what is a charity?

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

Thank you!

Find out more at www.clicsargent.org.uk