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Summer fun for budding life-savers 27 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
You’re never too young to learn about staying safe – particularly if you can get clued up with hands-on activities and fun demonstrations. That’s why Junior Citizens, a programme run by organisations ...
Syria infographic: the crisis and how we’re helping 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 pm
Today’s news that one million Syrian children are now refugees serves as a stark reminder of the constantly growing humanitarian needs in the region. This infographic highlights people’s needs, how we...
Call the midwife: childbirth and folk cures in wartime Lincolnshire 22 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
Helen Owen, aged 93, joined the British Red Cross in 1937 as the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe. Seventy-five years later she looks back on her wartime service, which included working ...
The long road to recovery in Haiti 19 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
Repairing or replacing hundreds of homes damaged by the Haiti earthquake is a major part of the British Red Cross’ £23 million response to the disaster. But more than three years after the earthquake,...
When Saturday comes…we’re giving first aid 16 Aug 2013 | 04:27 pm
Football fans face all sorts of hazards when they go to a game – with dodgy keepers, dodgy referees and dodgy pies threatening to ruin their afternoon. But what if they have to cope with something eve...
Maternity in Myanmar: ‘I worried that we could die’ 15 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
This is a guest blog from Xanthe Swift, our agency regular giving manager, who recently visited Myanmar. After an hour in the car, we arrive at the dirt road we are to travel by bullock and cart. At f...
Curse of the faecal fingers 14 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
Gross as it sounds, toilet-based germs are everywhere – and the problem is particularly bad in the UK. So why are the British so rubbish at washing their hands? Those with a delicate disposition: look...
Six marathons? Six days? No problem. 14 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Picture the Sahara Desert for a moment. Think of the blinding sun, sweltering 54-degree heat, sand storms and scorpions. Now picture enduring those conditions for six long days, while running 156 mile...
First aid for sporty cops and firefighters 13 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Thousands of fire and police officers from 67 countries across the globe have been battling for sporting glory in Northern Ireland, at the World Police and Fire Games. The British Red Cross was in the...
Photo gallery: teaching first aid to children in Syria conflict 13 Aug 2013 | 01:57 pm
Here at the Red Cross, we see first aid as an essential skill that all children should learn. So much so that we’ve been campaigning to have it put on England’s national curriculum. Of course, it goes...
