The Charities We Support

Belarto Limited support the following charities:

• Association of Children's Hospices

  

  The Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) is a registered charity which brings together over 40 voluntary sector children's hospice services throughout the UK dedicated to the care of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.

  ACH is the national voice representing children's hospice services in the UK, and through them the life-limited children and their families who use them. The charity works together with other organisations to support the development of best practice and the provision of children's hospice services across the UK. All ACH's activities are shaped by a philosophy which keeps the life-limited children and their families at the heart of their work.

• Association for International Cancer Research

  

  The Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) is an independent charity whose aim is to support fundamental research by eminent and promising scientists throughout the world, into the causes and prevention of cancer.

  AICR is unique in that:

  • We have no geographical boundaries - we fund the best science, no matter where it takes place
  • With 2 funding rounds per year, we can react quickly to new developments
  • We do not employ scientists nor run labs. By not being encumbered by financial overheads we can maximise the funds going towards cancer research
  • As we are not tied to specific programmes, AICR has the freedom to support innovative research into less well funded areas of cancer
  • Projects are carried out in collaboration with top class institutions - this ensures that overheads are minimised and duplication avoided
  • All projects are peer reviewed by world experts in their field
  • AICR makes a point of inviting applications from recently qualified researchers, thus investing in the future of cancer research by allowing tomorrow's leading researchers to establish themselves

• British Heart Foundation

  

  The British Heart Foundation's vision is of a world in which people do not die prematurely of heart disease.

  We'll achieve this through pioneering research, vital prevention activity and ensuring quality care and support for everyone living with heart disease.

  • Investing in pioneering research

    We fund around 1,200 research projects investigating every aspect of heart disease - from causes and safer drugs to improving surgical techniques.

  • Supporting and caring for heart patients

    We fund British Heart Foundation Nurses who visit heart patients with all types of heart conditions in their homes. We provide defibrillators and echocardiograph machines for hospitals, emergency services and first-aiders.

  • Providing vital information to help people reduce their own risk of dying prematurely from a heart or circulatory related illness

    We produce publications, videos and other materials for health professionals and the public including children. We inform people about how to improve the health of their heart through public information campaigns, advertising and the media.

• Blue Cross

  

  The Blue Cross is a registered UK animal welfare charity. Our aims are to:

  • ensure the welfare of animals by providing practical care
  • highlight the benefits of companionship between animals and people
  • promote a sense of respect and responsibility towards animals in the community

  We provide support to the nation's pets and their owners by:

  • treating pets whose owners cannot afford private veterinary treatment
  • finding permanent homes for unwanted or abandoned animals
  • educating the public in responsible animal ownership

• Mind

  

  Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by:

  • advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems
  • challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion
  • influencing policy through campaigning and education
  • inspiring the development of quality services which reflect expressed need and diversity
  • achieving equal rights through campaigning and education.

  In all our work we promote our values: informed, determined, diversity, integrity and partnership. Mental health problems can affect anyone, rich or poor, young or old, shattering the lives of those affected and the lives of the people close to them. One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives. Each year more than 250,000 people are admitted to psychiatric hospitals and over 4,000 people take their own lives.

• S.E.N.S.E.

  

  Sense is the UK's largest organisation for children and adults who are deafblind or have associated disabilities. This area of the site tells you more about Sense: the services and support we offer, how to find local support and contacts for your area, current vacancies and some background information on Sense.

  Our services:

  • offer a flexible person-centred approach
  • are built around the needs and talents of each individual
  • offer disabled people of all ages the chance to develop their potential to the full
  • promote choice and respect for the individual
  • enable deafblind people to play their full part in the life of the community
  • are well-run, accountable and cost-effective.