Charity shops and organisations

 

Global Angels was launched in June 2005, by Molly Bedingfield, mother of Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield. The aim of the charity is to unite millions of people from all walks of life and spheres of influence by inviting them to become ‘Angels’. By putting your compassion into action, Angels change the lives of children throughout the world radically for the better.

NDCS Challenges run UK and international, individual and team charity challenge events to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society, the only UK charity solely dedicated to the support of all deaf children, their families, and professionals working with them.

Oxfam is a development, relief and campaigning organisation, founded over sixty years ago to help overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam works in over 70 countries worldwide, helping people to work their own way out of poverty. Oxfam rely upon public donations and your support will help them continue their vital work with the world’s poorest people. The money received really can make the difference between life and death.

Oxfam Unwrapped - choose from 50 great gift ideas from the Oxfam Unwrapped alternative gift catalogue.

RSPCA credit card Taking out the RSPCA Platinum MasterCard does far more than simply show your commitment to prevent cruelty and promote kindness to animals. As soon as your application is accepted, the RSPCA will receive a £15 contribution on your behalf from Beneficial. They’ll also receive 25p for every £100 you spend on your card, and a further £1 for each year that you continue to use it. So taking out the RSPCA Platinum MasterCard is not only great news for animals; with a host of exceptional benefits, it’s great news for you too.

RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) membership costs from as little as £30 a year for adults and, as well as helping protect the UK’s birds and countryside members also receive the following benefits: Exclusive members magazine; Entry to over 100 reserves; Free seed feeder or bird handbook If members pay by direct debit they can also get 15 months membership for the price of 12.

Sight Savers is an international charity that works to prevent needless blindness and rehabilitate the blind in the developing world.

World Land Trust is a conservation charity that has helped purchase and protect over 300,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened wildlife habitats worldwide. You can help save even more. £25 saves an acre of rainforest.

WSPA - The World Society for the Protection of Animals. - For 25 years WSPA, The World Society for the Protection of Animals, has travelled to the farthest flung reaches of the planet in the name of animal welfare. Today, their presence in more than 140 countries is testament to their commitment to end all forms of animal suffering and cruelty.

WWF Adoptions - With Adoptions, consumers can help save the lives of animals from as little as £2 per month. Makalha is an Indochinese tiger living with her mate and cubs in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand. The sanctuary provides her with relative safety from the threat of poachers who slaughter tigers for a quick profit. Her relations outside the sanctuary are at greater risk from being poached and are losing their homes as the forests where they live are being destroyed. From just £2 you can help save the world's remaining tigers by adopting Makalha for yourself or a friend.

WWF Membership - The world's species are facing their biggest crisis since the age of the dinosaurs. Threats from pollution, habitat destruction and climate change are so severe that a recent UN report says 25 per cent of the world's mammals face extinction within 25 years. If you feel passionate about preserving the incalculably precious heritage that is the natural world, please join WWF. With so much at stake, you'll be glad to know you're supporting the world's most effective independent conservation charity.