What is a charity?
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What is a charity?
A charity is an organisation set up to help and raise money for those in need
Charities usually raise money through donations and have volunteers that help
What is a charity?
Some charities you may have heard of
Charities rely on money raised through fundraising to continue doing their work and helping people
They often raise money through fundraising events like fun runs, cake sales and active challenges likeparachute jumps!
Fundraising
CLIC Sargent
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families
Through our work we help children and young people cope with cancer and get the most out of life
Find out more through this video
How CLIC Sargent helped in 2011/12
We provided support to over 6,200 children and young people with cancer
Our nurses supported around 1,000 children with cancer and their families
We awarded 4,828 grants with a total value of nearly £1 million to help families with the extra costs a cancer diagnosis brings
Can you help us?
All our services are free of charge to the families we support
We rely on voluntary donations, includingfundraising events, to allow us to continue our vital work
Some fun things you can do
Practice-a-thon
Get sponsored to practice
your musical, singing and
dancing skills and help
children and young people
with cancer at the same
time
Kick! for CLIC Sargent
Organise any football event
you like; penalty-shooting,
goal-scoring, five-a-side
games, kick-up challenges,
the options are endless!
Then use your event to help
raise money for CLIC Sargent
Some fun things you can do
Our school event
Add your own text here to show what event you are going to be running at your school