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31 December 2021

Two senior staff members at the British Red Cross have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List 2022 for clocking up almost 50 years’ service between them.

22 November 2021

Vulnerable people are turning to A&E because they feel they have nowhere else to turn, according to new research from the British Red Cross – which reveals some people attend A&E over 300 times a year.

08 November 2021

The British Red Cross has today (8th November 2021) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Padmore as the new chair of its Board of Trustees, from 1st January 2022.

29 July 2021

The British Red Cross has warned today that there is a dangerous perception gap in the UK when it comes to the public’s awareness of the risk of heat.

29 July 2021

As part of the plan to build Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic, the British Red Cross has been awarded £100,000 from the Scottish Government to tackle isolation and loneliness.

20 June 2021

British and the French Red Cross have united to call for increased understanding and compassion for refugees - and to highlight the desperate journeys often made by those seeking safety in the UK.

12 June 2021

CEO Michael Adamson receives CBE for services to the humanitarian sector, as three from the British Red Cross are named in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours

06 May 2021

British Red Cross welcomes the G7 famine prevention and humanitarian crisis compact

28 April 2021

British Red Cross appeal is raising urgent funds to help respond to the devastating coronavirus crisis in India where a new wave is gripping the country.

09 April 2021

We are deeply saddened at the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, who served as chairman of the British Red Cross council from 1970 to 1974.