Christmas VIP Charity Nominations 2012

[SackRace]

Help for heroes

[sex]

after a brilliant summer of sports it should go to http://www.youthsporttrust.org/

i agree with this. would fit with the olympics and para-olympics

[Foregetfuhl]

Either:

The Dream Factory who make dreams come true for children who have life threatening diseases or severe disabilities. My mum looks after a young boy who has severe learning disabilities and is also confined to a wheelchair after becoming paralysed from the neck down. His applied and is hoping his dream will come true as have many other children and I think that some money would help towards making these children's dreams come true.

OR:

Kids Inspire: An Essex based charity helping the disadvantaged and troubled young people. It basically allows them to reconnect these kids back with both themselves and society after a load of different issues in their life such as neglect, trauma or abuse. They do lots of work in schools and I remember them on a couple of occasions coming to our school and promoting anti-bullying, whole school peer groups, staff/student training and loads of other things which was amazing to see.

[Kirstt]

The wisdom hospice, Demelza house, We are maccmillian, childline, Cancer resurch UK, bantabami please! xox

[sex]

kony 2012 lol

i live in ireland and most charities we pick are uk only

but possibly cry, raises awareness for sudden death syndrome (2 friends died from it both 17)

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/

or this, i knew a few people who died from sads too

[,Abbey]

Blue Cross, Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, WaterAid, Save The Children or GOSH (Great Ormond Street)

[LiquidLuck.]

Not sure which are the charities you're willing to donate for, but I'd vote for something to do with domestic violence with kids or something to do with diseases like cancer research.

[Kushja]

I honestly think and want to see The Prince's Trust be in the list, I have had plenty of experience (being supported by and working for) the Princes Trust, it is a great charitible organisation and they help many youths out.

They run courses to get you into work, get you over your fears and they also support you opening a new business (show them you're idea, and they will decide if they want to lend you any/as much money to get it started and running)

******* brilliant idea, do the Princes Trust x

[Mikey]

Yorkhill Children's Foundation (Yorkhill Hospital - The Royal Hospital For Sick Children)

Yorkhill Children’s Foundation was established in 2001 following the incorporation of Yorkhill Sick Children’s Fund which had been in existence since 1981. Three sub-committees, each chaired by a Director, meet bi-monthly, prior to board meetings to which recommendations are made. These are:

• Professional and Scientific Advisory Committee (PSAC)
• Financial and Legal Committee (F&L)
• Fundraising and Marketing Committee (F&M)

There are 18 paid members of staff in the Foundation office working within fundraising, administration and finance. Extensive use is made of volunteers, particularly in the gift shop and tea bar but also in the office, the can collection service and speaking to community groups.
The Charity owns and operates a retail shop and tea bar under a separate company, Yorkhill Fund Trading Limited.
The Foundation’s income is made up primarily of voluntary donations from various sources including individuals, companies and trusts. The Foundation is a grant making charity and as such the majority of the annual expenditure is on charitable grants.
The fundraising income for Yorkhill Children’s Foundation has grown steadily since its inception, raising £319,000 in 2001 (7 months) to £3.3 million in 2010-2011.
In April 2008 the Scottish Government gave approval to proposals from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GG&C) for a new hospital development on the south side of Glasgow. A key element of this major project is the building of a new children’s hospital to replace the existing Royal Hospital for Sick Children currently situated at Yorkhill.

Kidney Kids Scotland

Kidney Kids Scotland was founded as a Charitable Trust in July 2000 to help children with renal illness and their families.
The charity's man objective is to support families and enable children to receive treatment as close to home as possible minimising the distruption to the family unit.

We achieve this by working closely and relying on the expertise of Consultants, Medical and Welfare personnel to identify where the Charity can best provide help. Kidney Kids Scotland supports hospitals all over Scotland supplying them with much needed equipment and funding for posts recognised as being essential.

In addition to support given to hospitals we have contributed a great deal to individual families who have been financially disadvantaged by their child's renal illness. These families come from ALL over Scotland.

Over the past twelve years Kidney Kids Scotland has distributed almost a million pounds towards the treatment of children in Scotland suffering from renal/urology problems.

Dyspraxia Foundation

The Dyspraxia Foundation is a country Wide charity, founded in 1987 as the Dyspraxia Trust by two mothers who met at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. After being told that their children had Dyspraxia they were astonished and dismayed to discover that no facilities existed to help or inform parents and children with the condition. They decided to form their own group to help others to help themselves.

From the very beginning they encouraged others to join the group and then to set up their own local sub-groups to support other parents and sufferers of Dyspraxia in their own local area, but in the name of the Trust. In 1996 the charity changed its name to the Dyspraxia Foundation and this is what it is know as today.
Today the Foundation, with its head quarters in Hitchin, answers approximately 10,000 enquiries and distributes more then 20,000 leaflets about the condition, annually. The Foundation seeks every opportunity to increase understanding of Dyspraxia, particularly among professionals in health and education and encourages its local groups to do the same. It continues to encourage the smaller local groups to thrive and develop their own ideas and to distribute information and fund raise for themselves.

[wixard]

ohhh, mikeys dyspraxia one is good