Charities - South West

ASAB aims to further the understanding of animal behaviour at all educational levels and to promote animal welfare and conservation. We give grants to enable studies on the function, evolution, development and causation of behaviour, the results of which are widely reported. In particular, popular TV and radio programmes regularly use our members' work, as recognised by our patron, Sir David Attenborough.

LEAVING A SMILE FOR THE FUTURE

There are more than 1,000 children in the South West who suffer from conditions
that mean they will die before they reach adulthood. Conditions such as heart
disease and organ failure, muscular dystrophy, cancer and cystic fibrosis. Children
who suffer in this way need very specialised care during their short and precious
lives, care which our dedicated children’s hospices lovingly provide.

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.

Hft is a national charity providing local support for people with learning disabilities and their families. Our creative and resourceful approach supports individuals to make choices about the life they want.

The Trust supports the Veterinary School at the University of Bristol through funding for equipment and clinical facilities for the treatment and hospitalisation of animals. Veterinary science and skills are advancing at the same breakneck speed as medical science but are much more complex, encompassing as they do smaller companion animals, high value large animals such as blood stock and rare breeds and the exotic creatures and stranger species that many of our students encounter both at home and, increasingly, overseas. The most up-to-date equipment needed for new advanced techniques is vital but expensive and facilities for animals undergoing such treatment must be superlative.

Founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Pog Yglesias, the hospital depends entirely on donations and yearly subscriptions to Hospital Membership. Caring for both land and sea birds, its aim is always to release, but it gives permanent sanctuary in cases where this is impossible. Support is particularly needed for our continuing programme of essential improvements and modernisations to help us in our work.

Help make short lives special by leaving a gift to Naomi House in your Will.

Naomi House operates two purpose built hospices, Naomi House for children and jacksplace for young people. We support life-limited children and young people and their families from across Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire, the Isle of Wight and parts of Surrey and West Sussex.

The Prayer Book Society exists to promote the use of the Book of Common Prayer (sometimes known as the 1662 Prayer Book) and to defend the worship and doctrine contained therein for this and future generations. Diocesan branches uphold the orthodox, classical Anglicanism that has traditionally been at the heart of the Church of England. They provide members with regular meetings, Prayer Book services and advice on church matters. Members receive five magazines a year and can avail themselves of books and literature from the trading arm of the Society. Donations are appreciated and needed.

The RSPCA exists to prevent cruelty and promote kindness to all animals. Cornwall Branch is one of 170 separate registered charities that make up the RSPCA in England and Wales. Each Branch must raise its own funds to maintain whatever animal facilities it provides; we receive no government funding.

For the past 21 years, Severn Hospice has given free care and support to 17,000 patients and their loved ones during their greatest time of need. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality, one-to-one care that gives comfort to hundreds of local people every year.

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.

Wessex Medical Research funds medical research based principally at the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust but also carried out in the greater Wessex region comprising Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset, South Wiltshire and the Channel Islands.