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What we do

First aid

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Could you save someone’s life? Find out about our first aid courses, tips and products.

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Health and social care

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We tackle major health issues and offer social care and support to vulnerable people, in the UK and overseas.

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Preparing for disasters

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Learn how to prepare your family for disasters, and see how we prepare communities overseas.

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Emergency response

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We respond to hundreds of disasters in the UK and overseas. And we stay long after the crisis is over.

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Finding missing family

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When families are separated by war or disaster, we work through a global network to put them back in touch.

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Refugee services

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We provide practical and emotional support to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

How we help refugees  >

British Red Cross delegate visiting war wounded people in Chad

Protecting people in armed conflict

The Red Cross plays an important role in times of war. Find out more about the Geneva Conventions and the protective power of our emblem.

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Teaching resources

Lesson plans, assemblies, quick activities and briefings for teachers. Suitable across the curriculum, particularly in citizenship and PSHE.

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Latest news

Red Crescent volunteer Joydev Dutt alerts hundreds of neighbours about Cyclone Mahasen through 11 hours of bike trips in the torrential rain.

17 May 2013
Cyclone Mahasen downgraded as it heads inland

As Mahasen moved towards Bangladesh and Myanmar earlier this week, the Red Cross helped the countries prepare.

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13 May 2013
Florence Nightingale Medal for Khalil Dale

A British Red Cross worker abducted and killed in Pakistan in 2012 has been awarded the Florence Nightingale medal.

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People we’ve helped

Richard Blewer and first aid colleagues

Richard’s story

Richard Blewer was at work when a colleague phoned from round the corner to say an injured driver urgently needed a first aider.

The Robinsons were helped by our volunteers

Stafford's story

Our volunteers helped a couple through numerous health problems at a difficult period in their lives.

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