Charity work goes on all over the world on a daily basis, and charity work is done in all shapes and forms. Age Concern is a charity in the United Kingdom which aims to provided a better life for the elderly who are living amongst us. The charity itself helps people make the most of their money, know what there entitlements are, protect them against bogus callers and even help people book a discounted holiday. They also help with more pressing issued such as keeping warm during the winter, and making sure that the elderly feed themselves. There are many volunteers who work alongside age concern who offer there time to go and visit an old person who may be lonely.
Another Charity is the Breast Cancer Charity. Each year this charity hosts the ‘Race for Life’ and invites all women along to run and raise money to promote breast cancer awareness. Some people run for someone who they have known, who have died from the disease, some people run because they have had breast cancer and are a survivor and some people run just to help with the charity.
Some charities choose to send envelopes through peoples doors in hope that they will put some loose change in them, in order to boost the charities funds. Much work goes into raising money for charity, and making people aware of causes which could benefit from just £2 per month. Red Nose day was recently held in Britain, this is all about raising money for people in Africa and surrounding areas who are much less fortunate than us westerners. A group of celebrities got together and decided to walk up K2 (which is the second highest mountain on the Earth). The celebrities who climbed the mountain included Gary Barlow (from Take That), Chris Moyles (Radio One DJ), Fern Cotton, Cheryl Cole, Denise Van Outan and Ben Shepherd. They spent the months before the climb on a strict diet and training regime, and when they eventually reached the summit had raised over 3.2million. Not bad considering most of them were out of shape before the start of the climb.
Other massive charity events have included a live concert to make people aware of the dangers of AIDS after the death of Freddie Mercury, who died from the disease in 1991. Live Aid which was the global event of its time, and starred most of the worlds famous musicians, this concert raised a considerable amount of money for the people suffering from the effects of the Famine in Ethiopia.
