All news on the topic: Charities

Here are the key points to take away from the legal battle over planning permission that Captain Tom Moore's family are fighting with the council over a spa black

Paul O'Grady became an ambassador for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in 2012 after the success of ITV's For The Love Of Dogs, 11 series of which were filmed at the animal charity

Aircraft engineer Simon Williams, 41, landed a £2million luxury home in rural Devon after winning the Omaze draw - but his good fortune didn't stop there as he pocketed £100k in cash and raised £1.7million for a charity close to his heart

Jack, the 13-year-son of Fusilier Lee Rigby, certainly couldn’t have dreamt how the nation would one day show their pride in him at the Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards

Sheffield Wednesday supporter Leanne Wood set up the fundraiser after an image of a fan mocking the death of Bradley Lowery went viral following the Owls' clash against Sunderland

Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications

Heavy drinker Gavin Maidment has opened up about his regrets, reflections - and how he is using his project management skills to sort his life out before he passes

Ben Haldon was inspired to take on the challenge and to raise awareness and funds for those battling testicular cancer after having surgery to remove a non-malignant lump

Around one in three people are now living with the condition, despite it being the single biggest preventable cause of death in the UK, while an estimated 6.5million remain undiagnosed

Hampton Court Palace has entered the expanded area for ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) fees, but its managing charity is advising visitors how to avoid the scheme's cameras

A 27-year-old man from Sudan is in hospital recovering after Sunday’s attack by people smugglers when he tried to sneak aboard an inflatable at Dunkirk, charity boss says

Katrina Homer opens up about the reality of being an end-of-life carer, from fulfilling people's final promises to spending their last moments by their side - and the heartbreaking reason she does it all

Kevin Gillett from Liverpool initially thought his symptoms were due to diagnosed Crohn's disease until doctors discovered a tumour which had spread to his lymph nodes

Louise Trott, a children's nurse from Merseyside, knew something was wrong when her face started to "droop" to one side but blamed an infection before test revealed the heartbreaking cause

Jordan Lockington, 25, was pronounced dead after he collapsed whilst at work - his loved ones said he worked extremely hard to provide for his family 'day in and day out'

Graham Murray, from Levenshulme, was diagnosed with kidney failure aged just 27, and had to have dialysis treatment for a number of years from 2019

Captain Tom Moore's daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore built a pool and spa complex at her million-pound home without planning permission and now faces tearing it down

Mum Jade Roberts tragically died aged 26 just a few hours after laughing and playing with her children in the garden

Experts say we need to reduce our purchases, keep clothes for longer after it was revealed 300k tonnes of clothing end up in landfilll or are incinerated

Dawn Clayton suffered severe stomach pains while on holiday in 2013 - which turned out to be the deadly pancreatic cancer - Dawn now plans to hike through the Alps to fundraise for Pancreatic Cancer UK

Wallasey-born Shirley Ballas is no stranger to mental health struggles, but she has coping mechanisms in place - including her mother, who she is glued at the hip to

Tara Salisbury has relived the horrific moment she lost five-year-old daughter Alysia in a fire that gutted their Pembrokeshire home, saying it was like "something out of a horror movie"

Graeme Heward, from Lymm in Cheshire, suffered with eye issues and sinus pressure for eight months before he was given horrific news by medics

A woman has received a parking fine after leaving her car for only two minutes with her mother inside. The Lancashire parking enforcement have made similar fines before.

The Committee on Standards in Public Life called for tighter rules for 'Unincorporated Associations' - but the government has shelved their report after accepting just a handful of their 47 recommendations