Contact points
During an emergency please think carefully before telephoning the organisations listed below. If your
call can wait until after the immediate emergency response, please do so. In the
first instance, go to their websites to find up-to-date information about a
disaster.
DFID
DFID, the Department for International Development, which leads the British
government’s fight against world poverty. DFID responds to emergencies, both
natural and man-made. It also supports long-term programmes which aim to reduce
poverty and disease and to increase the number of children in school, in support
of the internationally agreed UN ‘Millennium Development Goals’.
Public Enquiry Point: 0845 300 4100
Disasters Emergency Committee – DEC
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation uniting
13 of the UK’s major aid agencies, which launches and co-ordinates the UK’s
National Appeal in response to major disasters overseas.
Appeal
automated donation line: 0870 6060 900.
To find out
more, go to
http://www.dec.org.uk
DEC Member aid agencies:
ActionAid
ActionAid works in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, listening
to, learning from and working in partnership with over nine million of the world’s
poorest people.
t: 020
7561 7561
http://www.actionaid.org.uk
British Red Cross
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the largest independent
humanitarian network in the world, with more than 100 million members across the
globe. One of the most active members of this movement, the British Red Cross is
a leading UK charity with over 40,000 volunteers.
t:
0870 170 7000
http://www.redcross.org.uk
CAFOD
CAFOD is the overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in
England and Wales. Its mission is to promote human development and social
justice within a Christian framework.
t:
020 7733 7900
http://www.cafod.org.uk
CARE International UK
CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation, working with over
thirty million disadvantaged people each year in 72 of the world’s poorest
countries.
t: 020
7934 9334
http://www.careinternational.org
Christian Aid
An international aid and development agency of the churches in the UK and
Ireland, Christian Aid supports local organisations, which are best placed to
understand local needs, as well as giving help on the ground through sixteen
overseas offices.
t: 020
7620 4444
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
Concern
Concern works in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, the Indian sub-continent and
the Caribbean. It defines its mission as "working for a world where no one
lives in fear, poverty or oppression".
t:
020 7738 1033
http://www.concern.net
Help the Aged
Help the Aged focuses on the needs of older people. Its main priorities are:
combating poverty, reducing isolation, defeating ageism, challenging poor care
standards and building understanding through research into ageing.
t:
020 7278 1114
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk
Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief is a British aid agency addressing the needs of the world’s
poorest people. Islamic Relief’s work ranges from emergency relief to
long-term development projects in areas such as water and sanitation, health and
nutrition, orphan sponsorship.
t: 020
8531 6752
http://www.islamic-relief.com/uk
Merlin
Merlin exists to provide an immediate and effective response to medical
emergencies throughout the world. Merlin is a UK-based, non-profit, non-partisan
charity, which provides lifesaving health care for people in crises and disaster
situations around the world.
t: 020
7065 0800
http://www.merlin.org.uk
Oxfam
Oxfam GB is a development, relief and campaigning organisation that works
with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.
t: 0870
3332700
http://www.oxfam.org.uk
Save the Children
Save the Children fights for children in the UK and around the world who
suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence. The organisation works
with them to find lifelong answers to the problems they face.
t: 020 7012 6400
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
Tearfund
Tearfund is an evangelical Christian development and relief charity working
through partners to bring help and hope to communities in need around the world.
Last year Tearfund supported over 500 projects in more than 90 countries.
t:
020 8977 9144
http://www.tearfund.org
World Vision UK
World Vision is one of the world’s leading relief and development agencies.
It is a Christian charity and is currently helping over 85 million people in
nearly 100 countries.
t: 01908
841000
http://www.worldvision.org.uk
Resources: General development and emergency relief
BOND
BOND is the network of more than 290 UK based voluntary organisations working
in international development and development education. To find the full list of
aid agencies go to
http://www.bond.org.uk
ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents
and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of
information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian
community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely,
reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the
coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.
http://www.reliefweb.int
International Health Exchange – IHE
IHE is the UK charity that works to improve health in developing countries by
recruiting experienced health workers for humanitarian assistance.
http://www.ihe.org.uk
RedR
RedR relieves suffering in disasters by selecting, training and providing
competent and effective personnel to humanitarian aid agencies world-wide.
http://www.redr.org
Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)
VSO is an international development charity combating poverty in the
developing world.
t: 020
8780 7200
http://www.vso.org.uk
