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Founded in 2004, Access Sport is a dynamic charity whose mission is to give children from the UK’s most disadvantaged communities access to a wide range of quality sport. We empower the inspirational volunteers who run local sports clubs with financial support, expert advice and networking. Our club development programmes, kick-started by Sports Jam festival days, bring lasting change to the areas that benefit most from sport’s unique power to transform lives through tackling health, crime, educational attainment and social mobility issues. Please visit www.accesssport.co.uk to find out more
beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 20 years of work. Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.6 million people in the UK. beat provides helplines for adults and young people, online support and a UK-wide network of self-help groups to help people beat their eating disorder. beat's vision is simple: Eating Disorders will be Beaten.
For over 30 years Sands has supported many thousands of families whose babies have died, offering emotional support, comfort and practical help. We have also worked with health professionals to revolutionise the way in which bereaved parents and their babies are cared for. In spite of medical advances, the tragic fact is that 17 babies a day in the UK are stillborn or die within the first twenty eight days of life. The equivalent of 16 fully-laden jumbo jets crashing every year, with no survivors. We have therefore launched our Why17? campaign to raise awareness of the 17 babies dying every day in the UK and to raise much needed funds towards research which could provide further information on why so many babies are dying.
The Spafford Children’s Center provides healthcare for some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The Center is not sponsored by any government or religious organisation. Most of our patients live in poverty and cannot afford to pay for the full cost of our services. They rely on charitable contributions from generous individuals and institutions. Lack of progress towards peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories aggravates the stress and trauma felt by families of the region. Innocent children, caught up in the conflict, experience violence and discrimination, as well as isolation from friends and family because of Israel’s Separation Wall and imposed travel restrictions between East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The children we care for are the link to a future where we hope for change, peace and opportunity for all.
FRANK Water was founded by Katie Alcott in 2005, after she visited India and contracted dysentery from drinking dirty water. Millions of people suffer and die from diseases related to unsafe drinking water every day. FRANK Water is committed to changing that. We raise money through our fantastic supporters, and sales of bottled water and refill bottles in the UK, to set up sustainable, community-owned clean water projects in some of the poorest communities in India. To date, we’ve allocated funds for 82 clean water projects, giving over half a million people access to clean, safe drinking water for life. Your support really matters. In a world where more than 4,000 children die EVERY DAY from a lack of clean drinking water, it’s clear that help is urgently needed. Please join us and be part of the solution.
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Energised 'Kimpossible '
30 April
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At the end of May 2011, we moved to Saudi Arabia to be with my husband for work and a chance for a fresh start and opportunities for our family
I arrived with our 18 month old daughter Isabella and our 18 week bump excited about our future. I had left the UK with a clean bill of health for myself and our baby, and thought nothing more of it. The doctors in Saudi were all busy and I had to wait until 23 weeks to get an appointment; so I waited those weeks every day feeling our baby kicking stronger and stronger; my husband felt her too and she even seemed to respond to his voice. We arrived on the morning of our appointment and had to wait a long time, but when we got in there it didn't matter - we were told we were having another girl and there she was on the screen sucking her thumb and kicking away. We were delighted, and later that day we chose her name - Ashley Eden.
I didn't feel her move that night, or the next day; but I assumed she was in an awkward position. However the next day I was panicking. I went back to the hospital to check everything was ok, and deep down I thought they would look and say all was ok and I was being paranoid. But that's where my world fell apart - it wasn't ok and it never will be again because there was no heartbeat; in two days it had gone from ok to over.
I was induced two days later and gave birth to Ashley on our 3rd wedding anniversary (27/6/11). I felt numb, empty and devastated for our loss. Of course I feel lucky to have our first daughter, but cheated out of having our second; it feels unfair, and there is no apparent reason for our loss to explain it.
The care I received was different to the UK, where I would have been treated with sympathy and given options and help to cope with our loss. Here it is a different story and 'inshallah, it is God's will' was all that was said to me. On the day I was induced I sa
