Too many older people feel they have no one to turn to for support. Age UK exists to offer help when people need it the most. The organisation speaks out on vital issues for elderly people – because everyone deserves dignity, care, and respect as we age, and we should all be listened to.

The charity seeks to influence decision makers by conducting social and economic analysis, developing public policy proposals, and shaping policy agendas in a wide range of areas.

Age UK also supports work in local communities that can be a lifeline, like dance classes, being guided through a benefit application, or a handy person helping to make a home safer and warmer.

The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are, in the UK and around the world.

They have operated in the space between hospital and home since the NHS was established and the National Assistance Act enacted, with every action underpinned by a vision that everyone should get the support they need to live independently at home.

Vowing to do so for as long as the humanitarian need persists, The British Red Cross also advocates for policy and practice changes that close the gap and eradicate need. This work takes the form of evidence-based reports, alongside regular calls for changes to legislation and policy that affect those in desperate need of help.

Diabetes UK has a strong and clear vision: a world where diabetes can do no harm.

The charity is working to help people live well and longer with diabetes, and to cure and prevent diabetes. This is achieved through their campaigning and influencing, funding of ground-breaking research, and working with local health systems and healthcare professionals to catalyse change and improvement.

At the same time, Diabetes UK offers support and advice for everyone affected by diabetes through their helpline, local support groups, Type 1 events, online Learning Zone, and awareness raising programmes.

British Heart Foundation fights for a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

Heart attacks that strike without warning, strokes that shatter futures, newborn babies born with broken hearts. These are just some of the cruelties of cardiovascular disease, and the brutal reality is, there is so much more for science to discover before we can beat one of the world’s biggest killers.

British Heart Foundation funds £100m of research in the quest for cures and treatments, so they can give people more time with the ones they love.

The charity also campaigns to create healthier environments, strengthen health and care systems, and to ensure lifesaving research can continue to thrive.

Macmillan is here to do whatever it takes to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.

The number of people being diagnosed is rising and more people are surviving cancer than ever before. With this comes a challenge for cancer care to adapt and evolve to meet the rapidly changing needs of people living with the disease.

Macmillan works with partners to provide services for people living with cancer at every stage of their experience. Their services include expert cancer advice, award-winning information provision, the training of health and social care professionals, spaces for people to find peer support, volunteer services, grants, and welfare benefits advice