Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills to get them back into education, training and employment.

Children With Cancer UK raise money for research and providing care for children with cancer and their families. Their aim is to understand what causes children to get cancer and to develop improved treatments.

Claire House Children’s Hospice provide specialist nursing care and emotional support for seriously and terminally ill children and their families.

Crisis is a national charity for homeless people. The charity offers year-round education, employment, housing and well-being services from centres in London, Newcastle, Oxford, Edinburgh and Merseyside

BBC programme in which the team enlists the help of local tradesmen, suppliers and the larger community to help deserving families.

The Dream Factory aims to brighten the lives and encourage hope for children and young adults who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and/or severe disabilities by way of granting wishes and dreams.

Guide Dogs helps blind and partially sighted people across the UK through the provision of guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services.

Haven House is a children’s hospice located in Woodford Green which cares for life-limited children from birth to 19 and provides support to their families through hospice and community services.

Helen Rollason Cancer Charity offers a range of care and support through the use of complementary therapies and counselling, supporting people with all types of cancer at all stages – throughout treatment and during recovery.

Jewish Blind & Disabled is a charity providing state-of-the-art mobility apartments for people from the age of 18 upwards who are physically disabled or vision impaired

Macmillan Cancer Support provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer. It also looks at the social, emotional and practical impact cancer can have, and campaigns for better cancer care

NHS Charities Together provides a forum for fundraising and advocacy campaigns; specialist advice and guidance; conferences and training opportunities, as well as access to resources and support through their website.

Prevent aim to influence and educate on issues such as substance abuse, crime and internet safety, to raise standards of awareness of these and other issues across the UK,

Shine provides specialist support from before birth and throughout the life of anyone living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, as well as to parents, families, carers and professional care staff.

St Clare Hospice is a local charity ased across West Essex and the East Hertfordshire border who provide free, compassionate care and support to adults with life-limiting illnesses, their families and carers.