Useful Links
Business in the Community (BITC)
BITC is a unique independent business led charity whose purpose is to inspire, engage, and support and challenge companies, to continually improve the impact they have on society.
tel: 0870 600 2482
www.bitc.org.uk
DEC Member Agencies
ActionAid
ActionAid works in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, listening to, learning from and working in partnership with over nine million of the world’s poorest people.
tel: 020 7561 7561
www.actionaid.org.uk
British Red Cross
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the largest independent humanitarian network in the world, with more than 100 million members across the globe. One of the most active members of this movement, the British Red Cross is a leading UK charity with over 40,000 volunteers.
tel: 020 7235 5454
www.redcross.org.uk
CAFOD
CAFOD is the overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Its mission is to promote human development and social justice within a Christian framework.
tel: 020 7733 7900
www.cafod.org.uk
CARE International UK
CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation, working with over thirty million disadvantaged people each year in 72 of the world’s poorest countries.
tel: 020 7934 9334
www.careinternational.org.uk
Christian Aid
An international aid and development agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland, Christian Aid supports local organizations, which are best placed to understand local needs, as well as giving help on the ground through sixteen overseas offices.
tel: 020 7620 4444
www.christian-aid.org.uk
Concern
Concern works in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, the Indian sub-continent and the Caribbean. It defines its mission as “working for a world where no one lives in fear, poverty or oppression”.
tel: 020 7738 1033
Help the Aged
Help the Aged focuses on the needs of older people. Its main priorities are: combating poverty, reducing isolation, defeating ageism, challenging poor care standards and building understanding through research into ageing.
tel: 020 7278 1114
www.helptheaged.org.uk
Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief is a British aid agency addressing the needs of the world’s poorest people. Islamic Relief’s work ranges from emergency relief to long-term development projects in areas such as water and sanitation, health and nutrition, orphan sponsorship.
tel: 020 8531 6752
www.islamic-relief.com/uk
Merlin
Merlin exists to provide an immediate and effective response to medical emergencies throughout the world. Merlin is a UK-based, non-profit, non-partisan charity, which provides lifesaving health care for people in crises and disaster situations around the world.
tel: 020 7065 0801
www.merlin.org.uk
Oxfam
Oxfam GB is a development, relief and campaigning organisation that work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.
tel: 01865 472431
www.oxfam.org.uk
Save the Children
Save the Children fights for children’s rights.
tel: 020 7703 5400
www.savethechildren.org.uk
Tearfund
Tearfund is an evangelical Christian development and relief charity working through partners to bring help and hope to communities in need around the world. Last year Tearfund supported over 500 projects in more than 90 countries.
tel: 020 8977 9144
www.tearfund.org.uk
World Vision UK
World Vision is one of the world’s leading relief and development agencies. It is a Christian charity and is currently helping over 85 million people in nearly 100 countries.
tel: 01908 841000
www.worldvision.org.uk
Non DEC member organisations
AlertNet
Coordinated by the Reuters Foundation, Alert Net Reuters AlertNet is a humanitarian news network which aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe
www.alertnet.org
BOND
BOND is the network of more than 290 UK based voluntary organisations working in international development and development education. To find the full list of aid agencies go to www.bond.org.uk
The Department for International Development – DFID
Leads the British government’s fight against world poverty. DFID supports long-term programmes to help tackle the underlying causes of poverty. DFID also responds to emergencies, both natural and man-made.
Switchboard: 020 7023 000 Fax: 020 7023 0016
Website: www.dfid.gov.uk
Email: enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
Public Enquiry Point tel: 0845 300 4100
From overseas: 44 1355 84 3132
Disaster Resource Network
Part of the World Economic Forum the DRN was set up in 2001 and aims to mobilize the resources of the international business community to rebuild the lives and livelihoods threatened by natural and man-made disasters.
www.webforum.org
Global Hand
Global Hand is an organisation that links people who have available goods, not for profit organisations who need goods, and those who can transport them
www.globalhand.org
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a non-denominational Christian charity dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. We work around the world with volunteers from all backgrounds, races and religions to build homes together with families in need.
www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk
IBLF
The International Business Leader’s Forum is a not-for-profit organisation set up by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1990 to promote responsible business leadership and partnerships for social, economic and environmentally sustainable international development, particularly in new and emerging market economies.
tel : 020 7467 3600
www.iblf.org
In-Kind Direct
In-Kind Direct is a charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales to distribute goods from industry to good causes.
www.inkinddirect.org
Institute of Fundraising (IOF)
The IOF is the professional body for UK fundraisers, working to promote the highest standards in fundraising practice and management
Tel: 020 7840 1000
www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
The NCVO is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England. It has a growing membership of over 2,500 voluntary organisations, ranging from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer bureaux and development agencies working at local level.
tel: 020 7713 6161
helpdesk 0800 2 798 798
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Rapid UK
Rapid UK exists to provide experienced disaster response personnel anywhere in the world when required, and to facilitate sustainable training and mitigation programmes in disaster prone countries.
tel: 01837 851 443
www.rapidsar.org.uk
RedR
RedR trains relief workers in the UK and around the world improving emergency response and assisting people affected by natural disaster and conflict. We recruit experienced professionals following major global emergencies and advise potential new relief workers.
ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of “forgotten emergencies” at the same time.
www.reliefweb.int
Timebank
TimeBank works with some of the most recognised companies in the UK to plan and promote volunteering, resulting in thousands of new people volunteering in their communities and a better brand image for our business partners.
www.timebank.org.uk
Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)
VSO is an international development charity combating poverty in the developing world.
tel: 020 8780 7281
www.vso.org.uk
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