The British Red Cross Society
Categories of Work: Health and well-being, Social and community care services
Who do you work with?: Asylum seekers and/or refugees, Black and Ethnic Minority, Families and/or parents, Older people
Organisation description: The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers and staff, responding to natural disaster, conflicts and individuals emergencies. We work alongside other agencies to provide people caught up in emergencies with practical help and emotional support.
Our work in the UK focuses on four areas:
- Emergency response - we help individuals and communities respond to and recover from emergencies, such as floods, fires and evacuations
- Firdt aid training - we promote lifesaving and other humanitarian skills so individuals can be ready to help their own communities
- Refugees and other vulnerable migrants - we help arrivals
- Health and social care - we provide short term practical and emotional support to people at risk of crisis. Our vision for health and social care is: People at risk of hospital admission or being discharged from hospital stay more indepdent and recover faster when they receive the practical and emotional support they need in their own homes. We aim to be the leading voluntary provider of short term practical and emotional support to people in or at risk of crisis, particularly when the alternative might be a hospital bed, a residential or emergency care package, or major disruption to the lives of family or carers.
Our work in the UK focuses on four areas:
- Emergency response - we help individuals and communities respond to and recover from emergencies, such as floods, fires and evacuations
- Firdt aid training - we promote lifesaving and other humanitarian skills so individuals can be ready to help their own communities
- Refugees and other vulnerable migrants - we help arrivals
- Health and social care - we provide short term practical and emotional support to people at risk of crisis. Our vision for health and social care is: People at risk of hospital admission or being discharged from hospital stay more indepdent and recover faster when they receive the practical and emotional support they need in their own homes. We aim to be the leading voluntary provider of short term practical and emotional support to people in or at risk of crisis, particularly when the alternative might be a hospital bed, a residential or emergency care package, or major disruption to the lives of family or carers.
Contact details
44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL