CHARITIES

We aim to support charities at each Oakley event organised during the year.

At the Easter and Summer holidays a collection is taken in support of four or five local, national and international charities. These are suggested by members of the holiday who have a personal involvement or connection with them.

Small change from the sweet tuck shop is fed to Megabucks, an ever-hungry piggybank and the money given to The Neem Tree Trust which provides financial help to St. Luke’s Leprosy Hospital in southern India.

Oakley has supported St. Luke’s since 2006, with leaders Ed Nussey and Layla Shafiq both paying visits there – further details under separate heading.

The Leaders run their own charity activity such as guessing the weight of a melon, to help to raise the total of donated money. New Leaders choose £100 of aid, such as seeds, from the Oxfam catalogue.

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Charities Supported in
2024

Ayrshire Cancer Support

Provides practical help and emotional support to people in Ayrshire affected by cancer

Get Danny Home

Raising funds to support a child with a brain tumor in hospital return to his home

Safe Passage

Fighting for a compassionate refugee system where child refugees and their loved ones are safe and reunited

The Neem Tree Trust

A charity for children with leprosy in South India

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Specialist children's hospital

Family Voice Sheffield

Work with women with limited English who face barriers to accessing support

Give Well

Working to improve health and wellbeing in low income countries

Cancer Research UK

Fund scientists, doctors and nurses to work towards prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer

COPD Foundation

The COPD Foundation’s mission is to help millions of people live longer and healthier lives by advancing research, advocacy, and awareness to stop COPD, bronchiectasis, and NTM lung disease.

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