Times News Mar.2014 | Page 4

About the charities

Cancer Research is helping to fight over 200 types of cancer and are the UK's single largest funder of cancer research. Cancer Research UK has been working on pioneering life-saving research for over a century.

Cancer Research UK

British Heart Foundation

Hundreds of top scientists all over the UK are working on more than a thousand different research projects. They're all fighting to help heart patients: finding new, better treatments for people with heart disease, and developing new ways to better prevent or diagnose it.

Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn't inevitable. It's an injustice which can, and must, be overcome.

British red cross

British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. They enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities.

Action Against Cancer

ACF International | Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending child hunger. Recognised as a leader in the fight against malnutrition.