The RAF Association is dedicated to supporting serving and former RAF personnel and their families. Whether it’s an injured airman fighting to get back onto his feet, a young daughter missing her parent away on overseas operations or a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on, we are there to help.

The need for an effective bird conservation organisation has never been greater. Climate change, agricultural intensification, expansion of urban areas and transport infrastructure, and over-exploitation of our seas all pose major threats to birds.

SOS Children (also known as SOS Kinderdorf, Aldeas Infantiles SOS, SOS Villages d'Enfants) has worked for sixty years providing family-based care for children who would otherwise be alone. Today, we are the world's largest orphan and abandoned children's charity working in some 124 countries with around 78,000 children living in our care.

The IGA is a registered charity which raises awareness of glaucoma and promotes research related to early diagnosis and treatment. Glaucoma affects around 2% of people over the age of 40. People lose their sight every day of the year as a result of undetected glaucoma. The IGA offers advice and support to glaucoma patients, their families and carers through our Sightline telephone service staffed by our well trained operators, high quality information booklets and leaflets as well as our multi lingual website which offers comprehensive news about glaucoma.

We provide specialist palliative care advice and clinical support for people with life limiting illness, their family and the bereaved. Our Hospice is based in Pembury and serves a community of approximately 300,000 over an area of 400 square miles of West Kent and East Sussex. Established since 1980, Hospice In The Weald comprises a 17 bed In-Patient Unit and a Day Therapy Centre offering a range of treatments, complementary therapies and clinics.

Love Women is a campaign designed to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Love Women is about celebrating the women in our lives and is asking everyone to encourage their mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, friends and girlfriends to take the time to listen to their bodies, be aware of frequent and persistent symptoms and report them to their GP. Ovarian cancer action hopes that by being more aware of frequent and persistent symptoms, women who have ovarian cancer will receive treatment sooner.

Leonard Cheshire Disability exists to change attitudes to disability and to serve disabled people around the world. We have been a pioneer of support services to disabled people in the UK and internationally for over 60 years and support over 21,000 people a year. The charity has launched a farsighted and ambitious plan to transform its residential homes and the Kent Appeal is a commitment to the refurbishment and modernisation of four key homes in west Kent which provide comprehensive services for severely disabled people in the area. Leonard Cheshire Disability aims to provide personalised support to service users continuing to promote choice, dignity, opportunity and equality. We hope you will join us in our commitment to creating a better life in Kent for disabled people.

Rockinghorse wants to make all children’s health facilities in Sussex child-friendly environments and believes that no child should be frightened to go into hospital. Specifically, we provide games, toys and televisions for children’s wards, we provide entertainers to go onto the wards and we will even redecorate wards to make them more welcoming and homely for the children to visit. Additionally, we provide cutting edge medical equipment that makes surgery less invasive, quicker or less painful.

Family Matters was set up in 1990 to relieve the mental and physical distress of children, adolescents and adults who have been victims of abuse. Break the cycle of abuse. Reduce the incidence of suicide and self-harm amongst survivors. Reduce the pain, suffering and distress of survivors of childhood sexual abuse and improve their ability to relate to others. Promote empowerment, self-awareness and self-esteem, thereby reducing the levels of social exclusion and increasing access to health opportunities. Reduce the amount of disruption to schooling. Provide other agencies with a suitable referring agency for those identified with problems in this specialist area. Raise the awareness of childhood sexual abuse through the provision of courses aimed at counsellors and professionals.

The Heart of Kent Hospice is a registered charity specialising in palliative care for the people of Maidstone, Kent and the surrounding local communities. Our specialist team offers skilled care, comfort, compassion and hope to people facing the challenge of terminal illness.
At any one time we support up to 350 patients, plus their families and carers. As a charity the services we offer are free of charge. However, this does mean that of the £3m that it currently costs per year to provide our care, we have to raise £2.2m ourselves from the community that we serve.

Meningitis Research Foundation is a registered charity that fights death and disability from meningitis and associated infections by funding vital scientific research. There are currently 26 research projects in the programme. Since it was founded in 1989, the charity has awarded 133 research grants, leading to many advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of meningitis and septicaemia. The total value of the Foundation's investment in vital scientific research is over £16 million.

Kent Foundation is a locally based charity helping young people start up in business and has existed since 1985. Kent Foundation has a range of experiences and expertise amongst its Trustees, Director and Support Staff. We also have the enthusiasm and belief in an organisation with a positive and exciting future.

The Children’s Trust provides care and therapy to children with acquired brain injury, multiple disabilities and complex health needs. It is particularly renowned for its first class rehabilitation service for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The charity is based at a 24 acre site in Surrey and boasts state of the art facilities to help children make the best recovery possible. To complement this service the charity now gives the opportunity for families across the UK to receive support through the Brain Injury Community Team.

There are around 10 million people with arthritis in the UK. That's 10 million individuals, plus their families, each affected in a unique way. Arthritis is not a life sentence, but it can be life changing. Simple daily tasks can become difficult and complicated, while managing family life and juggling work can be exhausting. Arthritis Care exists to support people with arthritis, and is the UK's largest charity working with and for them. Adjusting isn't always easy, but there are many people, services, products and benefits that can help. The charity puts on free Challenging Pain workshops across the country, and has a wide range of informative publications, a free telephone helpline, and a network of branches in every county.

Blackthorn Trust is a charity which offers medical care, specialist therapies and rehabilitation through work placements in the Blackthorn Garden. We offer help to people with mental or physical health difficulties or learning disabilities. Our work is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner and aims to assist individuals to progress towards their potential. The Garden is a working social enterprise with a vegetarian café and greenhouse open 10-3 every week day. The bakery, craft and wood workshops offer produce for sale to the public in our café and local restaurants and shops.

The British Wireless for the Blind Fund provides high quality, easy to use audio equipment which has been specially designed and adapted for listeners living with sight loss. All our radios are made available on Free Loan to Blind and Partially Sighted people who meet our criteria. If you don't qualify, our radios are also available to purchase through BWBF Direct. BWBF offers a range of sets to meet different needs, from the simple DUET 2 digital radio to the comprehensive CONCERTO 2 and the SONATA, our unique wireless internet audio player, with an audible programme guide.We aim to keep at the forefront of audio technology, responding to changing needs and technologies, investing in research and development to ensure our sets are equipping people for the needs of the future.