Red Cross Appeal Week
Red Cross Appeal Week is our annual fundraising campaign involving thousands of British Red Cross staff, volunteers and supporters. During the first week of May, volunteer collectors get out and about shaking buckets and a huge range of fundraising events take place all over the country.
The beginning...
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 | | | Flag days in the UK can be traced back to the early 20th century, when people were given a small flag in exchange for their donation, no matter the size of the contribution, and this became a tangible sign of support for particular causes. | |
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The first British Red Cross flag day was held on 21 October 1915, with more than 10.5 million flags sold in London alone. Later, flag days for the Red Cross began to be held during the week of the birthday of Henry Dunant (8 May), founder of the Red Cross Movement. This became known as ‘Red Cross Week’ and, in 2007, ‘Red Cross Appeal Week’.
In 2009...
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| Red Cross Appeal Week fundraising now takes many forms, with thousands of volunteers taking to the streets nationwide to carry out collections, and a whole array of events being organised. | | |  | |
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The huge variety of events in 2009 included a ladies lunch in Ross-shire, a sponsored wheelchair push in Norfolk and dress in red days at schools and offices up and down the country.
To find out how you can get involved in Red Cross Appeal Week 2010, contact us on appealweek@redcross.org.uk or 0844 412 2728.
If you can't wait until then, why not organise your own event today or sign up for a Red Cross challenge.
The hundreds of thousands of pounds raised through Red Cross Appeal Week every year go towards helping vulnerable people in crisis in the UK and overseas.
These are some of the people we have helped over the past year.
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 | | | Lilian Nelson was so inspired by the Red Cross volunteers who visited her home in Morpeth after it was hit by shoulder-high floodwater that she decided to sign up herself
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 | | | Zinash Goya is three years old but you would never have been able to tell by looking at her before she came to a Red Cross centre for severely malnourished children.
Read Zinash’s story | |
 | | | Pensioner Mary Welsh – who has difficulty walking unassisted – looked set to miss a family holiday abroad until the Red Cross’ medical equipment service saved the day.
Read Mary’s story | |
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