Charities - national

The Trust was set up in 1994 by people with diabetes for people with diabetes. We offer support and understanding to those with diabetes and their families. We provide a free telephone listening service and information leaflets to enable people with diabetes to have an informed choice of treatment and to help with the day to day difficulties of living with diabetes.

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into better treatments and cures for blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Sunfield provides 52 week education and residential care for children between 6 and 19 years of age, from all over the U.K. who have severe and complex learning needs.

Abbeyfield is a leading UK charity providing housing support for lonely and frail older people.

Accommodation Concern is dedicated to preventing and alleviating homelessness, poverty and hardship. In the last quarter of a century we have changed the lives of many thousands of people, assisting with accommodation, advice, support, education, outreach and mediation.

If current trends continue, the number of people affected by hearing loss in the UK will rise from 10 million to 14.5 million by 2031. Action on Hearing Loss (RNID) is meeting this immense challenge with a commitment to support, action and cure:

Support:
• Offering independent information and advice through leaflets, our website and freephone helplines.
• Developing and testing new technology.
• Giving face-to-face help on how to get the best from hearing aids.

The Actors’ Charitable Trust (TACT) is a long-established charity which:
• helps actors’ children during family crisis or long-term illness
• runs the actors’ care home, Denville Hall
• supports students on drama and other arts courses.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity. As research experts, we specialise in funding world-class, pioneering research at leading universities to find preventions, treatments and a cure for dementia. We believe science and innovation hold the key to defeating dementia and invest in the scientists learning more about the condition and its causes.

Amnesty International (UK Section) Charitable Trust, is a charitable organisation of ordinary people from across the world standing up for human rights.

The RVC’s animal hospitals provide specialist veterinary care to thousands of animals each year, pioneer new treatments and train the next generation of veterinary professionals. The Animal Care Trust is the College’s registered charity and raises funds to support these hospitals by purchasing vital equipment – enabling our vets to save the lives of more animals.

Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer. Every day we match remarkable donors willing to donate their blood stem cells to people who desperately need lifesaving transplants.

Easing the pain of arthritis - naturally

It is estimated that over nine million people in the UK have a form of arthritis, and although the majority are over 55, younger people and even children can also suffer.

Easing the pain of arthritis - naturally

The disability that arthritis can bring is rarely understood. It is too often considered a ‘normal’ part of growing old. Osteoarthritis, the ‘wear and tear’ arthritis of the joints, can be exceedingly painful as well as greatly limiting physically. Inflammatory arthritis, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, can cause joints to swell, fingers and toes to become crooked, stiffness and wracking pain to run throughout the body.

Over 5.4 million children and adults across the UK are affected by asthma; that’s one person in every five households who can’t take breathing for granted. Asthma is an underestimated condition which, though triggered by seemingly harmless things, can still be life-threatening. Every seven hours one person dies from their asthma.

The Barn Owl Trust is a small charity working hard to conserve one of the most beautiful birds on earth. Anyone who has ever watched a Barn Owl hunting at dusk has surely been touched by the experience but in recent years these magical birds have become increasingly rare – and the reasons are all man-made.

Since 1915, Blind Veterans UK (formerly St Dunstan’s) has given invaluable physical and emotional support to blind ex-Service men and women. We work with our beneficiaries and their families – providing training, support and advice, and creating a thriving sporting and social network for life. With our unique expertise, experience and comprehensive range of services, we enable blind veterans to lead independent fulfilling lives. We do this with the help of the highly qualified, experienced staff at our Rehabilitation and Training centres in Brighton, Llandudno and Sheffield and our network of regional Welfare Officers across the UK.

The Brain and Spine Foundation was set up in 1992 to develop research, education and information programmes aimed at improving the prevention, treatment and care of people affected by disorders of the brain and spine and to stimulate the greater allocation of resources across all neurological disorders.

Breakthrough Breast Cancer is dedicated to transforming the lives of people affected by breast cancer. We are improving and saving lives through finding the causes of breast cancer, enabling early detection, ensuring precise diagnosis, discovering better treatments and improving medical services. We believe passionately that this deadly disease can be beaten and are determined to change the future for women everywhere – by removing the fear of breast cancer for good.

We hope that one day there will be a simple cure for breast cancer. But for as long as breast cancer continues to have a devastating impact on 46,000 families across the UK each year, we want to be here caring, supporting and providing information for them.

The British Academy, established by Royal Charter in 1902, is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It is an independent, self-governing Fellowship of 900 scholars, elected for distinction in research.

The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) is a national charity and our vision is a dyslexia friendly society that enables the one in ten people with dyslexia to reach their full potential.

Patron: HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO

Good health is one of life’s most precious gifts and homeopathic medicine has a remarkable ability to restore health and promote a sense of overall well-being. Many thousands of people each year benefit from homeopathic treatment – people who might otherwise continue suffering from a health problem for which conventional medicine has nothing to offer.

The British Library is the world’s greatest library, holding more than 150 million items from every age and every culture.

Tinnitus is the name given to the condition of noises 'in the ears' and/or 'in the head' with no external source. 10% of the UK adult population has tinnitus, and currently there is no cure. Many people with tinnitus are told they will have to ‘learn to live with it.’ We don’t believe this is acceptable – or true.

Calibre Audio Library is a subscription-free lending service that provides recorded books for people with visual impairment including readers with dyslexia and other disabilities which prevent them reading print.

The Campaign for National Parks is the only charity dedicated solely to protecting all the National Parks of England and Wales. We have over 75 years experience of protecting our Parks, will you work with us to keep these beautiful places safe?

We are a charity dedicated to training dogs in the detection and recognition of human disease by odour.

Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs
Our first study that was published in the British Medical Journal in 2004 showed that dogs can be trained to identify the odour of cancer within urine. This potentially unknown finding indicated the potential for a new method of diagnosing cancer which would be simple, quick and non-invasive. Clinicians and scientists are studying the data collected to help them in the development of an electronic nose.

The Cat Action Trust consists of a national network of branches working to save feral cats from a life of hunger, hardship, and abuse. Feral cats are ordinary domestic cats living wild because they have been lost or abandoned. And they multiply. Kittens grow up without contact with humans and are therefore ‘feral’ i.e. living without contact with humans, and terrified when they do encounter them. They form colonies wherever they can find food – the grounds of hospitals and other institutions, farms, disused buildings: they are the inhabitants of dereliction. The traditional answer to this is for a pest control firm to trap and kill the whole colony – leaving a vacuum which will soon be refilled.

CHILDREN with CANCER UK is the leading national children’s charity dedicated to the fight against childhood leukaemia and other childhood cancers. Our aims are to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer.

Christians Against Poverty brings poverty relief and hope for the future to those in debt; one of the biggest causes of poverty in the UK today. CAP is a fast-growing national debt counselling charity that works in partnership with local churches across the UK to see thousands of lives transformed. Leaving a legacy to CAP will provide top quality debt counselling and practical support for clients in such a way that enables them to experience and respond to the love of Jesus.

Church Housing Trust is a Christian organisation committed to changing the lives of homeless people irrespective of age, sex, race or creed.

Vascular disease is as common as cancer and heart disease. It affects more than 4 million people in the UK alone and accounts and can affect anyone at any time. It is a devastating and debilitating disease; the warning signs can lie dormant for years.

Combat Stress is the leading charity specialising in the care of British Veterans who have been profoundly traumatised by harrowing experiences during their Service career. We help Veterans from the Armed Forces and Merchant Navy – from all ranks, conflicts and of all ages.

Imagine living a life where friends and family are just voices on the telephone, if even that. A life trapped at home because you can’t get out by yourself. A life with little to mark the passing of each day and nothing to look forward to.

The clergy and their families are not immune from the difficulties, tragedies and sufferings that life presents to any of us. However, frequently they are not able to provide for the range of measures we try to incorporate when planning for the unexpected or the emergencies in our own lives.

Please help us to save the beauty of our unique British Countryside for future generations.

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease, are chronic debilitating illnesses involving severe inflammation of the digestive tract. The incidence of Crohn’s Disease in children has increased dramatically over the past few years but to date there is no known cause or cure.

In the UK there are nine million deaf or hard of hearing people. Deafness is a devastating disability which has the power to make the simplest attempt to communicate a huge struggle. It isolates, brings intense frustration and creates barriers which can dramatically limit a deaf person’s quality of life.

As the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust cares for over 16,000 stray and abandoned dogs a year through its nationwide network of 17 Rehoming Centres. We believe that every dog deserves a loving home and work hard to match the right dog with the right owner. We never put a healthy dog down and are working towards a day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.

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Leaving a legacy or bequest to The Donkey Sanctuary can help reach thousands of working donkeys overseas, an enormous task requiring considerable funding.

The charity relies entirely on donations to support major programmes in five core countries, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico, and many other countries through a small grants programme.

Dyslexia is a hidden disability that affects as many as 2 – 3 children in every classroom to varying degrees. It predominately causes difficulties with reading, writing and spelling. However, dyslexia doesn’t affect intelligence and is much more than just a difficulty with reading. The social impact of dyslexia can be extensive and life-long.

At the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys, (EST), we are able to provide unique and beneficial riding therapy to children with special needs and disabilities with the help of our gentle donkeys.

“ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION GROUPS” BBC Wildlife Magazine.
EIA’s vision is a future where humanity respects, protects and celebrates the natural world for the benefit of all. For the past 27 years the EIA has been protecting animals and the environment with intelligence.

Epilepsy Research UK was formed by the merger of the Epilepsy Research Foundation and the Fund for Epilepsy. It is the only national charity exclusively dedicated to research into epilepsy.

Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity dedicated to funding research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease. We rely on donations to fund over £3m of eye research every year into conditions including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, cataract and diabetic retinopathy.

The Foundation for Liver Research funds innovative research programmes to address the challenges of liver disease.

‘Friends of the Animals’ helps: dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, farm animals, wildlife and birds.

Your wish to help animals will be assured by including a gift in your will to “Friends of the Animals”. The primary objective of the Charity is to help animals NOW we do not ‘sit on funds’. Concentrating on ‘preventative’ work such as: spays, neuters, inoculations, boosters and free engraved discs; we never destroy a healthy animal and keep admin costs to a minimum.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is one of the leading children’s hospitals in the world caring for sick children from all over the country – in particular those with the most rare or severe conditions. The hospital has the largest range of paediatric specialities under one roof in the UK and is the largest centre for children with cancer and leukaemia in Europe and the largest centre for children’s heart transplants in the world. The majority of our patients need to see at least two specialists and thousands every year need to see five teams or more.

Supporting sufferers of GBS, CIDP and related illnesses costs the NHS in the region of £200 million per annum. Few people have heard of these devastating neurological conditions which, quite apart from the horrendous cost implications, can be life changing for those diagnosed and frightening for family and friends.

For the care and education of children of deceased or incapacitated Police Officers from subscribing Forces in England and Wales.

Harper Adams University College is the UK’s largest higher education institution specialising in the sustainable development of the rural economy and rural communities. The College has 2,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses in all aspects of rural life, including agriculture, the management of the food chain, the management of the countryside, the development of rural businesses, the protection of environmental and natural resources, rural leisure and tourism and the professional training of veterinary nurses and practice managers. The University College, based in rural Shropshire, is also a major centre for rural and food chain research and knowledge transfer.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a world-leader in training dogs to alert deaf people to household sounds and danger signals in the home, workplace and public buildings – providing life-changing levels of independence, confidence and companionship.

Since its inception, the Charity has created more than 1,600 partnerships between hearing dogs and deaf people, helping to reduce the feelings of isolation and loneliness that deafness can bring.

Help the Homeless was founded in 1978. A national appeal in that year, chaired by Sir Robert Mark, raised a substantial capital sum. Through a grants programme, the charity assists other voluntary organisations who work with single homeless people.

The HSA is unique: it is the only charity working exclusively to improve food animal welfare in markets, during transport and to the point of slaughter. For over 90 years its specialist, technical staff have worked to ensure that the best welfare standards are developed and used for the care of food animals after they leave the farm. The HSA concerns itself with the care of a vast range of food animals, from cattle to crustacea.

Founded in 1967, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Limited is a registered charity with the twin aims of education and heritage conservation.

Jim Cronin had a passion for life and the conservation of wildlife that was an inspiration to all who knew him. He founded Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre in 1987, and established himself as an international expert in the rescue and rehabilitation of abused primates and the enforcement of international treaties aimed at protecting primates from illegal trade, exploitation, and abuse.

Our mission is simple
We are a dog charity who has dedicated 25 years to making a difference for all dogs. The Kennel Club Charitable Trust receives no government funding and is entirely reliant upon the generosity of our kind supporters who share our love and passion for dogs. This generosity helps us in many ways from funding research into genetic diseases and supporting welfare groups, to training - all of which gives dog’s healthier and happier lives – something we believe they richly deserve.

We exist to fund vital kidney research for babies and children at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. We also fund renal projects nationwide under the guidance of the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology.

The Law Society Charity supports initiatives that promote awareness of the law, legal rights and responsibilities. It provides assistance to projects that involve the development of law and the general promotion of legal education, such as information for young people on civic rights and responsibilities, and through encouraging citizenship education.

Leonard Cheshire Disability is the leading charity supporting disabled people in the UK. Independence and choice are at the heart of everything we do. More than anything else in the world today, disabled people want to be active and independent, to make their own choices and take control of their lives. Our work is to help them to achieve that aim.

How can the UK be changed? At LICC, we believe the UK will be transformed when the Church envisions and equips ‘ordinary’ men and women to make a difference where we are and where we have most of our relationships – at work, college, with our neighbours.

One in three of us will get cancer. It’s the toughest fight most of us will ever face.

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets is the UK’s leading maritime charity supporting both the Royal Navy and the Merchant Marine. As the parent charity of the Sea Cadet Corps the MSSC caters for 400 community based sea cadet units nationwide providing young people from 10-18 with life skills and worthwhile qualifications – Navy style.

Meningitis is a terrifying disease, which can kill in four hours. Every week, six families have to face the sudden tragedy of losing a loved one to this devastating disease. Babies, children, students and older people are most at risk.

Eight million people in the UK suffer with migraine

Moorfields Eye Charity raises funds, above and beyond those normally provided by the NHS, to enable Moorfields Eye Hospital to continue to provide the highest quality care for its patients and their families and to help ensure it remains a world-class centre of excellence for ophthalmic research and education.

MS is a cruel, life-long condition. It is most often diagnosed in young people in their twenties and thirties, just as they are making life choices about relationships, careers and having their own families. The impact of that diagnosis is terrifying. It can take away the ability to plan and can mean loss of independence, severe disability and isolation.

We help children and young people with visual difficulties from first diagnosis through to young adulthood. Our aim is to help them to achieve their recreational and educational goals through immediate and ongoing emotional and practical support for the whole family.

The National Churches Trust breathes life into church buildings and the communities they serve. The Trust provides funding and practical long term solutions to the building work, access and community needs of the 47,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK, regardless of denomination or setting – rural or urban.

The Centre, which opened in 1986, meets a national need for increased research into eye disabilities and diseases and the prevention of blindness. The Centre is based in the Bristol Eye Hospital and there is a branch covering Yorkshire based in St James’s Hospital in Leeds. Research is also supported in an increasing number of establishments throughout the United Kingdom.

The National Hospital Development Foundation (NHDF) is the charity dedicated to raising funds for The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Over the last ten years NHDF has raised more than £15 million for cutting edge equipment, buildings and research.

­­­­­­­­Energy – a basic requirement for economic, health and social development

More than 1.4 billion people worldwide cannot access electricity. Indoor air pollution from fuel used for lighting and heating (paraffin, wood, grass, animal dung or charcoal) is a major cause of respiratory disease and kills nearly 2 million people every year – mainly women and children. Lack of access to energy hinders economic activity, and affects all aspects of development – it is a significant barrier to good education, better health and finding a way out of poverty for the world’s poorest people.

Founded in 1895, the National Trust looks after special places throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland for ever, for everyone. We are Europe’s biggest conservation body and a charity that is completely independent of Government, receiving no direct state funding for our core work. We rely for income on membership fees, donations and legacies, and revenue raised from our commercial operations.

Each year, Norwood supports thousands of people with learning disabilities, and children and families in need. We provide vital, personalised services to the Jewish and wider communities in London and the South East. We passionately believe that everyone, irrespective of ability or circumstance, has the right to live the life they choose and achieve their goals.

Many of the services that Norwood provides are entirely reliant on charitable donations, particularly income from bequests.

Adult Services

The Open University is the United Kingdom’s only university dedicated to distance learning. It promotes educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality university education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential.

Parkinson’s is a progressive, neurological disorder and occurs when the chemical messenger responsible for movement stops being produced in the brain. Medication and other treatments mean that many people with Parkinson’s can continue to lead an active life but others can have their quality of life affected dramatically. Parkinson’s UK is the UK’s only organisation working exclusively for people affected by Parkinson’s and has over 30,000 members and more than 330 local branches and support groups throughout the UK.

Petsavers is dedicated to improving the health of pets, helping to diagnose, treat and cure disease.

Petsavers aim is to provide vets with a better understanding of the illnesses that affect pets, finding cures for diseases and allowing practitioners to administer the best treatments ensuring pets enjoy longer and healthier lives.

We have been serving older Christians since 1807. Then we supported them with money and practical gifts, and always with spiritual encouragement. Today we help with residential and nursing care, including dementia care, and various levels of sheltered housing – and always with spiritual encouragement. We also share our experience and expertise with seminars, talks, and publications. In every one of our homes there is at least one person who has outlived their friends, family, and even their church fellowship.

Plantlife is the charity that is speaking up for the nation’s wild plants. It’s creation in 1989 was in the context of the dramatic loss of the nation’s native wild plants; it has now become the leading charity dedicated solely to saving wild plants in their natural habitats.

There are more than 1 million young people not in education, training or education in the UK. The Prince’s Trust works to help change young lives through practical support and innovative programmes. We focus on those who:

• are in or leaving care
• have been in trouble with the law
• have struggled at school
• are long-term unemployed

Prostate diseases affect 1 in 2 men during their lifetime.  We are working to help men and their families beat all prostate diseases now and in the future.  Research and education are at the core of everything we do to beat prostate disease.

Mental illness and brain disease can be devastating. They cause profound distress not only to their sufferers but also to their families and friends. No age is exempt – autism and hyperactivity in childhood; eating disorders, alcoholism and drug addiction in young adults; motor neurone disease, bipolar disorder, depression, in adults; Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease in the elderly. Many more conditions affect individuals of all ages. Mental illness and brain disease are more common than many assume, affecting one in every four people – they are part of everyone’s life in some way.

A gift in your will to The Rainforest Foundation UK will help protect rainforests for generations to come – a lasting legacy for the world.

Over 60 million people and 70% of the earth’s wildlife live within rainforests, yet every year an area of rainforest the size of England and Wales is cut down.

Redwings Horse Sanctuary was established in 1984 and in 2009 celebrated its Silver Jubilee.

Over the last 25 years, Redwings has grown to become the largest horse charity in the UK, working to provide and promote the welfare, care and protection of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. The charity’s work has three main themes - rescue and rehabilitation, specialist sanctuary care and prevention through education.

What we do

For more than 35 years our nationwide army of volunteers have been finding homes for greyhounds (over 50,000). We care for needy greyhounds until appropriate homes can be found. We are the only national Charity which concentrates all its efforts on improving the retirement of the retired greyhounds.

Research – Prevention – Support – Campaigning
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the UK’s only lung cancer charity.
We fund research, provide support, help people to quit smoking and give a voice to all those affected by lung cancer through our campaigning work.

The Royal Academy of Music trains its students to the highest of standards to enter a continually evolving music profession. Our students contribute to and develop the cultural landscape that surrounds us; our alumni fill every corner of the music world.

Founded in 1943, today’s Royal Air Forces Association continues to support the whole RAF family. Whether it’s an injured airman fighting to get back on his feet, a young child missing a parent away on overseas operations or a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on, we are there to help.

The Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund, founded in the 1930’s, relieves hardship amongst members and ex-members of all the British repertory ballet and dance companies – The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Richard Alston Dance Company, Scottish Ballet and many more.

The Royal British Legion, a unique organisation and national resource, has been committed to protecting the welfare, interests and memory of ex-Service people and their families since 1921.

The Royal Marsden is a world leading cancer centre providing treatment and care for over 40,000 cancer patients each year. Its work influences how all patients are treated and cared for, not just in its own hospitals but all over the world. It is also at the forefront of cancer research.

Eligibility for Help

All those who are serving, or have served, as Warrant Officers or below in the Royal Navy or as equivalent ranks of the Royal Marines, are eligible to apply for assistance, as are their wives, husbands, widows, widowers and dependent children.

The above includes members of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Marines Reserve who have been mobilized for active service and also men called up under National Service Acts.

The Wildlife Trusts: Your Local Wildlife Charity

The SBA helps hundreds of solicitors and their families annually who are in serious financial need as a result of illness, accident or redundancy. Often the applicants are young and prevented from working by the onset of a disabling disease like MS, through a severe mental breakdown or, increasingly, losing their job through no fault of their own. The SBA pays out circa £1 million annually in grants and around £500k in secured loans.

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and yet millions of people in Britain wake up every day in housing that is run-down, overcrowded or dangerous. Many others have lost their home altogether. Bad housing robs us of security, health, and a fair chance in life.

Skin is now the most common site in the body for cancers to arise. It is estimated that there are 100,000 cases of skin cancer diagnosed in the UK each year.

SPAB is Britain’s oldest, largest and most technically expert national society fighting to protect historic buildings from demolition, neglect and damaging repairs and alterations. If you care about historic buildings please join us or consider a donation or legacy to help us continue the work to protect and educate begun by William Morris 130 years ago.

We believe that no one should die because they needed first aid and did not get it. Yet figures from the Office of National Statistics show that up to 150,000 people die each year in situations where first aid could have given them the chance to live.

Sustrans makes smarter travel choices possible, desirable and inevitable. We’re a leading UK charity enabling people to travel on foot, by bike or on public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. We started by creating the National Cycle Network: a comprehensive network of safe and attractive routes for cyclists and pedestrians.

Ovarian cancer is the most fatal of all gynaecological cancers and each day in the UK we lose 12 women to the disease.

Target Ovarian Cancer is dedicated to achieving a long and good life for every woman with ovarian cancer.

Telephones for the Blind Fund exists to help to provide telephone service for those who are registered blind, live alone and are not able to meet the cost themselves.

Specialising in hedgehogs, Tiggywinkles has been working for over 30 years rescuing, treating and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife. We have proved beyond doubt that most wild animal and bird casualties can be saved and returned to the wild.

Making trees matter to everyone

The Vegetarian Society is a registered charity, dedicated to promoting understanding and respect for vegetarian lifestyles. We work closely with schools and colleges, caterers and food manufacturers; supply information to doctors, health professionals and the media; and offer free support and advice to thousands of members of the public each year.

War Memorials Trust works to protect and conserve all war memorials in the UK. The charity provides information and advice on a range of issues related to war memorials and offers financial assistance through grants schemes for repair and conservation.

Ancient woodland is our richest wildlife habitat. One oak tree alone can support thousands of species. Sadly, thousands of our ancient woods have been lost or damaged and the little that remains is seriously threatened. Ancient woodland has evolved over hundreds of years and is irreplaceable. Without your help many more woods could disappear forever.