The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal 2026
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From gynaecological cancers and endometriosis to menopause and pregnancy complications, research into women’s health has historically been underfunded and overlooked. Globally, erectile dysfunction — which affects 19 per cent of men — receives five times more research funding than premenstrual syndrome, which affects up to 90 per cent of women.
Founded six decades ago after a young husband watched his wife die in childbirth, Wellbeing of Women works to dismantle this persistent disparity: the gap between the healthcare women need and what they receive. By funding pioneering research, public education, and targeted advocacy, the charity transforms outcomes across reproductive medicine, funding breakthroughs that save lives.
More than four million children in Britain now live in poverty. For many, a school lunch is the only hot, dependable meal of the day; in a survey last year, roughly a quarter of teachers admitted to using their own money to buy food for hungry pupils.
Yet quantity alone is not enough. Simply filling plates with poor-quality food compromises children’s physical health and cognitive development. Chefs in Schools transforms institutional catering from the ground up: placing restaurant-trained chefs in state school kitchens, rewriting menus around fresh ingredients, cooked from scratch, and teaching pupils how to prepare and value nutritious food.
As climate instability and human encroachment accelerate habitat loss, the front line of conservation is on the ground. Established in 1993 and backed by Sir David Attenborough, the Whitley Fund for Nature finds and funds local leaders fighting to protect threatened wildlife within their own communities.
To date, the fund has distributed more than £26m to 230 conservationists across 84 countries. Donations from this year’s appeal will fund critical interventions for species on the brink: from safeguarding Amazon river dolphins and the world’s last remaining Bornean elephants, to shielding giant armadillos from devastating wildfires across Brazil’s wetlands.
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