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• Society: Philanthropy: Cheer and Support  (210)

• Children's Country Holidays Fund - History, news and case studies from a charity which has been working since 1884 on providing young London children in need and their families holidays in the safest possible environment.
• Happy Days - Provides special holidays and day trips for children who suffer from severe illnesses and disabilities. Aims, events, and how to donate.
• Make+A+Wish Foundation UK - Charity granting wishes of children and young people aged between 3 and 17 living with life threatening illnesses.
• The National Holiday Fund - This is a charity that takes handicapped children on holiday to Florida.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities - Free accommodation provider for families of patients in hospitals and hospices. Background, accommodation, donations and contact details.
• Starlight Children's Foundation UK - Aims to grant wishes for hundreds of ill children every year, and to provide stimulating programmes in hospital to help children during long stays. The children are between four and eighteen and all are critically, chronically or terminally ill. Information about the charity and its services, and how to volunteer or to raise funds.
• Variety Club - History, fundraising, events and details of celebrity supported work with sick, disabled and disadvantaged children throughout the UK.
• Wallace and Gromit's Children's Foundation - Raises funds to support children in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK, through the annual fundraising event Wrong Trousers Day. Aims and activities, news, and how to help.