Local Charities
The money raised through our events such as BARMY, Jailbreak and RAG Week goes towards supporting local charities. Over the last three years, £48,609 was donated to 48 different projects in the Southwest, through our fund with the Quartet Community Foundation. Grant applications were accepted from voluntary and community organisations, under the criteria of children, elderly, medical support and disadvantaged areas.
Below are a few of the charities we have supported:
- Jessie May Trust is a Bristol-based charity that provides a hospice at home service of nursing care and respite for children with a terminal illness.
- Caring At Christmas helps the homeless, both at Christmas and throughout the year.
- Shopmobility South hire out wheelchairs and scooters to help those with mobility problems.
- Priority Youth Housing provides accommodation with support to single homeless people aged 16-25 years old, and housing support and advice throughout the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.
- Alzheimer's Society have been giving support to people with dementia and their families for over 20 years.
- 1625 Independent People- supports young people to build indpendent lives, helping them find and keep a safe, stable home.
- North Somerset Crossroads- helps carers make a life for themselves outside of caring, providing quality care to give carers peace of mind.
- One 25-reaches out to women trapped in street sex work, supporting them to break free and build new lives away from violence, poverty and addiction
International Charities
One of the highlights of every year is our Kilimanjaro climb, Nepal Trek and Everest Base Camp climb, to raise money for international charities.
The Kilimanjaro Climb raises money for the Hodgkin Scholarship Fund, which is aimed at helping outstanding people of the developing world who, for political or social reasons, cannot pursue a higher education in their home countries. Most often, a Hodgkin Scholar will be a refugee who, for a certain amount of time, will not be allowed to return to their own country.
The fund has to raise the necessary amount of £8,000 to bring a student to Bristol for one year. This covers the scholar's living costs for one year in Bristol, and the university then waives the tuition fees for an international student's postgraduate degree. Hodgkin scholars are usually expected to impart their knowledge to their fellow countrymen after their year in Bristol.
National Charities
Every Saturday of term time we visit a different city in the South of England and carry out a street collection in aid of a variety of national charities. These are a fantastic opportunity for students to escape Bristol for a day and raise huge amounts of money for good causes.
Below are some of the charities we have supported:
- Breast Cancer Campaign
Breast Cancer Campaign's mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. - Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breakthrough is the UK's leading charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education. - Meningitis Research Foundation
The Meningitis Research Foundation fund research to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, and to improve survival rates and outcomes. They promote education and awareness to reduce death and disability, and give support to people affected. - Meningitis UK
Meningitis UK funds lifesaving research into finding a vaccine to eradicate meningitis. - Anthony Nolan Trust
The Anthony Nolan Trust takes back lives from leukaemia by providing lifesaving donors for patients in need of a bone marrow transplant. - Terence Higgins Trust
THT was one of the first charities to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV, and improving the nation's sexual health, ever since. - British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation invest in pioneering research, and providing support and care for heart patients.
