2026 Charities

Liver for Life

Liver for Life (L4L) is a UK based charity dedicated to providing support to any person affected by a liver condition.

The Charity was founded in 2013 by Richard Hall who is passionate for the support and empowerment of liver patients and their rights and to allow patients to take ownership of their condition. Richard made the decision that he could not ignore the reduction in service provision to people affected by liver conditions and must do something about it. Eight weeks later he founded Liver4Life and started developing an organisation that would be streamlined and efficient, and very focused on supporting people who have been recently diagnosed with liver conditions.

Liver4Life offers support and education, as well as undertaking campaigns on behalf of people with a liver condition, to improve their care, their treatment and their support services.

At L4L we recognise the importance of preventing liver disease and the early detection of a liver condition and liver cancer in the UK. Our absolute priority is supporting liver patients in the UK.

We are working very hard to ensure our newly launched free helpline continues to run and help all people affected by a liver condition in the UK.

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Mikey’s Wish Foundation

Mikey’s Wish Foundation (MWF) supports people with speech, language and communication needs with an added interest in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). Mikey Akers, founder of the charity has grown up with a diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech.

Mikey’s Wish Foundation was established in 2024 with the support of four parents as trustees and a speech therapist. In the Foundation’s first year it has supported families across the UK by supplying resources, visiting schools to talk to children and staff alike about CAS and how speech and language needs of a child with CAS can affect their time in the classroom.

Mikey’s Wish Foundation have spearheaded their own campaign, alongside the Royal Collage of Speech & Language Therapists, calling on the Government to invest in speech and language services. The MWF petition was debated in Parliament in 2024, resulting in Stephen Kinnock, the minister of Health and Social Care Minister, promising the Government would implement an action plan to improve speech and language services.

Mikey’s Wish Foundation aims to improve the lives of everyone affected by a speech, language and communication disability as well as raising the profile of Childhood Apraxia of Speech and the importance of early support through speech and language services.

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