Proceeds donated to the team of JOGLERs will be divided between a choice of extraordinarily deserving charities that touch the lives of thousands of people both in the UK and further afield. Of the total donations 50% will go to LandAid, a charitable foundation that improves the lives of young people across the UK who experience disadvantage due to their economic or social circumstances. It does this through funding buildings and giving free property advice. A further 20% of all donations will be granted to Dementia UK, a British charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of those living with dementia and similar conditions, along with the people who care for them. The remaining 30% will be apportioned between a number of charities chosen personally by the JOGLERs.

Land Aid

LandAid is a charity that aims to improve the lives of young people in the UK who have had a difficult start in life due to their economic or social circumstances. As a charitable foundation, supported by the property industry, LandAid provides charities with grants and free technical advice to help create the spaces, buildings and deliver projects that help young people to rethink their ambitions, gain skills and training to get them into work, live independently and have a positive future. The demand for LandAid’s support is ever more urgent and vital.

www.landaid.org

Dementia UK

Dementia UK is a national charity committed to improving quality of life for all people affected by dementia, including sufferers, their families and carers. Specialist mental health nurses, also known as Admiral Nurses, are absolutely vital in providing the necessary care and information to people whole lives are touched by dementia in all its forms, including Alzheimer’s. Dementia UK aims to develop Admiral Nursing through training, to promote the profession and contribute to national policy on issues surrounding dementia and mental health nursing.

www.dementiauk.org

PACT

Parents And Children Together (PACT) is a charity that builds and strengthens vulnerable families. PACT provides adoption and fostering services including specialist therapeutic support to help sustain adoption placements. PACT also runs community projects that support over 9,000 families every year with problems including homelessness and domestic abuse.

www.pactcharity.org

Help for Heroes

Launched in October 2007, Help for Heroes is a charity which provides various types of support to servicemen and women, primarily those who have been injured in conflict. The work they do spans nationwide rehabilitation and recovery initiatives, working closely with family members of the injured and raising money to offer grants to other established charitable organisations that strive to improve the lives of UK servicemen and women.

www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Skiing with Heroes

Skiing with Heroes was set up by a group of friends who wanted to establish a charity that helps rehabilitate wounded servicemen and women, both physically and mentally, through skiing. The organisation draws support from a number of dedicated companies, Ski Buddies and other individuals who are willing to provide their time, skills and resources to help the cause.

www.skiingwithheroes.com

Wheelyboat Trust

Wheelyboats are specially designed boats that accommodate disabled people and wheelchair users more easily. The aim of the trust is to encourage providers of water sports and water-based activities to procure wheelyboats in order to open up their facilities to the disabled, allowing them to overcome the difficulties of using watercraft and helping them to comfortably enjoy and benefit from otherwise tricky activities that take place on the water.

www.wheelyboats.org

Sparkes Home Sri Lanka

The Sparkes Home Sri Lanka houses 40 girls and is situated in the village of Kallar, on the east coast of Sri Lanka. The girls are aged from 6 years upwards and are either victims of the 2004 tsunami or the recent civil war or from families who are so poor they cannot afford to keep their children. The home is run and administered by the Methodist church which donated the land to build the home in 2005 with money raised by the Sparkes family and their friends. The home is one of many administered by the Methodist church but it welcomes all denominations.

sparkeshome.co.uk

Snow Camp

Founded in 2003, Snow Camp is an innovative charity that uses skiing, snowboarding, teambuilding and learning activities to help support inner-city schoolchildren, many from disadvantaged backgrounds. The activities they offer aim to help young people develop an array of life skills, including confidence and self-esteem, collaboration and teamwork and individual development, and help them to challenge preconceptions of themselves and others in a stimulating and enjoyable environment.

www.snow-camp.org.uk

Orchid

Orchid is the only UK charity to focus exclusively on cancers affecting men. Founded in 1996 by Colin Osborne, a former cancer patient, Orchid provides support and information to men dealing with a variety of male-only cancers, including prostate, penile and testicular cancer. Additionally, Orchid works to raise the profile of male cancers and finds ways to make it easier for concerned men to get checked for, or simply find information and advice regarding specific cancers.

www.orchid-cancer.org.uk

The Peter Beckwith Harrow Trust

The Peter Beckwith Harrow Trust was set up in 1992 to provide means-tested scholarships and bursaries to school pupils, aged between 10 and 13 years, in order that the most gifted can attend independent schools from 13 years old and onwards. Participating schools include Harrow, Merchant Tayolrs’ and the John Lyon School and each year two scholarships are awarded.

pmbholdings.co.uk

Purley Park Trust

Based in Purley on Thames, Purley Park Trust is a charity dedicated to providing a range of high-quality services and amenities to around 80 people in the local area living with learning difficulties and disabilities. Services they offer include day care, home visits and live-in care, and care homes. Working with a team of trained healthcare professionals and carers, Purley Park Trust underscores the importance of providing a safe environment where people can learn and grow in comfortable and beautiful surroundings.

www.purleyparktrust.org

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Founded in 1852 as a small hospital for children, dedicated to lowering the unnecessarily high infant mortality rates in London, Great Ormond Street Hospital grew into one of the foremost paediatric healthcare centres in the world and employs more paediatric specialists than any UK hospital. With the help of donations, gifts and lucrative partnerships, Great Ormond Street Hospital is able to treat thousands of young patients with an array of complaints and change the lives of countless people.

www.gosh.org

The Kipungani Schools Trust

The Kipungani Schools Trust is a charity dedicated to building primary education facilities to young children living along the Kenyan coast. Started in 1999 by the founder of Paint Pots Montessori Schools in London, following a trip to the village of Kipungani in Kenya, the trust has built a number of new schools, funds teachers, provides learning resources, sponsors students and encourages employment and economic growth in the area.

www.thekstrust.com

Sandpiper Trust

The Sandpiper Trust is a charitable organisation which aims to provide trained doctors and nurses in Scotland with essential emergency medical equipment. The kit is designed to equip emergency first responders with potentially lifesaving pre-hospital tools, many of which are currently only available once a patient has reached the nearest hospital or healthcare facility. The Sandpiper Trust hopes to enable healthcare professionals to save more lives in situations where every second can count.

www.sandpipertrust.org

Samaritans

Founded in London in 1953, Samaritans is a nationwide helpline for people who need to talk to someone impartially or confidentially about difficult feelings or emotions they may be experiencing, in particular suicidal thoughts. With a dedicated team of over 20,000 volunteers, Samaritans were able to answer a call every six seconds. They also work in promoting healthy discussion and encouraging people to seek help rather than supressing or acting upon negative or harmful emotions.

www.samaritans.org

Alzheimer’s Research UK

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the country’s leading dementia research charity. As research experts, we fund world-class, pioneering scientists at leading universities to find preventions, treatments and a cure for dementia. Our findings improve the lives of everyone affected by dementia now and in the future. We also forge partnerships with Government and other key organisations to make dementia research a national priority.

www.alzheimersresearchuk.org

Macmillan

Macmillan is one of the UK’s most prominent cancer charities and offers a service to provide practical, financial and medical support and advice to thousands of sufferers every day. Their aim is to make life easier in as many ways as possible for the one in three people in Britain who will at some point in their lives be diagnosed with cancer. Macmillan is made up of a network of nurses, oncologists, support workers, volunteers, therapists, specialist advisers and many more.

www.macmillan.org.uk

The Octavia Foundation

The Octavia Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for communities in central London. The work they carry out is roughly split between employment and training, youth work, caring for the elderly, financial advice and empowering members of the community to become more involved and active in day to day life.

www.octaviafoundation.org.uk

Campden Home Nursing Trust

Campden Home Nursing was established in 1990 as a trust helping to provide free palliative care to patients suffering from terminal illnesses who wish to remain and be treated in their own homes or in local hospices within the area of Campden, Gloucestershire. Specialist nurses, working alongside General Practitioners and local nursing and medical services, work to support terminally ill patients and their families. The charity is entirely dependent on donations, gifts and sponsorship.

www.campdenhomenursing.org

KIDS

Since its establishment 40 years ago, KIDS has grown into a formidable charity supporting the development of young disabled children and improving methods of parent, child and carer communication in order that more young people with disabilities can realise their potential and live fulfilling, active lives. The charity has developed and fostered a number of pioneering initiatives involving home learning, adventure play and social inclusion.

www.kids.org.uk

Parkinson’s UK

Parkinson’s UK is the UK’s Parkinson’s support and research charity. Totally dependent on donations, the charity devotes its time and funding to discovering a cure from Parkinson’s, while providing a wealth of support and information to Parkinson’s sufferers, their families and their carers via a network of thousands of volunteers and healthcare professionals.

www.parkinsons.org.uk

Prostate Cancer Research and Development, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and the second most common cause of male cancer death in the UK. However, it is often slow growing and more men die with it (of other causes) than because of it. It may be detected early using a blood test called PSA, although sometimes this test is unreliable. It often causes no symptoms in the early stages when confined to the prostate gland itself. This is the stage at which it is curable, if indeed treatment is necessary. Unfortunately it cannot be cured when in later stages it spreads to the lymphatic system and bones. The Oxford University Hospitals Trust treat prostate cancer of all stages using the latest surgical and radiotherapy techniques. They also have an active research program with laboratory and clinical trials running to improve knowledge of this interesting and often dangerous disease.

oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk