One of the District Chairman's Charities is BURNAID, a small local charity that aims to support Burn Survivors and their families at the Burn Centres at Birmingham Children's Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
This is the second of the Chairman's charities. it is an innovative charity, exploring ways dogs can help people overcome specific challenges and enrich and improve lives and communities.
The District 6 International charity is Bees Abroad which is a UK-registered charity seeking to reduce poverty through beekeeping. Volunteer Project Managers assess and support beekeeping projects in developing countries world wide. They use their expertise, working in the local community group to develop a viable project which will become self-sustainable. Our project will specifically help a group of Batwa (pygmies) who were evicted from their homes in the Forest.
District Chairman Jill has selected Hearing Dogs for the Deaf as her Charity for the year.
The District 6 International Charity is the Chinthowa Trust.
The National President, Ann Acaster, has chosen Jessie's Fund (Music helping Children) for her charity.