One HeadStrong session Hair loss following treatment can be a devastating reminder of the impact breast cancer has on everyday life. This donation could enable one person to attend HeadStrong, providing emotional support and practical tips to people who are coping with hair loss after treatment, giving them vital confidence.
£10.00
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The gift of mobility For many, irreversible blindness can lead to a life of hardship. We support education and rehabilitation training for those who will never see again. For example, a folding white cane enables people like Akwalinganira to get around on their own, regaining a life of independence.£10.00
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Growing the right seeds This gift could teach farmers about the best type of seeds to grow on their land to produce the highest quality harvest - helping them to feed their families both now and in the future.
£10.00
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A month's education at Masaka school In Africa the needs of disabled children often come last on the list, but HOPEHIV has built a new school in Uganda for children with hearing and speech impairments, most of whom have been orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. This donation could cover a month's schooling.
£15.00
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Beehive for a family This gift could help communities in Tanzania to take advantage of the forest resources by producing honey using easy to use beehives. Thanks to its antibacterial properties, honey is used to treat minor ailments, as well as being a tasty addition to the farmers’ diet. As a result there is high demand for honey in the community. Keeping bees is the perfect way for a family to improve their health and income.
£15.00
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Information resources This donation could help to produce and update our award-winning information resources on topics including self harm, anxiety and post-natal depression.
£15.00
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Toys for children This donation could pay for some toys to create a fun, comfortable environment for children in one of our Homes from Home, which offer families free self-catering accommodation close to the main regional children’s cancer centres. The atmosphere is relaxed and non-clinical, friendly and welcoming.
£15.00
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The gift of sight Buy the gift of sight. Bisola, is just one person who has benefited from Sightsavers' eye care work. She had bilateral cataract from the age of 2, but a simple operation restored her sight. This gift will help us to continue our vital work in this area.
£17.00
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Befriending scheme This donation could help to support a local Mind association befriending scheme for those experiencing mental distress who cannot easily leave their homes.
£20.00
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Prepare a child for treatment This donation could pay for a CLIC Sargent Play Specialist to help a child prepare for and cope with treatment, by using models, toys and photos to explain what will happen. When a child is calm, treatment can be given more easily and can also be more effective.
£20.00
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Plant forty rainforest trees A tree's just a tree, right? Wrong...
£20.00
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Specialist Training for a Breast Care Nurse This donation could pay for a breast care nurse to attend specialist Breast Cancer Care training events, ensuring they are up to date with advances in the field of breast cancer and can offer the best possible service and support to their patients.
£20.00
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Practical agriculture at school Over 70% of children in rural Tanzania will become farmers. This gift could teach them practical agriculture skills at school, such as caring for chickens or growing tree seedlings. These essential skills will help them to farm successfully throughout their lives.
£20.00
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Train a goat breeder In arid northern Kenya farmers struggle to produce enough food on their small plots of land to feed their families. Goats are the ideal livestock as they need little land to graze on, and produce nutritious milk which can be sold for profit. This gift could help a farmer to set up dairy goat breeding scheme, giving the whole community access to high milk yielding goats. It takes just days to train a local farmer but the effects can last a lifetime.
£25.00
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Plant a hedgerow to help UK wildlife A huge variety of animals find food and shelter in these mini nature reserves, or use them as 'corridors' to move from one place to another. Many treasured hedgerows have been torn up in the last few decades.
£28.00
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Equip a young peer educator GoLD (Generation of Leaders Discovered), an organisation based in Cape Town, uses a peer education approach - this donation could equip one of the teenage 'opinion formers' to become positive role models and agents of change in their communities, helping to reduce HIV infection rates amongst their friends.
£30.00
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A day's meals for a family This donation could pay for a day’s meals for a family of four staying at Malcolm Sargent House – our holiday home on the Ayrshire coast. The house offers family-centered breaks and specialist weekends for young people, siblings, and bereaved families. Everyone there is in a similar situation, making it easy to for them to share their feelings and experiences.
£32.00
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The gift of specs Many people are 'blind' just because they lack a pair of spectacles. They are one of the simplest ways of improving the lives of people with poor vision. This gift could provide eye tests and spectacles for 20 people, living with avoidable blindness.
£34.00
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Telephone Support Group Our unique Telephone Support Groups bring together 10 women living with breast cancer for practical and emotional support. This donation could pay for two people to be part of the group, run by a specially trained therapist and a breast care nurse.
£35.00
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Sponsor a puffin for 12 months The puffin's comical looks and incredible fishing abilities make it one of the UK's best loved birds. Puffins need our help - partly because they only lay one egg a year, which makes their populations very vulnerable to disasters like oil spills at sea. This gift could protect some of their best nesting sites on RSPB reserves around the UK for 12 months.
£36.00
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Train a women to advise others in her community about their legal rights In Ethiopia, women are often unaware of their legal rights and have little access to the justice system. If their husband dies they will often be forced to marry a relative and give up their land. As women provide 80% of the household’s food on the land around their home this can be disastrous. This gift could help train an Ethiopian woman to advise others in her community about their rights.
£40.00
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Help grieving orphans learn to play again HOPEHIV has funded work in Botswana since 2002, including a programme of Adventure Camps and Kids' Clubs. This donation covers the costs for start up play kits for a community kids club, giving orphans back some of the childhood fun they have missed because of AIDS.
£45.00
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Training programmes This donation could help support a local Mind association provide training programmes and work experience for people recovering from mental illness.
£50.00
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Train a Community Animal Health Worker This gift could provide training and equipment for a farmer so that he can provide basic animal healthcare, including de-worming and hoof-trimming, keeping the community’s livestock healthy.
£50.00
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Buy an albatross protection kit An albatross can fly thousands of miles without stopping. Tragically 100,000 of these birds drown every year when they get caught in deep sea fishing lines. This gift could buy a kit of specially designed coloured streamers that warn the birds of danger, keeping them in the air for years to come.
£50.00
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Support after diagnosis This donation could pay for a CLIC Sargent Social Worker to be there soon after diagnosis, talking to a family one-to-one. Every family is different, so the social worker will assess their individual needs, and offer them appropriate support and services.
£50.00
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The gift of sight Trachoma is a painful eye disease caused by poverty, which is a priority for Sightsavers. In the advanced stages the eyelashes rub against the eyeball, causing agony. Just £50 could help support operations for 10 people and halt their pain.£50.00
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Prosthesis Fitting This donation could cover an appointment at our prosthesis fitting service, which gives women invaluable time with a specially trained fitter to try on different types and styles of prostheses in a secure and comfortable environment and learn about lingerie that is most suitable for use with prostheses.
£50.00
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Kids Camp for an AIDS orphan HOPEHIV has funded a programme of Adventure Camps and Kids' Clubs in a number of countries in Africa. This donation covers the costs for a child to go on a 5 day Kids' Camp offering adventure activities, bereavement counselling, group work and psycho-social support.
£60.00
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Dental Treatments Allow us to deliver dental treatments to 10 people in a developing nation. In some countries there is one dentist for every 100,000 to 150,000 people. Mercy Ships dentists provide basic dental care, extraction, cleaning and surgery - relieving pain and bringing hope and healing.
£60.00
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The gift of education 90% of children who are blind in the developing world do not receive any formal education. This gift could pay for the training of a mainstream teacher, enabling them to teach low vision or blind children in a local school.
£72.00
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Lobbying This donation could help us lobby the Government to provide better safeguards and treatment for people who are prescribed drugs for their mental health problems.
£75.00
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Healthy Living Day Healthy Living Days complement NHS breast cancer services and introduce women to a range of complimentary therapies, nutritional advice and exercise tips during their treatment cycle. This donation could enable one person to attend a Healthy Living Day, which offers a caring and supportive environment to learn and share their experiences.
£80.00
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A cleft lip and palate operation Allow us to deliver a cleft lip and palate corrective surgery operation (the second most common birth defect worldwide). Newborns with cleft lips in developing countries may only live a short time through being unable to feed. This donation could help to transform a life physically, emotionally and socially.
£85.00
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Support for siblings This donation could pay for a support group for brothers and sisters of children on treatment. A CLIC Sargent Social Worker will help them understand what is happening, talk about how they are feeling and share their experiences, which can help them cope during this time.
£90.00
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Help Ethiopian entrepreneurs Women in Ethiopia have limited opportunities to make money. They have little access to credit schemes needed to set up small businesses. This gift could help set up a savings and loans cooperative enabling women to manage their money and save small amounts per month. In time they are able to take out small loans to start their own enterprises, such as goat-fattening or livestock breeding.
£100.00
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Train a Volunteer All of our volunteers have personal experience of breast cancer and are an integral part of the support network we offer to people with breast cancer and their families throughout the UK. This donation could train one volunteer to deliver the support, information and understanding that is so essential.
£100.00
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Educational supplies HOPEHIV funds nursery schools for orphaned pre-school children - this donation could equip a new preschool with all the educational supplies it needs.
£110.00
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Community Health Education teams Our Community Health Education (CHE) teams travel to local villages in developing nations and work with community leaders providing training in basic hygiene and preventative health care. Help us fund 1 team in a village project.£120.00
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The gift of training Support the training of local eye surgeons to provide long-term investment, helping us to continue our vital eye care work. This gift could pay for a 2 week training course for a surgeon just like Bakary Cesay, who can now do 2,000 cataract surgeries a year.£150.00
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A bowling session This donation could pay for a bowling session and pizza afterwards for 10 young people with cancer. Activities like this enable young people to come together and share their experiences, helping to reduce isolation and build their confidence.
£180.00
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Vocational training Many teenage children in Africa are forced to become carers and breadwinners before their time. This donation could pay for residential vocational training for an older orphan (in areas such as tailoring, mechanics, farming, electrician) and set them up in business.
£180.00
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Home from home This donation could pay for accommodation for a family at a CLIC Sargent Home from Home for a fortnight. Here they can stay together within walking distance of the hospital where their child is being treated, which is often many miles from their own home. If they are well enough, the child can stay there too.
£400.00
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