Do you know of any Manx charities that need more recognition?

We visited Strand Street in Douglas to ask residents whether they know of any island charities which they think deserve more acknowledgement.

Nick Cowell, 42, from Laxey, said: ’Craig Heartstrong Foundation. They do a lot of work, such as the heart screenings for people aged 14 to 35. They have been installing defibrillators around the island and now I think all of the schools have one because of them.’

The charity was set up following the death of Craig Lunt who sadly lost his life due to an undiagnosed heart defect.

’I played football with Craig and have friends who are committee members there,’ Nick added. ’The work they’ve done is absolutely fantastic for the Manx community.’

Onchan resident Dee Struthers, 60, was handing out leaflets about Mannin Sepsis - of which she is a founder of - when we met her.

Talking about sepsis, she said: ’It’s a disease that affects everybody and early recognition can save lives. My husband and I lost our 18-year-old girl to sepsis five years ago.

’We had never heard of sepsis before and my husband had been a nurse for 25 years and I was a nursery nurse. In 2016 Mannin Sepsis was registered as a charity and we work along with the UK Sepsis Trust.

’Public awareness has improved, but we need to get the government to recognise that sepsis is now being classed as an emergency at the hospital.’

Douglas resident Daniel Judge, 25, said: ’Rebecca House needs more recognition because they do a great job. There’s family and friends who have had a close call and relied on Rebecca House, so we’ll always support the charity.’

Daniel added that he thinks the island should have a charity that helps those with lupus.

He said: ’My mum’s got lupus. It’s not a well-known disease and having a charity that provides support for sufferers would be good.’

Without Wings - The Manx Autoimmune Arthritis Trust, told the Examiner that it helps Manx residents with lupus.

Katy Myers, 23, from Castletown, said: ’My dad has been involved with the Manx Troopers for years now and they raise money for Wish Upon a Dream Isle of Man.That’s how I know about the charity.’

She said that they would often have ’funny photos’ taken of them to help raise funds.

’My recent fundraising has only been at my work, PwC, where we have community service days.

’We’ve done gardening with the hospice, beach buddies where we clean the shores and some of my colleagues also did some painting at the ManxSPCA.’

Rebecca Tulley, 26, from Douglas, said: ’The Live at Home Scheme is a charity that should be recognised for helping the older generation and it needs support.

’We’re all going to get old and may rely on this charity at some point in our lives.

’My family work there and my mum is the manager of the charity. It started around six years ago.’

She added: ’Not a lot of my friends know about the charity.’

Despite this, she says that the charity proves that the younger generation does care about the elderly in our community.