accessibility & help
08 Feb 2012
Volunteers are braving sub-zero temperatures to visit the most vulnerable – who are often cold and distressed – and make sure they are safe and well.
06 Feb 2012
Emergency teams are responding throughout the UK as severe weather conditions affect many parts of the country.
01 Feb 2012
Volunteers set up a rest centre yesterday after residents in a Lincolnshire village were caught up in a firearms incident.
31 Jan 2012
No matter how freezing it gets this week, older residents in Bolton will still be snug after our volunteers deliver winter packs to their homes.
25 Jan 2012
With the situation deteriorating, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement continues to help people in the country.
19 Jan 2012
Life can be dangerous on the streets – and that’s why the Red Cross is running courses specially designed to help this vulnerable group.
12 Jan 2012
A team of Red Cross ‘first responders’ – who help the emergency services react to medical emergencies – have just celebrated their 3,000th call-out.
Six months on from the launch of our East Africa Food Crisis Appeal, the generosity of our donors has helped the Red Cross provide relief to hundreds of thousands of malnourished people.
10 Jan 2012
With many thousands of Haitians still living in camps two years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, support must focus on housing and repairs, says the Red Cross.
09 Jan 2012
With all that booze and squabbling, a night on the town can be pretty hazardous – but some revellers can now count on the Red Cross for support.
Two years after Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries devastated the country, the Red Cross is still helping Haitians recover.
05 Jan 2012
As high winds ravaged Scotland and caused widespread damage, volunteers happened across two serious incidents in the space of a few minutes.
03 Jan 2012
The Queen has awarded MBEs to three British Red Cross volunteers with a combined total of 146 years' service.
23 Dec 2011
Thanks to a Bangladesh Red Crescent programme, more than 1,000 families have recovered from the devastating Cyclone Aila in 2009.
22 Dec 2011
The British Red Cross has released £140,000 from its Disaster Fund following typhoon Washi.
28 Nov 2011
As unrest in Syria continues, the Red Cross’ neutrality enables it to continue helping people affected by the violence, despite difficult and dangerous conditions.
22 Nov 2011
Efforts to improve access to food and reduce deaths in the Horn of Africa are beginning to pay off, but around 250,000 people continue to face imminent starvation.
07 Nov 2011
The seven week countdown to Christmas has begun and Red Cross shops are poised for the challenge of raising £4 million before the big day.
04 Nov 2011
Volunteers responded in the early hours of 4 November to support a traumatised family of seven after a house fire.
27 Oct 2011
The Turkish Red Crescent is working round the clock to help tens of thousands of people left homeless by Sunday’s earthquake.
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