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What The Sick Children’s Trust Does?

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Thе Sick Children’s Truѕt was known globally as they рrоvіdеѕ еѕѕеntіаl accommodation аnd аmеnіtіеѕ (Hоmеѕ frоm Home) for thе families’ аnd careers of ѕісk сhіldrеn undеrgоіng trеаtmеnt аt a numbеr оf hоѕріtаlѕ around thе соuntrу.

Thе Sісk Chіldrеn’ѕ Trust believes kееріng families tоgеthеr ѕіgnіfісаntlу improves the rесоvеrу of ѕеrіоuѕlу іll сhіldrеn. Thеу рrоvіdе frее, high-quality ‘Hоmе frоm Hоmе’ ассоmmоdаtіоn, аѕ well аѕ еmоtіоnаl аnd practical ѕuрроrt, to families wіth sick сhіldrеn in hospital іn the UK.

Thе Sick Children’s Truѕt Commitment to humanity

Thе Sick Children’s Truѕt сurrеntlу have tеn houses оffеrіng сlеаn, comfortable accommodation whеrе thе whоlе fаmіlу саn stay сlоѕе tо their ѕісk child’s bеdѕіdе, аnd thеу аrе constantly looking fоr opportunities tо еxtеnd оur geographical соvеrаgе, or tо іmрrоvе their еxіѕtіng fасіlіtіеѕ in lіght оf сhаngеѕ in раеdіаtrіс саrе provision.

On аvеrаgе, 2 million сhіldrеn іn the UK rеԛuіrе hоѕріtаl trеаtmеnt each уеаr. Every day, children are diagnosed wіth ѕеrіоuѕ аnd lіfе-thrеаtеnіng illnesses оr have terrible accidents thаt lеаvе thеm fіghtіng fоr lіfе. Thеу оftеn hаvе tо bе trаnѕfеrrеd tо ѕресіаlіѕt hоѕріtаlѕ fаr frоm hоmе tо receive critical mеdісаl treatment. Lіfе fоr thеіr whоlе fаmіlу is ѕuddеnlу thrоwn into соmрlеtе turmoil.

Thеу wоrk with thе hоѕріtаlѕ, ѕuрроrtіng them іn thеіr rоlе and providing complementary ѕuрроrt tо оur families. Thе Sick Children’s Truѕt relieve some оf thе еmоtіоnаl аnd financial ѕtrаіnѕ at a vеrу ѕtrеѕѕful time, рrоvіdіng аn еѕѕеntіаl ѕеrvісе free of charge for uр tо 146 families еvеrу night, 365 dауѕ a уеаr.

Whіlѕt ѕtауіng аt оnе of their ‘Hоmеѕ from Home’ is frее оf charge, іt costs them £30 tо support a family for оnе nіght. They rеlу еntіrеlу оn vоluntаrу іnсоmе tо mееt thіѕ cost.

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Why you should really get involved in charity

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Volunteering for Charity

When refugee and migrant children arrive in the UK, they are usually placed in the school year group that corresponds with their age, irrespective of language barriers. Can you imagine being thrown into GCSE physics, for instance, without speaking English, on top of the fundamentally unsettling nature of moving to a new country? Their parents, who are themselves facing numerous battles, can’t help with homework, and their mentor is often the only other English-speaking adult in a migrant child’s life beyond their teacher.
The students elect to come to this programme, and they can use the time in the way that they wish. It might be an opportunity for a teenager to discuss their future, or simply the world, with someone: one pair often like to read the newspaper together. This suits me perfectly, and I sign up.

Why should I volunteer

Volunteering with minors requires a certain amount of preparation. As I write, I have been to one of two training sessions, one interview (so Salusbury World can match mentor and mentee appropriately); I am in the process of undergoing background checks.  There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. For older people, the barriers can include poor health, poverty, lack of skills, poor transport links, or having caring responsibilities, such as looking after grandchildren. Younger people can be deterred by feeling they don’t have the time to volunteer, or not knowing anyone else who volunteers. Many also think volunteering is just for older people with time on their hands. Volunteering has an image problem – particularly with men and younger people.

What’s the answer? More should be done to promote the value of volunteering to the particular needs of different groups. There is evidence on why people choose to volunteer, and we need to make better use of that information. For instance, A recent survey showed that 95% of young people, aged 13-24, hoped to develop new skills through volunteering, compared to just 32% of volunteers aged over 55. Almost three quarters of young people were keen to gain qualifications through volunteering compared to just 13% of those over 55.Over three quarters of disabled volunteers were keen to develop new skills and nearly two thirds hoped to improve their health and wellbeing through volunteering.

Top questions to help you get started

• Who do yo really want to help? Would you like to work with children, the elderly, homeless people?
• If you’re passionate about what you do, you’re more likely to stick at it
• Volunteering close to home makes it easier; contact your local Volunteer Centre
• Don’t be put off by time commitment. There are one-off volunteering roles as well as opportunities at weekends or out of office hours. You can also volunteer online or remotely.

You can also support us here at Little Lives UK.

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Claims.co.uk Charity Work

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10/07/2017 – Lea has received the help she needed, thanks to claims.co.uk who has fully supported her. Thank you!

Claims.co.uk are passionate about helping people, and that doesn’t just mean those who are claiming after unfortunate accidents. They believe that even small companies can make a big difference.

Up there are just some of the charities that they help, all thanks to visitors like you using their services. They are especially passionate about helping children who have had a rough start in life, as a result of mental or physical disabilities. It gives us, and we hope you, a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing the impact that even small gestures can make in peoples’ lives.

How People Helped Victims of the Fire in Grenfell Tower

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Ever since the June 14 blaze in Grenfell Tower in West London, there has been an outpouring of support from the community, as people and charities rushed to help the families affected by the blaze. On social media, too, Londoners shared information on how people from across the UK could provide assistance to the fire’s victims.

In the days immediately following the fire in Grenfell Tower, the primary emphasis was on collecting necessary items – such as toiletries, blankets and water – for all the families left homeless by the blaze. Mosques, temples and churches all started collecting items and established collection points for people to bring whatever they could.

For example, St. Clements Church, located near to the tower, became an unofficial evacuation and support center. St. James’ Church, too, became a local collection point. This was a tragedy that united people of all religious faiths. Members of the Sikh community showed up at the tower at 5:00 am on the day after the blaze handing out food and water.

Many collection points said that they were “overwhelmed” by all the donations. In response, new collection points began to appear without any official support from the government. For example, a local rugby club – the Rugby Portobello Club – began collecting supplies and necessary items for the families.

Everyday Londoners, too, began to open up their homes to those needing shelter. In some cases, they were posting information on social media (both Twitter and Facebook) on how displaced families could contact them if they needed a place to stay.


And that outpouring of support online also showed up with the creation of online crowdfunding pages with the goal of raising money to help the families. In some cases, such as the Get West London crowdfunding page on Just Giving, initial fundraising targets were hit within hours rather than days or week.

On Facebook, people were cutting and pasting information about how to donate to the victims and then sharing it with friends and families. As more people shared this information via Facebook, it began to appear in more and more newsfeeds, ensuring that as many people as possible knew about the relief efforts for the Grenfell Tower victims.

British celebrities also became part of the support efforts. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who runs a restaurant (Jamie’s Italian) around the corner from the tower block, donated free food and water to the victims of the blaze. On Instagram, Jamie Oliver posted that he would be handing out free food to any of the hundreds of families impacted by the blaze. British tennis star Andy Murray soon announced that he would be donating prize money to help the victims of the blaze.

The British government, too, has established a large compensatory fund to help the victims. Prime Minister Theresa May also announced that everyone who had lost their homes would be re-housed in the borough or neighboring boroughs, as close as possible to Grenfell Tower, within three weeks.

The people and charities involved in raising money and donations for the victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze are just further proof of the generosity of Londoners, all saddened by the unprecedented loss of life from one of the worst tragedies in their city in nearly a century.