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| Action Medical Research | Action Medical Research is a leading independent medical research charity. For nearly 60 years we have been instrumental in the development of some of the most significant breakthroughs in recent medical history including the UK polio vaccine and discovering the importance of folic acid during pregnancy.
Our research has helped and will continue to benefit thousands of children affected by disease and disability. By supporting us you can help us find ways to prevent life-threatening infections such as meningitis and pneumonia, as well as help fund vital research to reduce premature birth and improve care for sick babies. | 01403 210406 | | |
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| Alzheimer's Society | Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading support services and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them. Join our Running Team and help lead the fight against dementia. | Andy Sallnow - 0207 423 3650 | | |
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| Barnardo's | We believe in the potential in every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child. | Ally McKenna - 020 8498 7408 | | |
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| Breakthrough Breast Cancer | Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to the
prevention, treatment and ultimate eradication of breast cancer.
We believe passionately that this disease can be beaten. By fighting
on three fronts - research, campaigning and education - we are determined
to save and change lives by removing the fear of breast cancer for good. | Running Team 020 7025 2422 | | |
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| Breast Cancer Campaign | Breast Cancer Campaign's mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. We believe that research is the start of the solution: building a brighter future for people with breast cancer. | 020 77494107 | | |
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| Breast Cancer Care | Breast Cancer Care is here for anyone affected by breast cancer. We bring people together, provide information and support, and campaign for improved standards of care. We use our understanding of people's experience of breast cancer and our clinical expertise in everything we do. Visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk or call our free helpline on 0808 800 6000. | Claire O'Neill - 0808 800 6000. | | |
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| British Heart Foundation | The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the nation's heart charity, dedicated to saving lives every day through pioneering research, caring for patients and families, campaigning for change and providing vital information.
Some of the most ground-breaking and important achievements in heart health research over the past 47 years have been made thanks to work supported by the British Heart Foundation. Currently, we fund 27 BHF Professors and over 1,400 research projects. In 2008-09 alone BHF Heart Nurses helped and supported over 80,000 heart patients. | Heart Runners Support Team - 020 7487 9430 | | |
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| Cancer Research UK | Whatever you experience or reason, run for Cancer Research UK and raise money for our life saving work. Your support will help us find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Visit our website or call our hotline number 0870 641 2403 for more information. | Running Team Hotline - 0870 641 2403 | | |
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| Canine Partners | Canine Partners is a progressive charity that aims to transform the lives of people with disabilities, enabling them to
live more independently by partnering them with highly trained assistance dogs. As a registered charity we receive no
government funding and are wholly dependent on public donations and legacies. | 08456 580 480 | | |
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| CLIC Sargent | Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That's because we're there every step of the way: During treatment - providing specialist nurses, doctors, play specialists, Homes from Home. In hospital & at home - offering specialist social care and family support in the community - specialist youth services, holidays, grants, helpline, Also after treatment - helping survivors, supporting those bereaved, and research. CLIC Sargent's Charity Registration Number is 1107328. | Louise Oakley - 01173 148605 | | |
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| Diabetes UK | Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
We have over 170,000 members. We work for people with diabetes, their carers, family and friends. We represent the interests of all people with diabetes by lobbying the government for better standards of care and the best quality of life. | Ellie Wood - 020 7424 1868 | | |
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| Disability Snowsport UK | Disability Snowsport seeks to enrich and enhance the lives of those with a disbility by enabling them to take part in skiing and snowboarding. We help individuals have fun and transfer the benefits that they gain to their everyday lives. | Amy King - 0161 7492298 | | |
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| Dreams Come True | Dreams Come True is a UK children's charity whose sole purpose is to fulfil the dreams of terminally and seriously ill children and young people aged 2 to 21. In the last twenty years we have helped make over 3000 dreams come true and as a result debilitating illness, painful treatment and an uncertain future have been transformed with happiness, fun and wonderful, everlasting memories. You can make a world of difference by helping us make more dreams become a reality. If we can find a way to make a dream come true we will as we believe the only limit is a child's imagination. | Freephone 0800 018 6013 | | |
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| Fairbridge | Fairbridge aims to give young people from disadvantaged urban areas a fairer chance to succeed in life. Every year we work with over 3,700 young people that most other organisations find difficult to engage. Outside education, training and employment, they have often lost hope for their future. We help them to think differently. | 0207 902 1633 | | |
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| Gorilla Organisation | The Gorilla Organization works internationally to save the world's last gorillas from extinction through a programme combining traditional conservation, research, education and community development. | Sam Davies - 0207 916 4974 | | |
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| Helen Rollason Cancer Charity | Helen Rollason Cancer Charity is dedicated to supporting people whose lives are touched by cancer. It is the legacy of Helen Rollason MBE, who was a pioneering female television sport presenter and broadcaster. Our cancer support centres are vital in helping patients live with cancer while our cancer research teams undertake studies into the disease and offer clinical trials. | 01245 515235 | | |
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| Kids | | Simone Hardy - 020 7354 9483 | | |
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| Landaid Charitable Trust | LandAid is the charity of the UK property sector from which our support is drawn. As a Charitable Trust, LandAid makes grants to other charities to support a variety of projects usually connected with homelessness. Every June we organise a 5km Fun Run around Battersea Park. | Annette Sanders - 020 7802 0117 | | |
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| Leonard Cheshire Disability | Leonard Cheshire Disability exists to change attitudes to disability and to serve disabled people around the world. They support more than 21,000 disabled people in the UK, and a further 30,000 disabled people in 52 countries around the world. | 0203 242 0241 | | |
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| MAG | MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is a neutral, impartial humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide, enabling recovery and assisting the development of affected populations. MAG works to lessen the threat of death and injury, releasing safe land back to the local population. | 0161 236 4311 | | |
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| Marie Curie Cancer Care | Marie Curie Cancer Care will care for you from start to finish - join our Daffodil Team and receive a free NIKE Dri Fit running vest, and much more. Join today and help us provide free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes. | 0870 0340 040 | | |
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| MENCAP | Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers. Together, we fight for equal rights, we campaign for greater opportunities and we challenge attitudes and prejudice. We also provide advice and support to meet people's needs throughout their lives. | Ellen Brooks 020 7696 6929 | | |
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| Meningitis UK | Meningitis UK's sole focus is to eradicate meningitis. Meningitis is a terrifying disease, which can kill in less than four hours and tragically is most prevalent in children and young people. We are confident that with enough support we can put a stop to the heartache and devastation it causes. | Lauren Vincent, Events Fundraiser 0117 302 6191 | | |
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| Mood | The Mood Fondation helps people suffering from depressive conditions receive treatment they would otherwise be unable to afford. We run group therapy sessions coupled with alternative therapies to lift people out of depression. Treatment is often too expensive or not readily available, so at the Mood Foundation we offer necessary channels of accessing this help, without any costings to the patient.
Contact our fundraising team - contact@moodfoundation.com if you would like to help raise money for this cause. | | | |
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| Multiple Sclerosis Society | The Multiple Sclerosis Society is the UK's largest charity dedicated to supporting everyone whose life is touched by MS. It funds vital research as well as providing support through a freephone helpline, specialist MS nurses, respite care and a wide range of information | Events Team - 0870 241 3565 | | |
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| Muscular Dystrophy Campaign | | 0207 803 4800 | | |
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| National Autisitic Society | The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people affected by autism.
Over 500,000 people in the UK have autism.
Together with their families they make up over two million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. Which means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need.
Together, we are going to change this. | Rachel Coombes 08450 509 001 | | |
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| NSPCC | The NSPCC has a vision of society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. To realise this vision, the NSPCC currently funds over 180 Child Protection Teams and Projects. Help us put a stop to child cruelty. | Running Events Team on 020 7825 2621 | | |
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| Oxfam | At Oxfam, we've spent years working with people who smash through barriers. People who get tougher when the going gets tough; people who treat adversity like an invitation. Run for Oxfam and we'll use every ounce of our experience to help you do the same. We know you can do it, and when you do, you'll be helping people just like you, all around the world. | 0300 200 1244 | | |
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| Parkinson's Disease Society | Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological condition affecting movement, such as walking, talking, and writing. There are 120,000 people with Parkinson's in the UK. There is currently no cure. We provide support, advice and information to people with Parkinson's, their carers, families and friends and to health and social services professionals involved in management and care. We have more than 330 branches, support groups and special interest groups throughout the UK, many run by volunteers. We are totally dependent on voluntary donations. | Kate Welch - 020 7932 1342 | | |
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| Penny Brohn Cancer Care | We provide support to people with cancer, and their loved ones - our doors are open to all and offer a safe environment for mind, body and spirit when we are at our most vulnerable. We receive no government funding and really rely on people taking part in events to keep our doors open so join us! | Kirsty McLatchie - 01275 370081 | | |
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| Pilgrims Hospices | Pilgrims Hospices is a charity providing palliative care free of charge to people in east Kent. We care for patients with a range of life-limiting illnesses including cancer, heart failure, respiratory conditions and neurological diseases. Care is provided from the three sites in Canterbury, Ashford and Thanet, in patients' homes and via community programmes. Care is also extended to families and carers. To keep delivering care to those that need it the most, Pilgrims has to raise £8 million each year. The majority of this comes from our local community. | 01843 233934 | | |
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| Power International | Power International is a non-government organisation that helps people living with disabilities in Laos, Zambia and Mozambique. Our vision is a world in which persons with disabilities are enabled to participate as fully as they choose in the economic and social life of their communities. | 01494 464 922 | | |
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| Prostate Cancer Research | Run for us and simply raise what you can! Each hour one man in the UK will die from prostate cancer. By joining us you will help to bring results from the bench to the bedside. | Tel: 020 7679 9595 | | |
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| Save The Children | We're the world's independent children's charity. We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out to get every child their rights and we're determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It's up to you. | 020 7012 6400 | | |
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| Save the Rhino | Save the Rhino works to protect genetically viable populations of critically endangered rhinoceros species in the wild. We do this by fundraising for and making grants to rhino and community based conservation projects throughout Africa and Asia. | Lizzie Whitebread - 020 7357 7474 | | |
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| Sense | Sense is the leading charity in the UK offering lifelong support, advice, education and practical help to deaf and blind children and adults- and their families. Run for Sense and support us in changing even more people's lives. | Active Events Team - 0845 1270 063 | | |
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| Shelter | Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help people find and keep a home. We campaign for decent housing for all. Join the Shelter Running Team and help homeless and badly housed children and families across the UK. | The Running Events Team - 0844 515 1190 | | |
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| Sparks | Sparks is a charity dedicated to funding pioneering paediatric research with a single aim: Helping ALL babies to be born healthy and grow up healthy. Sparks is special because we aren't a single cause charity. We fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. Childhood cancer, childhood arthritis, meningitis, club foot, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and all the risks associated with premature birth are just a few of the areas where Sparks doctors and scientists are leading the race to save lives. | Kags Garrard | | |
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| Starlight Children's Foundation | Starlight Children's Foundation grants once in a lifetime wishes for seriously and terminally ill children and creates entertainment in every children's hospital across the UK. For every £1 donated, 91p goes straight to helping Starlight's very sick children. | Lucy Noel-Buxton 020 7262 2881 (ext 257) | | |
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| Sue Ryder Care | 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. | 020 7400 0633 | | |
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| The Children's Trust | The Children's Trust is a unique organisation providing residential and outreach nursing care, therapy and education to some of the UK's most disabled children and their families. Some of the children are born with disabilities, others have become disabled as a result of an accident or illness. We are the leading provider of Brain Injury Rehabilitation for Children in the UK. | Ceri Owens 01737 365017 | | |
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| The John Aspinal Foundation | The Aspinall Foundation in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks in Kent is devoted to saving rare and endangered animals and returning them to protected areas in the wild. These activities include the management of two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in Congo and Gabon, Central Africa, where we have successfully reintroduced over fifty western lowland gorillas. | Jeanne Peterson | | |
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| The Lowes Syndrome Trust | | Lorrain Thomas - 020 8458 6791 | | |
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| The Meningitis Trust | The Meningitis Trust helps around 20,000 people each year, supporting anyone affected by this life-changing disease through its free professional aftercare and support services. These include a freephone 24-hour nurse-led helpline (0800 028 18 28), counselling, financial support grants, home visits and one-to-one contacts. | | | |
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| WaterAid | WaterAid's mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. | Charlotte Biddle - 0845 6000 433 | | |
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| Whizz-Kidz | Whizz-Kidz changes disabled children's lives - literally overnight. By providing them with customised mobility equipment, training and advice, we actually give them something much more important. We give them the independence to live a life of freedom at home, at school and at play; the independence to be themselves. | Events Hotline: 0207 233 9696 | | |
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| Wish Upon A Star | All children have Wishes, but for our poorly children and their families that Wish is so much more precious ... Wishes are varied and far reaching. For some it is a trip to Disneyland in Florida or Paris to meet their favourite characters, for others it is a chance to get up close to a favourite pop star or sporting hero. Some children just want books and toys, whilst others want a computer to catch up on their schoolwork or keep in touch with friends. Whatever the Wish, wherever possible, When You Wish Upon a Star will aim to make that Wish come true. Our aim is to make the most magical memories for the family and the child to remember, long after the event is over. | 0115 979 1720 | | |
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| Yorkshire Cancer Reseach | | Emma Young - 01423 877210 | | |
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