Where does your money go?
With the Red Cross, you can be sure the money you raise will go directly to providing help where it’s needed most.
Here’s just a few examples:
- The £40 you raise through a collection? That could buy 40 tarpaulin sheets to help those who have had their homes destroyed in Haiti following the January earthquake.
- The £100 you brought in with a sponsored shave? That could train ten people in lifesaving first aid skills.
- The £200 you collected at a dress code red event at your work? That could pay for a medical kit that can treat 2000 people at a clinic for 1 month.
After Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in January, the Red Cross launched a huge response to help hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need...
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When Cockermouth was engulfed by heavy flooding last November, Elizabeth Casson was terrified. She recalled: “A massive surge of water gushed in...
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Two Red Cross volunteers, Martin Huitson and David Ellis, put their first aid training to good use last year when responding to an emergency call for...
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