insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 04 - June 2015 | Page 84

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Race for Life
Cancer Research UK is urging women and girls
from across the UK to gather their friends and family
together and join the biggest fight against cancer
this summer by taking part in Race for Life 2015 in
partnership with Tesco. Whatever age or fitness level,
women can walk, jog or run 5k at almost 300 Race
for Life events across the UK, including Brighton,
Eastbourne, Horsham and many more across Sussex.
Since it began in 1994, more than 7 million participants
have taken part in Race for Life raising over £513
million to fund Cancer Research UK’s vital work.
www.raceforlife.org

Autism Sussex
Autism Sussex is a charity which exists to enable people with an autistic
spectrum condition to receive the help and specialist support services they
and their families need. They fulfil their mission by providing personalised
support services which produce measurable, positive outcomes for those
who use them and better long term value for money to those who
fund them.
Whatever your circumstances – whether you are working, a student, or
retired – Autism Sussex needs your help and has volunteering opportunities
to suit everyone. From supporting children and adults with autism in groups
to helping at regular coffee mornings for parents, assisting with day trips,
siblings groups or a weekly shift in one of their charity shops, there’s plenty
you can do to improve the lives of people affected by autism.
www.autismsussex.org.uk

Action Medical Research
Action Medical Research believes that the diseases
that devastate the lives of so many of our children
can be beaten. They have been funding medical
breakthroughs since 1952 like the first polio vaccines
in the UK, ultrasound in pregnancy and the rubella
vaccine – helping to save thousands of children’s lives
and change many more.
There’s so much you can do as a volunteer for Action.
Join a fundraising group or start your own, visit a
school to inspire fundraising or give a talk as part of
their Speaker Ambassador Programme. You can even
‘microvolunteer’, giving as little of 60 seconds of your
time to make a huge impact.
www.action.org.uk

Chestnut Tree House
Chestnut Tree House is the only children’s hospice in East
and West Sussex and cares for 300 children and young
adults from 0-19 years of age with progressive life-limiting
conditions from Sussex and South East Hampshire.
They support entire families following diagnosis through
the whole disease process, and offer information, advice
emergency and end of life care, and bereavement support.
There are lots of ways you can get involved with
volunteering at Chestnut Tree House. Help in their gardens
or help keep one of the many rooms in the house clean
and tidy. Even if you only have a few hours to spare, it can
make a big difference to the patients and their families.
www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk

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For information on volunteering and more
opportunities available, visit
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