Sign in here for Giving Week 2015: nominate your favourite organisation, charity or worthy cause

I nominate the charity Count the Kicks who are trying to reduce the number of still born babies. It's so so sad, but 17 set of parents every day do not get to take their baby home from hospital :'(

Despite being on Surprise Surprise last year and seeing huge growth in awareness, they are still a tiny charity only raising about £30k a year. So many health professionals want their leaflets and awareness raising tools now, so the funds raised through your fundraising week could really help them make make more leaflets and try to stop the tragedy of stillbirth. Their Facebook page is amazing with stories of people now listening to the charity and trusting their instincts when their baby's movements change, meaning babies are being delivered early, but healthy and alive.

I'd like to nominate Yorkshire Cancer Research as I live in Yorkshire because as a Yorkshire resident, I'm more likely to get cancer and less likely to survive cancer than those people living almost anywhere else in the UK. And that's plain wrong, in my view.

The Biscuit Fund looks really creepy.
I think woolly hugs should always be a charity on here for this week.
I would like to nominate smile train and RNLI. However, as mumsnet sought advice from The Samaritans and changed their posts on certain threads accordingly that would be my one vote if restricted.

Can I recommend www.bensden.com

Bens den is a charity in the midlands that provides free holidays at a haven site for children with cancer and leukaemia. The holidays are totally free and designed so that the children and their families can enjoy important time away from hospital appointments. Bens den work closely with clic sargeant who refer families through to them.

I'd like to nominate Heartbeat NI www.childrensheartbeattrust.org

It supports the families of children with congenital heart disease. Surgery for these children is being stopped in Northern Ireland and so they and their families will need to travel to Dublin or even England. The families will need more support than ever at this difficult time.

Thanks for doing this MNHQ, there are a lot of deserving organisations out there.

Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice - www.pth.org.uk

They provide a Hospice Care service for adult patients, and their families, across the whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire, both in the Hospice, at the Beacon Centre, in patients’ own homes and in the community.

They have been a wonderful support to my dad, who passed away on Monday due to terminal cancer, and my mum, since his diagnosis two years ago.

May I nominate three?

Woolly Hugs is just brilliant.

www.riseuk.org.uk/ supports victims of domestic abuse, providing Refuge, Information, Support & Education. I'm very grateful to them for being there when I needed them.

www.thecarerscentre.org provides support & advice to young people and adults who act as carers to family members, partners or friends. I suspect their valuable contribution will be even more needed, following the re-election of this government.

Can I nominate RAVSCA (Raising Awareness of Victims and Survivors of Child Abuse)

Since the Jimmy Savile Exposure, more and more victims of childhood abuse are coming forward to disclose what happened to them. It isn't always about being molested by a celebrity or a VIP - sometimes it is familial child abuse.

I work with people online encouraging victims to become survivors - but that involves counselling and support: either before, after or never disclosing to the police.

I can't tell you how much comfort survivors and victims are getting from sending in poetry, pictures etc for the exhibition - many anonymously - which is giving them a sense of value and worth and being listened to.

ABOUT RAVSCA

Carl (a child sex abuse survivor) plans to hold a photographic exhibition in which every photograph on display will represent one person that has been subjected to abuse as a child. The exhibition will have a 'wow' and 'shock' factor. When people walk in to the exhibition, he wants to create the atmosphere that will make people draw a sharp intake of breath when they truly appreciate the scale of abuse.

As part of the exhibition, information will also be on display such as the types of abuse, information from the charities associated with this project, survivor stories and how abuse effects people for the rest of their lives.

The exhibition also aims to raise money for several charities that support people that have been abused as children. Carl and his supporters will support one national charity and several local charities. The exhibition itself will be free, but people will be encouraged to support the charities through Just Giving. If the exhibition is successful, there is the possibility of taking it around the country and in which case Carl will also raise money for a local charity in the host city.

You can find RAVSCA on the Just Giving site to check that this is a bona fide charitable cause: www.justgiving.com/Carl-RAVSCA/

Initially, other than setting up the exhibition, the current fund-raising is going to:

NAPAC napac.org.uk/

and

Southmead Project: www.southmeadproject.org.uk/

Thank you for considering my suggestion. I am confident that if this is successful, Carl will ensure that Mumsnet Giving Week is given prominence.

SW x x x

I would like to nominate kids and crew who provide respite care for children with SEN and their families in Bromley.

Another nomination for Woolly Hugs.

Am I allowed three?

Mummy's Star - a really great charity (also local to me) who are run by some really passionate people who have been personally touched by cancer during pregnancy.

Young Minds - doing some fantastic work for young mental health at a time when CAMHS services are struggling. Often recommended over on the teenage boards.

Women's Aid - just because I read the relationship boards!

I would like to nominate Count The Kicks.

I see a couple of othera have also nominated them. The work they do is so important. Helping mums-to-be understand how important their babies kicks are.

I would like to nominate the Abortion Support Network.
This organisation helps women from Northern Ireland and Ireland travel to England to access a safe and legal abortion.
Until we get the same access to abortion here as our counterparts in England, this service is a lifeline for many women and families.

Justine

I have a fleeting memory from a previous Giving Week that the Shortlisting Group would be more likely to select nominations where donations would overtake a specific objective rather than just being thrown into general funding.

Is there any suggestion of that this time round?

I would like to nominate Samaritans and also Girlguiding. They're both national charities, but they do so so so much good work.

Trethosa Hut Project.

Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all meet in the hut built in 1918 which is falling apart. We are in the 2nd most deprived area of the EU and have parents struggling to pay £2 a week subs so trying to raise funds to knock the hut down and build another one is hard. We have been granted planning permission but still need to find an awful lot of money to get the work done.

I'd like to nominate Child Aid, a small UK based charity which cares for neglected children in Belaurus, Moldova , Ukraine and Russia

They work with local partners to help orphans, severely disabled and chronically ill children and vulnerable families

www.childaidrr.org.uk/ourwork/

A small amount of money goes a long way in these countries - £8,000 will buy an apartment in war torn Ukraine to be a refuge for orphans and single mothers until they can secure a job and their own place to live

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/giving-orphans-a-home

please could i nominate rape crisis www.rapecrisis.org.uk/aboutus1.php, which ties in closely with "we believe you" and provides support services for women and girls who are survivors of sexual violence, and works to improve provision for victims and eliminate rape and sexual violence

Another nomination for Count the Kicks www.countthekicks.org.uk.

A small charity dedicated to educating mums on the importance of a baby’s movements and helping them work with healthcare professionals to bring home a healthy baby. The UK has the second worst stillbirth rate in the developed world so this charity is invaluable. Individual orders of its brilliant "kick counter" wristbands are packed by the founder's pensioner parents at home! Please help this charity to help pregnant mums and their babies.

I want to nominate refuge www.refuge.org.uk/, a charity for domestic violence victims

Another one for www.countthekicks.org.uk
#savinglittlelives

I'd like to nominate The Unicorn Centre, it's a riding for the disabled centre in Middlesbrough. It offers physical therapy to over 200 people of all ages and types of disability every week, as well as providing employment, training and volunteering opportunities within the local Teesside community.

www.rdaunicorncentre.co.uk