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Radio 4 Appeal stories

Find out how the money donated by Radio 4 listeners is making a difference to lives across the UK and around the world.

Radio 4 Appeal 2023-2024

  • The OHMI Trust

    We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to the incredible Radio 4 listeners who took the time to listen, share and donate to our appeal. As a result, we’ve raised an incredible £11,181. 28 January 2024
  • Child Rescue Nepal

    Radio 4 listeners raised a staggering £102,962 in November 2023, giving an incredible boost to Child Rescue Nepal's fight against child slavery 5 November 2023
  • Sumatran Orangutan Society

    We want to say a big thank you to everyone who gave to our appeal. Radio 4 listeners helped us to raise £26,000. 16 July 2023
  • World Bicycle Relief

    We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported World Bicycle Relief’s ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal. With listener’s support, we have raised a total of £72,133 including match funding to give bicycles to more communities in Africa. These crucial funds will further mobilise more people through the Power of Bicycles. 25 June 2023
  • Tall Ships Youth Trust

    We are delighted that our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal raised an incredible £27,378. These funds which will help more young people, like our young ambassador Riley, to have a transformational experience at sea with Tall Ships Youth Trust. 18 June 2023
  • World Child Cancer

    We are incredibly grateful to all the amazing ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who listened, shared, and donated to the appeal. Thanks to the extraordinary response of Radio 4 listeners, and a generous match funder, we are thrilled to announce that our Appeal raised a grand total of £28,101. 4 June 2023
  • Zambia Orphans Aid UK

    We are incredibly grateful to Radio 4 listeners who raised a fantastic £47,313, including matched giving, to improve the lives of children in Zambia. This money will allow Zambia Orphans Aid UK to support more children who struggle to participate in school - ensuring they develop the skills they need for the future. 21 May 2023
  • International Health Partners

    We are so grateful for the amazing support from Radio 4 listeners who have helped us raise over £38,000 for our work in women’s health! Your generosity will enable over 31,000 women to access lifesaving medicines and a healthier future for themselves and their families. 30 April 2023

Radio 4 Appeal 2022-2023

  • National Youth Orchestra

    We champion orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development, providing teenagers from all backgrounds with opportunities and the support they need to develop their musical and personal skills. Your incredible generosity, backed by a special group of match-funders, raised £41,471. 19 May 2023
  • Raising Futures Kenya

    We’re immensely grateful for the overwhelming support from Radio 4 Appeal listeners who raised £11,136 to enable vulnerable young people in Kenya, to gain our Seed of Hope training and support to enter employment or to set up and run their own small businesses. Your generosity goes a long way in helping us to make a positive impact in the lives of young people who are struggling and experiencing poverty. 26 February 2023
  • Christian Blind Mission (CBM UK)

    A huge thank you to everyone who supported CBM UK’s ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal, presented by Gyles Brandreth, which raised an incredible £28,689. Your support will help deliver sight-saving eye health services in the world’s poorest places, enabling local hospitals and health workers to prevent blindness and restore sight to people living needlessly blind 12 February 2023
  • Justice and Care

    We have been blown away by the response to our ±«Óãtv Appeal featuring the story of James, a victim of modern slavery who we have had the privilege of supporting. Thanks to Radio 4 listeners, we were able to raise more than £131,500, including the match funding of one generous supporter - meaning more people like James can be helped 29 January 2023
  • Theirworld

    Theirworld is a global children’s charity committed to ending the global education crisis. We believe that every child deserves an education, no matter who they are or where they live. We are incredibly grateful to all the amazing ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who donated a fantastic £39,916.82 including matched giving to help us provide education to refugee and disadvantaged children around the world. 1 January 2023
  • Toybox Charity

    Toybox would like to say a heartfelt thank you for the incredible kindness of all the Radio 4 listeners who gave so generously to our appeal presented by Richard Coles . You have helped raise a total of £43,381, to transform street children’s lives by registering them with their birth certificates . 27 November 2022
  • WONDER Foundation

    WONDER Foundation works in 24 countries across the globe to empower women and girls through education and vocational training, so they can break the cycle of poverty. Thanks to the generosity of ±«Óãtv listeners, we raised an incredible £16,130 to provide women and girls in our programmes with life-changing education! 16 October 2022
  • SCI Foundation

    We are delighted to say that the generous people who gave to our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 appeal helped us to raise a fabulous £29,002! These funds can enable us to support treatment against debilitating parasitic disease for around 90,000 children in some of the most marginalised communities in sub-Saharan Africa. 11 September 2022
  • Starfish

    Starfish Greathearts Foundation supports orphaned and vulnerable children in communities affected by HIV, AIDS and poverty in South Africa. A huge thank you to Zola Nene for presenting our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 appeal, and to the wonderful Radio 4 listeners who donated an incredible £15,257 to support our work. 7 August 2022
  • Plant Your Future

    This Seed Bank project joins our wider reforestation programmes working with smallholder farming communities aimed at creating a paradigm shift from deforestation towards regenerative farming models that restore the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. 24 July 2022
  • Link Education International

    We are thrilled to announce that with your support we raised an incredible £11,993.75 to help us reach even more girls across Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda. We break down the barriers that stop children learning and give them the chance of a better life. 29 May 2022
  • Over The Wall

    Over The Wall is a UK children’s charity that supports children and young people with serious illnesses, and their families. We provide residential activity camps to allow them to rediscover the mischief and magic of childhood. 1 May 2022

Radio 4 Appeal 2021-2022

  • Read For Good

    Storytelling is at the heart of Read for Good. All our work, in schools, in hospitals, and in communities across the UK, is driven by the power of stories to improve children’s lives. Thanks to the extraordinary response of Radio 4 listeners, and a remarkably generous match funder, we are thrilled to announce that our Appeal raised a grand total of £58,011. 13 February 2022
  • Self Help Africa

    A big thank you to science, natural history and environmental broadcaster Liz Bonnin for presenting our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal and to the wonderful Radio 4 listeners who donated an incredible £31,723 to support our climate resilience work in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. 30 January 2022
  • Help Musicians

    The last two years have been tough for musicians, with lockdowns and intermittent work affecting their income. Thousands turned to Help Musicians for financial hardship support. Thank you so much to Radio 4 listeners, who donated over £26,000 in response to our appeal. 2 January 2022
  • mothers2mothers

    A huge thank you to all ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who donated to our appeal. We are grateful to have raised £12,866 to help mothers2mothers' (m2m) African female health workers realise the dream of a healthy, HIV-free world by 2030. Every penny goes a long way, and helps us work with young mothers like Ana, across sub-Saharan Africa. 19 December 2021
  • Amos Trust

    Thanks to the incredible generosity of ±«Óãtv listeners the appeal raised a total of £41,439 for our work in Mwanza, Tanzania with our partner Cheka Sana. These vital funds will support StreetBorn, their programme for young mothers living on the streets and those at risk of early pregnancy. 31 October 2021
  • Ethiopiaid

    We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported Ethiopiaid’s ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal. We are delighted to share that we raised an incredible £127,681. This means that we can provide safety, support and legal advice for over 2,550 women and girls who have faced gender-based violence in Ethiopia. 17 October 2021
  • NACCOM: The No Accommodation Network

    The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM) is a UK-wide network of 140+ organisations that provide safe, temporary accommodation and wide-ranging support to people going through the UK asylum and immigration system who have nowhere else to live. 10 October 2021
  • Village Water

    Village Water is a small charity dedicated to improving access to safe water, hygiene, and sanitation for those who most need it. We work with local partners in Mozambique and Zambia by supporting sustainable local solutions to reach everyone, leaving no one behind. 3 October 2021
  • DeafKidz International

    A huge thank you to Radio 4 listeners and everyone who donated, shared and watched our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 appeal, including the British Sign Language version. We are thrilled that our appeal raised over £10,000 towards our international programmes which is ensuring the safeguarding and protection of deaf children and young people worldwide. 19 September 2021
  • British Paralympics Association

    At Tokyo 2020, ParalympicsGB achieved an outstanding 124 medals across 18 different sports – more than any other nation ever before! The team’s performances were a picture of resilience and strength in the toughest of circumstances. 12 September 2021
  • Restless Development

    A big Restless thank you to all ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who donated and supported our Time to Thrive appeal. We are incredibly grateful and thrilled to have raised over £40,000 to help young people set up businesses and gain entrepreneurship skills around the globe. 5 September 2021
  • St Giles Trust

    We are delighted to announce that our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 appeal aired in August 2021, raised an astonishing £16,112. Firstly, can we start by thanking each and every one who donated towards our appeal, we are so grateful! 15 August 2021
  • Hands Up Foundation

    We’re over the moon to announce that we raised £ 45,965 from our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal. Over what has been a challenging year of fundraising, our small team at Hands Up was overwhelmed and touched by the support of Radio 4 listeners. 8 August 2021
  • Hope for Justice

    Almost 16 million children from the ages of 5 to 17 are engaged in child labour in Ethiopia. Many children, especially girls end up as domestic workers and are then trafficked in commercial sex work. In a study by the Population Council (2018) of 2,000 female sex workers in Addis Ababa, as many as 44% were ex-domestic workers. 25 July 2021
  • Feed the Minds

    We want to say a huge thank you to ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners for generously supporting our work through our appeal. Every penny of the incredible £18,432 you donated will help us reach more women like Aziza through our education projects to give them the skills and resources they need to have a new start, turning their hope for a better future into a reality. 18 July 2021
  • Action on Poverty

    Thank you so much from all of us at Action on Poverty to the lovely Radio 4 listeners and our friends, supporters and networks for your kindness in supporting our appeal, brought to life by the brilliant Big Zuu. You raised £14,306 that will help provide women in Sierra Leone with the skills and resources to change their lives and communities for good, and we’re thrilled that so many of you have joined us as supporters. 11 July 2021
  • LawWorks

    We were absolutely delighted by the impact that our Appeal had and so grateful to Radio 4 listeners for the £28,397 they generously donated to us and for the messages of support we received from them about the work we do. Given Bob Mortimer’s background and experience as a former legal aid solicitor, we were thrilled that he was willing to give up his time to present our Appeal. 4 July 2021
  • Sightsavers

    Everyone at Sightsavers has been blown away by the generosity of the Radio 4 listeners. Our appeal smashed its target and raised an extraordinary £89,848 to help fund our work to reach and treat those with avoidable blindness. Our heartfelt thanks go to all of you. 27 June 2021
  • Kidney Research UK

    We would like to say a massive thank you to the generous Radio 4 listeners who raised an amazing £20,918. Every day, around 20 people in the UK will develop kidney failure and those generous donations will fund research to support patients’ wellbeing and find new ways of improving transplant treatments 30 May 2021
  • International Justice Mission

    We’ve been amazed by the generosity of Radio 4 listeners and IJM supporters who have raised more than £65,000 to help stop child trafficking. Your help means that IJM’s teams are working with authorities around the world to bring trafficked children like Divine to safety and support them with trauma-informed care. An estimated 10 million children are in slavery today and the Covid-19 crisis means that children are more vulnerable to traffickers. That’s why your support matters so much. 23 May 2021
  • Refugee Action

    Everyone at Refugee Action would like to say the biggest thanks to the incredible listeners of Radio 4 for showing their warmth and kindness towards refugees. Together, you raised a phenomenal £36,801 to support people seeking safety in the UK. 16 May 2021
  • Muscular Dystrophy UK

    A huge thank you to ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners for supporting the work of Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) through our Appeal. Every penny of the wonderful £17,155 you donated will help move us closer to that day when research can stop muscular dystrophy in its tracks. When no more lives are needlessly cut short. 25 April 2021
  • The Alkaptonuria Society

    We would like to say a massive thank you to those who donated to our appeal. Including Gift aid, we raised a staggering £28,188.10. A game changing amount of money that will help us fund a new paediatric research study called SOFIA-Paediatric. 2 May 2021
  • The Leprosy Mission

    Every year, more than 200,000 people like Maria are diagnosed with leprosy. But your generosity means that someone will be there to help them when they need it most. Your gift will help to cure people with leprosy and provide special training so that healthcare workers, communities, and people affected by leprosy themselves can fight poverty and disease. 11 April 2021
  • Read Easy UK

    Everyone at Read Easy UK has been really moved by the generosity of Radio 4 listeners who donated over £31,000 in response to our appeal. 4 April 2021

Radio 4 Appeal 2020-2021

  • Family For Every Child

    Family for Every Child would like to thank every one of the Radio 4 listeners who made a donation to our appeal, your generosity is greatly appreciated. You have raised an incredible £20,300. On behalf of all the children and families your support is reaching, thank you! 28 March 2021
  • Lymphoedema Support Network (LSN)

    The LSN has been providing information and support for many years and thanks to the amazing £12,629 we raised through the generosity of Radio 4 listeners we will continue to be there on the end of a phone or email when people need us. 7 March 2021
  • IMPACT Foundation

    We would like to thank the very generous Radio 4 listeners who supported our appeal and helped us to raise an incredible £137,103 for our floating hospital in Bangladesh. We are so grateful. 28 February 2021
  • Feedback

    We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the generous ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who helped us raise an impressive £61,748 towards our work on creating a fairer, more sustainable food system for all. We would also like to extend our sincerest thanks to Sheila Dillon 21 February 2021
  • Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI)

    We would like to thank the many generous Radio 4 listeners who shared our appeal and donated to end acid violence. The support has raised £19,427 for Acid Survivors Trust International. We are a small organisation and the only charity to focus completely on acid violence worldwide. This appeal is an overwhelming encouragement. 14 February 2021
  • The Coroners' Court Support Service

    The Radio 4 Charity Appeal has had such a positive impact on our Service. Not just in terms of monetary benefits which raised an amazing £24,791 but it has also helped raise much needed awareness of the emotional support and practical advice our volunteers are able to offer to those attending Inquests. 31 January 2021
  • Practical Action

    Thanks to our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal, broadcast in January 2021, we raised more than £38,868. Donations made to the appeal will be matched pound for pound by the UK government. 24 January 2021
  • Ubuntu Pathways

    Thank you wholeheartedly to everybody who supported our Radio 4 Appeal to reopen the Ubuntu School in South Africa after the COVID-19 lockdown. With an incredible £32,185 raised from almost 300 donors, we have been able to achieve our goal, and are once again providing a safe and nurturing space everyday to 225 children who are recovering from almost a year of isolation and trauma. 10 January 2021
  • Keep Britain Tiday

    We would like to thank all the generous listeners who supported our Radio 4 Appeal. Thanks to your support we raised £41,695 not including Gift Aid and all of our staff, trustees and volunteers were thrilled to receive so many generous donations. 3 January 2021
  • Farm Africa

    Enormous thanks to everyone who has donated to our appeal, presented by Sir Michael Palin. You've given an incredible £59,489 including Gift Aid. Every pound is hugely appreciated and will help change the lives of farming families living in eastern Africa. 13 December 2020
  • Wellbeing of Women

    We'd like to say a huge thank you to Radio 4 listeners who supported our appeal. With your generosity, we raised over £30,000 to invest in life-saving research that will save and change the lives of women, girls and babies. 29 November 2020
  • Microloan Foundation

    Thank you so much to the wonderful ±«Óãtv listeners who donated to empower women in sub-Saharan Africa to begin a life outside of poverty. The appeal was a triumph, raising £41,013. 22 November 2020
  • Water Aid

    WaterAid would like to thank the very generous Radio 4 listeners who donated a total of £116,804 for our appeal presented by Rageh Omaar. It costs just £15 to bring clean water to one person, so this incredible amount will help transform many lives. 8 November 2020
  • Antibiotic Research UK

    We’re delighted to report that thanks to the generosity of those who gave, the appeal raised £51,009. This amazing amount is already supporting our work. Most noticeably due to the pandemic we have had a large increase in need for our Patient Support service. 1 November 2020
  • SHINE

    Shine would like to say a big thank you to ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners for raising an astonishing £18,303. This equates to an hour of support from our specialist team for more than 600 families affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus. 25 October 2020
  • Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation

    Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation (CSSF) is delighted and very grateful to have raised £14,413 through the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal. Despite the immense upheaval of 2020, and with theatres across the UK closed, CSSF was able to run a successful 2020 Festival. 22 October 2020
  • Vision Aid Overseas

    We are profoundly thankful to the amazing listeners of ±«Óãtv Radio 4, who raised an incredible £20,571 in response to our appeal, presented by Oti Mabuse, to help children affected by poverty in Africa get the eye care and spectacles they need to see clearly. 10 October 2020
  • Create

    Create would like to thank ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners for their overwhelming response to our charity appeal. The appeal read by actress and comedian Isy Suttie has helped us raise £37,909. 20 September 2020
  • The MPS Society

    It costs around £196 to support one family affected by an MPS or related disease in the UK each year. We are delighted that our Radio 4 Appeal raised £5,035 and this means we can support 25 families through these uncertain times. Thank you ±«Óãtv Radio 4 for this opportunity! 13 September 2020
  • Room to Read

    Room to Read is on a mission to make this a reality, and free the world of illiteracy and gender inequality, allowing communities to build back stronger than ever before. 6 September 2020
  • Multiple System Atrophy Trust

    Thank you everyone who so kindly donated. Your generosity and support enables MSA Trust to continue its work supporting people with MSA and for that we are eternally grateful 16 August 2020
  • ±«Óãtv-Start UK

    The impact of the Radio 4 Charity Appeal has been felt by thousands of hard hit families in communities across the UK. Directly because of the appeal, families received support to meet their basic needs, build family resilience to continue to cope, and help to maintain social connections at a time when many are feeling isolated. 30 August 2020
  • Child Rescue Nepal

    Radio 4’s listeners gave very generously to our appeal in August 2020, helping us to raise an incredible £60,700. Child Rescue Nepal frees children from slavery and keeps them safe. 23 August 2020
  • Good Vibrations

    Good Vibrations would like to thank all the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who generously donated to our appeal. You helped us raise an incredible £26,594, to support our work taking the transformative power of the gamelan percussion orchestra into prisons. 9 August 2020
  • The Royal Life Saving Society UK

    The amazing final total of £7,275 resulting from the generosity of the Radio 4 listeners, went straight to work, as the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) continued its work towards nations without drowning. 2 August 2020
  • Five Talents UK

    Five Talents is incredibly grateful that through the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal we were able to raise £21,690 together. Despite the devastations of COVID-19, just like in the UK, we have seen the strength and resilience of communities in their support for each other. 26 July 2020
  • Mary's Meals

    We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who so generously supported our appeal to help transform the lives of hungry children raising an amazing £37,222. It costs just £15.90 to feed a hungry child for a whole school year. 12 July 2020
  • Hospice Care Kenya

    Hospice Care Kenya would like to say a huge thank you to all the Radio 4 listeners who so generously supported our appeal. You helped us raise an amazing £28,991 to train and support community health volunteers who will provide compassionate palliative care across Kenya. 28 June 2020
  • Tools for Self Reliance

    Tools for Self Reliance is very grateful for the overwhelming support we received from ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners in response to our appeal. Our very own volunteer, Janet Moody, presented the appeal, and we were thrilled to have received an amazing £36,618 in donations. 14 June 2020
  • Nystagmus Network

    With transmission following closely after Nystagmus Awareness Day on 20 June, the broadcast raised awareness of the condition to new heights. In 2020, when most fundraising had ceased and people with nystagmus were struggling with home-schooling, social distancing, shopping, lack of hospital appointments and isolation, the appeal has been a lifeline to the charity and the nystagmus community. 5 July 2020
  • Able Child Africa

    We at Able Child Africa are extremely grateful for the amazing support we have received through our Radio 4 Appeal, which raised £16,228. This money will mean we can continue to support out partner organisations in Africa while they cope with Covid-19. 7 June 2020
  • Cool Earth

    Cool Earth would like to thank the Radio 4 listeners for their overwhelming generosity. Together you raised £29,883 to support our work alongside local communities to tackle deforestation and its impact on climate change. 31 May 2020
  • Womankind Worldwide

    Thanks to our Radio 4 appeal presented by Nikki Amuka-Bird, your generous listeners donated a fantastic £20,093 towards our work in supporting women’s rights organisations as they adapt and respond to the devastating impact COVID is having on women’s lives. 24 May 2020
  • Project Harar

    We at Project Harar are extremely grateful for everyone who listened to our appeal and reached out to offer support or share their personal experience with children born with cleft lip and palate. 17 May 2020
  • The Orchard Project

    The Orchard Project ran a Radio 4 appeal in May 2020 with the brilliant presenter Alys Fowler and raised an astonishing £54,526 to support our work for the year ahead. 10 May 2020
  • Hello World

    Everyone at Hello World has been overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of Radio 4 listeners. Our appeal raised £30,741 and through it we have made many new friends. This money will help us provide education where it is needed most. 3 May 2020
  • Malaria No More UK

    Jo lost her son, Harry, to malaria after he gave away his antimalarial medication to local children in the village in Ghana where he was volunteering. The money raised in this appeal will go towards ensuring that one day no other parent will needlessly lose their child to this preventable and treatable disease. 26 April 2020
  • Family Fund

    Family Fund were overwhelmed to receive a phenomenal £65,802 from Radio 4 listeners who gave so generously to our appeal on behalf of disabled children living through hardship in April. 19 April 2020
  • The Cure Parkinson’s Trust

    Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Radio 4 listeners, The Cure Parkinson’s Trust’s first ever Radio 4 Appeal raised a staggering £108,335.75. We are completely overwhelmed by this figure and would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all who donated. 12 April 2020
  • Phase Worldwide

    PHASE Worldwide would like to say a huge thank you to all the fantastic listeners of ±«Óãtv Radio 4. Their support of our appeal presented by Kate Humble raised an incredible £25,406. 5 April 2020

Radio 4 Appeal 2019-2020

  • In2science UK

    The in2scienceUK Radio 4 Appeal raised a total of £21,228. These funds will enable us to support more young people most in need gain the opportunities to progress into exciting careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. 29 March 2020
  • Scottish Love In Action

    Our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal enabled our small charity to raise an amazing £25,877 for the work of our grassroots partner in India 8 March 2020
  • Legs4Africa

    On behalf of everyone at Legs4Africa, Alex Brooker and all our friends across Sub-Saharan Africa we want to say a ginormous thank you to everyone who donated to our first ever ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal. We are still grinning from ear to ear, and we are still astounded by the amount you raised. Together, you donated a staggering £48,230 1 March 2020
  • Music In Detention

    Because of people like you, more than 1,000 people indefinitely locked up in UK Immigration Removal Centres will make music and find some peace in their soul. Together, you donated a life-giving £18,932! 16 February 2020
  • Emmaus UK

    Our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal raised an amazing £24,539 towards our training fund. This means many more Emmaus residents who have experienced homelessness will be able to receive relevant training of their choice, getting them closer to moving on from homelessness for good. 26 January 2020
  • The Virtual Doctors

    A huge thank you from the Virtual Doctors to everyone that donated to our Radio 4 Appeal. We have raised an incredible £34,659 towards the expansion of our telemedicine service, equipping and training more frontline health workers in remote areas to give them access to diagnosis and treatment support from medical doctors. 19 January 2020
  • Buttle UK

    With help from the Radio 4 Appeal, which raised £54,367, Buttle UK and everyone else who has supported the family, Denise says the boys are settling in really well to their new home. She can see them start to thrive and enjoy the childhood they deserve.†12 January 2020
  • Chance for Childhood

    Thanks to your kindness and generosity we were able to raise £10,014 to continue our work in inclusive education in Rwanda, Kenya and DRC, providing some of the world’s most vulnerable children access to a brighter future. 29 December 2019
  • Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust

    On behalf of every young person we support in recovery, thank you to the listeners who raised £11,606 towards making this happen.During the Appeal you met Dervla, who sailed with the Trust last summer following treatment for a brain tumour. 22 December 2019
  • Prisoners' Education Trust

    Thanks to the generosity of Radio 4 listeners we raised £20,724 as a direct response to the appeal. 11 new supporters started regular gifts to PET, and people got in touch to ask if they could volunteer. 15 December 2019
  • The Bhopal Medical Appeal

    We are so very grateful to the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who together raised the incredible amount of £24,599 - thank you so much. Our appeal told the story of Suraj. Suraj was born in Bhopal, where in 1984 a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide leaked a huge cloud of lethal gas across the city, in central India. 8 December 2019
  • SolarAid

    From everyone at SolarAid and our social enterprise SunnyMoney, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone that donated to our appeal. We have raised an incredible £69,677. This means 17,419 solar lights can be distributed to families living without electricity. 24 November 2019
  • Toybox

    Your amazing donations helped to raise a total of £59,330 – and have enabled us to begin our life-changing work in Nepal to register children on the streets with their birth certificates. 10 November 2019
  • Lymphoma Action

    We are very grateful to the generous donations from ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who raised a fantastic £8,104 to support our work - thank you so much. 3 November 2019
  • Youth Business International

    Youth Business International (YBI) would like to say a huge thank you to all Radio 4 listeners who so generously donated to our appeal and raised an amazing £3,403.75 27 October 2019
  • Royal Osteoporosis Society

    Our appeal focused on the impact broken bones and osteoporosis can have on an individual’s life and was made by a beneficiary of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. 20 October 2019
  • Music as Therapy International

    Everyone at Music as Therapy International would like to say a huge thank you to all the amazing people who so generously donated in support of our Radio 4 Appeal, raising an incredible £20,914. 13 October 2019
  • FRANK Water

    Radio 4 listeners raised an incredible £25,569 after listening to Maya’s story. Your donations will support families who are still rebuilding their lives four years after a massive earthquake destroyed everything. 6 October 2019
  • SafeHands

    SafeHands would like to extend its deepest appreciation to all our ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal supporters who raised £18,358 for our project ‘Labour at the Last Mile’ in Amhara, Ethiopia. 29 September 2019
  • End Youth ±«Óãtvlessness

    End Youth ±«Óãtvlessness would like to send a huge thank you to all the Radio 4 listeners who donated to our Radio 4 Appeal, which raised an incredible £20,369 for our Employability Fund. 22 September 2019
  • Leukaemia Care

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated over £6,295 to Leukaemia Care’s ±«Óãtv Radio 4 charity appeal which took place in September during Blood Cancer Awareness Month. 15 September 2019
  • Conciliation Resources

    Everyone has a right to live in peace. Conciliation Resources is an international organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies. 1 September 2019
  • Anne Frank Trust

    The Anne Frank Trust believes everyone has the right to live in a society safe from prejudice and discrimination. We would like to thank the generosity of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who raised £10,564 towards that goal. 25 August 2019
  • The Poppy Factory

    The response to The Poppy Factory’s Radio 4 appeal was tremendous, with listeners contributing £10,525. A huge thank you to everyone who gave their support - these funds will help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable veterans. 18 August 2019
  • Family Action

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £7582 to Family Action’s August appeal. These funds will help us provide a listening ear and somewhere to turn for families across the country that need support to manage the challenges of family life. 11 August 2019
  • Eric

    We were delighted by the incredible generosity of the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners and ERIC's loyal donors. Over four hundred people donated £23,600 to support children and teenagers with continence problems. 4 August 2019
  • Personal Support Unit

    Thank you to all our Radio 4 listeners who helped raise £13,869. 28 July 2019
  • Frontline AIDS

    We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Radio 4 listeners for their generous support. You’ve raised £13,212 in Frontline AIDS’ first ever public appeal. This money will go directly to our Rapid Response Fund, which supports lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual (LGBT) people facing urgent crises in 30 countries across sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. 21 July 2019
  • The Theodora Children's Charity

    Thank you to all our Radio 4 listeners who helped raise £14,556. 17 July 2019
  • Survival International

    597 listeners donated following an appeal by Gillian Anderson, raising an amazing £40,855. 7 July 2019
  • Women for Women International

    Thanks to the generous support of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners and our Ambassador Thomasina Miers, we were able to raise £15,406 for our work supporting women survivors of war living in some of the world’s most dangerous places. 23 June 2019
  • Vision Care for ±«Óãtvlessness

    In June 2019 Vision Care for ±«Óãtvless People’s appeal was presented by John Hegley, who, impressed by the warmth of our volunteer opticians on visiting one of our clinics wrote some short poetry pieces to tell the audience about the unique service the clinics give in providing free eye care in a welcoming, friendly environment. 16 June 2019
  • Crimestoppers

    Crimestoppers would like to say a huge thank you to all Radio 4 listeners who so generously donated to our appeal and raised £6,161. 9 June 2019
  • Kids Club Kampala

    Radio 4’s listeners gave very generously to our appeal raising £9,203 which enabled us to reunite another vulnerable child with a loving family. 2 June 2019
  • Young Women's Trust

    Young Women's Trust would like to thank Radio 4 listeners for generously donating £10,111 help fund 150 coaching sessions to help young women to take their next steps in life, set goals and discover what they’re passionate about. 26 May 2019
  • Children Change Colombia

    We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who so generously donated towards our appeal! With your help we raised £12,685, which will have a big impact on our work with Colombia’s most at risk children and young people. 19 May 2019
  • The Somerville Foundation

    Thank you to everyone who donated to The Somerville Foundation’s Radio 4 Appeal, which raised an incredible £12,736. 12 May 2019
  • Street Child

    Your donations raised £28,770 following an appeal by Colin Freeman which will make a huge impact on Street Child’s work to provide education for vulnerable children. 5 May 2019
  • Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund

    Thanks to John Simpson and the generosity of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners, the appeal for Prisoners of Conscience raised a total of £16,887 to fight for human rights defenders around the world. 28 April 2019
  • Habitat for Humanity

    Thanks to the generous support of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners and our volunteer, Jan Eldred, we were able to raise £15,575 for our work to improve the living conditions of refugees living in Lebanon and alleviate the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis. 21 April 2019
  • Action for Stammering Children

    After an appeal by Sir Michael Palin on 14th April 2019, your donations raised £15,143. Find out more about how your donations help children with stammers. 14 April 2019<
  • Peace Direct

    Radio 4 listeners raised £12,283 for local people building peace around the world. 7 April 2019
  • Tropical Health and Education Trust

    Through the Appeal we raised an incredible £13,135. Your donations are enabling us to continue working to create a world where everyone, everywhere, has access to quality healthcare by training and educating health workers in low- and middle-income countries across Africa and Asia. 9 February 2019

Radio 4 Appeal 2018-2019

  • Y Care International

    After a Radio 4 appeal on 1 April 2018, you donated £9,118. Find out how the money will be spent 1 April 2018
  • Shannon Trust UK

    With your help the Shannon Trust raised an amazing £62,369 to enable people in prison who can’t read, to unlock the power of reading. 8 April 2018
  • Sightsavers

    When TV presenter and Sightsavers ambassador Lorraine Kelly presented Sightsavers’ Radio 4 appeal on 15 April, listeners generously donated £31,122. 15 April 2018
  • Ehlers-Danlos Support UK

    Our Radio 4 appeal on 22 April 2018 raised £4,334 to help Ehlers-Danlos Support UK keep their helpline open 22 April 2018
  • Maternity Worldwide

    With the help of Emily Watson and the listeners of Radio 4, Maternity Worldwide have been able to raise a fantastic £21,000. 29 April 2018
  • Butterfly Conservation

    Butterfly Conservation’s Vice-president Alan Titchmarsh helped raise £2,869 thanks to Radio 4 listeners. 6 May 2018
  • Self Help Africa

    Self Help Africa is extremely grateful for the generous support provided by Radio 4 listeners who donated an incredible £22,803 to our appeal aimed at helping smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to gain access to greater food and income security. 13 May 2018
  • Missing People

    Jason Watkins' appeal was a huge moment for the charity and raised a fantastic £12,329 towards their work. 20 May 2018
  • ShelterBox

    Radio 4 listeners generously gave £31,562 to ShelterBox's appeal. Since then, their gifts have been supporting displaced families in Bangladesh, Syria and around the world. 27 May 2018
  • The Halo Trust

    Radio 4 listeners' generous response to HALO’s Syria appeal in June 2018 raised £18,804 to help reduce the threat to civilians of landmines and other explosive debris in northwest Syria. 3 June 2018
  • International Tree Foundation

    Radio 4 listeners helped International Tree Foundation raise over £10,214 in support of our ‘20 Million Trees for Kenya’s Forests’ campaign 10 June 2018
  • Cystic Fibrosis UK

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £7,324 to Cystic Fibrosis UK which will be able to continue supporting cutting-edge research into new treatments 17 June 2018
  • Zambia Orphans Aid UK

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £21,500 to Zambia Orphans Aid to support their vital work helping children into school. 24 June 2018
  • Action for A-T

    Radio 4 listeners donated £11,752 to help fund a revolutionary gene editing study at Royal Holloway. 8 July 2018
  • Honeypot Children's Charity

    Over 600 Radio 4 listeners came together to raise an amazing £58,260 to help give young carers a chance at childhood. 15 July 2018
  • Prisoners Abroad

    Thanks to the generosity of Radio 4 listeners we raised an initial £34,351 which then became an amazing £68,702 as an anonymous family trust promised to match fund all raised donations. 29 July 2018
  • Fight for Sight

    Fight for Sight's Radio 4 appeal raised an astonishing £63,897 to help fund vital ground-breaking research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and reversal of sight loss in the UK 5 August 2018
  • Unicef

    The generosity of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners in August last year raised £11,875 for Unicef UK’s Children’s Emergency Fund. 19 August 2018
  • Meningitis Research Foundation

    Meningitis Research Foundation'S ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal raised an incredible £18,374 which has initiated a vital research project in The Gambia. 2 September 2018
  • Khulisa

    Khulisa’s ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal raised £7,169 in funds for the Face It programme, a social and emotional skills development programme designed to support vulnerable young people to re-engage in their education. 9 September 2018
  • Unseen

    The £23,217 raised by Radio 4 listeners will help to pay for a Children’s Support Worker for a year to help protect trafficked children. 16 September 2018
  • TB Alert

    Following Felicity Kendal's ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal, TB Alert raised £16,289, which will help fund trained outreach workers to detect the symptoms of TB in pregnant women. 23 September 2018
  • Rainbow Trust Children's Charity

    Thanks to generous listeners, the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal for Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity raised £16,328 to help support families with a seriously ill child. 30 September 2018
  • Medical Aid Film

    Medical Aid Films raised a total of £40,630 from your donations supporting life-changing training content for midwives and nurses in Somaliland. 7 October 2018
  • Back-up Trust

    Back-up Trust would like to thank Radio 4 listeners for generously donating £10,689 to our appeal, helping to offer vital services to people affected by spinal cord injury across the UK. 28 October 2018
  • Tenovus Cancer Care

    Tenovus Cancer Care would like to thank Radio 4 listeners for generously donating £7,153.23, helping to continue to offer their nurse-led Support Line. 14 October 2018
  • DePaul International

    DePaul International's appeal raised £8,258 and highlighted a conflict which is still being fought. 21 October 2018
  • DEBRA

    Radio 4’s listeners generously donated £15,305 to DEBRA’s appeal to support people suffering from the potentially fatal skin blistering condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) 4 November 2018
  • Railway Children

    Railway Children were thrilled to have Hollywood star Dev Patel talk about their work rescuing children in India’s Railway Stations. Thanks to your support the appeal raised £25,045. 11 November 2018
  • Rainforest Foundation UK

    Over 500 listeners supported Rainforest Foundation UK's appeal, raising an amazing £40,581 to protect rainforests and support the people who live in them. 9 December 2018
  • Mercy Ships

    Radio 4 listeners donated an incredible £76,470 to help deliver free, safe medical care to some of the world’s least-developed countries. 25 November 2018
  • Prostate Cancer Research Centre

    Prostate Cancer Research Centre had a fantastic response for their Immunotherapy project appeal, raising £56,000. 16 December 2018
  • Lost Chord

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £20,000 to the Lost Chord appeal which goes directly to fund monthly therapeutic musical sessions for people with dementia 23 December 2018
  • AfriKids

    Collectively Radio 4 listeners donated an incredible £19,844 to support children to complete their education 30 December 2018
  • Leonard Cheshire Disability

    More disabled children in Zambia are able to go to school, thanks to the generosity of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who helped Leonard Cheshire Disability to raise a fantastic £9,688 for their Inclusive Education Appeal. 6 January 2019
  • TREEAID

    Radio 4 listeners donated incredibly generously to the TREE AID appeal in January, raising a fantastic £18,375 to support families in the drylands of Africa lift themselves out of poverty and protect the environment using trees. 13 January 2019
  • World Child Cancer UK

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £14,600 to World Child Cancer’s appeal to give children with cancer in developing countries the gift of growing up. 20 January 2019
  • Smart Works Charity

    Smart Works would like to say a heartfelt thank you to the Radio 4 listeners who gave generously to our appeal, raising an incredible £9,669 to support unemployed women across the UK to succeed at their job interview and start a new chapter. 27 January 2019
  • CLIC Sargent

    Everyone at CLIC Sargent would like to say a huge thank you to the Radio 4 listeners that raised £12,411 for young lives against cancer by donating to our appeal. 3 February 2019
  • Lifebox Foundation

    Lifebox Foundation were overwhelmed by the support and donations of £59,490 to empower surgical teams with the essential tools and skills they need to care for their patients as safely as possible. 10 February 2019
  • Send a Cow

    Thank you to all the Radio 4 listeners who together generously gave £24,390 to our appeal to support their agricultural programme in Burundi 17 February 2019
  • Excellent Development

    Radio 4 listeners gave very generously to our appeal in February 2019 and raised £26,166. This fund will go towards further sand dam projects in Africa this year, helping to bring life-transforming clean water to thousands more people. 24 February 2019
  • Amref Health Africa

    Amref Health Africa would like to thank all the Radio 4 listeners who together generously raised over £32,190 to support women and girls access their right to health. 10 March 2019
  • Koestler Trust

    Over 200 Radio 4 listeners came together to raise an amazing £18,186, helping young people in detention find the encouragement to be creative and to see the value in themselves. 24 March 2019
  • Book Aid International

    In March 2019, collectively you donated an astonishing £25,067 to help send brand new books to refugees and to people affected by conflict, displacement and instability around the world. 31 March 2019

Radio 4 Appeal 2017-2018

  • SignHealth

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £11,135 to SignHealth’s appeal for funds to support our work with people who are Deaf and experience mental health problems 2 April 2017
  • Child Rescue Nepal

    Radio 4’s listeners gave very generously to Child Rescue Nepal's appeal in April and raised £30,858. 9 April 2017
  • National AIDS Trust

    Radio 4 listeners response to National AIDS Trust’s appeal raised £2,665 to help people living with HIV in the UK. 16 April 2017
  • Advantage Africa

    Radio 4 listeners' generous response to Advantage Africa's appeal raised £24,159 to help people with albinism in Uganda keep safe from skin cancer. 23 April 2017
  • Mentor Foundation UK

    Mentor Foundation UK's Radio 4 Appeal raised £5,417 to allow them to deliver a campaign to help raise awareness of the role of kinship carers 30 April 2017
  • 3H - Helping Hands for Holidays

    The generosity of the Radio 4 listeners in 2017 has raised £12,155 which has helped families have a break away from the daily challenges that come from living with disability. 7 May 2017
  • WOMANKIND Worldwide

    Radio 4 listeners’ responded very generously to Womankind Worldwide’s appeal in May raising £27,255 to support women and girls fleeing violence in Africa and Asia. 14 May 2017
  • Child Poverty Action Group

    CPAG’s ambassador Simon Callow spoke about the charity's work and how they make a difference in the lives of thousands of children growing up in poverty in the UK, raising £11,250. 21 May 2017
  • Acid Survivors Trust International

    £14,488 was raised through the generous support of Radio 4 listeners and this has enabled Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) to invest human resources in designing a major new programme to deliver a mental trauma care programme for survivors and their families in Colombia. 28 May 2017
  • The Children’s Trust

    Radio 4 listeners generously donated £10,412 to the Children’s Trust appeal, to help them offer vital services to children with brain injury. 4 June 2017
  • Africa Educational Trust

    The ±«Óãtv Radio 4 Appeal raised £8,140, enabling AET to apply for and deliver projects to bring education to some of the neediest people in Africa. 11 June 2017
  • Helen Bamber Foundation

    Radio 4 listeners' generous response to the Helen Bamber Foundation’s appeal has raised £26,444 to provide lifesaving support to refugees who have experienced human cruelty, such as torture and human trafficking. 18 June 2017
  • Macular Society

    Thanks to hundreds of Radio 4 listeners, an incredible £32,538 was raised to help people whose lives have been devastated by sight loss. 25 June 2017
  • Pancreatic Cancer UK

    Pancreatic Cancer UK's Radio 4 Appeal raised an incredible £38,120 to fund research into understanding, diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer. 9 July 2017
  • SurvivorsUK

    Radio 4’s listeners gave very generously to SurvivorsUK's appeal in July and raised an amazing £5,603 to support even more sexually abused men through their specialist services. 16 July 2017
  • United World Schools

    The generous support of Radio 4 listeners raised an incredible £52,000 for United World Schools in July 2017, giving children in developing countries the chance to go to school. 23 July 2017
  • MHA

    Radio 4 listeners donated £9,721 to enable the Live at ±«Óãtv scheme to support older people in Doncaster. 30 July 2017
  • Kidscape

    Radio 4's listeners raised a total of £3,599 for Kidscape to continued their work protecting children from bullying and educating parents, grandparents and carers in how to keep their children safe. 6 August 2017
  • Revitalise

    The generous response of the ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners raised an incredible £13,383 in August 2017 towards Revitalise’s hardship funding initiative, the Revitalise Support Fund. 13 August 2017
  • Plantlife

    The generous support of Radio 4 listeners totalling £5,737 has helped Plantlife run the 2018 Great British Wildflower Hunt. 20 August 2017
  • Cerebra

    Radio 4 listeners' generous response to Cerebra’s appeal has raised £3,102 to help families who have a child with a brain condition to discover a better life together. 27 August 2017
  • Teach a Man to Fish

    Radio 4 listeners gave very generously in September and raised £21,400. This fund is helping Teach A Man To Fish to assist young people in schools in Rwanda to gain the skills and experience they need to get a decent job or create their own job where there is none available. 3 September 2017
  • Maytree Respite Centre

    Radio 4 listeners contributed £6,179 to Maytree’s appeal which aired, fittingly, on World Suicide Prevention Day, September 2017. 10 September 2017
  • Practical Action

    Over 400 Radio 4 listeners gave incredibly generously to Practical Action's appeal in September and raised over £44,177 for some of the world’s most marginalised communities. 17 September 2017
  • MAG

    Together, over 1,000 Radio 4 listeners raised an incredible £97,297 to help families rebuild their lives after conflict, free from fear of landmines. 24 September 2017
  • Farm Africa

    Farm Africa extends thanks to Radio 4 listeners, who together generously gave £21,935. Thanks to match funding from UK aid, these donations will be doubled by the Government, meaning gifts will go twice as far. 15 October 2017
  • Village Water

    Village Water were overwhelmed by the generosity of Radio 4 listeners who raised £32,770. This is already changing lives in Zambia through access to safe water and sanitation. 22 October 2017
  • Anti-Slavery International

    The funds raised by ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners allow Anti-Slavery International to identify and provide holistic support to child domestic workers who fall victim of exploitation and abuse. 5 November 2017
  • Pancreatic Cancer Action

    Pancreatic Cancer Action were absolutely astounded with the generosity of over 500 ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners who donated £34,501 help fund early diagnosis research projects, launch national symptom awareness campaigns, provide and promote educational courses for primary care professionals, and supply vital information to patients and clinicians. 12 November 2017
  • Motivation Charitable Trust

    Radio 4 listeners donated an incredible £18,128 to Motivation Charitable Trust to help disabled people in the developing world. 10 December 2017
  • Humanity & Inclusion

    Thanks to the generous support of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) raised £22,595 to continue their work providing care to children injured by conflict. 24 December 2017
  • Over The Wall

    Over The Wall’s appeal in December 2017, received an incredibly generous response from ±«Óãtv Radio 4’s listeners with £8,668 raised from 156 donors. 31 December 2017
  • The Mango Tree Orphan Support

    Mango Tree Orphan Support's appeal, fronted by actor Suranne Jones, was to raise funds and awareness about period poverty in Africa and raised £48,000 thanks to the generosity of Radio 4 listeners. 28 January 2018
  • Opportunity International UK

    Radio 4 listeners’ donated an incredible £13,913 to Opportunity International’s Radio 4 appeal. These donations will now be matched by the UK Government, helping twice as many people work their way out of poverty. 7 January 2018
  • ChildHope UK

    ChildHope has been blown away by the support we received for our recent ±«Óãtv Appeal. The generosity of over 1,000 Radio 4 listeners meant a total of £68,186 has been raised. 21 January 2018
  • Child Soldiers International

    Thanks to the generosity of ±«Óãtv Radio 4 listeners, Child Soldiers International is thrilled to have raised £26,026 to help girls formerly associated with armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 4 February 2018
  • Alzheimer's Society

    Radio 4 listeners’ generous response to Alzheimer’s Society’s appeal has raised £27,536 to help support people living with dementia and their families. 11 February 2018
  • Afghanaid

    Afghanaid would like to say a huge thank you to the Radio 4 listeners, who generously donated £38,006 to help vulnerable women in Afghanistan. 4 March 2018
  • Galapagos Conservation Trust

    The generous support of almost 300 Radio 4 listeners raised an incredible £16,795 which will help us to restore Floreana island to its former glory. 18 February 2018
  • The Lullaby Trust UK

    Radio 4 listeners donated an amazing total of £8,206 to The Lullaby Trust towards their work to research Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or ‘cot death’. 11 March 2018
  • Epilepsy Research UK

    With your help Epilepsy Research UK raised a healthy £7,814 which is helping fund 12 new research grants 25 March 2018

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