Nepal floods emergency
People urgently need your help. We’re on the ground supporting with locating missing people and providing essential first aid.
Nepal flash floods
The Nepal Red Cross is helping communities that have been hit by deadly flash floods.
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The crisis in Gaza
The situation in Gaza remains devastating. People urgently need food, water and medicine.
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A regular gift is the best way to help people caught up in emergencies in the UK and overseas.
Volunteer with us
Whatever time, skills and experience you have - you can make a difference.
Race to Respond: Nepal floods emergency
Complete 10k running, walking, or cycling to help fund urgent aid for people in Nepal and beyond.
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Our work in the UK
Find out how your support delivers vital health, social care and crisis response services around the UK.
Around the world
See how your support helps people who are facing hunger, conflict or have to flee their home.
Red Cross in numbers
For over 150 years, we've been bringing hope and relief to communities in need.
1.4 million people
supported worldwide with life‑saving humanitarian assistance.
1,300 UK crises
supported by our UK crisis and emergency response team.
£7.5 million saved
by the NHS thanks to our UK health and care work.
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We are the British Red Cross
Whether lives have been turned upside down by conflict, disaster, hardship or displacement – we're here to help people through it. Find out more.
Founded in 1870
We’ve earned our reputation as one of the most trusted humanitarian charities in the UK by protecting people at every stage of a crisis.
Neutral and impartial
As an independent UK charity, we work alongside the government to deliver humanitarian services where they’re needed most.
Working together
We’re proud to be part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, responding to humanitarian crises worldwide.