Charity news

Paralyzed Veterans of America has launched a year-long disability awareness campaign highlighting its work with veterans and people with disabilities. The “ONE of ONE” initiative will run for 53 weeks and feature stories about the organisation’s programmes, people and work, alongside book releases, programme launches, public events and celebrity public service announcements. The campaign will [...]

A community of people living with spinal cord injuries, their families and supporters will come together this September to raise £25,000 for specialist rehabilitation through Neurokinex’s annual Step Up Challenge. The fundraising challenge will see the Neurokinex community unite to help ensure newly injured people can access rehabilitation and support at a time when it [...]

Four members of the same family will swim the English Channel in a relay to raise money for the Stroke Association. Ryan Godfrey, 52, from Faversham, will take on the challenge with his sons Nathan, 22, Alex, 20, and Ben, 18, braving the world's busiest shipping lane.   The family said they were [...]

A former professional rugby player who represented Ireland at under-20 level has begun an 18,000-mile world cycle to raise £50,000 for a Parkinson's charity. Ciaran Booth and his girlfriend Lucy Pickersgill, both 26, set off from Manchester Rugby Club in Stockport and plan to travel about 30,000km through around 30 countries over 18 months. The [...]

Following the launch of its first-of-its-kind initiative last year, Slater and Gordon has announced that the AAUK Improving Outcomes Fund partnership with Air Ambulance UK (AAUK) has been renewed for 2026. Since last year, the fund has provided £100,000 in grants towards five national charities to support air ambulance patients, their loved ones, and the [...]

A charity dedicated to supporting local children, and their families, has entered a new partnership with a national law firm to further enhance its vital services. Charlie House works across the North-east of Scotland to improve the quality of life for babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, while providing essential support [...]

Islington Cycling Club has raised £20,000 for Spinal Research after one of its members was paralysed below the shoulders in a cycling accident. James “Gino” Murphy was riding with fellow club members in February 2024 when he came off his bike and hit a kerb headfirst, seriously damaging his spinal cord. He was airlifted to [...]

Sport Parkinson's co-founder Charlie Appleyard has been awarded an MBE for services to people with Parkinson’s and fundraising. Appleyard with Parkinson’s, a progressive neurological condition that mainly affects movement, after being diagnosed with the condition in 2016 at the age of 39.   Despite the daily challenges he faces, Appleyard has championed more [...]

A fundraising appeal has raised more than £43,000 after a 23-year-old sustained a traumatic brain injury. Sam Wheeler, a Ringwood plumber and amateur DJ, sustained the injury in a fall and is now undergoing neurorehabilitation in London. The “Bring Sam Home” campaign aims to raise £80,000 to adapt his home, buy specialist equipment [...]

A Hull charity is marking 10 years of brain injury support for people across the Humber region. P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery was founded by Paul Spence in 2016, four years after he survived a life-changing traumatic brain injury following an unprovoked assault. The charity now regularly welcomes more than 300 people each month to its [...]