Get help

We're here to support you

Find out what help you can get from us, such as hiring a wheelchair, support in your home and help if you're a refugee.

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Hire a wheelchair

You can hire a wheelchair from us for a single trip or for short-term use.

Borrow a wheelchair

Get support at home

Get support and care at home when you return from a stay in hospital or to help you live independently.

Get support at home

Get help as a refugee or asylum seeker

Find out how we can help you if you're a refugee or asylum seeker. Plus, see how we support trafficked people. 

Help for refugees

Get help for young refugees or asylum seekers

Find out how we can help if you’re a refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant aged 15 to 25.

Get help as a young refugee or asylum seeker

Get help with loneliness

If you’re living with loneliness, or know someone who is, we can help you connect with your local community and find new friends and activities.

Help with loneliness

Hire a commode

You can hire a commode or toilet aids for short-term use, or you can buy one.

Borrow a commode or toileting aids

Help with money problems

If you’re struggling with money problems, find out where you could get help through a period of financial difficulty.

Get help with money problems

Find my missing family

Get help finding missing relatives abroad through our international family tracing service.

Find missing family

Prepare for emergencies

Tips, advice and free apps to prepare for extreme weather and terrorist alerts.

Get prepared

Help for UK victims of terrorism abroad

Get immediate financial help if you have been seriously injured or bereaved by terrorist incidents overseas.

Help for UK victims of terrorism overseas

How to give help

We couldn’t run our services without the support of our committed volunteers and the people who generously donate to us.

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Volunteer

If you too believe in the power of kindness, volunteer with us.

Show your kindness
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Donate

Your donation, large or small, can help people in desperate need.

Donate to the British Red Cross

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