Hospice in the Weald
Hospice in the Weald provides specialist palliative care advice and clinical support for people with life limiting illness, their family and the bereaved. The hospice is based in Pembury and serves a community of approximately 300,000 over an area of 400 square miles of West Kent and East Sussex. http://www.hospiceintheweald.org.uk/
Macmillan Cancer Support
We are a source of support, helping with all the things that people affected by cancer want and need. It's not only patients who live with cancer, so we also help carers, families and communities. We guide people through the system, supporting them every step of the way. We fund nurses and other specialist health care professionals and build cancer care centres. But we give so much more than medical help. http://www.macmillan.org.uk/
Rotary Foundation
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. http://www.rotary.org
PolioPlus
PolioPlus, the most ambitious program in Rotary’s history, is the volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio. For more than 20 years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease. Today, PolioPlus and its role in the initiative is recognized worldwide as a model of public-private cooperation in pursuit of a humanitarian goal. http://www.rotary.org
Age Concern Sevenoaks
To promote the well-being of all older people and to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience. http://www.ageconcern7oaks.co.uk
Shelter boxes
Each box will normally contain a 10-person tent, plus a selection of other equipment to help an extended family survive for a minimum of six months. The exact contents will depend on local conditions and what is most needed but will generally include blankets, a multi-fuel or a wood-burning stove, cooking equipment, water containers and purification tablets, a basic tool kit and a children’s pack.
As of July 2008, ShelterBox has provided shelter for over 600,000-plus people in 46 countries responding to 72 disasters, raising over £20 million in just seven years. Approximately 45,000 boxes have been sent as aid, including boxes paid for with funds from many countries. http://www.shelterbox.org
Clearing the Kosovo minefields
Large quantities of cluster bombs that were dropped in 1999 still lie undetected in the countryside around the City of Peja in the West of Kosovo. The minefields, one just 200m from the outskirts of the city, deny safe passage along the valley and thwart attempts by the town council and local hoteliers to attract tourism back to the region. Several hundred people have been killed by unexploded ordinance over the past decade.
Children in Need
Our two-day collection at Tesco Sevenoaks totalled £2938.