A different approach to dementia
September is World Alzheimer's Month. Here's ow listening more and assuming less can help us support people with dementia.
Raising awareness of Primary Biliary Cholangitis
With this cause of chronic fatigue in women often going undiagnosed, it’s time to start talking about PBC...
The MoonWalk: a great cause
Best wishes to all those taking part in The MoonWalk again this year, raising money for breast cancer care! Can you help?
The Buddy Bag Foundation: helping children in crisis
Sadly, thousands of children are taken into emergency care every year. Karen set up the Buddy Bag Foundation to help ease their transition...
Could you find time to volunteer?
Charities and organisations rely on volunteering, but most of us don't think we can find the time. Joanne tells us why volunteering benefits us as well.
World Fair Trade Day. Will you be ‘an agent for change’?
World Fair Trade Day is happening on 14th May 2016. Will you ‘be an agent for change’? Hilary tells us more ...
Bouncing back from redundancy…
Being made redundant without warning can turn your life upside down. Barbara explains how she coped after suddenly losing her job...
Micro-volunteering: doing good in 10 minutes
It only takes ten minutes a day to make a difference - for yourself and for others.
Widowed & Young: Jo and Karen share their stories
Finding a lifeline of support and friendship when coping with loneliness and bereavement.
Widowed & Young
Charity Widowed & Young offers unconditional support to the bereaved.
Charlotte’s Helix : unlocking anorexia
Charlotte’s Helix seeks to support a global initiative to unlock the genetic code of anorexia nervosa. Many of us will know of someone who has suffered, or is still suffering, from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. What you might not know is that the risk of developing an eating disorder is largely genetic and its […]
Craftivism: supporting causes through craft
Sarah explains how craftivism is a great way to get involved with your favourite causes, making a difference and encouraging debate.
Lunchbowl Network
With Lunchbowl Network, 33p goes a long way… What can possibly be more fundamental to life than food on the table each day and clean water to drink? In the UK most of us take both of those for granted, and try to forget that in some parts of the world, there are children who […]
Charity: doing it my way
As charities become more demanding, Di explains how she'll keep on giving... on her own terms.
Charity: is it all getting too much?
Requests from charity snowball at this time of year. Di explains how to protect elderly and vulnerable people from the increased demands...