Pour a cup of kindness between 8th-15th May to celebrate being here for humanity, on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (8 May). Hosting your own tea event is easy, and you can host at home, online ...

The British Red Cross welcomes His Majesty King Charles III as new Patron. Béatrice Butsana-Sita, CEO of the British Red Cross, said: “The British Red Cross is delighted to welcome His Majesty King ...

It's a critical time for the British Red Cross and the work we do. Today over 100 million people are displaced across the world, including 10 million from Ukraine making the work that we do even more ...

With more than 1.5 million people in Gaza at risk of famine, safe and unimpeded aid access is desperately needed. But how ...

Drought, conflict, floods and global price rises have left more than 150 million people across Africa without enough food. This is a catastrophic, deadly emergency, on a scale we’ve not seen in recent ...

The British Red Cross offers health and care solutions across the four nations of the UK, delivering tried and tested services that have a strong track record of positive impact. We co-design bespoke ...

On his journey to meet Napoleon III in 1859, the businessman Henry Dunant witnessed a bloody battle in present-day Italy. What he saw horrified him: men were left to die in agony without medical aid.

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