Heat can disrupt your sleep. Follow our advice to make sure you are able to stay cool at night. It can be difficult to sleep in a heatwave. If it's too hot or too cold, your internal body temperature ...

From smallpox to Covid-19, we have played an essential role in vaccination campaigns to prevent diseases and improve public health. Smallpox was a highly infectious and deadly disease that was endemic ...

Explore our free teaching and learning resources to help enrich national curriculum subjects, like PSHE and citizenship, and connect human crisis with human kindness. We offer a variety of free ...

We offer courses for people at work, parents and anyone who wants to learn the simple skills needed to help in a first aid emergency. If you're not sure where to start, call 0344 871 8000 to talk to ...

Whether you donate to a cause or donate your time, your support helps our emergency responders be there for everyone, everywhere. Humanity is at the heart of what we do. We couldn't provide our ...

The British Red Cross has a long and proud history of working in partnership with the NHS. Day in and day out, our frontline staff and volunteers support patients in hospital emergency departments, ...

The British Red Cross is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Cowling and Mark Beddy to its board of trustees. Both new trustees bring a depth of experience in leadership, strategy, operations ...

Frequent attendance at A&E – when a person goes to A&E five times or more in a year – is often because someone desperately needs help and care yet they have nowhere else to turn. Unmet social, ...

The British Red Cross helps millions of people in the UK and 190 countries around the world get the support they need when disaster strikes. Together, we are the world's emergency responders.

Freezing temperatures and cold weather conditions can have a negative impact on our health. People with respiratory problems such as asthma, or heart conditions are at particular risk during the ...

If you are a refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant, we may be able to help you. You can find the local contact details you need on this page. Please contact the refugee service in your area to ...

Our report, Delivering with dignity: A framework for strengthening commissioning and provision of healthcare services for people seeking asylum (PDF), finds that people seeking asylum in England often ...