Wishes 4 Kids is a Leicester based children's Charity which grants wishes for young people of eighteen years and below who are life-limited, terminally ill, have suffered life changing physical or emotional traumas and those who have been severely abused.

We are an ultra-rare progressive neuro-degenerative genetic syndrome that affects children and adults. There are 4 main features - Diabetes Insipidus, Type 1 Diabetes, vision loss and hearing loss. It also cause loss of gag reflex, respiratory complications, anxiety plus more. It is a life shortening condition with no cure. We support the individuals affected and their families. We are the only charity and support group in the UK for Wolfram Syndrome

Wolves Foundation is a cornerstone of the city of Wolverhampton. Through a team of highly skilled, dedicated staff and volunteers it harnesses the strong local connection with Wolves to motivate, educate and inspire tens of thousands of beneficiaries of its work across the city. The charity works in partnership with key local stakeholders including the local authority, police, health service and education providers to identify risk factors in the city around societal issues and health status; using data and insight to deliver evidence-based practice through its vast array of projects that address these needs through its key three objectives; • Healthier, more active people • Lifelong learning and skills • Safer, stronger communities Working in the community is vital to its work and removing barriers to engagement regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. With participants ranging from 1 month to 100 years old across 225 different delivery sites in the city, work is delivered all year round improving the physical and mental health, personal development and life choices of the people engaged in its work. Data from its last 12 months work shows; • 92% of participants have improved their mental and physical wellbeing • 90% of participants have improved their educational achievement • 84% of participants feel they now contribute more to a safer, stronger, more inclusive community.

Women's mental health charity, run by women for women, delivering specialist counselling, telephone and webchat helpline, befriending and therapeutic groups.

Women Today supports Black African Women living in the Tees Valley. We help women to gain self-confidence and to recognise their abilities; provide a mix of advice, guidance and activities to achieve improved social networks and better physical and mental

Women’s Aid is the national charity working against domestic abuse. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of survivors to shape policy and practice, and to build a world where gender-based violence is no longer tolerated. Our support services, which include our Live Chat, the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people in their first relationships), the national Women’s Aid Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.

We are Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby. We fund life-changing projects across the UK and Ireland to support children and young people with disabilities or facing disadvantage. Working towards our vision of giving every child and young person, no matter what their background access to the same opportunities, we fund a range of projects including respite and medical treatment centres, sensory rooms, specialist playgrounds and community based programmes. Our rugby heritage gives us our core values of passion, integrity, teamwork and fun, and working closely with the wider rugby community, our values drive the ethos and spirit in everything we do. We have more than 400 committed volunteers who are raising funds in local communities up and down the country. We are extremely proud to say that the money they raise locally funds projects in their local areas.

Woodgreen bring pets and people closer together, sparking beautiful friendships. We’ve been transforming pets’ lives for over 95 years. As well as caring for and rehoming pets, Woodgreen is dedicated to supporting people to be the best pet owners they can be. Our experts help 8,000 pets every year. All of this is possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters and just £18 can fund a day of shelter and care for a pet in need. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust is an independent charity based in North Liverpool committed to delivering the best possible practice and development of specialist palliative care for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses. We honour people’s right to dignity and respect at whatever stage of their illness by our aim to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

World Bicycle Relief believes in a world where distance is no longer a barrier to education, healthcare and economic opportunity. Our mission is to provide sustainable, appropriate bicycle transportation to mobilise and empower individuals and communities so they can travel to schools, clinics and markets

World Cancer Research Fund is the leading charity on cancer prevention and survival on research related to diet and nutrition, physical activity and weight management. Almost all of us are affected in one way or another by cancer, but we are not powerless. Together we can keep learning more about cancer prevention to help even more people lead healthier, cancer-free lives.  

World Child Cancer improves the diagnosis, treatment and support of children with cancer in the developing world and their families. We achieve this via our twinning partnerships between hospitals in the developing world and those in the developed world. These partnerships, together with staff training and mentoring, provide valuable expertise which builds the sustainable capacity and knowledge of doctors and nurses in-country. We also provide holistic care for families, support treatment costs, provide ward equipment and fund essential staff posts. In order to affect long term change, we also deliver awareness-raising programmes and liaise with policy-makers at home and abroad.

The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) is a global charity fostering research into endometriosis to improve knowledge and treatments. WERF carries out well powered, international multi-centre trials, and supports specific research projects investigating disease mechanisms.

Curable eye cancer kills 7,000 children annually and blinds many more. Our programs * raise awareness to achieve early diagnosis; * deliver sustainable specialist medical care; * support families, reducing burdens and improving chances of cure. With your help, we can bring life and sight saving care to all children.

We stop the suffering of horses today by rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming in the UK & providing veterinary care abroad. We prevent the suffering of horses tomorrow by campaigning, educating and training people. We believe there is no place in the world for neglect of, or cruelty to, horses.

Worldwide Cancer Research funds pioneering research into any type of cancer anywhere in the world. If you fundraise for us, you’ll be funding some of the most diverse and unexpected projects in the world’s best institutions helping to find better treatments, better diagnoses and a better understanding of cancer for the future.

WWF is at the heart of global efforts to address the world’s most important environmental challenges: safeguarding the natural world, tackling climate change and enabling people to use only their fair share of natural resources. Together we can build a future where people and nature thrive.

XLP stands for "The eXceL Project". This youth charity began in response to a stabbing in a school playground in South London in 1996. 25 years on, XLP engages with approximately 4500 young people each year through 10 different and inter-connected projects and works closely with over 30 schools and pupil referral units and on over 25 estates across Nine London boroughs. We believe that through positive long term relationships and interventions, we can help young people to choose to stay in school and succeed, choose not to be involved in gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour, and to set goals for the future and to work hard to achieve them.

Yeovil Hospital Charity pays for improvements to the hospital's facilities and services, making things easier for patients at what is often a difficult time. We are currently focusing our fundraising on raising £2 million to build a dedicated Breast Cancer Unit at Yeovil Hospital.

We believe that everyone should have the unique opportunity to discover, explore and experience something new. That’s why, for over 80 years we’ve helped young people and schools, families and friends, travellers and individuals to explore, learn and relax the length and breadth of England and Wales.

YMCA North Tyneside is a charity that has been dedicated to strengthening people in our local community since 1879. YMCA enables people to develop their full potential in mind, body, and spirit. Inspired by, and faithful to, our Christian values, we create supportive, inclusive and energising communities, where young people can truly belong, contribute and thrive.

We are here to help children, young people, and their families around the world to eliminate unmanaged chronic stress by teaching them scientifically proven skills to thrive and measurably improve their health, wellbeing, and performance.

York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity is the official charity of York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We raise vital funds to help make a real difference to patients in our local hospitals from York to the Yorkshire Coast. We fund improvements to the hospital environments and services beyond that which NHS funding alone could deliver.

YG is a countywide youth-work charity that supports young people, aged 11-25, who face challenges in their lives. At a time when support services for young people are decreasing, last year, nearly 5,000 young people – those with disruptive home lives, care-leavers, academic underachievers, those with drug and alcohol dependencies, young parents/carers, young offenders, refugee and asylum seekers and those coping with mental health issues - turned to us for help in finding practical ways to motivate themselves, to develop confidence and to gain the transferable skills they need to get their lives on track.

When a child is diagnosed with cancer life becomes full of fear, for them and their family. Fear of treatment, but also of families being torn apart, overwhelming money worries, of having nowhere to turn, no one to talk to. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we help families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them. Powered by the kindness of our supporters, we’ll face it all together.

YPS offers free advice (including sexual health), guidance, emotional support sessions and 1-1 counselling service just for young people. Our service is confidential and for anyone aged 11-25 who lives, works, or studies in the west of West Sussex.

We are leading the movement to make sure every young person gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.