Charities

The RSPCA is the world's oldest and largest animal welfare group. Founded in 1824 it investigates, prevents and prosecutes cruelty to animals and alleviates their suffering; encourages responsible pet care; and supports animal welfare projects. It campaigns to change animal welfare laws; improve the welfare of pets and wild animals; and improve the lives and reduce the suffering of farm animals through the RSPCA Assured scheme; and reduce the suffering of animals used in scientific research. It operates four wildlife centres, a network of rehoming centres and a telephone advice line. The RSPCA is a member of Eurogroup for Animals and other important animal welfare coalitions. It annual incomes in 2023 was £152.1million.

Early 2018, Ruth Strauss, wife of Sir Andrew Strauss the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died on December 29th 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13. IN HER MEMORY, SIR ANDREW HAS LAUNCHED THE RUTH STRAUSS FOUNDATION TO: - Provide emotional support for families to prepare for the death of a parent - Raise awareness of the need for more research & collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers.

Salt of the Earth supports rural development projects based on community driven development through local partners in India. We believe in an holistic approach to development and support a variety of different developmental projects, which focus on womens empowerment, health interventions, ecological and environmental preservation and educational advancement. So far we have helped 500,000 beneficiaries. However, we are not stopping there. India faces key socio-economic challenges as the gap between the rich and poor widens. We want to continue to help even more people and for that we need your support. Our work creates a voice for rural beneficiaries while allowing these communities to have more control over their development assistance. Ultimately, we believe this approach to development will result in projects that are more responsive to the needs of rural communities living in poverty.

We support seriously and terminally ill children in hospital and at home in the UK. Helping children and their families through one of the worst times of their lives in hospital - we provide entertainment equipment, games, sensory equipment, craft supplies and essential pain reducing medical equipment - whatever the children on the wards need to make it through each day. At Home - we enable children to leave hospital (around 15% of children with serious conditions are clinically able to leave but due to lack of support and/or funding they can't leave the ward) and then support the children and family once they are home. This increases the quality of care the child receives, reduces depression and isolation, hugely increases the family's ability to begin to heal and, with the child at home, frees up the bed for another child who urgently needs care.

We support anyone affected by Mental Illness including family, friends and carers. Need to talk? Our SANEline is open from 4pm-10pm daily on (0300) 304 7000. For full information on our emotional support services, ways to volunteer and other information visit our website at https://sane.org.uk.

We are the charity for East Surrey Hospital, and all the services provided by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH). The Trust provides emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of east Surrey, north-east West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill. East Surrey Hospital is a major acute hospital for east Surrey and north-east West Sussex, providing an Emergency department and acute services for the whole catchment area of the SASH NHS Trust, including Gatwick Airport – a total of more than half a million people. We raise funds to enable the Trust to go over and above NHS provision to make our local community’s experience even better when they visit their local hospital. Donations help us to provide state of the art equipment, improve the hospital environment, provide specialist training and to fund ideas which help create great experiences for patients and staff at the Trust. It is with the help of our generous supporters that we are able to make a real difference to the lives of patients and their families in Surrey and Sussex.

Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices, which includes but is not limited to forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), virginity testing, breast ironing and conversion therapy. The organisation offers direct intervention services for those at risk, regardless of age, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, or gender. If you or someone you know is at risk, or if you're looking for advice on HBA & harmful practices, please contact our helpline 0800 107 0726 (10am – 4pm, Monday – Friday, excluding Bank Holidays). If you are at immediate risk please ring 999.