Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) provides emergency care to people who are in a state so critical that they require the specialist skills of its crew at the scene of the accident or medical incident. Though GWAAC is part of the regional 999 response service and works closely with NHS hospitals, it is a charity funded by local people across its region of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, North Somerset and parts of Wiltshire.
Rainscombe Hill Farm, Clench Common, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4DT
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United Kingdom
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Animals
Greatwood rescues the most neglected racehorses when often no one else will help. We also currently home and care for 60 retired horses with 70 more under our care out on loan. Children with a wide range of special needs, including autism and Down's Syndrome, attend Horse Power sessions at Greatwood. Here, the children learn essential life skills vital to their development. Greatwood relies entirely on the generosity of our supporters, please visit our website above to see how you can help.
GAR was founded in 1989 and works to alleviate the suffering of animals in Greece by supporting a number of animal shelters, sterilising as many dogs & cats as funds allow and finding homes for the lucky few in the UK and several other EU countries.
The leading all Wales charity dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating unwanted greyhounds and lurchers. GRW has a Wales wide network of active volunteers and an international membership. GRW aims for the highest possible standards of care for our rescues. GRW is working with other major charities and the National Assembly for Wales to bring about legislative change in Wales to give greyhounds proper protection in law.
Greyhounds in Need CIO (GIN) is an English registered charity concerned with the plight of greyhounds, especially the Spanish-bred hunting greyhounds (galgos). We work with many shelters in Spain who carry out the primary rescue work and the homing groups and individuals in Europe who, in sympathy with our work, promote adoption in their own countries.
Groundswell supports a UK wide network of projects that are tackling poverty and homelessness. All the projects are run by or involve people with experience of poverty. Groundswell offers training, advice and information, produce publications, make grants, hold networking events and run a regional exchange programme.
PO Box 203, Hawards Heath, West Sussex, UK, RH16 1GF
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United Kingdom
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Health
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the UK's most common life-threatening infection in newborn babies. Without preventative medicine, GBS infects 700 babies a year - 75 die and 40 survivors suffer long-term problems. Yet most GBS infections are preventable by offering higher-risk women antibiotics in labour. Informing pregnant women will save lives.
