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Alzheimers
With 500,000 people in the UK affected, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Iris Murdoch, the famous author, for example, was a sufferer. It is a disease, which most commonly affects the elderly, but younger people can also be afflicted. This factsheet gives you more information on the disease and how you could help.
 Find out about animal charities
We are lucky to have a planet populated by such a colourful variety of animals. Unfortunately, many of these creatures, which have been essential to human progression, need protection either from direct human harm or from human activities. This factsheet will give you ideas on how you can help.
Autism
Autism and Aspergers affects more than 500,000 people in the UK. However many parents struggle to get the education their children need. This factsheet gives you more information on the disease and how you could help.
Beach Lovers
Do you see your self as a bit of a beach lover? Want to spend some of that spare time getting involved in volunteering? Well this factsheets shows you how! Meet the army of volunteers behind the scenes at the seaside town of Swanage on the Dorset coast who help to keep the beautiful town of Swanage running and learn how you can get involved in your local area.
Beyond Our Borders
To mark the G8 summit in 2007 in Germany, we have a series of films dedicated to the challenges facing the international community. Will our leaders live up to the Millennium Development Goals aimed at ending poverty, providing universal primary education, clean water and sanitation in the poorest countries by 2015.
Black History Month
Black History Month is held every October in Britain. The aims are to:
- Promote knowledge of Black History and experience
- Disseminate information on positive Black contributions to British Society
- Heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people in their cultural heritage.
This factsheet has information on the month and organisations that you might like to get in touch with.
 Black History Month
Learn more about the story of Jonny Kennedy and the genetic condition known as Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) from this factsheet.
Britain in Bloom 2007
Find out more about the RHS Britain in Bloom competition, the largest horticultural campaign in Europe. From cleaner, greener cities to small neighbourhoods. It's about community gardening at a grassroots level. Find out how you can get involved.
Cause Celeb
Cause Celeb is the Community Channel series that talks to celebrities about the causes that they are passionate about and volunteer their time to. In the latest series we talk to Alexei Sayle, Handy Andy, Anton Mosimann and Antony Head. This factsheet includes information on the causes that they are passionate about and how you could get involved.
Charity Chic
Charity Chic is a series on the Community Channel that guarantees to improve your wardrobe... and your conscience! From the street to the stars, meet the new wave of ‘Chazzers’ who live and breathe the fashion in these hidden haunts on the high street. This factsheet includes hints on where to get a charity chic bargain and how you can help too.
Children Of The Rubble
Learn more about the work of Spirit Aid and one mans fight to help deal with the immediate effects of war on the local child in Afghanistan. This factsheet helps show how one man can make a difference and shows how you too can help.
 Handy Andy does his bit
Director’s Cut is a new two-part series on Community Channel that interviews the directors behind the acclaimed documentaries The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off and The Dying Rooms. Find out about the documentaries and how you could help the charities behind them with this factsheet.
DoNation
Organ transplants transform lives and are the best possible treatment for people with organ failure. But there simply aren't enough donor organs for everyone who needs one.
Because of this serious shortage of organs, many who need a transplant have to wait a long time before they receive one. Find out how you can put your name on the donor list with this factsheet.
Down's Syndrome
There are 60,000 people with Down's syndrome in the UK. Today, people with Down's syndrome can live a full and rewarding life as shown in the documentary Tommy's Story, about Tommy Jessop's desire to become a successful actor.
 Ewan & Charley
Dyslexia
How does it feel to be laughed at because you can’t read or write properly? Hiding the fact that you have difficulty with reading and writing can sometimes become a barrier to
achieving a person’s potential. Find out more about Dyslexia and the organisations that are there to help with this factsheet.
Ewan & Charley: A Road Less Travelled
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman find out first hand what the tough challenges of Africa are when they see the threat of landmines close up in Ethiopia, meet former child soldiers in Uganda and discover the impact of HIV AIDS on families in Malawi.
Fairtrade
Fairtrade is a growing, international movement which ensures that producers in poor countries get a fair deal. This means a fair price for their goods, long-term contracts that provide real security; and for many, support to gain the knowledge and skills that they need to develop their businesses and increase sales. Find out more with this factsheet.
 Charity Chic
Falling in Love... Again
From remarried couples making a new start to single men and women scouring the dancehalls, this film explores the difficulties and joys of finding love for the older generation. Find out how you could do the same!
FAQs For Filmmakers
How to get your film made and on Community Channel.
First Up - The Winners
Community Channel’s cruelty-free talent show ‘First Up’ gave competition winners Six.Point.Five a week’s recording time at the prestigious Abbey Road Studios, made famous by bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd. If you would like to follow in Six.Point.Five’s footsteps and get your voice, or instrument, heard then there are lots of ways you can actually make this happen. Just have a look at the factsheet for starters!
First Up - Top Tips
Top Tips for making it in the music industry.
 Louie, Me and Hepatitis C
Childhood immunisation is falling, with disastrous results. Find out about the people who have dedicated their lives to making the vital treatment available to all speak frankly about the effects that this is having on the world’s children.
Friends In Deed
An inspiring documentary on the Community Channel that follows the fortunes of five very different mentoring and befriending relationships, each of which have helped change lives for the better.
Giving-Nation TV Challenge
Find out all about the Giving Nation Tv Challenge and discover more about social enterprises from this factsheet
Gorilla Gorilla
Organised by The John Aspinall Foundation in conjunction with Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent this factsheet describes the work of these two organisations in intorducing a group of young gorillas into the jungle and savannahs of Gabon.
Hepatitis C
There are an estimated 500,000 people in the UK with hepatitis C. That’s about ten times the number of people with HIV. Out of that number, less than 1% are receiving treatment. It's Britain's unknown disease.
Jon Snow Interviews - Series One
In this series of four half-hour programmes Jon Snow interviews a series of inspiring volunteers – film director and comedy writer Richard Curtis, inspirational young volunteer Esther O’Callaghan, founder and President of Time Banks USA Edgar Cahn, and the man behind the idea of the Year of the Volunteer, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. Use this factsheet to find out how you could get started on your own volunteering venture.
 Jon Snow and Lenny Henry
In this series Jon Snow interviews a series of inspiring volunteers – Lenny Henry, Tanni Grey-Thomson, John Bird and Lord Adebowale. Use this factsheet to find out how you could get started on your own volunteering venture.
Less Trivial Christmas
So you’ve decided that you would like to give charitably in this season of goodwill? Use this factsheet to find out how and where.
Mad for Music - Mental Health
The five Mad for Music short films look at the impact of music on mental health and its restorative qualities on different individuals. In our factsheet we outline the five stories and songs chosen and provide information on mental health organisations in general and music related ones which offer services, advice, and resources.
Picture of Britain - Series One
Picture of Britain - Series Two
A Picture of Britain is a celebration of the British landscape as seen through the eyes of artists and writers.
Restoration Village
The restoration programme highlights some of the country's dilapidated architectural heritage and concentrates on villages around Britain.
 Charlie Dimmock
This factsheet highlights the episode list of Rooted, a series of documentaries which follow the journey of British children as they travel to the country of their families' origin.
Saving A Stranger
A heart - wrenching Community Channel documentary which appeals to get more people to get involved in donating bone marrow. This factsheet holds key information to helping out and how signing up to the marrow register you can help Save A Stranger.
Soaplife
Who says that soaps aren’t good for you or that they can’t be a realistic interpretation of real life? Maybe it’s exactly because they touch on everyday issues that they draw in weekly audiences in excess of 50 million viewers. And now for the first time, television takes a bold leap of faith and publicises the link between real life and soap life. Get more info with this factsheet.
Something Special
The Something Special series of fifteen minute programmes can be enjoyed by pre-school children or children in the early years of primary school. They are particularly focused towards meeting the needs of children with learning difficulties. Some children experiencing difficulties with learning may be in special settings or in special schools. Learn more and more about Makaton sign language with this factsheet.
Spring Into Action
Get involved with BTCV and their Spring into Action campaign with this factsheet and find out all about the work of Chalrie Dimmock and the volunteers who have been touring the country to clean up green spaces near you.
 Robert Redford and The New Heroes
Hollywood legend Robert Redford presents the UK premiere of The New Heroes. This series tells the dramatic stories of twelve social entrepreneurs who bring innovative and empowering solutions to the most difficult social problems around the world. Find out more and learn how you could become a social entrepreneure with this factsheet.
Tommy's Story - see under Down's Syndrome.
The Year We Changed
2005 was the year of Live8 and Make Poverty History, and was also the Year of the Volunteer. And of course it was a year of world-shattering events - the Pakistan earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, the London bombings and the aftermath of the Asian tsunami. These events have undoubtedly changed our attitudes to charity and voluntary work. If you would like to make sure that awareness does not waver in 2006 this factsheet should give you plenty of ideas of how you can get involved and continue to make a difference.
Through the Eyes of the Old
From Chelsea pensioners to pet bereavement counsellors, ex-offenders to those dealing with the aftermath of a stroke, this film takes a fresh look at the lives of the nations OAPs. You too could get involved in this kind of thing and this factsheet should help!
 V for Volunteer
A series of four programmes containing 25 short films made by film and TV industry volunteers about the work of a diverse range of small charities across the UK. This factsheet gives information on each charity.
Volunteering Abroad
Fancy getting out of the country for a while and making a difference? This factsheet should give you some ideas.
Volunteering uk
Get started as a volunteer with this factsheet.
What Can Science Do for Me? - Crohn's Disease
What Can Science Do for Me? - Rheumatoid Arthritis
What Can Science Do for Me? - Multiple Sclerosis
What Can Science Do for Me? - Autism
What Can Science Do for Me? - Cystic Fibrosis
This five part series follows five individuals with chronic health conditions as they meet scientist who are researching the latest in diagnostics, treatment and a potential cure. These factsheets give you key facts about the conditions and contact details for those working in the field.
World Aids Day
Did you know that every six seconds, someone in the world is infected by HIV? Find out how you might be able to make a difference with this factsheet.
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