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OFFICIAL CHARITY VOTE**Voting for The Football League's Official Charity Partner for Season 2011/12 is now open - scroll to the bottom of the page to vote**
The Football League is committed to helping good causes, particularly those with which football supporters can relate - and we'd like you to help us decide which charity The League should select to be its Official Charity Partner for Season 2010/11. Listed below are six charities for you to choose from, each with a compelling case as to why you should vote for them. Please read through the details of each charity below, select the one you want to vote for in the list at the very bottom of this page and then simply click 'submit'.
Voting closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday 8th December. From the top two charities, as voted by fans, the Board of The Football League will select the Official Charity Partner, with the winning charity announced w/c 13th December 2010.
ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
Alzheimer's Society
Three big reasons to vote for the Alzheimer's Society
- 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 will die with dementia
- Your club and fellow supporters are already affected by dementia
- Your support will help support families in all Football League local communities
Dementia is caused by diseases of the brain and the most common form is Alzheimer's disease. Everyday tasks like dressing, eating, walking and talking become more difficult. It is a terminal illness that robs people of their lives. There is no cure.
100,000 people develop dementia every year - this will include carers and families in local communities all over the UK. Thousands of The Football League supporters, clubs, and players are struggling to cope with dementia today.
"Having watched my dear Dad succumb to this vile disease, I felt as though I'd been bereaved twice" - Jackie whose Dad died with dementia
Please vote for us today and help us to support thousands of families affected by dementia in local communities.
WEBSITE:
www.alzheimers.org.ukBREAST Cancer CARE
Breast Cancer Care
Do you remember the first time your mum gave you a lift to football? The time she cheered you on from the sideline when you were losing? Or when she washed the team strip and made you hot chocolate when you came home cold and soaking wet? Well it's time to say thank you and celebrate the mums in our lives. It's time to 'do it for mum'. Why? Because last year nearly 46,000 women - many of them mums - were diagnosed with breast Cancer. And next year another 46,000 will hear the same devastating news. In two years that's enough people to fill Wembley Stadium - a staggering number.
Breast Cancer Care wants to be there for every single one of them - and their families, friends and loved ones - when they need us most. We provide expert information and skilled emotional and practical support to anyone living with this life-threatening disease through our free Helpline, information-packed website and special face-to-face support services.
Every year, more and more people need our expert help. Please make sure we are there for them: 'do it for mum' and vote for Breast Cancer Care.
WEBSITE:
www.breastCancercare.org.ukBRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
British Heart Foundation
Within the next hour ten families in the UK will lose a loved one to a heart attack. Heart disease affects 2.6 million men, women and children and it is the UK's biggest killer. Heart disease doesn't care who you are, where you're from or what team you support.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) cares. We have been saving lives for more than 50 years. But we need your help now more than ever before so that we can provide a lifeline to people at the heart of your local community; such as BHF Heart Nurses who care for heart patients in their homes, life-saving equipment like emergency defibrillators and activities to help children and adults get active.
Every day BHF is hard at work in your local community. Yet, every day another 540 people in the UK die from heart disease. Your support has never been more vital. Please help us today.
WEBSITE:
www.bhf.org.ukEVERYMAN MALE Cancer CAMPAIGN
Everyman Male Cancer Campaign
Everyman's mission is to save men's lives by raising funds to support research into prostate and testicular Cancer and promoting greater awareness of these diseases.
Why we need your help
- Prostate Cancer kills one man every hour and is now the most common Cancer in men
- Testicular Cancer is the most common Cancer in men aged 15-44. Since 1975, incidence has more than doubled
Men are notoriously bad at discussing health matters and awareness of prostate and testicular Cancer is low
Some of our key research achievements
- Development of the drug abiraterone, which this year was shown to improve survival for many patients with advanced prostate Cancer
- Developing the drug carboplatin which has helped lead to a 99% cure rate for testicular Cancer if caught early enough
- Discovering all six known testicular Cancer causing genes
- Discovering more prostate Cancer causing genes than any other organisation in the world
Too many men are being affected by prostate and testicular Cancer. We need your vote to help us to raise awareness of these Cancers and to support our vital research into the causes, prevention, diagnosis and methods of treatment of Cancer.
WEBSITE:
www.everyman-campaign.orgHELP THE HOSPICES
Help the Hospices
Support hospice care in your community. Every year hospices help over 100,000 children and adults living with life-limiting and terminal illnesses such as Cancer, chronic heart disease and multiple sclerosis - adding life to days even when days cannot be added to lives.
Help the Hospices is the leading charity supporting hospice care across the UK. If you vote for Help the Hospices, the money you will raise will support the hospices where you live and in the community where your team plays.
Over 200 hospices in the UK care for children and adults with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. Care is given in the hospice itself, through day care and in the patient's own home. Hospice care also extends to patients' friends, families and carers - providing much needed support at the most difficult of times. Care is given completely free of charge.
With limited state funding, hospices have to raise over £500 million every year, making your vote vitally important.Please vote Help the Hospices and support hospice care in your community.
WEBSITE:
www.helpthehospices.org.uk SAMARITANS
Samaritans
Samaritans answers 1.25 million calls from men every year. Men like Tony, who lost his job, then his wife left him taking the children with her - he just wanted to end it all, "To this day I don't know what I would've done if I hadn't rung Samaritans".And Peter, whose wife tragically died and he just couldn't cope that first Christmas, "Only with Samaritans' help was I able to get through it".
Samaritans helps ordinary people, who are going through an extra-ordinary crisis, by giving them hope.
Samaritans service is available for anyone in distress, but two thirds of those who take their own life are men. This is why we need you to support Samaritans today. Help us reach more men in your community - let them know that Samaritans is there for them, no matter how tough life gets.
Our service is run by volunteers in 201 local communities, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - meaning that Peter's call for help at 3am on Christmas morning was answered. By voting for Samaritans, you can help us save more lives, like Peter's and Tony's and the millions of people Samaritans gives hope to every year.
WEBSITE:
www.samaritans.orgSelect the charity you want to vote for from the list below and then click submit.
Official Charity Vote Season 2010/11
Please answer the mandatory question below.
Please choose your Charity of choice form the list below.
Alzheimer’s Society
Breast Cancer Care
British Heart Foundation
Everyman
Help the Hospices
Samaritans
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