St Raphael's Hospice, London Road, Sutton, UK, SM3 9DX
LOCATION:
United Kingdom
CATEGORY:
Hospices
St Raphael’s Hospice is an independent charity providing free end of life care and support for adults living in Merton and Sutton, and their families, friends and carers. The Hospice cares for around 1,000 patients every year on its ward and out in the community in patients’ homes. The majority of St Raphael’s patients are cared for at home where Hospice staff work alongside community healthcare professionals offering specialist support and advice. St Raphael’s expert team is made up of doctors, nurses, and their associates, counsellors, therapists and a social worker. The Hospice also provides counselling and bereavement services and its Wellbeing Centre is open to everyone living in Merton and Sutton who is over 18 and closely affected by a progressive life-limiting illness. The Hospice also has over 500 dedicated volunteers who donate their time in a wide range of roles, including on the ward, with the fundraising team or in one of St Raphael’s shops. It costs over £6.5 million each year to run its services and only 25% of its funding comes from the NHS. The charity relies on the generous support of the community to provide its vital services free of charge.
St Thomas' Lupus Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, UK, SE1 7EH
LOCATION:
United Kingdom
CATEGORY:
Health
The St Thomas' Lupus Trust is dedicated to patients suffering from Lupus, to promote and carry out research into its causes, effects and treatment, to provide and extend training to the medical profession and to advance public awareness of the disease with the ultimate aim of finding a cure.
The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international Christian organisation that promotes the active person-to-person involvement of its members in acts of charity and service to those in need. Its objectives are the relief of poverty without differentiation on the grounds of race, colour, creed, or gender. The concept of need is broadly based, so visiting and helping the sick, the lonely, the disadvantaged, the neglected and the addicted from a large proportion of the Society's work. Its 16,000 annual volunteers annually carry out 1 million recorded visits in England and Wales.
The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, UK, ST17 0WT
LOCATION:
United Kingdom
CATEGORY:
Environment
To protect and enhance the wildlife and wild places of Staffordshire and to promote understanding, enjoyment and involvement in the natural world by putting wildlife at the heart of everything we do.
