The British Red Cross is a leading member of the largest independent humanitarian organisation in the world - the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - and provides vital relief to people in crisis, both in the UK and overseas.

The British Red Cross responds immediately to conflicts and disasters around the world, providing essentials such as food, clean water, shelter and medicines. A global network of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers means that they are often first on the scene.

Across the UK 35,000 British Red Cross volunteers are committed to helping vulnerable people in their own communities. They respond to emergencies such as rail crashes, fires and floods and train over 150,000 first-aiders every year. They also provide short-term care to those affected by a personal crisis.

The Red Cross helps people without discrimination, regardless of their ethnic origin, nationality or religion. They believe in respecting human life and dignity, and responding to suffering with compassion and practical assistance.

Locally, British Red Cross volunteers provide short-term loans of medical equipment, such as wheelchairs, for people with a disability or illness. Such facilities are available via the Goring & District Community Centre.

They now have a mobile facility called the “community response unit” which travels across our Area of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to provide a Medical Loan service.

Currently it covers Aylesbury, Didcot, Chipping Norton, Great Missenden, Hungerford, Kidlington, Sonning Common, Thame, Wallingford, and Woodstock.

You can contact the depots direct or the Branch medical loan co-ordinator via the link:
www.redcross.org.uk/localservice.asp?id=2083

Or use the general link:
www.redcross.org.uk