The Telegraph to support four charities

The Telegraph has announced that the charities supported in this year’s appeal include: Alzheimer’s Research UK, a UK dementia and Alzheimer's disease research charity and the Army Benevolent Fund, the Army’s national charity, which supports soldiers, former soldiers, and their families. Along with two further charities; Humanity & Inclusion, an international charity working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster and the Teenage Cancer Trust, a cancer care and support charity that exists to improve the cancer experience of young people aged 13–24.

The publisher says the Appeal launched on Saturday 2 November and will remain open until January 2025. Donations can be made online here or by calling 0151 284 1927.

Chris Evans, editor of The Telegraph said: "Our selected four charities make a real difference to the lives of so many, I am delighted to share with our readers the valuable work they are doing."

The publisher says three of the charities were selected by Telegraph staff, while Humanity & Inclusion was selected by the family of David Knowles. David, who passed away in September 2024, was the Telegraph presenter and creator of Ukraine: The Latestpodcast. Humanity & Inclusion supports vulnerable people in countries affected by conflict and has a notable presence in Ukraine, added the publisher. As a third winter under war conditions closes in, Humanity & Inclusion is working to help those with injuries, disabilities and chronic illness in the country’s hard-to-reach regions.

The Telegraph says its annual Christmas Charity Appeal started in its current format in 1986 and has raised close to £30 million for charities since its launch.

According to the publisher, Telegraph readers have a long history of fundraising including in 1915 for a monument for nurse Edith Cavell, which can be found outside St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, just off Trafalgar Square, as well as setting up the Edith Cavell Trust to help nurses impacted by their war work. In 1916 during the First World War, The Telegraph says reader donations helped supply three million rations of plum-pudding for British soldiers on Christmas Day.