Anaphylaxis Campaign

Supporting people at risk of severe allergies

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Leave a Gift in your Will

After taking care of your loved ones, please consider making a gift to the Anaphylaxis Campaign in your will. You will help us to fund our work into the future, so we can continue to campaign and fundraise to achieve our ultimate aim, to create a safer environment for all people at risk of severe allergies.

By making a will you have the peace of mind of knowing that your affairs are in order. Having an up to date will is the only way to make sure that your family and friends, and any charities you care about, are provided for in the way you wish. Without a will, the state decides.

Making a will not only means that you can look after the future of those you love but you also have the opportunity to help others in need.

How can I include the Anaphylaxis Campaign in my will?

A gift in your will really doesn’t have to be large to make a difference. Anything you leave can play a big part in the future, and you can leave a gift in a number of ways:

  • A residuary bequest is a share, or possibly even all, of the balance of your estate. This means that once family and friends have been provided for, and other payments made, the remainder or a proportion of your estate is pledged to charity.
  • A pecuniary bequest means that you pledge a specific sum of money to charity. It can be linked to inflation to prevent it losing value over time.
  • A specific request means you pledge a gift of a particular item, such as property, antiques, jewellery or shares.

How do I make a will?

You can write your will yourself, but we would strongly advise using professional legal advice. You also need to get your will formally witnessed and signed to make it legally valid. We have a will writing guide to help you when meeting with your solicitor or will writer, which you can download here.

Find a Solicitor is a free service run by the Law Society for anyone looking for information about organisations or people providing legal services in England and Wales that are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Visit www.solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk for more information. The Law Society of Scotland also has a search database on their website www.lawscot.org.uk/find-a-solicitor.

The government also has advice available online about making a will and leaving gifts to charity in your will.

How do I update my existing will?

If you want to update your will, you can make an official alteration (called a ‘codicil’) or make a new will. We have a codicil form to help you when meeting with your solicitor or will writer, which you can download here.

We would strongly advise that you don’t make changes to your existing will without professional help as you could accidentally render it invalid.

What about tax?

Gifts in wills to charities are tax efficient. A gift you make to the Anaphylaxis Campaign in your will can reduce the amount of Inheritance Tax paid on the value of your estate. You can find out more about inheritance tax from the government website.

Contact us

Our fundraising team are happy to answer general questions about wills, legacies or the Anaphylaxis Campaign, but we are not qualified to give legal advice. You can contact our fundraising team for a confidential chat via +44 (0)1252 546100 or [email protected].

If you are intending to include the Anaphylaxis Campaign in your will or have already included the Anaphylaxis Campaign in your will, please let us know by completing our Legacy Form, which you can download here.

Donate

Help us continue to provide information and support to people living with severe allergies, their families and carers, through our national helpline and volunteer-led local support groups.

Donate online

Donate by phone

Call +44 (0)1252 546100 to make a donation by debit or credit card, or amend your existing direct debit.

Donate by cheque

Please address your cheques to ‘Anaphylaxis Campaign’ and send in the post to: Anaphylaxis Campaign, 1 Alexandra Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6BU.

Fundraising Ideas A to Z

If you’re not sure where to start with your fundraising, then we’re here to help. Whether you have a fully-fledged master plan, or a rough sketch on a napkin, please let us know your ideas so that we can best support you. Fill out our online form here or contact [email protected].

Need some inspiration?

  • Auction: try to get people to donate a promise of their time, use of their belongings, or to donate a gift. All of us have something to offer.
  • Biggest party: invite your friends, family or colleagues to a party – big or small – charge them for the  privilege of your hospitality and donate the proceeds to us.
  • Charity of the Year: ask your company to make the Anaphylaxis Campaign their Charity of the Year or your finance department to organise Payroll Giving.
  • Dress down day: get your work or school involved in a dress down day, where people pay £2 to come to school or work in their clothes of choice or maybe even fancy dress.
  • Empty your pockets: each day empty the change from your pockets and put it in a jar… you can ask your friends or colleagues to join in and then donate all the change to us.
  • Fashion show. Hold a fashion show at your school or workplace; ask a local retailer to bring in the clothing and charge for admission or ask them to donate a portion of the retail sales.
  • Go without: if there’s something you really love, whether it is chocolate or biting your nails, get people to sponsor you to give it up.
  • Halloween ball: sell tickets to a fancy dress party.
  • Ice-cream: hot weather? Buy huge tubs of free-from ice cream and sell them by the scoop.
  • Just Giving: if you want to do a sponsored event, create a page on www.justgiving.com, where your friends and family can sponsor you.
  • Karaoke evening: ask a local pub to host one for you and charge people to get in or take part.
  • Litter picking: people will be very willing to sponsor you if you’re cleaning up a local park, beach or kids’ playground. This is a way to help your local community while raising money, so everyone’s a winner.
  • Marathon: run for us in one of many races across the UK, including the London Marathon, Great North Run or one of the organised 10k or 5k races.
  • ‘Nearly new’ sale: a posher version of a jumble sale. Be selective – only sell nice stuff that’s in good nick – and you can charge a fiver for items that would cost 50p in a jumble sale.
  • Outward bound weekends: the perfect way to promote team work within your company while raising money for charity.
  • Pancake Race: it doesn’t have to be Shrove Tuesday to make pancakes, and pancake racing is great fun whatever the time of year. Charge people a small fee to enter the races, get experimental with some free-from batter and get an adult to supervise in the kitchen.
  • Quiz Night: ideal for pubs, companies, schools or friends. A friendly challenge, with prizes for the winning team and most inventive answer.
  • Record breaker: attempting to break a world record sounds difficult but it can also be loads of fun, and is sure to get people interested. Find a world record that you think you could beat or, better still, make up your own event! Then, charge people a small fee to watch the attempt.
  • Sponsored event. runs, challenges, swims or even a head shave – ask your colleagues and friends to raise sponsorship money for you in a fun way.
  • Themed parties: from 70s disco to super heroes, everyone loves getting into fancy dress for a night of fun and games. Charge a nominal fee for entry and make sure there’s entertainment for all the guests.
  • University Challenge: get together with your old uni friends – perhaps through Facebook – and have a challenge together.
  • Video evening: simple, but the best ideas often are. Email, text or – if you’re old fashioned – telephone your friends with a choice of two or three movies to watch. Whatever the most popular choice is, rent it out and charge everyone to come to your home cinema.
  • Wig Day: take part in our favourite day of the year, Orange Wig Day! Wear an orange wig everywhere you go for one day – it will raise awareness and your mates will reward your boldness with a few quid.
  • Xmas: buy your Christmas cards from us.
  • YoYo competition: go retro and hold a competition to see who can do the coolest stunts and tricks. Charge people a small fee for taking part, or get sponsored to see how many loops you can do before getting in a tangle.
  • Zzzzzz… host a pyjama party or wear pyjamas to work for a day.

Fundraise

Why fundraise for us?

We receive no government funding and rely heavily upon the amazing efforts of our supporters to raise awareness and much needed funds.

Where does the money I raise go?

Fundraising donations enable us to run our helpline and provide bespoke support to families and individuals with severe allergies. Money raised also allows as to campaign for change in key areas to bring about positive change for people with allergies as well as producing research materials and resources to increase awareness and education.

What sort of things can I do to fundraise?

Whatever you like! You choose an event or challenge which suits you.

We have charity spaces within events such as Marathon’s, 10k’s, Tough Mudders and Glow in the Parks as well as Mountain Treks and Fun Runs!

But if you would like to hold more of a community event or design your own event, we are here to help you. Just contact [email protected] or call 01252 893850.

We’d love you to support our first ever Anaphylaxis Awareness Week, which is running from Monday 6th – Sunday 12th May 2019.

Click here for some great fundraising ideas for individuals, schools and workplaces.

Volunteer as a Lay Reviewer

We rely on the wealth of experience from our supporters to help us review our Factsheets and Knowledgebase articles.

What is the role of a Lay Reviewer?

We regularly produce and update our Factsheets and Knowledgebase articles to provide the most up to date information available. One of the most vital elements of this review process is the involvement of those who are affected by the allergen. In reading drafts of revised Factsheets for us they are helping us to make sure the information is readable, clear and comprehensive.

If you or anyone you know living with severe allergies or anaphylaxis and would be interested in reviewing our materials, please fill out this form and email it to [email protected]. Once registered, we will then be in contact with relevant articles as and when they require review.

Volunteer at our Head Office

Why volunteer with us?

If you’re starting a career, returning to work or looking to build your confidence and skills, volunteering in our office may be the thing for you. While volunteering at our head office in Farnborough, you would have the chance to gain experience working in the charity sector and would have the opportunity to develop new skills to help enhance your CV.

What would you be doing?

As part of a small team, you would be required to undertake a wide and varied range of tasks, from administrative duties and answering calls, to preparing information packs. As an office volunteer you would be a much valued member of the team and would be helping us in our ultimate aim of creating a safe environment for all people with allergies.

 

If you live in the area and have a few hours a week to give we would love to hear from you. All you need to do is email your CV to [email protected].

 

Important documents:

Support Group Leader

Do you want to help those living with severe allergies and anaphylaxis? If so, why not set up a Support Group in your local area?

What is a Support Group?

Support Groups provide a chance to meet others in the area living with severe allergies and anaphylaxis, share experiences, swap tips and talk about whats on your mind in a relaxed supportive setting. All our groups are free to attend and are run by our amazing volunteers.

Why become a Support Group Leader?

We are always looking for willing and dedicated volunteers to join our increasing number of Support Groups Leaders throughout the UK. By setting up a group in your local area you will be providing support to individuals and families in your local area living with the day to day challenges of severe allergies and anaphylaxis.

What do you need to know?

You will be required to source a venue, promote and facilitate a group at regular intervals throughout the year, with the help, advice and support of the Anaphylaxis Campaign. Support Group Leaders are not expected to give any medical advice to those in the group but are there to provide support and advice based on previous experiences. Our Outreach Coordinator is on hand to help you in all your support group activities. From producing posters, to promoting the group on our social media platforms we will be there every step of the way to help make your group a great success. We are able to cover reasonable venue costs and any approved out of pocket expenses.

Sounds good? Get in touch today!

If you would like to start a group in your area please get in touch and request our Support Group Leader pack and role description!

 

 

 

Community Volunteer

As a Community Volunteer, you will support us by distributing information locally within your community to raise awareness about the work of the Anaphylaxis Campaign.

This could include:

  • Leaflet dropping to local shops, surgeries, letterboxes and libraries.
  • Raising awareness with leaflets, posters or a stand at local events, at schools, libraries, sports centres and other appropriate public places.

We constantly strive to increase awareness of our Campaign across the UK. Community Volunteering is essential to achieving this aim. If you feel you could spare the time to be a Community Volunteer, or if you have any questions please contact us.

Volunteer

As a small charity with a national reach, we need as many people as possible to support us in raising awareness of severe allergies and providing support in our communities.

If you feel that you have the time and experience to volunteer with us, please get in touch today!

Click on the images below to find out more about our volunteering roles.

                   

                   

                   

 

For more information about getting involved as a volunteer, email [email protected].

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please fill out this form and email it back to us.

 

Data Protection and Privacy

Please read the privacy policy available on our website here to understand how we collect and use the information you give us. If you don’t wish us to use your information anymore, please contact our Volunteer Team via email [email protected], call 01252 893 862 or write to Anaphylaxis Campaign, 1 Alexandra Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6BU.

Safeguarding

When applying to become a volunteer, we will provide a copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. This includes the principles that we always ask for consent from parents or guardians when using stories or pictures of children aged under 12 and routinely ask for consent from parents or guardians of children aged 12 to 18. We avoid using children’s full names in image captions and limit the amount of personal information we share about children aged under 18.

Useful Links

Here are some other sources of relevant information which you might find useful.

If you would like to add your organisation to our list please read our links policy before sending your request to
our email.

Allergy UK

A national charity established to represent the views and needs of people with allergy and food intolerance.
Their website

Asthma UK

Charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.2 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma.
Their website

Coeliac UK

Coeliac UK is the leading charity working for people with coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH). We work to improve the lives of people
living with the condition through support, campaigning and research. 

Their website

St.John Ambulance

Volunteers from St.John Ambulance are well known for the thousands of hours they spend each year ensuring public events are safe, they are also the leading first aid training provider in the UK and the third largest youth organisation. For information on related training
click here for information on first aid for severe allergic reactions
click here.

National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG)

The National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG) is an alliance of the professional organisation BSACI (British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology), the patient charities, Allergy UK (AUK), The Anaphylaxis Campaign (TAC) and the Allergy Alliance (AA) and industry partners. Since its formation in 2001, the NASG has worked, with others, to highlight the need for allergy services; the inadequate care available for allergy patients at all levels in the NHS and to improve NHS allergy services.
Their website

Education for Health

Education for Health is the largest international education and research charity that trains health professionals to make a real difference to the lives of patients with long term conditions. Educational programmes are run nationally and internationally and are accredited by the Open University.
Their website

World Allergy Organization

An international umbrella organization whose members consist of 93 regional and national allergology and clinical immunology societies from around the world. By collaborating with member societies, WAO provides direct educational outreach programs, symposia and lectureships to members in nearly 100 countries around the globe.
Their website

MAARA

MAARA, the Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association, is a registered charity based in the East Midlands. In addition to funding research, MAARA are committed to raising the profile of asthma and allergy conditions.
Their website

The MedicAlert Foundation

The only registered charity that provides life-saving identification systems for children and adults with hidden medical conditions, allergies and advance wishes.
Their website

BSACI (British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology)

Professional society of allergists and clinical immunologists, whose aim is to improve care — through education, training and research.
Their website

The FPIES Foundation

The FPIES Foundation is a collaborative effort of several families affected by FPIES whose journey has sparked the desire to help other families find their way. FPIES (Food Protein-induced Enterocolitis Syndrome) is a rare but severe type of food allergy affecting the gastrointestinal tract. It is often under recognized and poorly understood. The organization’s founders identified a dire need for tangible support resources for both the affected families and the medical community. The FPIES Foundation is committed to providing a credible and interactive support resource for this rare, oftentimes isolating diagnosis.
Their website

British Dietetic Association

Their website