The Butterfly Group is a new charity providing support and care for those affected by immune, auto immune and chronic disorders. Based in Blackpool they are dealing with over 100 illnesses and 100 related symptoms - and is the only charity in the UK that supports and cares for these illnesses as a collective group of disorders.

If you, or someone you know, has lost a husband in war or conflict, support is available from The War Widows Association.

2008 marks the 60th annversary of the Methodist Ministers’ Housing Society - that's six decades of providing ministers with homes following their retirement, following years of dedicated service to their communitie

When you enter Shirley Maynard's home you immediately feel a calmness that makes you aware that this is no ordinary house. Just a few steps inside the door you can feel the peace and tranquility - interrupted only by the faint sound of snoring. The reason? Shirley`s home is a hospice for 64 terminally ill cats, many of whom have with FIV - the feline form of HIV.

The UK’s Prostate Cancer Research Foundation has brought Bob Monkhouse “back from the dead” to campaign on their behalf. In the forty second advertisement, Bob Monkhouse - who died of prostate cancer in 2003, looks back on his own life and death – cracking jokes along the way - through the use of advanced filming and editing techniques and the help of a body double.

Most cat owners learn very quickly that they don't actually own their cat. Their cat owns THEM. But, speaking as a cat owner myself - who cares? I regard it as a great privilege that such a uniquely half wild and half domesticated animal graces my hearth. And shreds my sofas, chairs, clothes and carpets.

Although a child or adult is diagnosed with autism four times an hour in every working day, research projects receive only a fraction of the funding of much rarer conditions such as childhood leukaemia or cystic fibrosis. Autism Speaks is working to change this, and we meet the remarkable woman behind their fund raising efforts.