Gaza: there is nowhere safe for people to go
Eight months on, and civilians continue to pay the highest price in Gaza. Nowhere is safe, and the entire population is experiencing a catastrophic hunger crisis.
Read the storyRefugee week 2024
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"Children can be agents for change"
Teaching children about the plight of refugees brings benefits all round.
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Asylum seekers: are they living on easy street?
With so many conflicting reports, it's hard to picture life for an asylum seeker in the UK. We shed some light on the matter.
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"This is not a refugee story, it's a love story"
Hamed Amiri's life has been extraordinary. Here, he describes his family’s escape from Herat, which inspired a sell-out play.
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Red Cross responds to vast medical needs in Rafah
By British Red Cross
The new hospital has already treated people injured in recent airstrikes, and has specialist departments for maternity and paediatric care.
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Famine looms in Gaza: 1.5 million face catastrophic food insecurity
By British Red Cross
Safe and unimpeded access must be allowed into Gaza, or more will die.
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How is aid getting into Gaza?
By British Red Cross
With more than 1.5 million people in Gaza at risk of famine, safe and unimpeded aid access is desperately needed. But how will it get delivered?
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"This conflict is made up of thousands of individual tragedies"
By Béatrice Butsana-Sita
On a recent trip to the Middle East, British Red Cross CEO Béatrice Butsana-Sita saw how civilians were paying the price of the conflict in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.
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What is happening in Sudan?
By British Red Cross
The UN says conflict in Sudan has plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.
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What is the Red Cross doing to help hostages in Gaza?
By British Red Cross
As a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross plays an important practical role once the release of hostages has been agreed.
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What is going on in Yemen?
By British Red Cross
Years of conflict, the effects of climate change and a floundering economy mean that Yemen's situation is truly desperate. It must not be forgotten.
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How the Illegal Migration Act affects vulnerable communities
By British Red Cross
The Illegal Migration Bill has now passed and has become law. But what will it actually mean for people who have fled their home countries?
First aid advice
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"I knew I had to keep calm": How to help someone having a heart attack
Would you know what to do if someone was having a heart attack? Tim Connor did, which is why his colleague Tony Wong is still alive and well today.
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Students: are you sure that's freshers flu and not meningitis?
Make sure you can tell the difference, so that you can stay safe and help a friend if they start to feel unwell.
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How to help someone who's been stabbed
Anyone who's been stabbed needs immediate help - their life could be at risk. Here's what to do.
Climate change around the world
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Record breaking 2022 heatwave to become the norm by 2060
The Met Office’s State of the UK Climate report shows that July 2022 was the warmest summer since records began.
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"Climate change: these extremes are the new normal, the time to adapt is now"
Richard Blewitt, executive director, British Red Cross sets out some startling figures on climate change, and explains why it’s vital that we raise our global ambition.
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Are extreme weather events becoming more frequent?
The Met Office’s senior climate scientist Nikos Christidis explains the link between extreme weather events and climate change
Feeling anxious or lonely? Read on...
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Dr Radha Modgil’s 5 top tips for easing stress and anxiety
Some simple, practical steps to take
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Let's talk about loneliness: part one
Loren, our young volunteer, answers other young people's questions about loneliness.
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Let's talk about loneliness: part two
Part two of Loren's answers to young people's questions around loneliness.
Our history of helping
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the British Red Cross
Remembering 70 years with Her Majesty The Queen as our Patron. Here, we take a look back at some moments in that relationship, from her earliest address at our National Conference to comforting service users during their time of need.
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The famous Black doctor of Paddington
A doctor who overcame prejudice to help others during the First World War finally won recognition a hundred years later.
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The heroic women of WW1: a nurse's diary
Peggy Arnold was a WW1 nurse serving on the frontline. Here we celebrate her bravery, and the bravery of volunteers like her.
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