News and updates about the 2025 Pakistan floods. What’s happening and how the Red Cross is supporting those affected.

From smallpox to Covid-19, we have played an essential role in vaccination campaigns to prevent diseases and improve public health. Smallpox was a highly infectious and deadly disease that was endemic ...

Explore all British Red Cross free teaching resources on humanitarianism for primary and secondary learners. Engaging lessons for a productive classroom.

We’re looking for people who can provide calm and reassuring help to people in crisis. Be there for people when they need us most by volunteering to take calls on our support line.

Read the story of one mother, Ghada, who gave birth to her daughter at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza and learn of the dangers her new-born baby faces.

Support people in your community when they need it most. 
Join the British Red Cross as a health and care volunteer today and make a real difference to someones life.

The British Red Cross 'Here for Humanity' garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 will honour our volunteers and the communities they support through the beauty of nature.

Would you know what to do if someone was having a heart attack? Tim Connor did, thanks to a British Red Cross first aid course which is why his colleague Tony Wong is still alive and well today.

Read the latest news and updates about the devastating Myanmar earthquake 2025, which has killed over 100 people, including how the Red Cross is responding.

Advice for protecting your health from excessive heat for people travelling to Europe and other parts of the world at risk of excessive heat this summer.