Im running to help support Cherished Gowns UK

It is crucial that people who have been affected by leprosy are provided with the means with which to secure a livelihood. A sewing machine means that they can work as a tailor and mend clothes, giving them both an income and a purpose within their community. 

Changes Bristol is a charity that helps people in mental health distress. We offer peer support groups, telephone befriending and a walking service. We work with over 100 volunteers who help us to run all of our support networks. A donation of £150 will cover the cost to train a volunteer facilitator. 

Changes Bristol support over 1,000 people with poor mental health and without volunteers, the charity would not be able to run. We actively consider people who have lived experience of low mental wellbeing, with extensive training and support throughout. 

Not only does volunteering with Changes offer a spring board into a support service career path, it is also an extremely rewarding opportunity to help others. 

Cherished Gowns UK is a charity that provides the families of babies that are stillborn, miscarried or pass away shortly after birth with items of clothing that they are able to be dressed in for their funeral. We offer five sizes of Cherished Gowns, and each gown is accompanied by a hat, pair of booties, a blanket and a cloth nappy. These items are provided completely free of charge to parents, funeral directors, and we also supply every UK hospital with this service. All of the items that we provide are lovingly made by volunteers around the UK, from donated Wedding Dresses.

We are running a special campaign for our Neonatal parents. We know how difficult it is to have a baby in special care. We have devised a carry cot full of items to help spend precious moments with the new baby. 
the carry cot and contents have a retail price of over £150, but we are lucky enough to be able to supply and deliver them for £50. 
in sponsoring a carry cot we can add your details, so that your item goes to a recipient in one of our partnered hospitals. We are limited to just 60 carry cots which will be sent to one of the following hospitals: 

NorthamptonGeneral, Kettering General, Milton Keynes University Hospital and Norwich and Norfolk Hospital. 

All the lock-downs in the UK has left many young people feeling bored, isolated and struggling to cope. We have been distributing our outreach activity packs to help make things a little better for young people and show them they are valued in our community. We've handed out over 60 packs and each week there's a different theme and content; From Movie nights, Pamper packs, Graffiti art and cookery, we provide everything thats needed in a little brown bag for young people to take away and do at home.

We have developed Pratham Open School which has over 1000 apps and stories and over 7000 learning videos in 13 Indian languages that support children's learning. Whilst the apps are available to anyone with a smartphone we also provide preloaded tablets in targeted communities to support learning.

The Boarding School is the name of our new indoor skateboarding project. We've got a hall full of ramps at our youth centre that we set up each week for young rippers. Your wish will help us provide skateboard tuition to a young person to help them progress and earn locally recognised accreditation.

Specialist nurse to provide an hour of clinical support for a child who is end of life

Your donation will protect on average three acres of rainforest in our most urgent carbon-rich projects, whose protection is vital in the fight against climate change.

And you will be providing a safe haven for countless animals, insects and plants, as tropical rainforests support over 50% of the world’s species, many of which are critically endangered.

The acres you save will also safely store, on average, around 500 metric tonnes of CO2e, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change around the world.