We guarantee a minimum of 25% of the price of packed stock goes to the charity named on the card.

 

 

In fact, based on past performance, Card Aid has averaged 40-60% of the cost of the cards going to charity.

 

Card Aid uses any profits to make grants to a range of charitable causes. We have, with your help, helped literally hundreds, if not thousands, of charities over the years.

 

 

£4,000 for research into diabetes, to King's College Hospital   -   £3,500 to the Alzheimer's Research Trust   -   £2,000 to the British Lung Foundation   -   £1,000 to buy shoes

 

for children in Africa   -   £4,500 for research into Multiple Sclerosis   -   £1,800 for research into Macular Disease   -   £4,000 for hospice care in the UK   -   £2,500 to educate

 

children in Africa   -   £7,000 for peace and reconciliation projects

Helping Actors who cannot work because of accident, illness or old age.

 

Working to prevent and cure dementia.

 

Helping rural African communities ensure the welfare of their livestock.

 

Funds access to the arts for economically and physically disadvantaged young people.

 

Supports education, medical treatment and community projects both at home and abroad.

 

Providing books for libraries, schools and colleges in the developing world.

 

Helping those with lung problems through research, education, support and care.

 

Helping care for cancer patients and research into the causes and prevention of cancer.

 

Supports and represents people with facial disfigurements.

 

Gives practical help to people in need through small grants that make a big difference.

 

Aims to increase awareness of the nature and symptoms of depression, reduce stigma and help health care workers.

 

Campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for support for low-income families and children.

 

Ensuring that childhood liver diseases are understood and prevented through research, effective information and emotional support.

 

Works locally and nationally to protect the countryside.

 

Dedicated to helping poor and marginalised people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.

 

Dedicated to finding new cures and treatments for all forms of hearing loss and related conditions.

 

Funding research into the prevention and treatment of diabetes, administered by the Charities Advisory Trust.

 

Supporting the education of disadvantaged children in Africa through much needed financial support.

 

Assists the work of scientists and clinicians throughout the UK, who are investigating all aspects of epilepsy in both adults and children.

 

Funding research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.

 

A UK registered charity to help the people of Kwahu-Tafo, an impoverished rural town in Ghana.

 

Dedicated to the prevention of breast cancer.

 

Funds simple operations to restore the sight of cataract and trachoma sufferers in the developing world.  Delivered through The Good Gifts Catalogue.

 

Helping to support the most vulnerable communities and securing their right to health and well-being.

 

Helping women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.

 

Endeavouring to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

 

Bringing together women from traditionally hostile communities to knit. Encouraging friendships and giving the women a welcome source of income.

 

Building confidence and independence for those with central vision impairment.

 

Funds research to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, and to improve the survival rates and outcomes.

 

Provides education programmes, funds practical research and campaigns on behalf of multiple sclerosis sufferers.

 

Aimed at ensuring that people with sight problems have the same access to library services as sighted people.

 

Supports Charities Advisory Trust work for peace and reconciliation in areas of the world torn apart by civil war or ethnic conflict.

 

Works with some of the world’s poorest people to provide practical, innovative and sustainable answers to poverty.

 

Funds breakthrough research into diabetic retinopathy, the most common cause of sight loss in the UK.

 

Giving support to relatively small charities to whom a modest grant makes all the difference, for example youth clubs and school drop  in centres. 

 

Prevents long term health problems for mothers and babies in developing countries, by providing adequate healthcare during pregnancy and birth.

 

Giving to those who would otherwise be denied the chance of education and training, to help improve their chances of an independent future and richer life.

 

Provides hampers for elderly people, at Christmas, who may otherwise receive no presents. Through the Good Gifts catalogue.

 

Provides care, education and therapy to children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs.

 

Provides expert end of life care to individuals and their families wherever it is needed, in their own home or in the hospice.

 

Working for understanding and reconciliation between Palestinians and Jewish Israelis, concentrating on youth.

 

Saves lives and reduces suffering for some of the world’s poorest children with cancer in low and middle income countries.