All news on the topic: Charities

Grant Carson struck the jackpot in January when he won a £2.5million Lake District home and £100,000 in cash - but the widower from Glasgow is now selling it on for a further £250k

Last year, around 3,400 transplants were blocked by families as the consent rate dropped from 66% to 62% - with some 1,130 families declining to give support last year

Lee Robinson had spent the day with a friend on May 13, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. However he was later found dead, leaving his family devastated

Muhammad Eesa Ibrahim, 7, first began experiencing the symptoms in January this year. When they persisted, his family took him to see a doctor in Bolton

Holidays, hobbies, and clothes or shoe shopping are other areas in which they are budgeting - but many are reluctant to ditch spending on insurance policies

Hannah Ingram-Moore posted a picture of her and her family sunning it up abroad amidst an ongoing scandal over whether Captain Tom's name was used to build a luxury pool and spa at their Bedfordshire mansion

The music legend has been generous with both his money and his time to help those in need - sponsoring his personal trainer on a charity walk, paying for NHS patient care, and donating to hospitals

Captain Tom's daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband Colin reportedly put forward the planning application in their own names, but then used the charity's name in their design and access statement

Abigail Eldridge from Cornwall, has been described as a "loving and supportive sister" to her older brother Charlie, as well as being a "caring friend with a great sense of humour"

Iain Hughes spent two years training for a 21 mile swim across the English Channel but tragically never reached his destination with French authorities calling off the search

David Cooper, a beloved dad-of-three and grandad-of-six, tragically died while marking his 24th London to Brighton Bike Ride to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation

Louie Morgan-Kemp said the device, called the Hero Arm and made by Open Bionics, would mean he can pour his own drink without spilling it

When Woody was abandoned by the side of the road, people feared the worst and assumed that he was dead - but things have taken a real positive turn for the lucky horse

Jonathan Jacob Meijer - who believes fathering so many kids as doing "something meaningful with my life" - is accused of lying to each clinic and prospective mums

Katie Froggatt was given the harrowing news that she would die within a year but she believes in miracles and after finding out her cancer is shrinking, she want to go to Germany for treatment

Heineken have teamed up with loneliness charity Marmalade Trust to help us make more social connections as almost half of adult Brits experience feelings of alienation every week

Olivia was fatally shot during a struggle when a gunman burst into her home in Liverpool in August. Now her friends have honoured her on what would have been her 10th birthday

Lee Brennan, 44, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and his body wasted away from that of a strong rugby player to "skin and bones" according to his devastated daughter

The Good Life's Penelope Keith reveals that her co-stars Paul Eddington and Richard Briers ended up in hospital after she cooked for them

The Labour frontbencher has written to the Honours and Appointments Secretariat calling on officials to 'set aside any traditional timescales between honours' to honour the rugby league legends

Luke Barnes passed away earlier this year aged just 34, leaving behind his wife, 22-year-old Isobel Barnes - who hopes he is looking 'down on her living her best life'

MPs and peers have joined the crusade to make the fundraising hero and ex-rugby league star a Sir, along with his best friend Rob Burrow

The charity Prostate Cancer UK is urging people to take its free symptoms test, as it reveals two-thirds of men are unaware that the disease often has no obvious signs

Chris Sim has been volunteering for food poverty charity, FoodCycle, for six years - and has honed his skills for cooking for large groups of people

Paul Carberry stabbed a father-to-be on a train five times and wounded another passenger - but Kate and William had no idea of his crimes when they met him at a primary school a year ago