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

I'd like to nominate the Charlie Grainger Fundraiser (I can't link but there's a Just Giving page and a Facebook page which can be searched for)

Charlie is 5 years old and is in my son's class at school. He has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs intensive physiotherapy, each course costing his family £1500. House adaptations are also needed as he grows, as it's getting harder for his family to carry him upstairs.

I'd like to nominate Woolly Hugs again.

I'd also like to nominate Preemies UK who are one of the charities Woolly Hugs has been up against in the Stulecraft giveaways.

I'd like to nominate the Wanstead Playground Association - www.wansteadplayground.co.uk

I've a vested interest as I'm a trustee. We're a tiny charity set up to raise funds to renovate our decrepit children's playground and install equipment suitable for children with special needs and for babies. We can't compete (understandably) against the larger charities and have received no funding from our local council, but despite that we've raised over £20,000 since December, but it's been really hard work. We'd love any help Mumsnet can give us!

I'd like to nominate Women's Aid - a wonderful cause that helps so many women.

But can I please ask that you give an address so that those few of us who prefer to send a cheque can do so - not everyone (believe it or not ) wants to send money via the internet.

I'd like to nominate Narcolepsy UK
www.narcolepsy.org.uk/
Because as someone with Narcolepsy I have heard all the jokes and come up against the lack of knowledge and understanding every single day. Having MN behind them would massively increase their visibility and make a huge difference to a charity that is doing what it can with a staff of volunteers (and yes, it is much harder to do because most of the volunteers can doze off any moment!)

I'd also like to nominate the Sick Children's Trust
www.sickchildrenstrust.org/
who are the difference between parents of very sick children being just moments away in a home from home when the call comes in to say their precious child needs them right now, and them being several hours away because they can't afford to pay Cambridge accommodation rates. They also have rooms/houses elsewhere in the UK that are equally as vital, that's just the one local to me and the one my relatives were able to stay in during their 14 month old's chemo treatment and subsequent 6 week inpatient stay over the entire Christmas & New Year period.

Can you nominate more than one?

I'd like to nominate camp amazing, a charity which provides support to families with children who have complex needs and they offer a camping holiday each summer for the whole family with activities aimed at all abilities.

I'd also like to nominate Megan's-smile which offers support to families whose children have CHD. They provide packs for the families while their children are in hospital as well as on going support and raising awareness.

I'd like to nominate action for at www.actionforat.org

This was set up by the parents of Evie when they found out she had this horrible disease just before she turned 5. Evie is already losing her ability to walk aged 8 and her life expectancy is around 18

It's an orphan disease whereby little is done due to its rarity but her parents have made mind blowing progress building the charity up and are starting to see real developments in their research

It's too late for Evie sadly but they want to help future parents going through the same thing and help slow down the disease

They are an inspiration

The Biscuit Fund. It's a tiny, very low-key initiative that tides people over severe financial crises. You can't apply to it - its members find beneficiaries through a wide-ranging web of contacts. They are very, very good at it.

We're going to need a lot of biscuits over the next few years.

Can I nominate Richard House children's hospice in Newham, East London.

richardhouse.org.uk

I'd like to nominate SELSAR -South East London Search and Rescue, a totally voluntary organisation that helps the police to search for vulnerable missing people, the young, the elderly, those with dementia, with mental health issues or at risk of suicide. They are on call to assist at any time, 365 days a year, with no statutory funding but working at a nationally agreed and professional standard to save lives. Not only do they volunteer, they pay all their own expenses, for training, uniform, and to travel to searches both within their own area but also to help other teams across the UK when needed. They deserve funding to enable them to train more team members and provide much needed essential equipment.

I'd like to nominate Autism Wishes - based in Wrexham and originally N Wales focussed, but as of this year started branching into the whole of England/Wales as their funds allow. They work to increase knowledge and awareness of autism and also to grant wishes to people who suffer with autism, whether that be a trampoline or just making sure that they get cards through the post on their birthday.
www.autismwishes.co.uk/

If I may, I'd also like to nominate Care For The Family, based in Cardiff, they work with bereaved parents, parents with children with special needs etc www.careforthefamily.org.uk/

CDH UK
My daughter was diagnosed with cdh in utero and given a 50/50 chance of survival. Coping with a pregnancy and not knowing if you'll get to keep the baby at the end of it is horrific. I couldn't have coped without the support of CDH UK. Most women find out at the 12 week scan, and spend the next 28 weeks in a living nightmare. CDH is practically unheard of, but it's not rare. 1 in 2500 babies are born with this, only half survive. It's a condition that gets no publicity, no research, no funding. That needs to change x

www.springboardproject.com

A charity that provides inclusive community play centres as well as running short breaks and activities for children up to 18 who have a disability.

Oh, I completely forgot, but if I'm allowed I'd also like to nominate Art and Soul a mental wellbeing charity that I've personally used. They promote mental wellbeing through mutual support, arts and crafts and unlike a lot of support in my area you don't need a diagnosis to access. They nearly had to close last year and are still fighting to survive.

The support they offer is invaluable as a lot of members live in quite rural areas so there's not a lot of mental health provision for them. They also support young people from age 10 and over with a dedicated young person's group once a week, to give young people a safe place to go after school/college.

I would like to nominate CLAPA cleft lip and palate association. A low key, but essential charity vital to those affected by this condition, which can have such varied and complex ongoing impact on those affected and their families.

I would also like to nominate Woolyhugs

A very small charity but with such a great idea.

And look where it started.

Cooltan sound really good - I used to live in their neck of the woods so I know the area well.

I'd like to nominate Comas

They're a tiny community development charity whose main focus is on people in recovery from drug and alcohol addictions.

They have quite a few projects, one for lonely and isolated people in the east of Edinburgh, one for women who are in recovery from trauma, abuse and addictions (including mothers in recovery) and another for people living in poverty in Dumbiedykes.

The work they do is fantastic. Through the work they've done with me I''ve managed to grow from barely being able to leave the house to moving in with my partner, making my own decisions about my life (and sticking to them!) and getting myself a job. They really do make a difference to so many of the most stigmatised people in society

Really glad to see you're doing this again, Justine! I think you're very brave after last time

Can we nominate the same charity again or do they have to be different from last time? 'Cos I'd like to nominate Woolly Hugs again if possible.

I'd like to nominate CoolTan Arts - a tiny South London charity that achieves great things on a shoestring. Run by and for people with mental distress. Among other things they offer:

• creative workshops which help keep people well and out of hospital
• the innovative and award-winning self-advocacy project which equips participants to find their way through the mental health system and the benefits system
• free, inclusive, user-led walk projects including the famous and much loved Largactyl Shuffle
• a fully accessible community kitchen where participants can learn to cook healthy things on a tight budget and can get decently fed several days of the week

CoolTan are really struggling at the moment and have lost funding for several core projects including self-advocacy and the main cooking workshops. With the pledged 12bn in welfare cuts, small, user-led charities like CoolTan are going to be needed more than ever and can make a real difference - if they can survive.

I'm nominating the Luton & Dunstable hospital's NICU appeal. They're fundraising to build overnight accommodation for parents with children in the NICU unit, who often come from a long distance away to receive the care they need to survive and thrive.

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Can I nominate unique its the rare chromosome disorder support/group charity its been massively supportive to my family this past year after my sob was diagnosed with a rare chromosome disorder.

I'd like to nominate 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.