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City of Sanctuary is a British charitable organisation whose purpose is to build a movement of welcome across the UK, predominantly for asylum seekers and refugees, by coordinating and supporting networks of community groups across the UK and Ireland. [2] [3] It claims to be a grassroots movement. [3]
The British Red Cross Society (Welsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig) is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with 10,500 volunteers and 3,500 staff. [3]
Recruitment began in 1949 and volunteers were required to carry out 48 hours of training per year, with which the British Red Cross, St John Ambulance Brigade and St Andrew's Ambulance Association voluntary organisations assisted. The NHSR had a target membership of 80,000 persons in peacetime, by March 1967 it mustered 69,335.
Never-before-seen colourised photographs of British Red Cross volunteers caring for D-Day troops and other soldiers during the Second World War have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of ...
The Voluntary Medical Service Medal is a medal awarded by St Andrew's First Aid and formerly by the British Red Cross. It was instituted in 1932 at the direction of George V . [ 2 ]
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Between 1990 and 1995, he was Director of UK Operations for the British Red Cross. [4] From 1995 to 2001, he was chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. In July 2001, he returned to the British Red Cross to become its chief executive. [5] [6] He stepped down from the role in June 2014 following the death of one of his sons, Alex. He remains ...
Ben Ramalingam (born April 1975) is a British researcher, strategist, innovator and author, [1] currently Director of Strategy at British Red Cross, [2] [3] senior research associate at the Overseas Development Institute Politics and Governance programme [4] and advisor to the OECD Development Assistance Committee on innovation investments for development, humanitarian and human rights issues.