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Making a difference

Welcome to making a difference! Here you will find charitable requests, other requests, drug donations, resources and much more.

Feel free to get in touch with your requests for sponsorship and suggestions.

 

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Current fundraising requests

Anthony Nolan Trust

Members of the pharmacy department at Ipswich Hospital are taking part in the Suffolk Coast bike ride on 8 August to raise money for the Anthony Nolan Trust.

Their efforts are in honour of their friend and colleague, pharmacist Tina Islam (nee Burton), who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2007 and was recently found a donor through the charity. Donations via the JustGiving page.

 

Great Ormond Street Hospital 

Tony Mottram, managing director of Numark, is taking part in the London to Paris bike ride in September to raise money for Great Ormond St Childrens’ Hospital Trust. Donations via the JustGiving page.

 

Initiatives

Harrow Carers sets up display stalls at pharmacies in Harrow to identify carers who could benefit from the charity's services. Further information from the website.

The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce aims to catalyse actions to develop pharmacy education around the world.

Lloydspharmacy donates computers for use in African schools, universities and libraries (November 2009)

 

Requests

URGENT: Prejomin (Milupa)
A multiple sclerosis sufferer is desperately seeking 400g tins of Prejomin (Milupa). The patient is intolerant to all other foods, which cause near-fatal anaphylactic shock. All costs for Prejomin and postage will be reimbursed. Contact 01772 555352 (e-mail cg8421@blueyonder.co.uk).

Diabetes research (26 November 2009)

People who use insulin injections or pumps are invited to take part in a survey which aims to discover attitudes to diabetes and how sufferers handle their illness

 

Drug donations

International Health Partners (PJ, 11 July 2009, p49)

Drug donations cause health and economic problems (PJ, 7 January 2006, p4)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidance (PDF 134K) on drug export

World Health Organization guidelines for medicines donations

Intercare collects medicines for Africa (see also letter)

Letters in The Pharmaceutical Journal

- Communication is essential (22 January 2005, p86)

- Not a dumping ground (1/8 January 2005, p12)

- Let us get it right (15 January 2005, p54)

 

Resources

Global fund to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

Computers 4 Africa

Department for International Development

Drug Donations

European Community

Hunger Task Force

Médicins Sans Frontières

MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International)

Pan American Health Organization - disasters and humanitarian assistance

The Sphere Project

World Health Organization - essential drugs and medicines policy

 

Other

Humanitarian assistance: who should provide it and what does it involve? (PDF 60K)

Recycling Appeal - would like to receive any old mobile phones or printer cartridges

Charity work in Africa - developing a dispensary in rural Tanzania

 

Past fundraising requests

London marathon 2010

Martin Sawer, executive director of the
British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, is running in the Virgin London Marathon and raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Donations via the JustGiving website.

Mary Boucher, prescribing advisor for NHS Wandsworth, is running in the London marathon and raising money for the Deafblind charity ‘Sense’. Donations via the Money giving website.

Medical donations for Haiti appeal

Pain killers, antibiotics and bandages are in urgent demand to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake, according to International Health Partners that provides donated medicines to areas of most need around the world

Pakistan appeal

Leila Taheri, news writer for The Pharmaceutical Journal climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (16–25 October 2009) to raise money for Friends of The Citizens Foundation. Donations via the Just Giving website.

NSPCC

Roy Henstock, community pharmacist from Huddersfield ran two half marathons (20 and 27 September 2009) for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Donations via the Just Giving website.

Great Ormond Street Hospital

John D’Arcy, commercial director of Rowlands Pharmacy cycled from London to Paris (5–7 September 2009) to raise money for Great Ormond St Childrens’ Hospital Trust. Donations by cheque, payable to GOSH, sent for the attention of John D’Arcy to: Rowland & Co, Rivington Road, Whitehouse Industrial Estate, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3DJ.

Locum pharmacist Lia Curren ran the Adidas Women's 5K Challenge in London's Hyde Park on 6 September 2009. Donations can be made via her Just Giving website

The Stroke Association

Pharmacist Anil Gandecha climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in August 2009 in aid of The Stroke Association. Donations via the Just Giving website.