Alzheimer's Concern Ealing is a local organisation that provides emotional support and practical services to meet the changing needs of people with dementia and their carers.

The Alzheimer's Society is the leading UK care and research charity for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, their families and carers. To find out more about fundraising for the Society log on to www.alzheimers.org.uk/events

Anna's Hope assists in the rehabilitation of children and young people who have suffered from a brain tumour or who have had brain surgery . It also will fund research into the causes , treatment and cure of childhood brain tumours

Anna was in the Wessex Neurological Centre at Southampton General Hospital for nearly 3 years suffering from encephalitis (her third episode). The charity's aim is to provide portable sensory equipment to aid recovery and sensory environments. Hence Anna's Room! The charity supports neurological recovery and rehabilitation wherever it is required.

ARCOS exists to improve life for children and adults who have communication and/or swallowing problems, their families and others involved. Many clients have complex, life-long disabilities. Its goal is to enable them to benefit from the latest advances in knowledge, understanding, skills and technology.

ASBAH is a registered charity, which was formed in 1966, initially to help families and individuals affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

Today ASBAH is a community of individuals, families and friends, as well as professional - sharing achievements , challenges and information on living with hydrocephalus or spina bifida, and related issues.

Please note that affiliated Local Associations are registered charities in their own rights. Any money raised using the ASBAH brand and registered charity number 249338 will remain with ASBAH and cannot be transferred.

It is a small and relatively new group but already busy with young disabled children wishing to ride.

Asian People's Disability Alliance's provides services to disabled people, their families and their carers, based on their specific personal, cultural and community needs. It works in the UK and Internationally. Set up in 1988, it is led and managed by Asian people with disabilities.

Aspire's projects and services have a very simple goal - to provide the practical support needed for people with spinal cord injury, from injury to independence.

It funds low-grade tumour research projects, and provides a focus for the low-grade community by offering a source of information, inspiration, connections and hope via a website and online support group.

B.I.R.D. helps children & adults with brain injury and learning difficulty achieve their potential through 'developmental reflexive rehabilitation'.

BackCare (registered as the National Back Pain Association) is an independent national charity that helps people manage and prevent back pain by providing information, promoting self help, encouraging debate and funding research into better back care. HRH, The Prince of Wales, is its patron.

The Back-Up Trust is a national charity that supports people; young or old with spinal cord injury. Back-Up encourages self-confidence, independence and motivation following a traumatic life changing incident resulting in spinal cord injury. We also support friends, families and colleagues to encourage integration and promote disability awareness and collaboration.

BASIC (Brain And Spinal Injury Centre) is a registered charity which supports patients, carers and families from all over the country who are recovering from traumatic brain injuries and neurological conditions such as brain haemorrhage, brain tumour, stroke, head or spinal injury, MS, and brain cancer.

Batten Disease is a group of rare, progressive neurodegenerative, genetic metabolic diseases that occur in children and adults worldwide. The BDFA's Vision is to bring light to Batten Disease by being the central point of excellence in the UK for supporting affected families and to facilitate research into the disease.

Beit Halochem UK raise funds to support the rehabilitation of over 51,000 disabled soldiers and victims of terror in Israel from the day they are wounded, for the rest of their lives. In conjunction, BFIWD fundraise for veterans visits to the UK.

Rehabiltation through sport for disabled ex-service men and woman

The Brain and Spine Foundation aims to maximise the quality of life for people with neurological disorders and to reduce neurological disability by providing a national focus for research, education and information.

Brain Tumour Action provides help and support to people diagnosed with a brain tumour by way of support groups throughout the UK, information leaflets and aromotherapy treatment. It is also part funding brain tumour research projects in the UK.

BTRC (in assocation with Way Ahead) works with a Neurosciences team at Charing Cross Hospital/Imperial College London to promote research into the causes and treatment of brain tumours, to raise public awareness of the need for this research and the current lack of funding.

Brainwave, established in 1982,supports brain injured children from throughout the UK. It provides home based programmes of rehabilitation Families stay at the Centre, whilst the child is fully assessed. Exercises are prescribed which are taught to the parents. Children are reassessed at intervals of six months.

The British Neurological Research Trust is dedicated to supporting the research of the Spinal Repair Unit, Institute of Neurology, towards the repair of injury in the central nervous system. This research is focused on the translation of newly discovered science for human clinical benefit.

British Scoliosis Research Foundation is the only charity that exists solely to promote research into the treatment of spinal deformities. The BSRF works closely with the Scoliosis Association UK and the British Scoliosis Society. It funds research into scoliosis and holds an international symposium to spread the knowledge gained from research.

BT Buddies offers information, inspiration and hope to anyone affected by a brain tumour in the UK.

Helping children under five with Brain Tumours reach their potential.

Cavernoma Alliance UK aims to provide advice and support for those with cavernous angioma through its organisational skills and by providing a service which makes the general public aware of cavernous angioma.

Chedgrave MS Therapy Centre provides Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a treatment primarily for people with MS but also to aid sporting injuries, pre and post surgery for cancer recovery and the healing of broken bones.

It helps people with a SCI regain independance by providing grants for equipment or rehabilitation and much needed advice and support to their families and carers.

It is working to raise awareness and fund a research post at the Christie Hospital to examine the causes and treatment of brain tumours.

Claire's Project aims to provide funds to preserve the comfort and well-being of patients, relatives and staff in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Kings College Hospital and similar intensive care facilities in the UK and to provide funding and support to organisations involved in studies into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of brain aneurysms and other neurological conditions.

Established by Clarke’s parents in 1996 when 10-year old Clarke Lister died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. We promote and assist research into causes and treatment of brain haemorrhage and share the useful results for public benefit, as well as providing support services for families affected by brain haemorrhage

Colchester Mind is the leading mental health voluntary organisation for Colchester and the surrounding area. Founded in 1985, we are a registered charity affiliated to the national charity Mind. We work to improve the lives of people from all sectors of society experiencing mental health problems.

Corpal supports those affected by Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum which means that the major pathway across the two hempisheres of the brain is damaged or missing. Corpal is a Not for Profit group and is run by parents, and carers of children and Adults with ACC or Aicardi Syndrome.

Family run National charity providing active support for children with epilepsy and their parents/carers. One of their key activities is to provide NHS hosptials with ketogenic dietitians - a medically recognised and accepted way of treating drug resistant epilepsy. This diet is not widely available on the NHS due to lack of funding.

It provides a safe working environment to assist those with mental health issues and learning difficulties using Dance Movement Psychotherapy.

The David Lewis Centre at Alderley Edge provides residential services for people of all ages who have complex epilepsy. There is a special needs school, a specialised college and a variety of adult care and assessment services. It has an active fundraising and development programme for improving facilities as well as providing many important 'extras' such as play equipment and excursions.

DPOANI provides membership based services to police officers who have been physically or psychologically injured whilst on duty.

DSN offers peer support to doctors suffering from mental illness, many have financial difficulties. It campaigns to reduce the stigma of mental illness within and outside the medical profession. Doctors' support line is a confidential helpline for doctors in crisis.

It is the aim of Edinburgh Headway Group to provided caring support to people who have suffered traumatic head injuries and certain other forms of acquired brain injury and to provide support for their caring relatives. The objective is to help the brain injured person obtain the best results from his/her remaining abilities.

Epilepsy is the UK?s most common serious neurological condition affecting an estimated 1 in 131 people. Epilepsy Action helps over 550,000, people every year through its range of services including its advice and information centre, branch network and accredited volunteer scheme. The organisation?s award-winning website, www.epilepsy.org.uk, receives over 100,000 visitors a month. The Epilepsy Helpline on freephone 0808 800 5050 is available Monday-Friday, 9.00 am - 4.30 pm (4.00 pm on Fridays). Over 90% of its income is in the form of voluntary contributions and its vital work would not be possible without the support of people such as yourself.

Epilepsy Connections provides information, advice and support (in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Cantonese) to anyone affected by epilepsy in the Greater Glasgow and Forth Vally areas of Scotland. We run a Befriending Service for adults, a Schools Project and a Mainstreaming Project which helps adults get back into work or training.

The Ethan Perkins Trust provides grants for children with brain tumours, within Wales. The Trust donates funds to childhood glioma research projects. Named after 11 year old Ethan, who fought a brave 8 month battle against dipg. .

Friends of O.S.C.A.R is a national charity that supports children diagnosed with brain and/or spinal tumours and their families. It provide days out weekends away and help with sourcing holidays and insurance, wigs etc. Friends of O.S.C.A.R also provides written information for families as well as a family conatct service.

WE ARE A CHARITY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTIVE DISORDERS AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHO ATTEND THE SENSS ORMEROD RESOURCE BASE. THE STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED, WHERE APPROPRIATE AND WITH ADULT SUPPORT, IN MAINSTREAM LESSONS AT THE MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL, WOODSTOCK, OXFORDSHIRE

Groundwork Devon and Cornwall help communities to regenerate living spaces throught Caradon, Plymouth, Restormel and Torbay. It covers Business, land, employment, youth, education and community. Its Horticultural Healing Project offers horticulture as a form of therapy to people with mental ill health and/or aquired brain injury.

Hammer Out is a registered charity that supports people with brain tumours and their families. Established in 2002, we are based in Thornbury, near Bristol and now have a committed team working towards raising awareness of brain tumours and the devastating effects that they have on both patients and those who love them. As well as offering a personalised support package, agreed with patients and their families, we also raise money to fund vital research into this incurable form of cancer. We aim to support children and adults across the South West region who are affected by brain tumours. To date, we have raised over £400,000 and currently support 80 families across the region.

The charity supports the purchase of very specialist equipment for children with complex physical/sensory/medical needs

Every year, more than 11,000 people will sustain a brain injury, which will leave them in need of lifelong care. Headway - the brain injury association is the UK?s leading charity dedicated to promoting understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to providing support, information and services to brain injury survivors, their families and carers.

Headway Bristol provides information, support and advice for people with brain injuries, their families and carers. A daytime resource and activity centre provides an environment where people can learn new skills and gain confidence and coping strategies to deal with everyday situations that most people take for granted.

Headway Cambridgeshire provides specialist services and support to people with an acquired brain injury, their family and carers, across the whole of Cambridgeshire, including Huntingdon, Peterborough and Fenland.

Headway Cardiff provides support and services to people with an acquired brain injury, their families and carers in south east Wales. It offers information, advice, support, counselling, a carer's group, a specialist day centre and a young persons' community based social reintegration programme.

'Supporting people with an acquired brain injury, their families and carers'. Headway East London runs a variety of services including a Headway House which acts as a hub for all its other community support services. The members of the Headway House work together, support each other and take up roles and responsibilities within the Headway community. Headway East London supports members to gain confidence and utilise their skills, experience and abilities rather than concentrate solely on their disabilities.

Headway East Lothian supports,advises and promotes social inclusion for persons who have suffered acquired brain injury (ABI ), their families and carers in East Lothian.

Headway East Northants provides support and care for people who are brain injured. They have an activity centre and a minibus and employ five paid members of staff and six volunteers. The charity needs to raise £140,000 per year to maintain this service.

Headway Essex is the only charity in Essex providing care and support for survivors of brain injury and their families and carers. Serious brain injury does not just affect the individual but will often devastate the whole family. Each year the Headway Essex Brain Injury Advisory Service supports over 250 families and the Day Centre provides over 2000 places.

Headway Glasgow is an active local Headway group in Glasgow working with people with brain injury, their families and carers. It provides information on brain injury and services, support for individuals and runs a variety of groups.

It is the only charity in Gloucestershire that helps anyone who suffers an acquired brain injury, whatever the cause. We provide therapies, advice, advocacy to enable sufferers and their families to access services and live independently. We operate a day service, individual support sessions and are developing an outreach service.

We exist to provide improvement after acquired brain injury We provide advice, information, support and rehabilitation to anybody who is affected - this includes carers, families, professionals We provide: community support, support groups, a counselling service, a centre for rehabilitation, outreach support workers who work with people in their own homes.

We support individuals, and their carers, who have been affected by a brain injury in our North West London area. We run two monthly support groups and a daytime facility, known as The LINK, where survivors share experiences, regain skills, build confidence and develop through music, art and outings.

Headway Oxford offers support and understanding to victims of a brain injury and to their families.It provides a range of services both in the community and at two Day Centres which compliment the formal rehabilitation provided by health professionals

It provides support to people with head injury and other forms of acquired brain injury, their family members, carers and interested professionals.

To relieve persons who are resident in South Staffordshire who have suffered a brain injury, their families, carers and other related professionals by the provision of information, services and facilities.

HSWL is a self-help group run by members who understand the life-changing effects of brain injury. It aims to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and help provide support and information to those with a brain injury, their families, carers and relevant professionals

HEADWAY SURREY Supports people who are affected by head injury. It provides information & support for the head injured, their families and carers. HEADWAY SURREY was started as a self help group in 1985, by carers and professionals and the charity has since grown to offer a range of support services.

Headway Swindon & District provides support to people with brain injury, their families and carers. Through cognitive and social rehabilitation they encourage and Support people with brain injury to attain the highest possible quality of life and assist them to independent living.

It provides support, various Neurological Therapies, and social integration opportunities for people with brain injury so that they may improve their lives after brain injury. It provides training for professionals working with the brain injured and provides support, training and information for families and carers of the brain injured.

Damage to the brain can affect the whole person. Memory problems, personality changes, lack of self confidence and physical difficulties are just a few of the effects. Headway supports people with a brain injury and their families who are coping with the aftermath of such a traumatic event.

Headway Worcester Trust Ltd supports people who have suffered an acquired brain injury and their families and carers. It has a day opportunities facility a cafe and book shop. It also has a dedicated team of outreach support workers who help clients with daily living skills.

Hearts and Balls role is to assist catastrophically injured rugby players and their families by offering financial support and advice on fundraising.

Hornsey YMCA has organised its annual Crouch End 10k and Children's 1 mile Fun Run since 1991, and in 2010 is celebrating its 20th year! The event has always been the focus for fundraising for local charities, and has raised more than £150,000 over the last 19 years. In 2010 the nominated charities are: YMCA charities (including the Hornsey YMCA Bursary Fund); National Autistic Society (NAS), Barnet Branch; Open Door, a Young People's Consultation Service based in Crouch End; The Food Waste Project. For further information go to www.ymcahornsey.org/modules/funrun.

Hornsey YMCA provides affordable housing, sporting, recreational and childcare services for the local community.

The charity organises South Coast Blind Week. The Charity owns equipment for disabled skiing and sailing which is available for public use.

The Institute of Orthopaedics, the research and teaching unit of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital at Oswestry, Shropshire has a national and international reputation and is very much regarded as a Centre of Excellence. The 2010 Virgin London Marathon will have 37 runners supporting the Institute and funds will be raised for medical research at the hospital which will be utilised to fund innovative research projects. Raising funds in the present economic climate is exceptionally difficult and all monies received will be much appreciated.

INS provides long-term rehabilitation and support to people with deteriorating neurological conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or who have suffered a Stroke. The aim is to encourage self-help and enable people to maintain their independence and have an optimum quality of life. Family carers are also supported.

The Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy works with children and adults who have spinal muscular atrophy, and their families. The charity offers a range of support services to help families cope with both the emotional and practical issues that the diagnosis brings, whilst funding research to find answers for tomorrow.

Kent Kids Miles of Smiles is a Charity set up to raise funds to establish and run 'Footprints' a children's care home for the sick and disabled of Kent. Our aims and objectives are as follows:

1. To generally assist in the well being, comfort and happiness of Kent's sick and disabled children.

2. To provide holiday homes abroad for Kent's sick and disabled children.

3. To establish and run holiday centre in the Kent area for sick and disabled children

Footprints provides a home for 6 permanent children and 6 respite children 52 weeks of the year.

During their stay with us the children's entertainment is centred around their choice of activities and capabilities, at the same time ensuring that their individual needs are met.

During their stay each child is encouraged to develop self awareness and personal growth. The activity programme includes visits to the zoo, bird parks, farms, indoor activity centres, theme parks, historical attractions, beach, restaurants and swimming pools. We hope that although 'Footprints' provides fun place to stay for sick and disabled children, it also raises awareness in people that our children are no different from any other children in the fact that when 'sleeping over' they can participate in all the activities enjoyed by able children. A child is a child no matter what they look like, can or cant do, they all need the same love and attention that is provided for the children at 'Footprints'

It helps, Patients & Relatives, Surgeons & Staff and all amenities of the Centre, which cares for Brain Tumours, Aneurysms, Strokes, Road Traffic Accidents, M.S., Alzheimer's, Motor Neurone Disease, etc.

Levi's Star is in memory of Levi Ringer aged 6½. It is the only children's brain tumour charity in Yorkshire. It supports children with brain tumours providing grants/financial assistance. It works with LGI, Jimmys & Sheffield Childrens Hospital. It provides money for research and raises awareness of brain tumours.

THE CHARITY REACHES OUT TO HELP PERSONS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SLCEROSIS BY THE WAY - EXERCISE, MASSAGE THERAPIES, REFLEXOLOGY (ALL TO HELP PATIENTS MAINTAIN MOBILITY, AND HEALTHY AND QUALITY OF LIFE) SUPPORT, SOCIAL CONTACT, COUNSELLING, INFORMATION, ADVICE.

The Meath Epilepsy Trust provides support and a caring home for more than 60 adults who have severe epilepsy, coupled with a learning disability and in some cases, a physical disability. This debilitating combination of conditions means many of our residents will not reach a point where they can live independently and will spend the rest of their lives with us. We aim to maximise their quality of life by helping them to understand and manage their conditions, and by giving them opportunities they would otherwise miss out on.

As the leading mental health charity in England and Wales, Mind has promoted mental health for over 60 years and works for a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

Motivation works in partnership with a range of organisations to implement projects that enhance the lives of people with mobility disabilities in developing countries. By ensuring that disabled people have the skills to run the programmes that are of benefit to them, the mobility products and services it develops are always tailored to the needs of each community.

Muirfield Riding for the Disabled provides therapy and support to around 160 persons with a range of disabilities by giving the opportunity to ride and be with horses on a weekly basis. It is a proven fact that those with disabilities respond to being with horses and their well being and self confidnece are enhanced significantly. We service the whole of the county of East Lothian.

The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC) is a proactive and innovative charity passionately committed to supporting anyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis through access to unbiased information and advice. Our approach is to encourage individuals to make choices that are appropriate to their daily lives, empowering them to maximise their potential.

Some of the services MSRC provides include:

* A 24 hour, freephone Telephone Counselling Service available 365 days a year * An advisory service with access to MS Specialist Advisors and a Welfare Rights and Benefits Advisor * Publish the renowned MS journal, New Pathways * Maintain a comprehensive website, updated daily and providing a lively online community through its forums and chat rooms

MSRC strongly believes that "Life is for Living" and by providing unbiased information and advice, people affected by MS can make choices that are relevant to their particular needs.

We conduct world class medical research projects. We diagnose and treat thousands of people with epilepsy every year. We do this and much more. We are the UK?s national medical epilepsy charity. With NSE, you don?t have to deal with epilepsy alone.

The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE) is based in Lingfield, Surrey and helps 200 children and young people who are aged between 5-25 and are severely disabled as a result of epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Epilepsy undermines the quality of life, as both these young people and parents alike live in the constant fear of the next seizure.

The young people we look after face a number of challenges including regular and difficult to control seizures, learning and developmental problems, and physical disabilities. Our specialist school, college, medical centre and residential homes, provide care and education for these young people to help them get the most out of life.

Please help us to achieve our goal of giving "Better futures for young people with epilepsy

Neurosupport offers non-medical information support and advcie to people affected by neurological conditions and brain injuries, including their families and carers.

The charity focuses on raising money to fund scientists who are researching a cure for spinal chord injury. To date we have raised funds through the sale of a cookbook, 'Off Duty', fundraising dinners and sponsorship events. Thank you for your support.

We help people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus with advice, financial assistance in a wide variety of ways, outings, parties, and we contribute towards the funding of research activities. We actively engage in fundraising activities.

The centre provides a range of alternative therapies to people with MS, other neurological conditions, and sports injuries. These include Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment [HBO], physiotherapy, massage and reflexology. It also provides a range of information and support to its members.

It works to improve the lives of people living with pain. It runs a helpline and publishes information leaflets and a magazine Pain Matters, aimed at informing ordinary people about pain. It campaigns for better pain services and a better understanding of the needs of people living with pain.

Peggy Dodd works in Bath to help people suffering from dementia, and those who care for them. It operates a Day Centre, and a Home Sitting Service. We have just finished a new extension to our Day Centre, having raised over £130,000 in the last year for this project.

Community Stroke Rehab Team provides intensive inter-disciplinary stroke rehabilitation at a very early stage in peoples' own homes. This makes the functional rehabilitation highly patient focused with close family involvement. This appeal aims to raise money for equipment to enable fast track recovery at the optimum time.

The Possum Trust provides grants to fund technical solutions for people of all disabilities The one thing which all people living with disabilities share is a need for technology to promote their independence. This equipment might include communication aids, environmental control solutions, pendant alarms, nursecall, electric doors windows and curtains.

The charity provides information to sufferers of neurological diseases.

The PSP Association is the only UK charity dedicated to providing support for those living with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Cortico Basal Degeneration. We provide help and support for those affected by PSP and CBD whilst funding research into the causes, treatment and eventually a cure for this disease.

QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it's learning everyday life skills, rebuilding a life affected by brain injury, acquiring the skills to drive a specially adapted car or training for future employment QEF supports disabled people to achieve goals for life.

Regain is the only charitable organisation dedicated solely to improving the independence of all British men & women who have become tetraplegic as a result of a sporting or leisure accident. A tetraplegic is unable to walk and has limited reach & dexterity because use of the arms is severely impaired.

RICE is a small Bath-based national charity. We provide services and support for people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory problems and undertake research at a national level to learn more about the ageing process; find new and better treatments and improve the quality of life for older people.

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability is a national medical charity based in Putney, southwest London. The hospital specialises in assessing and rehabilitating adults with traumatic brain injuries incurred through accidents or strokes. It also provides both treatment and long-term care for people with severe and complex neurological conditions, including Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis. The hospital's focus is on restoring independence, using technology to help people communicate and control their surroundings, and supporting families by creating a positive community. It relies on £2.5 million in voluntary donations each year to continue its vital work and research.

SAUK was founded in 1981 and is the only independent support group for scoliosis in the UK. Scoliosis is a curving and twisting of the spine for which there is corrective treatment but no cure. Relying solely on donations the organisation provides valuable support and advice to those with the condition. SAUK works closely with the British Scoliosis Research Foundation.

HD is a hereditary disease which slowly destroys the ability to control and co-ordinate movement and thought. About 6,000 people in Scotland are symptomatic or at risk of developing the disease. SHA aims to significantly improve their quality of life through expert Advisory Services, specialist information and Family Support Groups.

The Society supports families affected by autism by providing advice, support and specialist services. These include an autism specific school, residential care for adults, community support workers and a short-stay unit designed to give families a break.

Institutes are a key weapon in the fight to discover the cure of such a complex condition. Institutes attract the best researchers, as it is a privilege to work in a centre of excellence. One other advantage is that Trusts and Foundation will fund more readily research done in an Institute. It is thanks to the Pasteur Institute that the cure for tuberculosis was found.

Shift.ms aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) among young people.

Shine Together is the charity at Frenchay and Southmead hospitals in Bristol.

Every year we raise funds in support of our patients and our staff. Thanks to your generous donations we are able to provide equipment, carry out research and deliver services to our patients that we otherwise could not afford.

Shine together is the working title for North Bristol NHS Trust Charitable Funds

Shine Together is the charity at Frenchay and Southmead hospitals in Bristol.

Every year we raise funds in support of our patients and our staff. Thanks to your generous donations we are able to provide equipment, carry out research and deliver services to our patients that we otherwise could not afford.

Shine together is the working title for North Bristol NHS Trust Charitable Funds

The charity provides therapies and support to people suffering and affected by multiple sclerosis. Helping them to lead as near normal life as possible within the confines of the illness.

Sophie Cameron, aged 17 was diagnosed with encephalitis lethargica in 1999. The SCT was established to increase awareness and understanding of this devastating illness. Sophie died in 2006 but the Trust continues in her name to support studies at the Institute of Neurology in London and elsewhere throughout the world.

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of spinal injuries particularly but not exclusively through the provision of equipment, to assist them with daily living skills and mobility.

SpecialEffect is a charity dedicated to helping ALL young people with disabilities to enjoy computer games and to help people with severe disabilities like our inspirational Patron Matt Hampson to have freedom via technology. SpecialEffect's core projects are Stargaze, inspired by Matt and which seeks to help people who experience severe injuries like Matt and Game For Helen which seeks to create the world's first fully accessible computer games suite at the Helen and Douglas House Hospice. SpecialEffect also run computer games roadshows for people with disabilities.

To create new jobs, 75% of which will be for people with an autism spectrum disorder, over the next 5-years in order to transform attitudes, lives and business practices.

SIA is the national organisation of the UK's 40,000 spinal cord injured people. SIA provides a helpline, conducts research, campaigns and offers a peer support network, a link Scheme and a website. Promoting self-help through the sharing of experiences and advice, SIA believes that life needn't stop when you're paralysed.

Spinal Injuries Scotland is in its 50th year of supporting people in Scotland with a spinal cord injury, their relatives, friends and carers. We're there from as early a point post injury as you want us to be, and will be there for you and your family for the rest of your life. Our services take the form of information, education, advice and support from our dedicated staff and team of volunteers. We offer these services to in-patients and out-patients alike and visit the national spinal injuries unit in Glasgow once weekly and on other occasions on request. Help SIS to continue our valuable work by using this JustGiving page to raise funds. Thank you.

Spinal Research is a pioneering charity. Its aim is to find ways to repair spinal cord injury and reverse the paralysis that results from it. Based in the UK and recognised as a leader in its field, Spinal Research funds groundbreaking projects at scientific and medical institutions around the world. The next landmark is the launch of clinical trials with paralysed volunteers. These trials will test innovative treatments that could repair damage in the human spinal cord, and so restore sensation and movement.

SPIRIT is a charity dedicated to promoting best practice in spinal injury medicine and treatment and the rehabilitation of individuals who have suffered spinal injury. We promote teaching and training at specialist spinal injury centres to enhance the quality of treatment of spinal cord injured individuals.

Sportability, a registered charity, provides FREE sport and challenging pursuits for people with paralysis around the UK. People with spinal cord injury, stroke, MS and others, are able to participate in a whole range of sports - scuba diving, sailing, archery, angling, quad-biking, gliding, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, go-karting, wheelchair tennis and many more.

St Rose?s School is a remarkable organisation with outstanding abilities in the education, care and therapy of children with severe disabilities and complex health needs. Our vision is to benefit as many children and families as possible. We prepare children for life in the community or further education. The young people at St Rose?s take pride in their progress and feel empowered by their achievements. We help them gain personal fulfilment and skills for greater independence. St Rose?s today deals with ever increasing levels and complexity of disability. It is essential that we evolve to meet the needs of the most severely disabled children who come to us.

Our children need hydrotherapy on site. Therapy in water brings freedom from artificial aids, increased wellbeing as well as a safe environment to practice skills like standing or walking. Water puts a child on a more level footing with their brothers, sisters and friends.

Without funding, our children will have to continue with their long and uncomfortable journey for hydrotherapy. Due to logistical constraints, most will to miss out.

Our little ones need a new Early Years Department at ground floor level with direct access to a sensory playspace and our beautiful grounds. Currently they have a daily struggle with a lift. We urgently need to make these improvements and provide a better quality of life for our children. Your donation will make this happen.

Stars Foundation for Cerebral Palsy is an independent registered charity run entirely by volunteers that raises funds to help people with cerebral palsy and support them, their families and carers. The Charity?s aim is to promote awareness of the condition and raise money to buy mobility and educational aids for people who are unable to gain help through statutory means

The Foundation`s main aim is to improve the quality of life through research. Research will be concerned with practicalities of living with spinal cord injury, but also with a committment to pushing back the scientific frontiers of spinal cord injury. One of the initial priorities is to establish a research institute adjacent to the National Spinal Injuries centre.

The Stroke Association is a registered national charity solely concerned with stroke. We aim to reduce strokes through research and health education and also help and support people and their families who have been affected by stroke through our Community Services.

It provides relief and practical support for all persons in West Berkshire who have suffered disablement following a stroke. Services include Family Support (home visiting) and a lively, weekly, Club providing remedial and social activities which encourage personal progress and fellowship.

It provides relief and practical support for all persons in West Berkshire who have suffered disablement following a stroke. Services include Family Support (home visiting) and a lively, weekly, Club providing remedial and social activities which encourage personal progress and fellowship.

The Think Ahead Community Stroke Group offers help to Stroke Survivors, their families and carers in the Wigan Metropolitan Borough to improve the quality of their lives by providing friendship, information, advice and education, together with opportunities for interaction with other members by organising outings, respite breaks and appropriate social activities

TM Society provides information and support to over 600 TM sufferers, carers and families in UK. TM Society also supports people with other rare auto-immune neurological conditions eg ADEM and Devic's Disease. TM Society is affiliated to worldwide TM Association.

Trust PA was set up in memory of Paul-Andre Blundell (PA), who spent five months paralysed before he died. He had hoped to benefit from recent scientific advances. Trust PA is working to fund the Spinal Research Clinical Trials Initiative to test treatments for the repair of spinal cord injury.

Its aims are to promote awareness of narcolepsy and its associated conditions, and to provide authoritive information about them. It provides practical advice and assistance to sufferers, families and their carers. It also supports research into its causes and treatment and encourages links with other narcolepsy associations worldwide.

it helps disabled adults and youngsters to enjoy excercise through wheelchair racing

Imagine losing the ability to move and feel for the rest of your natural life. That is the reality for millions of individuals world-wide who have become victims of a paralysing spinal cord injury. Walkoncemore funds cutting edge research into a cure for this horrific condition. With your help they can weld the key to unlock paralysis.

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Wessex MS Therapy Centre provides therapies, advice and support for people with multiple sclerosis and their families. Therapies include physiotherapy, oxygen therapy, counselling, massage, and reflexology. Many also find that the help and support Centre members give one another is a therapy in itself.

West Berkshire Neurological Alliance represents people in West Berkshire with a neurological condition, and those who are specifically interested in promoting the care of such people. We also support individuals who have a neurological condition for which there is no support group.

West Suffolk Headway is a rehabilitative support service for people with an acquired brain injury and those who care for them. The charity offers advice, support, rehabilitation and day services to anyone (over the age of 16) who has, during their lifetime, suffered a brain injury through traumatic accident, stroke, virus, tumour or other similar event.

Based in Bury St Edmunds, its service supports people across the regions of west Suffolk and south Norfolk.

Annually, an estimated 135,000 people are admitted to hospital as a consequence of a brain injury. The effects of the condition are often devastating and can include physical disability, memory loss, speech problems and rapid mood changes.

Working to a bespoke care plan and within a rehabilitative framework, members are supported in individual and group-based activities specifically designed to help relearn skills that may have been lost as a result of the injury.

Some will return to work, either paid or voluntary. Others may access further education. For most, increasing their daily independence and improvement of life will be their goal.

Each year the charity is tasked with raising £30,000 through essential fundraising and the generosity of public donations to ensure the continuation of the service. Therefore, the importance of support given by each and every individual can never be underestimated.

To offer support to other families affected by Worster-Drought Syndrome.To raise awareness with professional workers and other interested individuals. To Support and promotion of any research into Worster-Drought Syndrome