The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation for 14 humanitarian aid agencies that unites aid efforts in times of disaster - such as flood, earthquake or famine - in poorer countries around the world. Unfortunately many of the member-charities of the DEC provide and/or and pro...

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Down’s Syndrome Association The Down's Syndrome Association provides information, counselling and support for people with Down's syndrome, their families and carers. In a 2015 policy statement on pre-natal genetic testing, the charity stated: "The Down's Syndrome Association does not believe that D...

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Education for Choice (EFC) is a project of Brook, the pro-abortion organisation. EFC claims to exist "in order to ensure that young people are enabled to make and act on informed choices about pregnancy and abortion". It is a project of Brook and fully endorses other organisations which provide and/...

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The Family Planning Association is one of Britain's leading pro-abortion organisations. It is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the world's leading promoter of abortion. In recent years, the organisation has spoken out in support of campaigns such as '40 Days for Ch...

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Fight for Sight charity funds research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease. This charity is a member of the AMRC. EMAIL SENT 18/08/2015 Link to website: www.fightforsight.org.uk/ Please send any information you may have about this charity to SPUC, either by email to rhoslynthomas@spuc.org.uk...

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Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organisations operating in 74 countries. The charity has recently worked with abortion provider Marie Stopes International to identify and maintain means of population control, identifying that governments need to: "Ensure universal a...

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Calcutta Rescue runs medical, educational and support services to disadvantaged people in West Bengal. In an email to SPUC in August 2015, a medical representative for the charity confirmed that Calcutta Rescue provides condoms and the oral contraceptive pill if they are not available from primary h...

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Cancer Focus Northern Ireland was formerly the Ulster Cancer Foundation. This charity is a member of the AMRC. In a letter to SPUC dated 26 June 2012, Roisin Foster, the charity's chief executive, wrote: "Our charity sets great store by the value of human life and we work to extend life expectancy o...

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Cancer Research UK was formed in 2002 as an amalgamation of the Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.  This charity is a member of the AMRC. Cancer Research UK has stated (14/08/11) that it "...does not fund any research that uses human embryos or foetal tissue. However, we...

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Care International UK works to deliver emergency relief and long-term international development projects. The charity is a founding member of the Reproductive Health in Emergencies Consortium and, in 2012, "adopted sexual and reproductive health as one of four focal areas for [their] humanitarian re...

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CEDAR (Catholics Experiencing Domestic Abuse Resources) is a website of the Domestic Abuse Working Group (DAWG) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. CEDAR has received funds from the bishops' conference raised in Catholic parishes during the annual Day for Life, established by t...

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Childline is a British 24-hour counselling service for people under the age of 18, run by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Childine is closely linked with Brook and FPA, and their website provides frequent referrals to these pro-abortion organisations - recomme...

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Children of the Andes works with children and their families in Columbia to challenge poverty, inequality, discrimination and violence. In 2014, they began a one year pilot project with a partner organisation Fundación Si Mujer to "provide children and young people with high quality and accessible i...

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Christian Aid is a UK-based charity which provides aid to developing countries. It is sponsored by the main Christian denominations in the UK with the exception of the Catholic Church. The organisation has, in previous years, been known to work in partnership with organisations which provide abortio...

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The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) provides support for people with cleft lip and palate, and their parents, from infancy through to adulthood. In 2013, the charity supported a parliamentary inquiring into abortion on the grounds of disability lead by Fiona Bruce MP, chair of the All-Party...

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Comic Relief was founded in 1985 and runs two biennial fundraising initiatives: Red Nose Day and Sport Relief. Comic Relief is not actually a charity itself; rather it is a fund-raising company which transfers all its profits to the registered charity called Charity Projects. The money raised in Com...

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Concern Worldwide aims to improve the lives of the world’s poorest individuals and communities. As part of the charity’s work for the prevention of HIV and AIDS, the use of condoms is strongly encouraged, with almost 350,000 distributed in Ethiopia between 2010 and 2013. Link to website: https://www...

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The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust is a national UK charity which funds research into cystic fibrosis and promotes care for people with cystic fibrosis. This charity is a member of the AMRC. The Trust states that it "supports the right of scientists to use human and hybrid embryos in research into life-...

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Aids Care and Education Trust (ACET) is a global network of independent and church-based organisations seeking to encourage effective and compassionate responses to AIDs and related issues. In an email to SPUC, a representative of the charity outlined the following policies. ACET actively discourage...

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Alzheimer’s Society The Alzheimer's Society is a care and research charity for people with dementia and their relatives. This charity is a member of the AMRC. Although the society does not, at present, fund research using embryonic stem cells, in an email to SPUC, a spokesperson for the charity sta...

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