Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

JDRF’s mission is to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes and the complications by funding the best research. Type 1 diabetes commonly strikes children and young adults leaving them requiring daily insulin injections for life just to stay alive and carries with it the constant threat of serious complications such as blindness, nerve damage, amputation as well as shortened life.

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, life-threatening condition that has a life-long impact on those diagnosed with it and their families.

For More Information please Visit: http://www.jdrf.org.uk/

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Registered Charity No. 295716).

Mencap in the Midlands (Mencap)

Mencap provide support to 63,000 children and adults with a learning disability in the West Midlands to do everyday things that most of us take for granted.

A learning disability is caused by the way the brain develops. There are many different types and most develop before a baby is born, during birth or because of a serious illness in early childhood. A learning disability is lifelong and usually has a significant impact on a person's life.

Mencap helps people with a learning disability to live full, fun and independent lives as a valued member of the community. The services Mencap offer are tailor-made to the specific need of each community, and vary from taking part in daytime activities and learning essential skills, to gaining experience in the workplace, getting and keeping paid work and helping find the school and home of their choice. Mencap also challenge the obstacles that people affected by a learning disability face at every stage of their life through their campaigns.

For more information please visit: http://www.mencap.org.uk

Mencap in the Midlands is part of the national charity Mencap (Registered Charity No. 222377).

Click HERE to see a Birmingham Post article on Mencap and the BTSS.

Previous BTSS Nominated Charities include Acorns Children Hospice, West Midlands Lupus Group, Birmingham Children's Hospital.