44 Moorfields
London
EC2Y 9AL

Helpline: 0844 871 1111
Fax: 020 7562 2000
E-mail: information@redcross.org.uk
Website: www.redcross.org.uk
Tel (Donations): 0845 054 7205
E-mail (Donations): supportercare@redcross.org.uk
Online donations Website: www.redcrossdonations.org.uk

Description:
Services to meet crisis and emergency needs of everyone. The British Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Cresent Movement, the worlds largest humanitarian organisation.

Aims:

• To respond to the crisis needs of individuals and communities.
• To provide caring and emergency services throughout the UK.

Activities:
In the UK the service provides many activities including:

• Emergency response:
  • Responds to all kinds of emergencies throughout the UK, from major incidents to transport accidents, evacuations, floods and fires.
• First aid:
  • Training more than 150,000 first aiders every year to cope with emergencies both at work and in the home, and provide first aid cover at hundreds of public events.
• Independent living:
  • Offers a range of services - including care in the home and transport assistance - to help those with health issues lead a full and independent life.
• Refugee services:
  • Provides assistance to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, and enables victims of conflict and disaster to get in touch with their families.
• International tracing and message services:
  • Works worldwide to restore and maintain contact between those separated by conflict or disaster.
• Red Cross Centres:
  • Throughout the UK providing care and emergency services in local communities, working in hospitals and staffing first aid posts.
• Transport and Escort Service:
  • Providing volunteer drivers and an ambulance service. Red Cross drivers will undertake short and long journeys for hospital appointments, family visits, difficult routes etc.
• Medical Loan Service:
  • Depots throughout the country to meet urgent needs for short-term loan of medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walking frames and commodes. For use at home or on holiday.

Cost:
Many services are free but donations are welcome. Contact organisation for details.

Local Groups:
The British Red Cross has 35,000 trained volunteers and more than 2,500 staff working in almost every community around the UK as well as in many countries overseas.

Updated 21/04/08

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