BCB's Charities
BCB's Charities of the Year 2024
Over the years BCB has chosen one charity to sponor for that year, however, for 2024 we are trying something different!
All of our team have been given the opportunity to nominate a charity they hold closely or feel strongly about and that team member or members will be their charities ambassador!
We have assigned one charity per month and our ambassadors can organise events throughout their month to raise awareness and money for their charity!
Our charities have been nominated, our months assigned so please meet...BCB's charities and their ambassadors!
March 2024 - Prostate Cancer UK
Charity Ambassador - Adam
About:
"1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer. We work to give every man the power to navigate it. Whether that’s helping you to understand your risk, make the right choice about treatment or get the expertise you need to feel informed and in control.
We make every pound count. We’ve invested over £75 million into the best researchers in the world to unravel the complexity of prostate cancer, so we can give men precise and personalised care with the right treatments at the right time, for the best chance of living the full life they want.
The advances in testing, funded by our supporters – like huge improvements in MRI scans- are blazing a trail towards a screening programme. In the near future, every man at risk of prostate cancer could be invited for regular, accurate tests that can catch cancer early enough for a cure, saving thousands of our Dads, partners, brothers and friends every year."
Website: Who we are | Prostate Cancer UK
BCB RAISED: £1,000.00
April 2024 - The National Autistic Society
Charity Ambassadors - Stuart & Fergus
About:
“We're here to help the 700,000 autistic people in the UK and their families. Be it running specialist schools, campaigning for improved rights or training companies on being more autism-friendly, we are dedicated to transforming lives and changing attitudes.”
Website: National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)
May 2024 - Morgan's Army Charitable Foundation
Charity Ambassadors - Omnia & Morgan
About:
“Founded by Natalie and Matthew Ridler after their son Morgan’s cancer diagnosis, the Morgan’s Army Charitable Foundation supports South Wales families affected by childhood cancer. Morgan passed away in June 2023, but his legacy endures through our commitment that NO ONE FIGHTS ALONE.”
Website: Homepage - Morgans Army
June 2024 - Cardiff City Hospice
Charity Ambassadors - Janey Howell
About:
"As Cardiff’s local hospice, we’re so grateful to all who support us. Your help means we can ensure those in our care can live the rest of their lives to the fullest.
City Hospice is at the heart of Cardiff, providing medical and nursing care for patients facing a life limiting illness, which includes end of life care, and support to their families."
Website: City Hospice - Cardiff's local hospice, caring for people with life-limiting illnesses in their own homes
July 2024 - Hope Rescue
Charity Ambassadors - Emily & Viola
About:
"Hope Rescue is the leading dog welfare charity that saves the lives of strays, abandoned and unwanted dogs in South Wales. Since 2005, our team has given a second chance to thousands of dogs that need a new start, from our dedicated facilities in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We commit to take all the stray dogs from six Local Authorities in South Wales - Merthyr Tydfil, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and the western half of the Vale of Glamorgan - irrespective of their age, breed, or medical condition.
We help the most vulnerable dogs in our local communities, working closely with Local Authorities across South Wales to support them with their stray dogs and dogs seized from low welfare of illegal breeders. "
Website: Dog rescue and rehoming charity in south Wales | Hope Rescue
August 2024 - RNLI
Charity Ambassadors - Stephanie & Kelly
About:
"RNLI lifeboat crews protect hundreds of communities around the UK and Ireland through our 24-hour search and rescue service. To do so, they rely on the safest, most reliable lifeboats and modern stations to launch from.
Saving lives at sea requires lifeboats that can battle the elements, lifeboat stations from which to launch from, and your support. Every lifeboat launch, and every life saved, is only possible thanks to the generosity of people like you."
Website: RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
September 2024 - Alzheimer's
Charity Ambassadors - Ceri & Stephanie
About:
"For over 40 years, Alzheimer’s Society has been a powerful force for change, improving the lives of people living with dementia.
Over those crucial years we’ve nurtured our relationships with people living with the disease, to better understand the complexities of delivering support within a challenging health and social care system.
We’ve spent time listening to people who deal with the disease every day, and amplifying those voices to campaign governments for change."
Website: Alzheimer's Society (alzheimers.org.uk)
October 2024 - Royal Marines Charity
Charity Ambassadors - Pete
About:
“The Royal Marines Charity exists to provide through life charitable support for Royal Marines, their families, veterans and cadets and offers a range of services to both serving and veterans.”
Website: Home - RMA - The Royal Marines Charity (rma-trmc.org)
November 2024 - Little Hearts Matter
Charity Ambassadors - Lisa & Rebecca
About:
"Little Hearts Matter is the only charity in the UK dedicated to supporting and empowering anyone affected by the diagnosis of a single ventricle heart condition – or half a working heart. We support families along every step of their journey, from initial diagnosis, through treatments and into life at home.
Our core focus is to offer support and information to our members. However, we’re equally committed to raising awareness of our children’s conditions and the challenges these bring to their families. In doing so, we actively seek ways in which we can take our members’ voices into arenas for change."
Website: Single Ventricle Heart Condition Charity - Little Hearts Matter (lhm.org.uk)
December 2024 - Lord's Taverners
Charity Ambassadors - Adnan
About:
"We are a community of people and organisations that collaborate to provide innovative, inclusive, and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities, and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential.
Driven by a passion for equality, we strive to be a lead organisation at the heart of social change, maximising our knowledge, experience and insight gained through our work with young people and their communities experiencing inequality. We will collaborate and become a credible, expert voice and influencer, shaping attitudes and approaches to unite communities in the drive to overcome inequalities."
Website: Lord's Taverners (lordstaverners.org)
January 2025 - Boomerang
Charity Ambassadors - Andrew
About:
“Boomerang Cardiff started its journey as a homeless/poverty organisation, helping citizens that live on the streets who still deserve a little dignity, however the journey developed moving in different directions but still keeping its identity with regards to tackling poverty. Boomerang Cardiff has been developed with the community and volunteers, many volunteers are driven by previous lived experience of homelessness, poverty and social isolation. Following a period of falling on hard times and experiencing homelessness as a self-employed businessman, founder Paul Gwilym began to work with the local community, creating and funding the project himself.”
Website: Boomerang Cardiff
February 2025 - ARC Anna's Rescue Centre
Charity Ambassadors - Sarah
About:
"We are ARC - Anna's Rescue Centre, a cat rescue and adoption centre, based in the Rumney area of Cardiff.
We rescue, rehabilitate and rehome stray, homeless and unwanted cats and kittens in to loving forever homes. We personally home check all adopters during the adoption process to make sure each forever home is suited to the individual cats needs and requirements. We neuter all adult cats that come in to our rescue, not only to help control the massive feral cat population in our community, but to ensure these cats can live out the rest of their lives in comfort and harmony.
Established in 2016, we have so far helped over 1,200 cats and kittens, and with your help, that number will increase every day."
Website: ARC - Anna's Rescue Centre | Home | Cat Rescue. Cardiff, Wa (annasrescue.org)