British Red Cross
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The British Red Cross are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.
UK
Their work in the UK focuses on four areas:
- emergency response – helping individuals and communities respond to and recover from emergencies, such as floods, fires and evacuations
- first aid training – promoting life-saving and other humanitarian skills so individuals can be ready to help their own communities
- health and social care – helping people during difficult periods of their life, such as an illness, breakdown in support arrangements or bereavement
- refugees and other vulnerable migrants – helping new arrivals to the UK and work to reunite families separated by conflicts and disasters.
Overseas
Their overseas work focuses on four areas:
- emergency response – helping communities affected by conflicts and disasters
- disaster preparedness – working in countries that are vulnerable to disasters, giving communities the skills and tools to survive
- health and social care – supporting vulnerable communities with a range of healthcare needs, including HIV, tuberculosis, community-based healthcare, and water and sanitation
- international humanitarian law – promoting the international laws governing the way conflicts are fought, minimising the negative effects they have on civilians and combatants.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Movement: The British Red Cross are part of a global network of volunteers – the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies. There are 186 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies around the world, making the Movement the world's largest independent humanitarian organisation.
