491 641265
Website: www.suerydercare.org
To set up a fundraising page visit: www.virginmoneygiving.com |
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Great Ormond Street Hospital provides inspirational and world class care to hundreds of children every day. But we need to raise over £50 million every year to help us save more lives, develop new treatments, build state-of-the-art facilities and support our remarkable patients and their families. With your support we can help keep the magic alive.
Amazing things happen at Great Ormond Street Hospital every day. With your help we can keep the magic alive for our very ill children and their families.
To join the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity running team and receive your fundraising pack, please contact our Challenges Team:
Email: challenges@gosh.org
Tel: 020 7239 3164
Website: www.gosh.org/challenges
To set up a fundraising web page to help you raise money quickly and easily visit www.virginmoneygiving.com |
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