Christmas Charity Fundraiser 2013: YOUR suggestions

[Phil]

What about people suffering from a recent natural disaster?
I think it's be great to give it to an MS charity as there's been an increase of people being born with MS this year, any thoughts?

[RyRy]

http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

This charity, which is mainly supported by gamers, provides ill children with toys and games in hospitals etc. Whilst this is an American charity, and mainly supports American hospitals, it does have hospitals worldwide, with 3 in the UK.

Of course, our money would go to the charity as a whole, and there is no guarantee that we would be helping children from the UK, but that's where the Amazon wishlists come in:

There are 3 hospitals:

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool (http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wis...&creative=9325)

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in Manchester (http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wis...&creative=9325)

And Children’s Hospital Sheffield in Sheffield (http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wis...&creative=9325)

I think it would be great to actually buy something personally for children in need rather than simply donate some money and not see the immediate results. Depending on how the forum wanted to split the money, we could buy things off of the wishlist for the UK hospitals and also donate some of the money to the charity as a whole.

I'd donate to this, seeing those wishlists and thinking, "Those toys are actually for kids, they're probably Christmas presents that they've wished for and it's gonna make their life so happy". Just melts me heart it does, I'm a proper softy.

Another one I'd volunteer is the Ronald McDonald House Charities, this is their website: http://www.rmhc.org.uk/

I always see the advertisements in McDonald's and on one occasion I almost cried the ad made me that upset for some reason LOL must've been a bad day

[Kyle]

dogs trust : ) ) ) )

[Daltron]

Must it be UK based? We have had HUGE fire disasters the past week in Australia and would love to recommend some charities which could benefit greatly.

[Kardan]

Must it be UK based? We have had HUGE fire disasters the past week in Australia and would love to recommend some charities which could benefit greatly.

Not at all, we've had charities for Africa make the shortlist before, so I don't think there are any restrictions on that...

[e5]

Rspca

Help the heroes

[Jazz]

Trever project - mental health support to the lgbtq community
time to change - awareness charity to help fight mental health discrimination at work
uk4u - they send Xmas gift packs to troops serving over Xmas, had a rep talking to me in the studio last week, great cause.
Mencap - supports people with learning difficulties

[RoyalPacific]

OCD-UK - http://ocduk.org/ - Nobody really knows about OCD and I think it is really important to raise the awareness, quite a few people end up in specialised hospitals due to it.

OCD isn't about making sure your books are lined up properly... it's a lot more:

'Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges.'

'The illness affects as many as 12 in every 1000 people (1.2% of the population) from young children to adults, regardless of gender or social or cultural background. In fact, it can be so debilitating and disabling that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has actually ranked OCD in the top ten of the most disabling illnesses of any kind, in terms of lost earnings and diminished quality of life.'

'Based on current estimates for the UK population, there are potentially around 741,504 people living with OCD at any one time. But it is worth noting that a disproportionately high number, 50% of all these cases, will fall into the severe category, with less than a quarter being classed as mild cases.'

[Jazz]

OCD-UK - http://ocduk.org/ - Nobody really knows about OCD and I think it is really important to raise the awareness, quite a few people end up in specialised hospitals due to it.

OCD isn't about making sure your books are lined up properly... it's a lot more:

'Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges.'

'The illness affects as many as 12 in every 1000 people (1.2% of the population) from young children to adults, regardless of gender or social or cultural background. In fact, it can be so debilitating and disabling that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has actually ranked OCD in the top ten of the most disabling illnesses of any kind, in terms of lost earnings and diminished quality of life.'

'Based on current estimates for the UK population, there are potentially around 741,504 people living with OCD at any one time. But it is worth noting that a disproportionately high number, 50% of all these cases, will fall into the severe category, with less than a quarter being classed as mild cases.'

Ocduk is a nice charity, my family have a history of OCD including myself. I agree people think it's all cleaning and hand washing but it's a huge problem in reality.

[MKR&*42]

OCD-UK - http://ocduk.org/ - Nobody really knows about OCD and I think it is really important to raise the awareness, quite a few people end up in specialised hospitals due to it.

OCD isn't about making sure your books are lined up properly... it's a lot more:

'Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges.'

'The illness affects as many as 12 in every 1000 people (1.2% of the population) from young children to adults, regardless of gender or social or cultural background. In fact, it can be so debilitating and disabling that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has actually ranked OCD in the top ten of the most disabling illnesses
of any kind, in terms of lost earnings and diminished quality of life.'

'Based on current estimates for the UK population, there are potentially around 741,504 people living with OCD at any one time. But it is worth noting that a disproportionately high number, 50% of all these cases, will fall into the severe category, with less than a quarter being classed as mild cases.'

I think this is a great choice also^