Homelessness is a crisis we can’t ignore

Thank you very much for visiting my blog and taking the time to read it! Homelessness is a crisis that we just can’t ignore, in this blog I am aiming to raise awareness about Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, and gain your support on this cause because it is a big and growing issue, I would also like to highlight people’s attitudes towards homeless people and hopefully change yours.

So, why should you support crisis?

• Crisis does amazing work with the homeless, giving them life skills and enabling them to find work and get off the streets.
• You can support in simple ways like donating or even just telling your family and friends about Crisis
• One donation can go towards making someone happy, safe and self-sufficient for a life time.
• Supporting is a simple way of helping your community and is a great way to give back
• It will help those who really need it and who otherwise would have nowhere to turn

6437 slept rough on London’s streets last year and so many more in the rest of the UK, on average these people die at just 47 years old and are 13 times more likely to experience violence than you and me. Most of these people are on the streets as consequence of relationship break ups and they are unable to do anything about it. As well as this these people have to deal with abuse, and negative perceptions mean that they can feel worthless and depressed. Crisis is here to support these people; they do this by campaigning, providing them with education, helping them to get into the jobs and housing markets and helping them to be self-sufficient.

But Crisis cannot fight this battle alone. Crisis relies on donation, volunteers, fundraisers and the support of the public; this is why they need you. You can help out in simple ways like telling your family and friends but if you want to do more you can find out more on their website http://www.crisis.org.uk/pages/what-we-do.html . As well as this Crisis has the support of many celebrities Such as Ed Sheeran, Joe Brand, Sir Ian McKellen and Coldplay, help these legends fight for what is right by supporting Crisis now.

Thank you very much for reading my blog! I would be extremely grateful if you could fill in the feedback section below so I am able to know how successful my blog has been. Thanks again.
Liv

Nationality:
Coments:

Hi my name is Hannah. Firstly I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my blog. My chosen theme for this blog is education in Zambia. The charity I have selected that supports this is Edu sport. I want to increase peoples understanding of what this charity does and aims to do in the future. I think you should support my cause because:

• They do lots of vital work in communities such as yours helping disadvantaged young adults
• Friends of Edu Sport are dedicated to helping you
• Imagine if you were in a situation where you needed help. Would you want people to help Edu Sport help you?
• They need funds for the vital work they do and you could help them with it
• Without you Edu Sport will not be able to continue the vital work they do and thousands of young adults around Zambia and the UK will be left with no more options. People like Adogo…

When Adogo was 8 his father left his mother. About a week later his mother became very sick. She was diagnosed with HIV Aids. Because of this Adogo and his 11 year old sister had to leave school to look after their ill mother. Within weeks of leaving school his mother died. She was 25 years old. That’s where Edu Sport came in. Knowing that Adogo had always loved football they invited him to come to one of their training sessions. As soon as he got there he got stuck in straight away. Now 7 years in Adogo is still attending the sessions and is on the fast track to becoming a professional footballer.

Please now take a few minutes to watch this short clip about one of the projects that edu sport have been carrying out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42YwuGIo4-0

Once again thank you so much for talking an interest in my blog! Please now take the time to leave me a response in the comment space below. If you do respond please tell me your hometown so that I know where the comments are coming from. Please could you now answer these questions:

• Had you heard about Edu Sport before reading this blog?
• If not do you now feel more informed about this organisation
• Would you consider signing up for the monthly newsletter?
• Would you now consider doing any of the following things
• Make a donation to the organisation?
• Start campaigning for them/tell your family or friends about edu sport

Thank you so much for reading my blog

Hannah

Asthma UK - supporting me every breath of the way

Hello my name is Lara and I would like to start by saying thank you for taking a few minutes of your time reading my blog. My chosen issue is very important to me as i was diagnosed with asthma at the age of three and was diagnosed as a brittle asthmatic four years ago. I want to raise awareness of this charity and they help the people suffering and their families as well as great ways that you can fundraise as well as telling you how bad this illness is.

I think you should support my advocacy because asthma is a serious illness. I think that Asthma UK are a very thoughtful and caring charity; they’ve taken care of many families suffering with loved ones that are affected with the illness and have also helped children and adults overcome there fears of what could happen to them. As well as doing lots of fundraising to find new cures and medications to help sufferers. Around 1.1 million children are suffering from asthma in the UK alone and 4.2 million adults. 3 people die a day from asthma and in 2011 1,167 deaths were recorded due to asthma.

Sophie’s Story:
It was a Sunday like any other….

Sophie’s mum got ready to leave for her night shift, then popped into her room. Thinking that she had been short of breath earlier in the day, and she was worrying that she should get some rest. Listening to her words “See you later mum. I’ll rest in my room and watch Harry Potter,” she said to her mother. Not thinking this would be her last time talking to her daughter. “I love you sweetheart. I’ll see you later.” she replied.

Asthma was an illness that Sophie and her mother shared, along with their big brown eyes and so many other things. Knowing that asthma could kill, but her mother never thought it could kill in minutes.

Sophie’s mother received a call at her work around 7pm. She got off the phone and drove home, seeing the ambulance she started screaming, seeing her beloved daughter on the stretcher, not believing what she was seeing.

Not a day goes by without her family thinking of their lovely daughter. Finding it hard thinking that their beautiful daughter was no longer with them. By living with this pain, it has helped them to support Asthma UK’s progress to prevent Children suffering from asthma die. With such little support from many people, we can do so much to help prevent children like Sophie from a fatal asthma attack.

With more and more support Asthma UK will be able to help families. Its just twenty pounds to save a life of  child like Sophie. If you give a donation even a small amount of money goes a long way like researching into new medicines to help asthma sufferers and hopefully one day find a cure.

Thanks again for taking your time to read my blog! I would now like to take another minute of you time to ask you a few questions. If you could answer them relating to my blog that would be very helpful. If you helped out, you could of saved an asthmatics life! There is also more information of the following website http://www.asthma.org.uk.

• Had you ever heard of Asthma UK before and what they do?
• Do you now feel more informed of what little things can help the charity?
• Would you now from reading my blog do any of the following to help my chosen charity Asthma UK?

1. Donate.
2. sign up to the newsletter so you are informed about whats going on etc.
3. Help by fundraising; tea mornings, marathons, swimming etc.
4. Locally tell people about Asthma UK charity to make it more well known.
5. Joining competitions and prize draws etc.

If you do respond please could you post where you’re from e.g. home town and country!

Thanks once again for taking your time to read my blog!
Lara xx :)

Kingscare - Care in the Community for all

Thank you for showing an interest in my blog! I have always felt it important to care for others and Kingscare League of Friends does exactly that. Kingscare League of Friends works to provide, through voluntary help, to improve the quality of life of those in need within their local community of Kingsteignton. They have always done all they can to help those in need however they desperately need more support to continue to grow and find more ways to help those people in need. These people include those with Alzheimer’s and dementia along with those who just need help. KingsCare began life in 1997 when a small group of volunteer drivers were recruited to bring patients into the surgery for appointments. By 2003 it had grown to the extent that it was granted charitable status. In 2012they were granted the Queen’s award for voluntary service in recognition of their work in the community. Kingscare is one of these charities that is easy to miss because you don’t necessarily see it all the time in the same way you do with the RSPCA or RNLI but you would notice if it wasn’t there.

For more information visit: http://www.kingscare.co.uk/

Why Should I Care?

• It is quite simple one day you or one of your friends or family might need Kingscare’s help and if it doesn’t have the support it needs to continue it will be there for you when you need it most. Therefore by supporting it now you are ensuring they will be there when you need them most.
• With a growing elderly population society needs to find ways to support them and help them maintain a good quality of life Kingscare is one of those ways.

Rose’s Story

Rose and Bill were happily married for over 50 years and inseparable, they were 2 peas in a pod, and when Bill died Rose was lost without him. She stayed at home and became very isolated and lonely she had no family in the UK they had all moved to Canada. When she went on a check up to at the surgery, the nurse recognised her isolation and introduced her to Maggie the Kingscare Co-ordinator. Maggie convinced her to come on a minibus outing with them to Castle Drogo. Then she began attending tea and chat sessions. Rose made many new friends in particular Mary, Mary had been through much the same as Rose and they helped each other to deal with the loss of their loved ones. Rose is now a Kingscare regular and is living life to the full. Later this year she and Mary are going to Canada to visit her relatives.

Thanks to Kingscare Rose’s life is now back on track and with your help Kingscare could help many more people too.

How Can Help

• You could donate to them
• You could fundraise for them
• Volunteer for them
• Visit their charity shop in Kingsteignton

I would love it if you could leave some feedback or a comment about my blog

• Had you ever heard of Kingscare League of Friends before?
• Do you now feel more informed about Kingscare League of Friends?
• Would you now support Kingscare League of Friends in anyway?
• Would you now tell you friends and family about Kingscare League Friends?

If you do post a response please let me know where you come from i.e. Hometown and country if not in the UK.

Thanks again for showing an interest in my blog!
Lucy :)

Children with Cancer - Can we cure it?

Hello my name is Liberty and I’d like to start by saying thank you for taking the time to read my blog. The topic I have a chosen is children with cancer, I’m trying to raise awareness to you about the charity- Children with cancer and what they do for children, how it affects the children and their families and why this illness is such a danger!

I think you should support my advocacy because Cancer is a life threatening illness and with everyone’s help one day we might be able to cure it! I believe children with cancer are a very helpful charity; they’ve supported families and children to help cope with cancer and raise money for each individual who is suffering! Children with cancer hold many fundraising events to do this! Around 3,600 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer every year in just the UK!

Daisy was only 2 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Here is her story… It started off in nursery where she was falling a lot however nobody thought much of it as she was only young. Every night for hours Daisy would be sick so her parents took her to the GP. She was constantly going so a week later Daisy’s paediatrician gave her a CT scan; they found a large brain tumour! A few days later she underwent a major operation to remove it. Unfortunately it got worse; the surgeons weren’t able to remove the entire tumour because it was entwined with the nerves controlling her heart rate. They tried and her heart rate dropped dangerously low, twice. An MRI scan also showed that there was another tumour near the pituitary gland. Surgical removal of this would have caused too much damage to other brain structures, so they decided to treat with chemo- or radio- therapy. The fact that Daisy was only 2 years old at diagnosis unfortunately reduced her chances of survival. She woke up with a very bad squint and a face that was paralysed down one side. Her balance was so bad she couldn’t even sit up and she was sick constantly. Cancer is devastating in so many ways. It took her 12 weeks to recover enough for chemotherapy. She also then got meningitis. The parents say: “It was the worst time of our lives and absolutely terrifying.”

With more and more help Children with Cancer will try to save so many more lives and help the families cope better. If you gave a donation even a small amount the money will go towards the nurses giving even more attention to these ill children!

Thankyou again for reading my blog! I would now like to ask you a few questions, if you could answer them relating to my blog then I’d be very thankful and it would help me greatly! There are more details and information on the following website http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/ ! If you helped out, you never know, you could help a poor, ill child!

• Had you ever heard about the charity Children with cancer before and what they do?
• Do you now feel more informed about what a small donation can do and the charity!
• Would you now from reading this do any of the following to help the charity Children with cancer?

• Donate to ‘Children with Cancer’
• Sign up to the newsletter so you are informed about what’s going on etc.
• Help by fundraising e.g. running a marathon, cooking etc.
• Locally tell people about this charity and try to make it better known.
• Support them by joining in with competitions and prize draws.

If you do respond please could you post where you’re from e.g. home town and country!

Thankyou once again for taking the time to read my blog!
Liberty.

Every Breath You Take - Help the British Lung foundation keep people breathing!

Hey Guys thank you for taking an interest in my blog. My names Eleasha and I am writing about the British Lung Foundation. After reading my blog I aim for you to know enough about my charity and donate and also change your opinions on the charity.
I would like to:

• Raise Awareness, help you understand what Lung Cancer really is and what it can do.
• Change Opinions; change your perspective of the British Lung Foundation so people can get the treatment they need.
• Encourage donation; Raise the chances of you donating to the British Lung Foundation.

Approximately 8 years ago my Granddad was diagnosed with Lung Cancer; unfortunately he was unaware of his illness till a very late stage. After being extremely ill for numerous months he finally became well enough to move around again. After being inside for months on end he decided to treat himself to a holiday in Portugal where he unfortunately lost the battle to Lung Cancer. It was a struggle for the whole family but the British Lung Foundation was so helpful and supportive. In 2011 my auntie (the daughter of my granddad) ran the London marathon aiming to raise £2000 but raising over £4470.65. Here is a photo of her and a friend in the t-shirts donated by the British Lung Foundation for fundraising. 

Why should you care?

Many innocent lives are ruined due to Lung cancer and I don’t think that the British Lung Foundation is recognized enough for the huge amounts of effort they go to and try and be supportive and give as much help as they can. Most people have heard about the charity but I feel people really don’t understand what they do or think they have enough time to find out properly what they do. This is a horrible thought to have in your head but imagine if you were diagnosed it’s a very unpleasant though and that’s why you should care they feel that way.

Thank you so much for reading my blog. Please feel free and do post a reply in the comments below i would be hugely grateful. If you enjoyed reading my blog amd would like to find out more visit: http://www.blf.org.uk/Home. If possible please answer the question below so I can have your feedback.

• Had you heard of The British Lung Foundation before reading my blog?
• Having now heard more about The British Lung Foundation would you consider making a donation?
• Do you now understand more about The British Lung Foundation?

Again thank you so much for reading, if you do post a comment below leave your country and hometown so I know where you’re reading from.

Many thanks,
Eleasha.

STOP: We need to do more to Save the Children

Hello, my name is Charlotte and thank you firstly for stopping and taking an interest in my blog. For my chosen theme I have chosen the charity Save the Children. Save the Children help children all over the world with child poverty, hunger, children’s rights, education, health and protection. Many of these things we take for granted. I want people to have a better understanding of the charity, for them to know how simple things, like these, affect children with everyday life and how it determines their future for them. I also want people to see how much of a struggle staying alive is for these children.
My advocacy consists of three main aims:

• I hope to raise awareness of the charity Save the Children and how they help people near you and all over the world.
• I  hope at the end of  reading my blog you will know more about the charity and be aware of how  to support Save the Children and act on your knowledge ,such as; tell people you know about the charity or consider donating money yourself to help them aid their work.
• I hope you will also change your attitude towards the charity so that you are more accepting and aware of how their work may affect you someday.

I think you should support my advocacy because:

• Every year there are 80 million children who aren’t attending school due to home circumstances and poverty.
• Every day ,70,000 children die from hunger , HIV/AIDs and health problems

Here is a short real life story about Azul and how he struggles with everyday life.
Meet 5 year old Azul. He lives in one room with his two brothers and two sisters. His   Dad died from polio and his Mother died from hunger. His room is cold, cramped and crawling with different insects and bugs. He has malnutrition and eats only what his brother and sister can find for him. Usually this means a few bits of a plant, or that his siblings have to go without food. He is dangerously ill but cannot afford food or treatment. Save the Children help these children by using money people donate to improve their circumstances.  They can provide children with books for school and clothes to wear and basic every day needs like water and food. They give them safety.

These children endure every day scared and suffering with no food or water, not even a warm bed to sleep in.

Donating just £10 can help buy one of the following:

• Nutritional food to prevent malnutrition for one day for a family of 3
• 5 mosquito nets to prevent malaria
• one packet of chlorine tablets to prevent cholera (by putting them in dirty water to clean it.
• a set of new clothes for one person

Thank you so much again for reading my Blog. Please could you help me further and post a response of your thoughts (including the questions below) towards my blog, it would really help!

• Had you heard about the problems that the children who Save the Children help endure, before reading my blog?
• Do you now feel that you are more informed about this issue?
• Did you know what this charity did before you kindly read my blog?
• Would you now be prepared to do any of the following (in the next paragraph) to help improve the lives of children like Azul.

You can investigate further into this topic at www.savethechildren.org.uk/ or help them now by:

1. Make a donation to ‘Save the Children’.
2. Start or join a Fund Raising campaign.
3. Get involved by joining one of their many fundraising activities such as a run or walk or Tackle triathlons endurance challenges and overseas adventures or put yourself in the children’s shoes and try and live on just £1 a day for 5 days (including all food and drink) and see how you like it.
4. Register to take part on the Live Below the Line website.
5. Volunteer at a Save the Children shop.
6. Tell your family and friends about ‘Save the Children’.

If you do post a response, please can you tell me your hometown and country (if you don’t live in the UK).

Thank you again so much for taking an interest in my Blog!
It will really help!
Charlotte

B-eat- Eating Disorders What happens if its you?

Thank you for spending the time to read my blog! I am Sophie and my blog is about making a point about Eating Disorders. This is something that I feel quite strongly about. Not many people know a lot of information or aware of how serious they are. I have chosen B-eat as my Citizenship GCSE, they help teens and adults with Eating Disorders. B-eat is the only Eating Disorder charity in the UK and the largest in the world! It helps with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge eating disorder and EDNOS (eating disorders not other specified). It can affect psychological problems as well as physical. I think you should take the time to support what they do because it is amazing how they can help people. You can support them by donating money and doing different activities like sponsored walks, swims e.t.c.

There is an endless list that can lead to eating disorders from bullying to parents getting divorced and deaths. Unfortunately it can be a while until someone has an Eating Disorder which means it may not be as easy to get better. Some people don’t even notice themselves not eating but when other people see physical changes in weight they may become a victim of being called an “attention seeker”. When this happens to a victim it can only make them feel worse about themselves and may become bulimic which is when they force themselves to be sick.

 You may be thinking “why am I reading this, none of this applies to me” well, what would happen if it did? Or maybe to a close friend or family member? You would want them receive the right medication and support they need. Reading this can really benefit you and others and I hope I can change people’s opinions from “anorexic people are attention seekers”, to “I want to help this charity and support and donate!” It can be hard to sympathise for those who do have it because you don’t know what it feels like. Psychologically it affects them greatly because they become very quiet and not wanting to talk. They also only think about ways to lose weight or ways to not eating.

This is why B-eat help those who are struggling to cope. They offer free online calls to help those who want to talk in confidence, where someone understands them. B-eat also offer a progress tracker and message boards where people with the same condition can talk. They do numerous activities to make Eating Disorders well known. There are talks and meetings that happen where people can go along to understand them. B-eat also arrange various events like sponsored walks, car washes, dress down day to work e.t.c. to raise money and to make people more aware of what they do to help.

Thank you again so much for taking the time to read my blog. I hope you now know a bit more about Eating Disorders and will consider supporting and donating to B-eat! If you would like to find out more visit www.b-eat.co.uk

Please could you answer these questions in the comments? Thank you!

1. Have you heard of B-eat before
2. Do you feel more informed about B-eat and Eating Disorders>
3. Would you consider donating and supporting them?
4. Any queries of questions?

Please could you say your country, home town (if not UK)
Thank you again!
Sophie

Cerebra help children and their families who have brain related conditions, help from you can do so much.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog I am Megan! Learning disabilities are a very heartfelt thing for me, not many people are aware of what a learning disability is Cerebra are a charity that know the ins and outs of learning disabilities. They help families who have children with Learning disabilities to understand and cope with their situation. Cerebra have been a massive help personally to me, in my blog you will understand more about learning disabilities and the story of Jacob, my younger brother, pictured below hopefully it will entice you to find out more and support this life changing charity.

Jacob is 7 years old and takes tablets daily because of his learning disabilities. He struggles to do simple things such as get to sleep at night. Cerebra helped out my family by sending out a sleep therapist to help Jacob get into a routine that would help his body shut down. Now Jacob gets a great night sleep and copes a lot better. The link below takes you to the cerebra home page where you can find out more about learning disabilities and ways to donate.

http://www.cerebra.org.uk/English/Pages/home.aspx

Why should you care is on way to dismiss this blog and ignore it but learning disabilities are no joke, the number of people with them is ever increasing and it is time people heard about them. What if someone in your family had a learning disability? You wouldn’t know how to deal with it, without the help of Cerebra we wouldn’t either.

Thanks again for reading my blog. Please help me by posting a comment below containing your thoughts and responses. It would really help if you could answer the questions below in your comment! If you do post a response please let me know where you come from-hometown, country.

• Have you heard of learning disabilities and hat they entail before?
• Have you heard of Cerebra before?
• Do you know feel more informed about the Cerebra and Learning disabilities?
• Would you consider doing any of the following to help support children and families that are affected by learning disabilities…?

1. Make a donation to cerebra?
2. Start or join a fund raising campaign?
3. Sign up to a regular email update on the activity of cerebra?
4. Leave money in your will for Cerebra?
5. Tell friends or family about Cerebra and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?

Thank you very much again for taking and Interest in my blog!
Megan

SportsAid - Helping the sporting stars of tomorrow…

Thank you for showing interest in my blog, I’m Megan. As part of my Citizenship GSCE we have been asked to choose a charity we feel strongly about- mine being SportsAid. Some of you may not have heard of this charity before, but it’s a well worthy organisation to support, it helps the finest athletes to achieve their goals to reach the Olympics or Paralympics. Donating is easy, for more details click on the link: http://www.sportsaid.org.uk/get-involved/donate-now/

I am currently supporting SportsAid in all of their work; they fundraise for thousands of athletes of athletes every year and are Britain’s brightest hopes for future success. SportsAid is a well deserving charity and improves athletes’ potential significantly during their work. Also, it gives children cash awards during the defining early years of their career. The SportsAid awards they receive are funded by the charities partners, donors and fundraisers- recognising their achievements and potential before anyone else. The athletes are typically ages 12-18. In 2011 SportsAid invited and appointed her Royal Highness (Kate Middleton) to become their first sports patron. SportsAid spends over £6,400 on athletes sport and provides them with free equipment and top training facilities.

Here are a few examples of people who have already been helped:

Amber Hill, a 16 year old member of the British shooting team for Bracknell who has already equalled a senior world record.

Harry Coppell, a 17 year old pole vaulter from Wigan who this year became the first British male to win a world title in the discipline.

Jess Leyden, an 18 year old rower from Todmorden who is currently world number one.

There are obviously many more athletes who are achieving their goals and improving every day.

As you can see, this is a well deserving charity and needs as much support as it can get! They will make our country proud and never stop training. The important reason I have decided to advocate for this charity is because I am passionate about sport and it’s something I feel very strongly about, which will benefit me too.

Thank you ever so much for reading my blog. I would be ever so grateful if you could please post a response of an overview of what you have read. If you could answer the following questions (please ensure you have put your name, hometown and country- if not the UK)

• Have you ever heard of SportsAid before reading this?
• Do you now feel more informed about the charity?
• Would you now consider doing any of the following things to help athletes…?

1. Make a donation to SportsAid?
2. Fundraise or campaign to SportsAid?
3. Raise awareness e.g tell your friends and family about SportsAid

Thanks again!
Megan

Safe water should be a right not a privilege! Water aid can help!

Hi, I’m Lucy 

First of all I would just like to say thank you very much for opening my blog as this is a very important issue that needs to be resolved.

I am advocating for WaterAid as I believe that it is a very important charity that needs our help. I am trying to raise awareness of the importance that every person gets clean water and good sanitation as it is a basic need and right that everyone deserves. 

I hope that after you read this you too will notice the importance and spread to more people.you cooked also support by raising money for WaterAid so they can help. You could do this by doing bake sales or fundraising events or just simply donating.

You may think that there's nothing you can do so why bother? And it's that attitude that needs to change if this issue can ever be resolved because supporting WaterAid can help and make a difference too many people's lives. 

The knowledge that you've made a difference to someone's life feels so good and boosts self confidence. Even just telling people about the issue can make a big difference! 

Water is something people take for granted everyday but what would it be like to have to walk miles to fetch water that can be lethal and full of life-threatening diseases. Even children as young as five have to take part in this deadly water walk! This then takes time out time that they could be in school getting and education and a better, brighter future to earn a good living. All this distress is caused by no clean water source. 

The way WaterAid changes these people's lives is incredible! WaterAid help the villages physically e.g installing fresh water pumps but the real life saver is the knowledge that is delivered. This knowledge is spread from village to village saving many lives! 

You should care because this may not be happening to you, you should care enough about changing lives around the world for the better by giving something as simple as water!

Orke’s story:

Orke was a mother of two with another child on the way. She was trekking on her daily deadly water walk for unsafe water teaming with life-threatening diseases and parasites to give to her own children because it’s all she has. On the way she felt the baby coming. She tried to carry on but she was too tired. She explained “I was very worried because when the baby fell he hit his head on the stone.” 1 day later that baby died. 1 month passed when WaterAid got to her village and installed a pump into the centre of the town. She now had a 5 minuet walk rather then her usual 5 mile walk for water that is clean and safe to drink. She then gave birth to 2 more healthy children that along with the other 2 had safe water, a better education and a bright future. 

Thank you very much again for genourously taking your time to read this blog. If you could just take a minuet to leave your thoughts and responses that would be great. It would be even better if you could answer the following questions in particular. Further details of the charity and how you can fundraise at http://www.wateraid.org/uk/ so please help these people LIVE not just SURVIVE!

• Had you heard of WaterAid before?
• Do you now feel more informed due to reading my blog?
• Had you supported WaterAid before?
• Would you be prepared to do any of the following

• Make a donation to/fundraise for WaterAid?
• Raise awareness for WaterAid?
• Tell family and/or friends about WaterAid?

If you leave a response please tell me where you i.e. home town and country (if not UK)
Thank you very much again!
Lucy

FORCE Cancer Charity. There For You When You Need Them Most.

Hello, I’m Molly, and thank you for taking an interest in my blog. I am a strong supporter of a great charity called FORCE, and I am trying to raise awareness off the fabulous work that FORCE does so that maybe you could become a supporter too!

FORCE is a fantastic charity that helps people dealing with cancer and its effects. It does this through counselling and group support sessions. But, instead of me just telling that FORCE does great work here, I’ll show you that FORCE does great work!

• FORCE has been around for 27 years, and in that time it has helped around 15,000 people per year.
• That’s around 42 people a day!
• FORCE also uses some of its donations to fund research done at Exeter RD&E Hospital that looks into the causes of cancer.
• FORCE     holds loads of fundraising events that present a good day out for all the family, as well as raising lots of money!

So, FORCE is a well-known charity within Devon, and helps anyone, anywhere. But why should you care? You may not live near Devon, or know anyone with cancer! But here is a brave women that could tell you otherwise…

Donna is a 36 year old woman who lives in Exeter, Devon, with her two kids Lily (6), Alfie (9) and her husband Mark. She loves to hike and go walking on Dartmoor.

But 5 years ago, Donna’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was seriously ill, and spent two months in hospital undergoing treatment. When Donna left hospital, her self-confidence was very low, and she was incredibly scared of having to have more treatment. She felt alone and isolated.

But then a friend of Donna’s told her about FORCE. So, on 17th March 2010, Donna visited the FORCE centre for the first time to go to her first session- Coping with Hair Loss. Here, Donna made loads of new friends who were going through the same things that she was. After this session, Donna started weekly counselling sessions with Gill, a specially trained FORCE counsellor.

Donna is now recovering from her cancer, but she still sometimes visits the FORCE centre to see friends and help out. Thanks to the confidence that FORCE gave her, Donna now goes hiking with her husband and children, and has started to work helping other people with illnesses enjoy the beauty of hiking and walking on the lovely moors. As well as helping people like Donna though, FORCE also funds vital research into the causes of cancer, which one day could make a difference worldwide. To find out more, visit:

homepage - FORCE Cancer Charity - Working in Devon to support anyone affected by cancer

Thank you so much (again!) for reading my blog. If you now have any thoughts or comments about my blog, or FORCE, please feel free to leave me a comment. If possible, could you maybe respond to one of my following questions?

• Before reading my blog, had you ever heard or supported FORCE before, by donating or taking part in a fundraiser?
• Do you now feel more informed about FORCE?
• Would you now consider: Donating to FORCE, Participating in a FORCE Fundraiser or Telling people about it?

Just to add, if you do post a response, please could you include where you are from (and country if not UK) Thank you again for taking the time to read my blog!
Molly

Every Child Deserves to have a Smile on their Face - Help Rays of Sunshine achieve this!

Hello, I’m Roisin and thank you for taking an interest in my blog about ‘Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity.’ They are a charity who grants wishes of children living with life threatening illnesses, between the ages of 3 and 18 who live in the UK.

There are several things that I would like to prove to you in this blog:

• Firstly, I would like to raise awareness about the kind of work Rays of Sunshine do to help seriously ill children
• I would also like to change your behaviour so you feel just as strongly about Rays of Sunshine as I do.
• Lastly, I would like you to support my charity because the work they do to help not only the child, but their families is amazing. You can do this by fundraising or simply just giving a small donation online.
• Here is a link to their website, to make a donation: Rays of Sunshine.

Here is a brief story about how Rays of Sunshine helped 12 year old Thomas, when times were tough:

Thomas is 12 years old and comes from Flanshaw. He is living with Cystic Fibrosis, an inherited disorder that affects the cell membranes, causing the production of thick and sticky mucus. Despite what his illness brings to his life, Thomas likes to get on with things without making a fuss or bringing attention to himself. His hobbies include playing for the local football team and he loves cycling and swimming. Thomas also really enjoys hanging out with his friends, he is the comedian among them!

Thomas' greatest wish was to go to Disneyworld Florida.

On 26th May 2013, Rays of Sunshine arranged for Thomas, Sister Katy, Mum and Dad to travel to Orlando, Florida where they checked into Give Kids The World. Thomas and his family spent the next 7 days enjoying all that Give Kids The World had to offer as well as spending lots of time at Disneyworld!

After the wish, Thomas' mum Donna said; the wish was amazing!! The whole experience blew our minds! It completely exceeded our expectations! We can’t thank Rays of Sunshine enough for what they have done for Thomas and us. They have been brilliant.

Thomas’s wish is only one example of the incredible work Rays of Sunshine do to help the families of those whose children are seriously ill. It takes just a small donation from many people for a wish like this to happen.

So why should you care? You should care about the work Rays of Sunshine do, because they provide a smile on a child’s face, something very valuable. It might not affect you, but in the future a family member or friend could become ill and relay on the work Rays of Sunshine do. Just think. Put yourself in the position of those ill kids, all they want in life is too fulfil their wish, and that is what Rays of Sunshine do for them. Would you like Rays of Sunshine to help you during those tough times? Because that is exactly what they can do- with your help.  

Thank you so much again for reading my blog! Please now post a response with your thoughts. It would be great if you could just write a few words in answer to the following questions:

• Had you heard of the work Rays of Sunshine have done before reading my blog?
• Do you know feel more informed about the kind of work Rays of Sunshine do, to help the families of those who are ill?
• Would you now be prepared to help Rays of Sunshine, by doing one of the following things?

1. Make a donation to Rays of Sunshine?
2. Join or start up your own fundraising event/group?
3. Sign up to receive the latest news about their charity on their website?
4. Make a purchase from ‘The Fragrance shop’ as 5p of every purchase goes towards Rays of Sunshine?
5. Tell your friends or family about the work Rays of Sunshine charity do- and try and persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?

If you do kindly respond, please tell me where you’re from, ie: your home town and country.

Thank you so much for taking an interest with my blog!
Roisin!

We need to educate the next generation. Farms for City Children can help.

Hi, I’m Livvy! Thanks for clicking on my blog! I hope you enjoy reading about Farms for City Children and the things they do for underprivileged children across the UK.

When reading the title you might be thinking reading, writing, maths ect. Wrong. What I mean is farming and agriculture. Now you are probably thinking “But that isn’t important”. Wrong again. Farms for City Children is a charity that allows inner-city schools to organise a trip to let the children learn about why tending to the land and the animals is so important- and, more importantly, have fun!

When visiting one of the three farms the children get a chance to:

• Feed livestock 
• Muck-out stables
• Groom horses and donkeys
• Assist at milking time
• Tend the kitchen gardens
• Apple pressing (seasonal- autumn)
• Bonfires (seasonal- autumn)
• Lambing (seasonal- spring)

“But why should I care?” I hear you ask. You should care because Farms for City Children has made hundreds of children’s, up and down the country, dreams happen. This then gives them time in a relaxed environment away from the busy city. If we don’t act quickly, in years to come only a select few will know about agriculture and your family may not be in that few and will be uneducated. I ask you this: if you wouldn’t want your family to be in this situation why let others be in it?

Donating just £10 can pay to replace:

• An essential child-sized shovel, fork, or rake
• Child’s waterproof trousers
• 3 wooden vegetable boxes
• 2 child-sized brooms
• 3 buckets
• Bath mat
• Shower curtain

Thanks (again!) for reading my blog. Please can you now post your response? Mainly your answers to the the following questions. Find out more at http://www.farmsforcitychildren.org/index.htm . Help Farms for City Children give children a once in a lifetime experience!

• Had you already heard about Farms for City Children?
• Do you now feel more informed about what they do?
• Would you now be prepared to:

1. Make a donation to ‘Farms for City Children’?
2. Fundraise?
3. Add your name to their seasonal newsletter mailing list?
4. Spread the word!

If you do post any comments, please can you tell me where you come from (your hometown & country).

Thank you so much for reading my blog!
Livvy

Every day is a risk for the soldiers - We need more Help for Heroes.

Thank you for taking interest in my Blog! I’m Liberty and I believe that soldiers fighting for our country is something that should get supported for. Many people know about the soldiers but don’t take actions, such as simple donations to provide help for people like Mick in the picture below. Hopefully after you’ve read my Blog you will feel you want to help the many people like Mick.

Mick was injured in a suicide bomb attack in November 2004 whilst serving in Iraq. Mick lost both his legs and suffered serious injuries to his brain. His life had changed forever. Due to the support from Help for Heroes Mick was able to participate in the Exercise Snow Warrior (military ski training exercise for injured soldiers). Help for heroes was able to pay for his training and now he can live his dream. You can help people like Mick participate in more activities to make them much happier. Mick is now taking part in the 2014 Paralympic winter games.

Not all soldiers come home safely. Help for heroes made Micks dream come true. Just a simple donation or even fundraising can help others like mick for fill their dreams. Help for heroes cannot do it without you!

Why should you care? Due to the horrors of war many soldiers come back effected. Not just physically but mentally. Soldiers cannot live their lives to the full. Many end up depressed. Help for heroes can changed their frame of mind and turn their lives back on the right track. H4H do not just help the soldiers, they also help their families. It is the worst feeling ever knowing that your family member or friend is in a huge amount of risk 24/7. It is not nice I know. Help for Heroes also support soldiers and help them to for fill their dreams.

You are probably thinking “Why does this apply to me?” Help for Heroes cannot do this with donations and fundraisers, like you. You can help.

Thank you for reading my Blog! Please can you post your thoughts, answering the questions below? For more detail you can visit http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/  There is no Help for the Heroes without you!

• Have you heard about the risks soldiers take on a daily basis?
• Do you feel more informed about how Help for Heroes help?
• Would you do any of the following to help improve the lives of damaged soldiers with no hope…? 

1. Donate to Help for Heroes?
2. Fundraise for Help for Heroes or join/start a campaign?
3. Tell your Family and friends about Help for Heroes and what they do to help?

If you do post your feedback, please can you tell me where you come from i.e. you home town and country (if you don’t live in the UK!).

Thank you so much for reading my blog!
Liberty

The Alzheimer’s Society - Do You Remember?

Hello, my name is Jade and I first want to thank you for taking an interest in my blog! My theme is Dementia. I would like people to have better knowledge of Dementia, as it affects hundreds of thousands of England’s population, and many people have no idea how it could affect them.

I have three main aims that make up my advocacy, these are:

• To Raise Awareness, people should know about Dementia, and understand how badly it affects the elderly population.
• To Gain Support of the public, and encourage them to possibly donate to support vital research.
• To Change People’s Opinions of Dementia, so they realise that it is not just another charity weaning money off the public.

Reasons to support my advocacy:

• 1 in 3 over 65’s have Dementia
• The number of people with dementia will double in the next 40 years
• Dementia is a progressive disease, meaning it only gets worse
• The Alzheimer’s Society rely on public donations to support vital research
• There is no current cure for Dementia

How you can help:

• Hold a small, localised event to raise awareness, gain support, and maybe even raise a little money for The Alzheimer’s Society!
• Spread the word! Tell people about the rising issue of Dementia, you won’t regret it!
• Join the fight!

These links will take you to The Alzheimer’s Society Website: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ 
Dementia 2013 infographic - Alzheimer's Society

Here is the short story of how Dementia affected Malcolm and his family. Malcolm was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 55. Malcolm cannot speak, feed himself, or even smile. He is now in a situation very similar to that of a newborn baby. His wife had to give up her job to look after him. All of her hobbies have had to be put on hold for him. She said, “I could not have coped with his illness without the Alzheimer’s Society, it was as though somebody had thrown me a lifebelt in very rough water.”

If you agree with my advocacy and support The Alzheimer’s Society in the fight against Dementia, please take the time to respond to these questions in the comments. (Please state your hometown/country if not UK)

1. Had you previously known about The Alzheimer’s Society and what is does to support people with Dementia and their families?
2. Would you consider telling your friends and family about this issue?
3. Would you consider holding a fundraiser or donating to The Alzheimer’s Society?
4. Did you find my post useful?                                                    

THANK YOU!
Jade :)

Growing old is inevitable, losing your memory can be helped-Support the Alzheimer’s Society

Hi! Thank you for taking an interest in my blog, I believe that the Alzheimer’s Society and being aware about dementia is vital as it is a growing problem in the UK. I hope that by reading my blog you will feel more aware of the emotional impacts of dementia and that you may feel inclined to help or donate.

Although dementia is rather well known as an illness, many are unaware of the emotional impacts to those effected and their families. The Alzheimer’s society is a charity group that works with those affected by dementia and supports them and their families all over the UK.

Dementia is a problem that I feel very strongly about as my Granddad has dementia and I know how it feels when someone close to you can’t remember your name. Christmastime is very hard for me because when I was younger I had a very good relationship with my Granddad and every year he would come over from Cyprus and they would stay for about a month. About three years ago we started to realise that Granddad would start to forget some words and was struggling to alternate from English to Greek. As the next two years passed we started to realise that his memory was progressively get worse and last Christmas he was unable to come to England and when I called him on Christmas Day I had to explain who I was to him. This was hard for me especially as we were close when I was younger. As he lives in Cyprus he doesn’t benefit from the amazing work that the Alzheimer’s society does which is a shame because, I believe that maybe his memory could have been helped if he had access to the Alzheimer’s Society.
 

Alzheimer’s society, as well as providing support sessions for those effected and their families, also raises money and funds those working towards finding a cure for dementia. This means that no one else will have to experience a family member having dementia. But, it costs money and Alzheimer’s society relies on donations for funding.

You may be wondering ‘Why should I care?’ according to the NHS it is predicted that by 2021 over 1 million people over the age of 65 in the UK with dementia, this makes it very likely that you or someone you are close to will develop dementia.

Again, thank you so much for reading my blog! Your comments and views would be very much appreciated, especially if you could write a response to the following questions and help in any way possible. Further details of what dementia is, other ways in which you can help the Alzheimer’s society and how you can donate can be found at www.alzheimers.org.uk

• Had you ever heard of the Alzheimer’s society before
• Do you now feel more aware of the emotional impacts of dementia
• Do you now feel that you learned about what the Alzheimer’s society do and how they use donations
• Finally, would you now be prepared to…

• Make a donation to Alzheimer’s society
• Fundraise for the Alzheimer’s society
• Tell your friends and family about the Alzheimer’s society and try to persuade them to donate

If you do post a response please tell me where you live e.g. hometown and country (if not UK!)

Thank you again so much!

Giving nature a home

Hi there my name is Izzy Tyler and for my citizenship GCSE I have chosen to be an advocate for the RSPB. Before I start I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to open up my blog and read it, I very much appreciate your concerns and if you have any enquiries go to the RSPB website www.RSPB.co.uk or email me at 12ityler@tggsacademy.org and find out more .Now for those of you have not heard of the RSPB before it is a charity which supports birds and other wildlife to live a healthy life style and to be able to live on their own in the wild. Lots of you will have seen birds with small tags around their foot but this does no harm to the bird it is just used so that the RSPB can see how they are getting harmed or if they are being treated the way they should be. The RSPB is the country's largest nature conservation charity; it aims to inspire everyone to give nature a home. They protect threatened birds and wildlife so our towns, coast and countryside will live a happy life once again. They also play a leading role in a worldwide partnership of nature conservation organisations. I have chosen to work with this charity because I feel very strongly about how our wildlife is being treated and I am intrigued to know more about them and whether or not they are being successful and hopefully by the end of my blog you will feel the same way as I do.

The RSPB have come a long way since they started in 1889, from ancient woodlands and lowland heaths to the beauty of our coastlines, England is filled with wildlife habitats.  The RSPB have discovered mountains of land and helped new born animals to live in a safe, new and warming environment where no roads are near bye and so quiet that you can hear the river flowing for miles. This is the sort of environment that wildlife should be able to live in and stay there for a lifetime. But people like farmers or people from the cities aren’t as clear on keeping the environment a safe place for wildlife and people like this are destroying their habitats and the way they live for example building plantations poison the rivers in which the animals drink from and slowly killing them from the inside. No living creature should ever have to face this threat but our wildlife around us is and so the RSPB need as many people as they can get to raise money and to prevent things like this from happening to the wildlife that we live upon.

If you would like to make a response then please let me know where you are from e.g. home town and country (if you are not from the UK). Here are a few things that you can do to help support the RSPB organisation:

• You can make a small donation to the “RSPB”,
• You can sign up to the RSPB organisation and become a member where you will continue to get leaflets and magazines to tell you more about the charity,
• You can simply help me to spread the word bye telling your friends and family about them.
• You could even make leaflets of your own and try to raise awareness to the public who live closest to you.

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope that you now feel like donating to the RSPB and help to support your local RSPB organisation
Thanks again! Izzy

Help for Homeless people.

Hi I’m Flora,

Thank you very much for visiting my blog! Giving homeless people a home is something that I feel very strongly about. I hope this blog will change your views and make you want to support the needs of homeless people. Not many people in the UK know much about homeless people and I hope my blog will teach you a lot more, so you can donate to help people like Shane. There are thousands of people in the UK that are facing the same difficulties in their life, living without a home, on the streets can cause people to go into depression and can cause people to steal things so that they can go into prison. It is a very important cause, and we need people to help.

Shanes Story- Shane was a happy man, he had a good life, and he lived in a flat with his girlfriend for a few years…. But one tragic day his whole entire life turned around. On a fatal Easter Sunday his girlfriend very sadly passed away, due to breast cancer. Weeks after this sad death happen, Shane was acting strange, he could hear his girlfriend’s voice in his head, so he went to see a doctor, but the doctor just told him to pull himself together, but all of it was getting way too intense for Shane, so one day he just walked out of his flat, because he couldn’t pay his rent, and spent a few months living an unfortunate life on the streets. People were urinating on him, throwing rubbish on him, swearing at him and they were treating him like he was scum. So Shane decided to go to St. Mungo’s, and they gave him a nice, warm bed and they also gave him counselling. Now Shane is happy again and all it took was one little donation to St. Mungo’s to get Shane back on track and is now living in a home.

Thank you so so much, again, for reading my blog, I really appreciate it. Please repost a comment below about what you think about it. It would also be great if you could write a few words, answering the questions below;

• Had you ever heard of St. Mungos before this blog?
• Do you feel more informed about St. Mungos now you have read my blog?
• Would you consider to help St. Mungos in any of these ways below;

• Making a donation to St. Mungos.
• Join a fundraising campaign/Start a fundraising campaign.
• Join in with the marathons St. Mungos are doing to raise money.
• Tell your family/friends/people you know about St. Mungos.

If you repost then please could you tell me, where you come from, EG. Home town, country.

“Do you care about animal welfare?’ Help the National Animal Welfare Trust care for them.

Hey my name is Emily and welcome to my blog. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. I am trying to raise awareness for the charity National Animal Welfare Trust.

They help all sorts of animals that are homeless and take very good care of them. There are lots of different ways to support them, for example: Donating, Start/join a fundraising organisation tell you friends and family about it. NAWT help these poor animals that are starving and bring them into good care. When they are in care they give the animals all sorts of treatment to make sure they make a full recovery. Once they are fit and well again they are sent to a new loving home. They do so much for animals and all of their centres are run by volunteers so I would be so grateful if you could donate a small amount of money, and when I say small it could be as little as 50p or as much as £5.00. This kind of thing doesn’t just happen in the UK, it happens all over the world so it’s not something to ignore.

This is Justin. Justin’s past owners were terrible animal abusers. He was found burning on the 9th of May 2013. NAWT took care of him until he was able to find a new home. Justin had to undergo serious surgery, but was expected to make a full recovery.

I really feel that you should donate to NAWT because:

• As I have said National Animal Welfare Trust do amazing things to help animals so all they need is a tiny bit of support to help them rescue more and more animals.
• Also I know that given the choice you would not want any of this to happen so by donating a small amount you can help your dream, my dream and NAWT’s dream come true.
• I assume that the image onscreen shocks you. It did when I found this story. It would be great if you could support NAWT so that if there were ever any other cases like Justin then NAWT would be able to help.
• I think that donating to NAWT would benefit you because I assume that after donating you would feel happy and pleased that you have donated and helped more animals to find new homes.

If you have any pets then I’m sure you will love them very much. But can you imagine them starving and homeless on the streets
Thank you very much again for taking the time to read this I would be very grateful if you left me a response about your opinions about my blog. I would also really appreciate it if you answered the following questions. You could visit their website www.NAWT.co.uk or you could email their chief executive Claire at c.williams@nawt.org.uk for more ways to get in touch and support.

• Had you heard about the National Animal Welfare Trust before this?
• After reading my blog do you feel more informed about what the NAWT do for animals?
• Would you be prepared to support NAWT by donating, volunteering or signing up to their newsletter.

If you do post a response then please tell my where you are from (home town and country if not UK).

Thank you again for reading this. I hope I have changed you views and opinions.
Emily :)