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ACWT is 5 small charities covering a broad spectrum of causes to help local people of all ages in a variety of ways, by providing information, advice and counselling to teenagers, trained volunteer mentors to younger children, working with families and elderly people. They share resources and reduce costs by fundraising together.
It improves the lives of mothers and families affected by pre or postnatal depression
Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is an independent charity which provides free information, advice and support to people affected by medical accidents through a national helpline, casework and support service and works with government agencies and health providers to improve safety and make systems for investigation and redress fairer.
Pre-eclampsia is the most common of the serious pregnancy conditions, affecting one pregnancy in 10 or 70,000 women each year. Action on Pre-Eclampsia aims to raise public and professional awareness, improve care and ease or prevent physical and emotional suffering caused by this potentially devastating condition.
ADAPT supports parents and families of premature and poorly babies whilst on the neonatal units and when the babies go home for as long as support is needed
Adoption Support is an independent charity that exists to support all those whose life has been touched by adoption. We provide: Confidential helpline. Specialised counselling. Intermediary/reunion services. Tracing advice. Support for birth relatives. Help with contact arrangements. Support for adoptive families. Residential camps and support for adopted young people.
ADVANCE supports women and children suffering DOMESTIC VIOLENCE in Hammersmith and Fulham, also in Brent. It offers advice, advocacy and guidance 365 days a year providing crisis intervention and a range of support for victims going through the court process.
Aftermath works with people in Merseyside and Cheshire affected by the devastation of road crashes. It offers practical help and emotional support to bereaved families and those suffering injury. Also offering support and information to relatives, friends and professional carers helping the family. Services are tailored to meet individual needs.
Age Concern Bristol is a forward thinking organisation, committed to working with and for older people in Bristol, enabling them to maintain their independence and quality of life. Not many people realise, but we are an independent charity that relies heavily on local support!
Age Concern Cheshire is committed to making later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience for all older people in Cheshire. It seeks to achieve this by providing a range of care and support services to empower and enable older people.
Age Concern Dacorum is a local charity working to promote the well being of older people & help make later life a fulfilling, enjoyable experience. The Charity delivers high quality services within Dacorum, aims to safeguard the rights of older people & support the fulfilment of their aspirations.
It provides services and support for older people in the Exeter area
Together Age Concern?s in London are working to improve the influence, status and quality of life of older people. There is at least one Age Concern Charity in every London Borough providing services to thousands of people including; information and advice, care and other services relating to the health and well-being of older Londoners.
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The aim of Age Concern organisations nationally is to "Promote the relief of older people".
Age Concern Oxfordshire helps and supports older people and their carers to make later life a fulfilling, enjoyable experience: working to ensure as that as they get older their voices are heard, they are treated with dignity, have access to services they want and need, have opportunities to which they aspire.
The aim of the charity is to provide a high quality,needs focused range of support activities and services for older people in the community of Portsmouth.
Age Concern Richmond aims to improve the life of older people in the borough of Richmond upon Thames by offering information, advice, and practical help and support in the home. Activities at its three popular social centres range from exercise classes and outings to digital camera workshops.
ACSABE works to improve and enhance the quality of life for older people in Slough and the Berkshire East area, helping them to remain independent and enhancing their experience of later life. It offers 32 different services and is a vital organisation acting as a lifeline for many socially isolated older people.
Age NI is a local charity working to improve the lives of older people in Northern Ireland. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a public voice for older people in Northern Ireland and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them.
Age NI focuses on 5 Main Areas of Work
1. Initiating Consultation, Partnerships & Research
2. Influencing Policy
3. Supporting Direct Services
4. Campaigning and Raising Awareness
5. Promoting Service Standards
Age UK Wiltshire (formerly Age Concern Wiltshire) is an independent charity working to promote the well-being of older people in Wiltshire, to make later life and enjoyable and fulfilling experience. We provide direct services such as information and advice, befriending and toe nail cutting to local older people. We support community day centres and lunch clubs. We work in partnership with other organizations to undertake research and public education and seek to influence decisions that affect older people.
Support for women and men struggling with unplanned pregnancy & pregnancy loss.
Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) is the frontline service for the care of seafarers visiting our shores. It provides practical care to seafarers and works to educate the public and statutory bodies on the issues facing seafarers on a daily basis. It depends wholly on voluntary contributions to continue its vital work.
ASIRT?s aims are: the provision of relief, including food parcels, cooked meals, child-care supplies, advocacy, legal representation and advice for asylum-seekers, refugees and their dependants in Birmingham and the West Midlands who are in condition of destitution, hardship and distress.
Provides support and evidence-based therapy for those suffering the effects of psychological trauma, in particular Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
A support group for people with all forms of glycogen storage disease, very rare genetic disorders of metabolism, including their families. Also promoting understanding of and research into these diseases which are often disabling and life-limiting.
Our charity offers information, advice and support to women who suffer from post-natal depression and their families. We have volunteers who have had the illness and recovered who offer support by phone, e-mail or post. Our aim is to offer hope to sufferers and support them while they are ill.
ATD Fourth World works in partnership with people living in poverty, supporting their efforts to build a better future for their children and family. By ensuring that their voice is heard and their views taken on board, the charity aims to bring real and lasting change to people's lives.
Autism Concern is a charity which provides support and options to people affected by all forms of autism in gaining independence and control of their lives.
autism.west midlands aims to improve the quality of life for people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families by raising awareness of the condition and making provision for the individual needs of people with autistic spectrum disorders.
The Autistic Society Greater Manchester Area (ASGMA) provides a range of support services to people affected by Autism - including parents and carers support groups, telephone support, Parent Resource Information Packs, awareness events and Training. The Aspirations Project provides individual support and social engagement to people with Asperger Syndrome / Higher Functioning Autism.
Aware Defeat Depression works in N.I. for people with the devastating illness of depression, cited in 75% of suicides.In 2007, 5 people a week took their life in N.I. Many of them were young & should have had a long & happy life. Instead they felt unable to ask for help when they needed it. Donations to the charity will save lives & help people to lead fulfilling lives again.
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide
beat provides information, help and support to people affected by eating disorders. The charity works to increase knowledge, awareness and understanding, and campaigns for improved standards and availability of care. beat's telephone helplines take 20,000 calls a year. They support a UK-wide Self Help Network and provide awareness training across the UK.
Bench is a Crisis Recovert UK project, working with alcoholics, drug users, ex-offenders and homeless people in South East London. Based in Deptford. the Mission of the charity is to provide immediate and ongoing support to vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
To improve the quality of life for people in Berkshire through a growing grant making capacity supporting voluntary and community groups in the county to help local people in need. Since 1985 it has helped over 2,700 groups and thereby countless children, individuals and families.
Berkshire East & South Bucks Women's Aid provides support for victims of domestic violence throughout East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. One in four women suffer some form of emotional, mental or physical abuse, and it affects women of all ages, cultures, backgrounds and professions. Services include refuge space for women and children, resettlement for families leaving the refuge, and advice and support for families suffering from domestic abuse. Berkshire East & South Bucks Women's Aid is a registered charity, set up in 1976.
Birmingham Settlement was founded in 1899 and is one of the oldest charities in the City. It works to overcome social disadvantage through the provision of Children's Services, Older People's Services, Money Advice, building community cohesion and employment and training advice. To learn more please visit the website at: www.birminghamsettlement.org.uk
Founded as the Women's University Settlement in 1887, it aims to create opportunities for local people in the area of North Southwark and Waterloo to achieve their social and economic potential by delivering community services that are inclusive, accessible to people who feel marginalised and are free or subsidised.
We provide a warm safe place to stay for young homeless people of the Bradford district and surrounding areas on a one night at a time basis, within the homes of volunteers. On over 7000 occasions we have offered a bed in one of our homes. It isn't posh, it isn't for long but it is safe and it is really appreciated...
Brandon Trust works with and for people with learning disabilities. It aims to support and enable people with complex needs to live the lives they choose. Brandon maximise an individual?s independence through Supported Living, Education, Residential Services, Training, Work Learning and Leisure.
Bringing Hope is a Christian organisation seeking to positively impact and transform the lives of individuals, families and communities in a crisis by training churches and other agencies to effectively address social issues, directly supporting those in need and promoting joined up working to tackle all forms of deprivation
Bristol Crisis Service for Women supports women and girls who self-injure.
We provide confidential helpline, text and email support.
We have a range of leaflets and booklets about self-injury, and also provide training for professionals who work with people who self-injure.
Please see our website for more information: www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk
Bristol Mind aims to promote mental health and reduce stigma. Services include: advocacy services; Mindline, free phone, out-of-hours, listening support; phone and web site information; a service evaluation project and a Training Project offering mental health promotion courses. The organisation also supports self-help and user groups.
The British Lung Foundation Wales supports the one in five people living in Wales who are affected by a lung condition. We do this by providing information and support to individuals and by investing in world class research.
The British Tinnitus Association helps people with tinnitus. It provides a Freephone Helpline, 0800 018 0527, funds research into causes and treatment of tinnitus and raises awareness within the medical community and general public. It provides group support and individual membership options and publishes a quarterly magazine 'Quiet'.
Brook is a young people's sexual health charity which works with and for young people through clinical services, education and outreach, campaigns, advocacy and lobbying. Brook's mission is ensure that all children and young people have access to high quality, free and confidential sexual health services, as well as education and support that enables them to make informed, active choices about their personal and sexual relationships so they can enjoy their sexuality without harm. You can find more information on Brook at www.brook.org.uk
To donate to the Brook 100 Club please click here http://www.justgiving.com/Brook-100-Club here
CBN is a website that provides a vital meeting ground for anyone affected by cancer, their families, friends and carers. A haven either for chatting 1 to 1 by private messaging onsite, or via the lively Forum 24/7. Members can share the ups and downs, laughter and tears with others who know how it feels because they?ve been there too. CBN proves that cancer need never be a lonely experience. www.cancerbuddiesnetwork.org
THE CHARITY AIMS TO SUPPORT THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF CANCER WITHIN SUFFOLK. TO SUPPORT CARE & PROVIDE GRANTS TO CANCER PATIENTS. TO HELP TO IMPROVE FACILITIES & SUPPORT PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION TOWARDS PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
The volunteers at Cancer Connections have experienced cancer themselves and help other people who have been diagnosed with cancer, are receiving treatment, had cancer in the past, are caring for someone with cancer, or been bereaved. The aim of Cancer Connections is to help people living with cancer, in South Tyneside, to return to normal life and enjoy again their family, work and leisure.
Complementing the traditional ministry of a church, the CCBC also manage a successful befriending project for older people & disabled adults, the DORCAS PROJECT, and a community centre called THE BRIDGE, which is home to the CANONBURY RECREATION CENTRE, a lunch club for the over 60's.
Care for the Family strengthens family life and helps those who are hurting because of family difficulties. We help thousands of couples, parents and families across the UK to build strong relationships through events, networks, resources and family-building breaks. Special initiatives include the Bereaved Parents' Network, and support for single parent families.
Careline provides a national confidential crisis telephone counselling service to children, young people and adults on all issues. It is used by both BBC & ITV television as well as by BBC Radio and parts of the National Press as one of their main referral lines.
Carers Association Southern Staffordshire is the only organisation that focuses solely on supporting Carers in southern Staffordshire. We provide a wide range of essential support to Young and Adult Carers, from information, advice and training to emotional support and social activities, all of which are free and confidential. Currently the services are provided to around 4,000 adult and 450 young carers.
Carers Network Westminster is a voluntary organisation working with carers within Westminster. our work includes outreach to identify carers, information and advice to help carers access services and general support services to help carers cope.
The Carers Resource gives tailored support and information to unpaid carers and vulnerable people. It is an independent, award-winning Yorkshire charity which is open to everyone and offers emotional and practical help to enable them to cope.
Carers UK is an organisation of carers providing vital information and support for carers. Many carers' health, finances and careers are severely affected as a direct consequence of providing unpaid care. Carers UK campaigns for a better deal for carers.
Many young people in the UK find themselves in seemingly impossible 'catch 22' situations. We believe that every young person deserves the chance to get on in life no matter what.
With over 120 projects working with young people in communities around the UK, we are one of the largest youth charities in the country. We work with over 34,000 10-25 year olds, and our hope for every one of them is that they are given the chance at life that we believe every young person deserves.
CHANA supports couples going through the pain of infertility. Through, amongst other things, a telephone support line, professional one-to-one counselling and specialist medical support, CHANA is a lifeline to the many people facing the emotional, physical and monetary challenges that infertility brings.
Chedgrave MS Therapy Centre provides Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a treatment primarily for people with MS but also to aid sporting injuries, pre and post surgery for cancer recovery and the healing of broken bones.
It helps people of all ages with a Learning Disability by providing various clubs, schemes, subsidised leisure activities and other services to members, parents and carers. Membership is open to anybody with an empathy in our cause and they receive news magazines, special offers and gifts throughout the year.
Chelmsford Women?s Aid seeks to support women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence. It encourages them to develop skills and confidence which enables them to exercise their own power and use all available opportunities and choices to successfully move on in their lives.
Cherry Lodge provides and promotes information and support to improve the quality of life for those living with cancer. We have nurse led cancer information, library, self help and complementary therapies. We believe in a holistic approach as cancer has an impact on the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
ChildLine is the UK's free and confidential, 24 hour helpline for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise, support and protect children and young people who may feel they have nowhere else to turn. Children call ChildLine about a wide range of problems, but the most common problems are abuse (both sexual and physical), bullying, serious family tensions, worries about friends' welfare and teenage pregnancy. Children and young people can call ChildLine about anything ? no problem is too big or too small. ChildLine is a service provided by the NSPCC
The Citizens Advice service is a network of independent, local charities that help people resolve their legal, money, employment, consumer and other problems. It provides information and advice to everyone who needs it and influences government and organisations to bring about change in policies and laws that affect people's lives.
We help anyone at all who comes to us needing advice on any issue and at the same time we work with our clients and others to help make a positive difference to society.
The national umbrella body that provides essential services to Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux
The charity was set up for the purpose of allocating income received for charitable purposes directed wholly or mainy to the benefit of the City of Westminster.
Established by Clarke’s parents in 1996 when 10-year old Clarke Lister died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. We promote and assist research into causes and treatment of brain haemorrhage and share the useful results for public benefit, as well as providing support services for families affected by brain haemorrhage
Community Money advice(CMA) helps 1000's of individuals annually who are in debt, giving them free, face to face advice, and working alongside them as they seek to get out of debt and rebuild their lives. It's gearing itself to grow significantly to meet the increasing demands on its services.
Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA) is a national charity supporting a strong multi-agency response to domestic abuse. Our work focuses on saving lives and saving public money. CAADA provides practical tools, training, guidance, quality assurance, policy and data insight to support professionals and organisations working with domestic abuse victims. The aim is to protect the highest risk victims and their children - those at risk of murder or serious harm.
CoreKids helps families to overcome the effects of substance misuse together - providing a range of family, parent and child focused interventions, in many sites across London and Hertfordshire.
CARA assists university lecturers and researchers who are forced to become refugees in the UK. CARA helps them to re establish their lives and careers so that their specialist knowledge and abilities may continue to benefit humankind. In this, its 75th anniversary year CARA is assisting over 140 refugees through subsistance grants and practical support.
Counsel and Care is a national charity with a mission to get the best care and support for older people, their families and carers across the UK. We provide in-depth, personalized advice and information about care and support for older people over the telephone and through our website and guides. We influence government policy based on the concerns and experiences reported to our advice service.
The Counselling and Family Centre helps anyone under stress by means of a telephone helpline staffed by trained volunteers, face to face counselling, and a Family Centre offering support to local parents and pre school children.
Coventry City Mission is committed to proclamation of the Christian Gospel and the relief of poverty throughout Coventry & Warwickshire. We serve the whole community by responding to identified needs, whether they be spiritual, physical, emotional or practical, regardless of age, status or background.
Credit Action is a national money education charity committed to helping people manage their money better and avoid the pain of over-indebtedness.
Crisis provides counselling and non time-limited support to adults, children and adolescents as needed. They have a team of highly trained professional personnel and provide placements to Counsellors undertaking Diplomas in counselling and contribute to research programmes being developed to reduce and eliminate social, political and environmental threats.
There are some six million people in Britain who care for others. Many of these reach a turning point, a crossroads, at which they feel they need help, where they may simply need a break or more regular support. This is what Crossroads Care does. ? Thanks to Crossroads, we can forget we are carers for a few precious hours a week.?
Crossroads aims to reduce the stress of caring by providing a break from the caring routine. Services throughout Scotland provide practical support where and when it is most needed - usually in home.
The loss of a loved one - a parent, a child, a good friend, a dear relative - can be devastating. Cruse provides emotional support, useful information and practical help for people struggling to cope with bereavement and understand their grief. With 130 branches across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and more than 5,500 trained volunteers supporting bereaved people, Cruse is the largest and the only organisation providing support to anyone bereaved by death - whoever they are, whatever their age, however, wherever or whenever their loved ones died. Please give generously as we rely on donations to continue this good work to the highest standards. Find out more on our website: www.cruse.org.uk
It offers a free bereavement support service to ANYONE in Scotland, regardless of their loss suffered, age, gender etc. Support is generally through one-to-one face-to-face contact, but in some areas groups are available. Support can be accessed via the helpline number. Full details of services, training and volunteering opportunities can be accessed via the Website.
Welsh Women's Aid is campaigning to end domestic abuse. Groups provide services for women and children experiencing domestic abuse. WWA runs the Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline, a free 24 hour, bilingual and confidential service with support and information for those experiencing domestic abuse.
DaBKA formed in 2008, to help and support renal patients in the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Area. The trustees and committee members are all renal patients. So far, we have donated information DVD's and a urinalysis machine to the Doncaster renal unit, as well as subsidising social events for patients.
DAD supports disabled people and carers through the provision of services, support and information, and by tackling issues affecting disabled people both locally and nationally.
Depression Alliance is the leading UK charity for people with depression. It works to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information, support and understanding to those who are affected by it. It also campaigns to raise awareness amongst the general public about the realities of depression.
Doncaster Women's Aid works with women and their children who are living with or fleeing Domestic Violence by providing advice and community services and refuge accommodation.
We promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to thrive in work and in life.
DrugFAM was established by Elizabeth Burton-Phillips who lost one of her twin sons, Nick, to Heroin. We are open to anyone who is affected by someone else's use or misuse of drugs or and alcohol. We run a telephone helpline, a weekly support group, one to one counselling, advice and information. Please call 0845 8838 53
Drugsline offers schools education (this year we have delivered educational sessions to over 40,000 children), a freephone crisis and support line, a drop-in service, 121 counselling, aftercare groups and support groups for people who are affected by their own or someone else?s addiction. All services share the common goal of educating, encouraging and promoting a lifestyle of abstinence as well as providing high-quality, accessible services for local people and their families. We have been providing services for over 17 years and our unique approach owes much to dialogue with past and present users of the service and is always being reviewed to ensure we quickly meet the needs of whoever reaches out for help. At present the majority of our income is generated by donations and I do hope that you consider Drugsline a charity that you would like to support.
DSN offers peer support to doctors suffering from mental illness, many have financial difficulties. It campaigns to reduce the stigma of mental illness within and outside the medical profession. Doctors' support line is a confidential helpline for doctors in crisis.
DVIP support women and children who have experienced domestic violence and work to end domestic abuse. We provide services for people who use violence and their victims to help break the cycle of abuse.
Dyslexia Scotland is the voluntary organisation representing the needs and interests of dyslexic people in Scotland.
Samaritans provides confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those with suicidal thoughts. Money is raised to support telephone, face-to-face, email and text-message support as well as outreach and education activities. The Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow branch has around 120 volunteers and answers over 20,000 calls annually.
East Lancashire Deaf Society (ELDS) is a leading Deaf charity in Lancashire. ELDS supports and works with the local Deaf community. ELDS provides a wide range of services:- Family, Community, Youth, Volunteering, Employment, BME and Interpreting service.
East Lancashire Women's Refuge Association has saved over 5,000 women and children since its refuge provision was established in 1976. It runs the largest refuge in Lancashire; delivers excellent community based services; supports telephone helpline; enabling women to make informed choices and empowering them to live free from Domestic Violence.
A committed organisation to ensuring that people with experience of mental ill health are able to fully participate in the communities in which they live and in the services, which they receive. East Suffolk Mind seeks to ensure that a full and varied range of resources and services are available to meet the needs of such people.
Extension of Mosque, improving relationships between different communities within the Eccles & Salford area and delivering real improvements in community cohesion, and providing help and support to the community
Elizabeth Finn Care is a grant-giving charity that supports people struggling to cope with sudden or unexpected changes in their circumstances. We provide a financial and emotional safety net for people from over 120 different occupations.
We help by providing both one-off and ongoing financial help, tailored to individual circumstances, as well as emotional support through our experienced caseworkers and national volunteer network.
Counselling for members of Jewish families affected by separation and divorce. Empathy is an independant registered charity serving the Jewish communinity in Redbridge and neighboring boroughs. Counsellors are fully qualified , CRB checked and professionally supervised. The service is free so donations are welcomed. EMPATHY :HEALING THE BREAK
It provides welfare for kidney patients in and around the Exeter area, Devon, Somerset.
F.A.B.L.E Charity enhances the quality of lives for those with or associated to Epilepsy. This is done by offering support and advice, raising awareness of the condition, distributing information on all aspects of Epilepsy and awarding grants for equipment.
Families-are-best is the adoption service of the Catholic Children?s Society, Nottingham and its objectives are to promote the care, welfare and well being of children and families through its Adoption Services. Founded in 1947 was registered as an Adoption Agency in 1948 and has continued to operate since that date working with children and families of any or no faith.
Families Need Fathers is a charity providing information and support to separated parents to ensure a child's right to a relationship with both. Support is provided through a national helpline, website, internet forums, branch meetings and parent support workshops. It also campaigns to ensure that both parents are treated equally.
Family Rights Group advises and campaigns for families in England and Wales whose children are involved with or require social care services. It promotes policies and practices that assist families including grandparents who are raising children who cannot live at home. It works to increase the voice and influence children and their families have over the services they use.
Farm Crisis Network (FCN) provides pastoral and practical support to farming people during periods of anxiety, stress and problems relating to both the farm household and farm business. FCN is a UK network of volunteers from the farming community and rural churches, providing a visiting service and a national Helpline.
FMA UK aims to achieve major change in the way fibromyalgia sufferers are diagnosed, treated and supported. There is a national helpline 0845 3452322; free information packs for newly diagnosed sufferers; free Medical Packs for UK medical professionals and over 100 support groups and helplines around the UK.
Fighting All Cancers Together was established initially as a voluntary organisation in October 2008 by Joanne after her own experiences of breast cancer. With the help of two friends FACT was launched and was so successful that it achieved charity status by June 2009. In it's first year alone it has reached over 5,000 people through awareness and social events.
The purpose of FACT is to:-
a.. Help, support and provide social opportunities for people going through the cancer journey, their family and friends.
b.. Build partnerships with health professionals, statutory bodies, support groups and services, charities and voluntary organisations.
c.. Provide education and awareness programmes and events delivered as a road show into schools, colleges and places of work.
helps people affected by eating disorders in Derbyshire and the surrounding areas
It enhances the lives of people who are working, or have worked, in the UK furnishing industry and who are facing financial hardship or a personal crisis. It provides grants for desperately needed one-off items and weekly grants for individuals, couples and families suffering ongoing hardship.
The Free Representation Unit (FRU) is a charity dedicated to the provision of free legal representation to those who cannot afford paid legal representation, before Tribunals in the Greater London area where legal-aid is unavailable. Founded in 1972, FRU is one of the country's foremost providers of free legal service.
It assists the charitable working of Aberdeen Citizens Advice Bureau so that they may provide advice and assistance to clients of the Bureau. It raises funds and receives contributions from any persons or organisations. It provides equipment and supports volunteers and members of staff of Aberdeen Citizens Advice Bureau.
The FutureSense Foundation supports volunteer work that contributes to community development in some of the poorest regions of the world. We partner with over 100 non-profit organisations and local charities to address a range of critical development issues. By providing financial support and human resources for livelihood support, education and child welfare programmes, we strive to make a positive impact in underprivileged communities in Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe.
The Gate Westminster provides non-judgemental and confidential crisis pregnancy counselling, pregnancy testing, pre -post abortion counselling, miscarriage support and help during an unplanned pregnancy.
The Gauchers Association was formed in 1991 to meet the needs of those suffering from Gaucher disease. It provides information about Gaucher disease to families and medical advisors. It encourages and raises funds for medical research. It publishes a half yearly newsletter, maintains an up to date website and holds an bi-annual conference.
George House Trust is the HIV charity for the North West of England. It provides support for people living with HIV in the region, together with support for carers and children affected by HIV. As this logo shows, the George House Trust is dedicated to proving that there is "still life with HIV".
Get Connected is a free telephone, email and webchat helpline service finding young people the best help whatever the problem. Available anywhere in the UK, 1pm - 11pm every day, we can provide free connections to local or national services, and text information to caller's mobile phones. Get Connected's vision is that every young person in the UK can find the help they need to support their emotional and physical wellbeing. There are 11 million young people in the UK. In Get Connected's survey of 2006, 4 out of 5 of young people didn't know where to turn with their problems. Get Connected is the free helpline for these young people, who know they need help but don't know where to find it. With Helpline Workers trained to support each young person in their unique situation and help them choose the best service from over 13,000 in the UK, Get Connected is the vital gateway between a distressing confusing problem the young person can't solve on their own and the service that can help them solve it. Crucially, the connection we make for each young person to their chosen source of help is free as well.
The project to fund a National Memorial for Organ Donors to be based at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire and to fund regional memorials across the UK. Part of the Donor Family Network and supported by the Department of Health
Gingerbread: The national charity working with single parent families.
The Good Grief Appeal helps people to overcome the grief and sorrow that can follow a bereavement by providing a sympathetic ear every evening of the year (no exceptions!) by Freephone Helplines: General Helpline 0800 435 455 Asian Languages Helpline 0800 9177 416 If you are struggling with a bereavement - it can help!!
The Gordon House Association is established for the relief of any form of physical and mental distress and suffering resulting from problem gambling in all its aspects.
Greenwich Carers Centre provides a 'One Stop Shop' service to all informal family carers living within the Borough of Greenwich, or who care for someone living in the Borough of Greenwich. This includes young carers aged 8-17 years who care for a member of theri family due to illness or disability.
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the UK’s most common life-threatening infection in newborn babies. Without preventative medicine, GBS infects approximately 700 babies annually –75 die and 40 survivors suffer long-term problems. Most GBS infections are preventable. Help GBSS inform pregnant women and health professionals how to do this and save tiny lives.
GUCH Patients Association helps young people and adults who were born with a heart condition. It provides information and advice services and organises conferences and events to educate, raise awareness and combat isolation.
HAPIS IS A SUPPORT NETWORK BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND FAMILIES IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AFFECTED BY POSTNATAL DEPRESSIONIT IS A TOTALLY VOLUNTARY GROUP RUN BY RECOVERED MOTHERS AND RELIES HEAVILY ON DONATIONS AS IT HAS NO STATUTORY SUPPORT
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential, non-judgmental, emotional support to anyone experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. The Harrow branch receives over 40,000 calls a year - by phone, e-mail or visit - and is entirely reliant on voluntary support.
We are dedicated to serving Jews of all ages regardless of religious background or affiliation. Havenpoint operate two Chabad Community Centres in London.
Headway Cardiff provides support and services to people with an acquired brain injury, their families and carers in south east Wales. It offers information, advice, support, counselling, a carer's group, a specialist day centre and a young persons' community based social reintegration programme.
HSWL is a self-help group run by members who understand the life-changing effects of brain injury. It aims to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and help provide support and information to those with a brain injury, their families, carers and relevant professionals
Headway Swindon & District provides support to people with brain injury, their families and carers. Through cognitive and social rehabilitation they encourage and Support people with brain injury to attain the highest possible quality of life and assist them to independent living.
Damage to the brain can affect the whole person. Memory problems, personality changes, lack of self confidence and physical difficulties are just a few of the effects. Headway supports people with a brain injury and their families who are coping with the aftermath of such a traumatic event.
Help & Care is an independent people centred organisation working with older people, carers and local communities in Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole and surrounding areas since 1985. We offer a holistic range of services and activities aimed at maintaining independance and quality of life.
It helps homeless and those threatened with homelessness with advice, support and will try to find emergency accommodation and permanent accommodation. It assists households with furniture or other essential goods such as food and clothing. It provides a mediation service for young people and their families.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation manages funds for individuals and organisations wanting to support charities in the County. The money from these funds, in addition to the Foundation's general fundraising activities, enables it to make grants to local charities and voluntary groups, helping them to manage projects benefiting the communities they serve.
Its aim is for all young children in East Hampshire to have the best possible start in life. It trains volunteers to support families who are going through difficulties (such as post-natal depression, disability or bereavement) by offering regular practical and emotional support.
Home-Start Elmbridge offers support to parents, with young children, in the local community. Through a network of volunteers we visit parents and children in their homes and provide help in a variety of situations including isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability.
Home-Start is the UK's leading family support charity. Through a network of more than 16,000 trained parent volunteers Home-Start supports thousands of parents who are struggling to cope. Our families need support for many reasons including post-natal depression, the illness of a parent or child, disability, bereavement or social isolation. Parents supporting other parents: it's a simple idea that really works.
Home-Start Wandsworth is a charity providing support to families with at least one child under five by volunteers whom we also recruit and train. Through weekly home visits they are able to respond to the problems of struggling families with both practical and emotional help.
ia is a UK registered charity whose primary aim is to help people who have to undergo surgery which involves the removal of their colon (colectomy) and the creation of either an ileostomy or an ileo-anal pouch.
We provide welfare advice and funding to IET members and their dependants, in times of need. As well as access to a free legal helpline, we can offer outplacement support to help unemployed members get back into work.
Intercountry Adoption Centre exists to provide independent, accurate information and advice to anyone in the UK considering adopting a child from abroad.
ISAS assists anyone of Irish birth or descent through our projects in West/South London by organising weekly Pensioners Groups, advice on welfare, legal and health matters. ISAS raised over £1.2 million in extra income for clients, supporting 1500 people during 2008. You can help celebrating 40 years by volunteering or making a donation.
Islington Mind offers high quality services to local residents with mental health problems. It helps people recover after having a breakdown by helping them get back into work, gain new skills such as computer skills and support people to speak up for themselves and develop their self esteem. It also has a helpline
The James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer is the UK’s leading specialist kidney cancer charity. It seeks to help reduce the harm caused by kidney cancer by increasing knowledge and awareness, providing patient information and by supporting research into the causes, prevention and treatment of the disease.
Jewish Women's Aid helps women and children in the Jewish community affected by domestic violence. It offers a safe refuge, support services in the community, a free telephone helpline and counselling. It raises awareness about domestic violence so those in need know where to go for help, understanding and support.
Jigsaw works in Mansfield and Ashfield providing services designed to be the common sense way to help people retain choices and get access to the right services. It does this through support, volunteer befriending, signposting as well as many add ons such as recreational activities and lunches.
The Trust aims to help parents bereaved of a child in the Huddersfield and Mirfield areas. Our main focus is to assist parents in paying for headstones and funeral expenses, with other financial issues being addressed on an individual basis.
The One Stop Shop for Jewish Volunteering. JVN works across the community and throughout the UK with individuals and organisations promoting volunteering and volunteering opportunities.
It provides advice, information and suppot to Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK, whilst also campaigning with the workers to protect their rights. Migrant domestic workers are typically housekeepers and nannies who can be vulnerable to forced labour and exploitation due to their multiple dependencies on their employers.
The Kent Autistic Trust primarily provides staffed support services and accomodation for adults with Autism Spectrum Condition. We also provide Family Support for people with ASC and their families. Please see our website for further details www.kentautistic.com
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day providing confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. In the past year, Kingston Branch received 44,367 telephone calls, 603 personal visits and 1701 emails - financial support is always needed
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Whatever people are going through, they can contact Samaritans by telephone, email or even a face to face visit to our Kingston branch.
We help all people affected by Klinefelter's Syndrome whether they are men and boys who have the syndrome, or their wives, partners, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, carers, friends, teachers, and employers. We also work to increase awareness amongst the general public, GPs, and other medical professionals
L.A.T.C.H Listening And Talking Can help is a vital community support Charity based in Northern Ireland. LATCH is dedicated to enhancing the lives of young people, creating a better understanding of the core role mental health plays in personal well being to reduce levels of self harm and suicide.
Leeds Samaritans are here 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to provide the people of Leeds and the surrounding area emotional support when feeling distressed or suicidal.
It provides spiritual and social services to the community around Lewisham
Life After Loss is a charity set up to help those who have experienced the devastating loss of a baby, either during pregnancy or early in life. The charity started out in 2006 as an online support forum, and since then has grown from strength to strength, reaching out to bereaved parents in many different ways.
Lifecentre supports all survivors of rape/sexual abuse, irrespective of age or gender. They provide helplines (telephone, text and e mail), available throughout the UK; face-to-face counselling for survivors/their supporters, couples counselling and survivors groups are all available in Sussex. They also work with schools to promote awareness and safe and responsible decision making. They rely entirely on grants/donations to bring this vital service to people in desperate need.
It helps all women and children who are suffering domestic violence (physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse), especially those living in the Lincoln area and South Kesteven. Services include safe accommodation in Lincoln Refuge; advice and support at Lincoln and Grantham Women's Centres and the Young People's Project.
Living Springs is a charitable residential and day centre for families and young children, registered under the National Care Standards Commission as a Family Centre. Starting in the 'world of the child', its aim is to break the cycle of failure and breakdown in family life.
The largest Irish welfare organisation outside Ireland, caring for thousands of the most vulnerable in our community. Please help us to help them.
London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard provides an information, support and referral service for lesbians, gay men, bisexual people and anyone who needs to consider issues around their sexuality. 160 trained telephone volunteers provide support to around 30,000 callers each year, with many more attempting to call us.
Loughborough Women's Aid provides outreach support or safe accomodation for all women, with or without children who are suffering any form of domestic abuse, including physical, economic, emotional, spiritual, sexual and mental abuse. Loughborough Women's Aid also provides outreach support to men who are suffering from domestic abuse.
Giving a voice to friends and families of sufferers of psychosis, and providing them with support and information.
Every hour of every day one person in the UK is diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. Lymphoma is the sixth most common cancer, but many people are unaware of it until diagnosed. The Lymphoma Association is the only UK charity specialising in information and support for patients and their families. We offer a freephone helpline 0808 808 5555 as well as free literature. Our services are available free of charge to people with lymphoma. We rely on donations from the public in order to keep our services running.
Marsha Phoenix Trust is a project providing support and housing for young homeless women . The Trust has helped hundreds of young women overcome a negative start in life to fulfil their full potential. This is achieved through education, personal support and learning the skills to be independent within a caring environment.
The Maypole Project provides a lifeline of support for children with complex medical needs and their whole family. We support over 100 children with life threatening, life limiting illnesses and their families every year across South East London.
Maytree's aim is to save lives and relieve suffering by providing a one-off four night stay to people in a suicidal crisis. We offer guests a supportive, non-medical environment where they can rest, reflect, and be befriended confidentially and without judgement.
The Me2 Club helps children and young people aged 5 to 19 years old with special needs to participate in mainstream activities playing and socializing alongside other children. This is made possible by providing a trained volunteer to offer one to one support.
Mental Health Matters works with people with mental health needs. Dedicated and experienced staff work with partner organisations to deliver a comprehensive range of services centred on individual service user needs. These include employment, housing, community support and psychological services.
Mercy Mission is a not for profit community development organisation which aims to help people help others, realising the true potential of every individual, and making the world a better place for us all to live in
MFR Cash for Kids is the charity arm of Moray Firth Radio. It raises funds throughout the year to help disadvantaged children throughout the North of Scotland. MFR Cash for Kids distributes money to terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children as well as a wide range of youth groups and projects which benefit children in the MFR area.
Middlesbrough Mind helps people experiencing a wide range of mental health problems. Our services include: information and advice, 1-to-1 support, group support and courses, support for families, campaigning and activities in the local community. We are also developing services in Stockton Borough with the support of local residents.
It has been established to give financial and other support to charities and advice agencies in the Midlands that provide free legal advice. It aims to enhance the availability of access to these services in the Midlands by raising funds, principally through an annual 10k legal walk.
Milton Keynes Pregnancy Crisis Centre provides confidential support for those affected by any issues surrounding pregnancy. This includes men as well as women. We also actively support young families in need.
Missing People provides support for missing children, vulnerable adults and families left in limbo. The charity offers families of the missing specialist advice and practical support and also searches - securing publicity that could end years of heartache.
Mosac exists to support all non-abusing parents and carers of children who have been sexually abused. The charity aims to enable parents and carers to rebuild confidence, alleviate isolation and improve quality of life following the discovery of abuse. This is achieved through a range of services meeting individual needs.
MRCT provides voluntary work and social opportunities for people with a disability and vulnerable people in Harlow. It supports people with a physical / learning disability, people who are lonely, isolated, addicted, homeless, vulnerably housed and people in crisis with emergency food.
The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC) is a proactive and innovative charity passionately committed to supporting anyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis through access to unbiased information and advice. Our approach is to encourage individuals to make choices that are appropriate to their daily lives, empowering them to maximise their potential.
Some of the services MSRC provides include:
* A 24 hour, freephone Telephone Counselling Service available 365 days a year * An advisory service with access to MS Specialist Advisors and a Welfare Rights and Benefits Advisor * Publish the renowned MS journal, New Pathways * Maintain a comprehensive website, updated daily and providing a lively online community through its forums and chat rooms
MSRC strongly believes that "Life is for Living" and by providing unbiased information and advice, people affected by MS can make choices that are relevant to their particular needs.
The Derby branch of the MS Society offers offers information, practical support, and activities for all those affected by MS in and around the Derby area, primarily through its Information and Support Centre (Lilian Prime House).
IT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR ALL AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
It helps families, friends, neighbours and the general community in matters of disputes/conflicts to find ways to resolve them in a peaceful manner.
The Muslim Youth Helpline (MYH) provides pioneering faith and culturally sensitive services in the UK. Our core service is free and confidential support available nationally via telephone, email and internet. Male and female volunteers are trained in basic support skills to respond to clients on a wide-range of social issues.
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) runs the only national free phone Support Line for adults who have suffered any type of abuse during childhood. They also run an email and postal service, providing a lifeline to thousands of people across the UK. NAPAC's help and support is there to point people in the right direction, enabling them to take control of their own recovery. For more information please visit their website www.napac.org.uk
We help adults and children who are stressed due to bullying, harassment, victimisation, discrimination and/or stalking issues. We specialise in workplace bullying and playground bullying. The helpline provides confidential, impartial and practical guidance.
NCDV is a charity which provides fast and free legal advice and support to victims of domestic violence. The service is available to anybody regardless of age, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.
The NGVFA is an independent registered charity supporting those affected by the 1990-91 and 2003-09 Iraq/Gulf conflicts, and the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and all future desert conflicts. Those affected who are supported by the NGVFA include: Veterans Vaccinated but non-deployed Armed forces personnel Family members Widows / widowers Civilians contracted to the armed forces
NSS is the only registered charity in the UK supporting stalking victims. Our three main objectives are: To provide advice and support to anyone affected by stalking To raise awareness of stalking and its effects To support research into the effects and causes of stalking Stalking can lead to murder.
NSBP provides free, enabling, services supporting 1,300 clients living in this city. This includes - Outreach, Information, Rehabilitation, Volunteer visiting, RingAround contact, Resource Centre and up-to-date equipment display. Also IT training for blind people, social groups and activities. NSBP has secured funding for a Safeguarding Adults Officer.
Chrysalis provides information, counselling and support to families who have a child diagnosed with a life threatening, life limiting or terminal illness. Chrysalis also provides bereavement counselling to families who sadly lose a baby, child or young adult through illness, accident or stillbirth.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Norwood supports people with learning disabilities and children and families in need. We believe people should live the life they choose and we work with individuals to change their lives and achieve their goals.
We provide vital, personalised services to the Jewish community and also to people in the wider community.
Delivered by 1200 staff and supported by 700 dedicated volunteers, these services are divided into Children and Family Services and Adult Services.
Nottingham Rape Crisis Centre (NRCC) offers counselling and support to women over the age of sixteen who have experienced rape, childhood sexual abuse or sexual harassment. NRCC operates a telephone help line for 22 hours a week and provides face-to-face support and counselling service staffed by trained counsellors and Volunteer Support Workers.
OCD Action is the national UK charity for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related conditions*, providing comprehensive support & information including: helpline, online forum, support group directory, and advocacy services.
OCD is a top 10 disabling condition (W.H.O.) and can devastate lives. But it can also be effectively treated/managed with appropriate treatment.
OCD Action also aims to raise awareness amongst the public and frontline healthcare workers and strives to secure a better deal for people affected, including families and carers.
For more info, go to: www.ocdaction.org.uk
Confidential Helpline: 0845 390 6232
*e.g. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) and Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP)
Oldham Cancer Support Centre offers help and support to patients, carers and family members affected by cancer by way of information, self help and support groups, benefits advice, complementary therapies, counselling and an opportunity to talk in a relaxed atmosphere about various needs and concerns relating to any aspect of cancer.
One in Four is an charity providing support and services to adults who've been sexually abused as children. We provide one to one counselling, groups and workshops, a helpline and an advocacy service.
It exists to help homeless and vulnerable young people aged 16-25 in West Lothian by providing an emergency short stay hostel, supported accommodation and an outreach support service.
Ormiston is one of the largest charities supporting children, young people and their families in the East of England. We help and support children and young people who are experiencing prejudice and discrimination, those at risk of or experiencing physical harm, emotional or mental health problems, those who are displaying challenging or harmful behaviours, those who are the main carer for a parent or sibling and those who are affected by the imprisonment of a close family member. We work with the whole family to address the difficult situations they face and help them to make positive changes to their lives.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential and emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
OCF connects donors with local causes that make a real difference in Oxfordshire. Providing grants and support to local voluntary groups, helping them focus on building better, stronger communitites within the county.
Oxfordshire Family Mediation (OFM) works with separated families to promote the mental & physical welfare of children. Our projects aim to facilitate parents & others to consider children?s needs first & to enable their voices to be heard. We?re committed to meeting the needs of these children in a variety of ways. Over 35% of children are affected by family breakdown by the age of 16. The adversarial system often escalates conflict between parents, which can be damaging for children. Parenting is never an easy task: it?s even more complicated & delicate when you don?t live with the other parent & emotions are raw.
Mediation works to enable families to manage these difficult situations in the most helpful way for all. It helps parents keep the conversations on track, slowing it down to make sure they have all the information they need, have heard how each other see the issues, & weigh the pros and cons of different options. By protecting parents from pressure/judgement we successfully provide space for them to find solutions in a creative way.
Around 19,000 children have benefited directly from our Mediation Service & Children?s Service, with many children benefiting directly or indirectly from our Schools Training Programme, our Walking on Eggshells Project for school students & our Parenting Apart Workshops.
OFM is a professional service: all mediators are highly experienced, qualified, trained & accredited by the Legal Services Commission.
Oxfordshire Mind provides a variety of services for people who are experiencing mental and emotional health problems such as anxiety, bereavement, depression, life crisis, loneliness, recovery from breakdowns, panic attacks, stress and schizophrenia. Its services include: 15 day centres, a crisis line, supported housing, a relatives' support group, a group work programme and an information service.
Parents and Children Together has been building and strengthening families since 1911. Every day PACT works with children and their parents or carers on a one-to-one basis or at drop-in group sessions at projects across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. PACT is also an approved adoption and fostering agency and finds "forever families" for some of the 5,000 children each year who need a permanent placement. PACT's education arm provides nationally recognised courses for those working in social care settings "from crèche to care home.
Courts are daunting and frightening places. PSU volunteers are trained to go to court and solve practical problems for people without lawyers. Based in the Royal Courts of Justice, but with offices in the Principal Registry of the Family Division, Wandworth County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre, it provides a fantastic service for litigants who cannot afford legal help.
Samaritans provides confidential, non-judgemental, emotional support for people in distress or despair by telephone, email or face to face. Volunteers at Perth give nearly 200 hours of their time monthly to support people in crisis, funded entirely through donations - thank you for your generosity.
Pharmacist Support is an organisation working for pharmacists and their families to provide help and support in times of need. All support provided by the Charity is specifically tailored to an individual’s circumstances and includes assistance relating to financial hardship, stress, addiction and emotional and practical support.
PIPS (Public Initaitive for the Prevention of Suicide) has launched a fundraising campaign to raise funds for a proposed centre of excellence. Architects plans have been drawn up for the new premises which will be converted into a state of the art suicide support and prevention centre.
The Post-Adoption Centre provides advice, support and information to all parties to adoption. PAC operates an advice line where anyone with problems arising from adoption can speak to qualified and experienced counsellors. Also provided is face to face counselling, therapeutic work with children and families and contact and mediation service.
Samaritans provides confidential emotional support 24/7 to those experiencing despair, distress or suicidal feelings.
PRIME helps older people rejected by the labour market find a way back into work via the enterprise route. If you are over 50 and get made redundant your chances of finding another job are only about one in ten. PRIME, founded by Prince Charles and a sister organisation to the Prince's Trust, gives the over 50s practical help setting up in business.
Prisoners Abroad is the only UK charity providing information, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, their family and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.
Prisoners? Education Trust is a national charity aiming to extend and enrich the educational opportunities available to prisoners, providing them with a chance to build a better and more constructive future for themselves, their family and their community.
A local charity of patients, and urologists, working with Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire hospitals, helping Prostate Cancer suffers, by raising funds for new innovative equipment and treatment centre Funding specialist nurses, offering volunteer support, raising local awareness of the disease in local men.
It is a local charity supporting the work of unpaid carers in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area, through a range of services including a sympathetic carers support telephone line, a team of carers support officers, and a variety of workshops, training and events. Our service is free, and confidential. We are here to help you.
For thousands of people in the North West, North Wales and Scotland, PSS provides personal services and practical help tailored to meet their individual needs and add quality to their daily lives. We have a team of around 1,000 fully trained staff supported by more than 700 volunteers all working to enhance the dignity and independence of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
Racing Welfare is the leading Charity that supports all those who are working, or have worked, in the horse racing industry including stud and stable staff, racecourse employees, heath men, farriers, stalls handlers trainers and jockeys.
It works to challenge any prejudicial attitudes towards survivors of sexual violence. It works with member groups to ensure survivors are offered consistent, high quality support. It provides a national Helpline to offer support to survivors of sexual violence across Scotland.
Refuge is a national charity for women and children who experience domestic violence, providing emergency accommodation and emotional and practical support. Since opening the world's first women's safe house in London in 1971, Refuge has grown to become the UK's largest organisation of its kind, helping and supporting women and children experiencing domestic violence and acting as a national 'lifeline' for up to 80,000 victims of domestic abuse every year.
The organisation supports families through change and disruption, particularly where it has occurred as a result of separation, divorce or family restructuring. Mediation is provided to help parents to make their own arrangements for their children. Counselling is offered to youngsters who are finding it difficult to come to terms with the changes in their lives.
Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals. Release also campaigns for changes to UK drug policy to bring about a fairer and more compassionate legal framework to manage drug use in our society.
Retail Trust is the only charity that looks after the needs of all three million people working in retail. We are here to help change people's lives for the better and to look after the talent that works across the industry when they have had problems they don't know how to deal with. It might be bullying or worries about pressure at work. It might be things to do with addiction and wanting to shake them. It might be struggling to cope with a personal tragedy in life. Or it might just be needing someone to share with, who will understand, listen, suggest help or just give good advice.
See us as your safety net. And in case you or people you know need it, be aware of our helpline number 0808 801 0808 and email [email protected]
reunite is the leading charity specialising in international parental child abduction. It operates an advice line offering practical, impartial advice and information to parents whose child has been abducted, or those parents who fear abduction. It also offers advice and information to parents who may have abducted their child.
We need you now, one day you may need us. We provide free, confidential, independent support and information for people who live and work in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; resolving their problems through advice and through policy change.
Rise supports women, children and young people living with the effects of domestic abuse in Brighton, Hove and West Sussex. Being in an abusive relationship has damaging effects on a woman?s life. 1 in 4 women experience domestic abuse in their lifetime and 2 women a week are killed by their partner or former partner. Rise is here to help. If you or someone you know is affected by an abusive relationship Call Rise on 01273 622 822. Visit http://www.riseuk.org.uk
RoadPeace is the national charity for road crash victims. We provide practical and emotional support to victims through a helpline, befriender network, and information guides on the legal procedures that follow a crash. RoadPeace also campaigns for justice for victims and road danger reduction policies that champion the needs of vulnerable road users. RoadPeace won the Guardian Charity Award winners in 2008. Help us make the world a safer and fairer place.
The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. Deep-sea fishing is dangerous and unpredictable. Hardship and tragedy are facts of everyday life in the UK?s fishing
Safeline was established 11 years ago and provides support and advocacy to young people, female and male survivors who are experiencing the truama of Rape and the after effects of childhood sexual abuse. Safeline offers free counselling, support groups, helpline, website, information pack, mentoring/befriending, training and workshops.
The Salvation Army is a registered charity and church working in 120 countries worldwide and is one of the largest and most diverse providers of social welfare in the world. In the UK and Republic of Ireland this work includes more than 800 Salvation Army social service centres and community churches. We provide unconditional friendship, support and very practical help to people in crisis and need and work with children, older people, homeless people and those dealing with drug and/or alcohol addiction. Alongside our work in the UK, The Salvation Army International Development (UK) is part of a world-wide team supporting the battle against poverty in developing countries. The projects we work with are designed by the poor for the poor and we are about enabling and empowering people to build a better future for themselves.
Samaritans offers confidential emotional support to anyone who is going through a crisis or thinking of taking their own life. The branch provides a telephone service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is open for visitors by appointment from 9.30am to 8.00pm.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. We specialise in going to events and festivals throughout Britain to provide a 24 hour face to face Samaritan service.
Samaritans of Croydon and Sutton have been helping people for 43 years through the 65 trained listeners who answer more than 20,000 calls a year. Many are from people in distress and despair with around 1700 from those thinking of suicide. Some of these callers are still at school.
We are available 24 hours a day, every day, to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
The Samaritans of Waltham Forest offers confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. Samaritans does not judge people or tell them what to do; but Samaritans will try to help them think things through and find a way forward.
Samaritans offers 24 hour emotional support to anyone going through a crisis who needs to talk in confidence without being judged. Yeovil Samaritans speaks to people in Somerset and Dorset, and takes calls from all over the UK. It has 90 volunteers who answer over 13,000 calls and reply to over 1,200 emails a year. We raise funds to run the branch and keep the service going.
The Sarcoma Trust works to raise awareness of these rare cancers, raise funding for research, and to help support and inform sarcoma patients and their families. It works closely with Sarcoma UK and GIST Support UK on support work.
TO GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO KIDNEY PATIENTS, WHERE NECESSARY AND ALWAYS WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENTIALITY.TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT AND/OR TREATMENT OF KIDNEY PATIENTS. TO PROVIDE HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF KIDNEY PATIENTS. TO PROCURE AND TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING KIDNEY DISEASES AND TREATMENTS. TO ARRANGE PUBLIC MEETINGS
The charity exists to relieve either generally or individually persons resident or found within a radius of 35 miles of Charing cross who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, being persons who were born in Scotland or persons of whose parents in each case was born in Scotland and widows of persons born in Scotland
It helps people in financial and physical hardship, by providing, assistance and advice, both in the UK and Overseas.
Sheffield RAG are the Students Union fundraising working committee. We put on large scale fun events from pub crawls to treasure hunts and more... and all in the name of charity. 80% of our funds will be given to 50+ deserving Sheffield causes - we are committed to making a significant difference to our local community and need need your help to do it!
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential, non-judgmental, emotional support to anyone experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. The Sheffield branch receives over 30,000 calls a year - by phone, e-mail or visit - and is entirely reliant on voluntary support
The Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK) is a unique charity that connect, informs and supports campaigners.
SMK was established in 2005 to help develop a new generation of campaigners who are tackling the root causes of injustice. Set up memory of Dame Sheila McKechnie, SMK is entirely dedicated to helping campaigners create positive and lasting social change.
SMK runs programmes for individuals and groups providing support, advice and a place to share information on key areas of effective campaigning: from strategy, tactics, and targets to evaluating successful campaigns.
Visit our website at www.smk.org.uk to find out more.
The charity provides therapies and support to people suffering and affected by multiple sclerosis. Helping them to lead as near normal life as possible within the confines of the illness.
It is a registered charity which has been providing local support to carers for over 11 years. It is a member of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers network of carers centres and is a carer led voluntary organisation.
South West Herts Samaritans provide 24 hour confidential support by telephone, email and face to face for people living in the area who are in experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. The branch is run entirely by volunteers and is a self-supporting charity.
SAFE has been helping people progress into work and learning for over 10 years. The programme boasts a 75% progression rate into further learning or employment - an incredible achievement when you take into account the fact that SAFE are working with the hardest to reach, most excluded people - most of which suffer from chronic low self esteem, isolation and lack of motivation. The three main focuses of the programme are: - Reaching the hardest to reach - Personal progression - into work, learning or meeting personal goals - Building community - linking isolated people into the community
Southampton Women's Aid provides safe accommodation for women and children experiencing domestic abuse. Child refuge workers meet the individual needs of children using one-to-one sessions and creative play. It works alongside women and children in the community offering emotional and practical support and has a helpline providing support and information.
The members of Southend Christian Fellowship (SCF) undertake a large amount of charitable work with poor, needy and deprived people of all ages both within its local area of South East Essex and overseas in Russia, India and Africa and invites donations to support ongoing works.
To provide education and relevant support services to help young people, the unemployed and disadvantaged groups in society prepare for work in hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism.
Everyone who needs it should receive first aid from those around them. No one should suffer for the lack of trained first aiders. Our mission is · to provide an effective and efficient charitable first aid service to local communities · to provide training and products to satisfy first aid and related health and safety needs for all of society · to encourage personal development for people of all ages, through training and by membership of our organisation.
St Mary's is a charismatic Anglican Church based in Marylebone, London W1.
St Pauls is a vibrant, growing and diverse church community based in West London. The church has embarked on a 5.9m building project to provide a platform for the provision of a range of services to, designed to see people empowered to flourish.
Stickler Syndrome Support Group aims to raise awareness of Stickler syndrome amongst the medical profession; promote the value of early diagnosis for adults and children with the condition to help preserve vision, particularly the prevention of blindness in children and adults.
Stonham provides housing, care and practical support for vulnerable people. Stoneham's work is about ensuring that disadvantaged people can live securely and independently. It works with single homeless people, people with mental health problems, young people leaving care, women and children escaping domestic violence, ex-offenders, refugees, vulnerable mothers and people with substance misuse problems.
STOP (Trafficking UK) is a new charity working to support trafficked people and raise awareness of the urgent problem of modern day slavery in the UK. STOP will work to co ordinate the efforts of existing organisations, helping to ensure that victims of trafficking can access services that are appropriate to their needs. These services include (but are not limited to) access to safe housing, medical assistance, legal advice and victim witness co-ordination.
Suffolk Family Carers provides information and support for Family Carers. A Family Carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help. This could be due to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability.
SAMM Merseyside supports and advises all those affected by a Homicide by offering an all inclusive service that gives emotional, as well as practical support, enabling them to rebuild their lives whilst giving long help. This is via a free 24 Hour Helpline, home visits, liasing with the various agencies, monthly meetings, Courts and a quartley newsletter .
SARSVL is a new Rape Crisis charity for Leeds, supporting women and girls whose lives have been affected by sexual violence of any kind.
The aim of Support Our Soldiers is to provide support for our serving men and women, and their families at home. This is done in every practical way possible including writing to deployed personnel, sending welfare packages (throughout the year as well as at Christmas), helping those recovering from injuries, raising welfare issues and providing support and guidance to family members.
To promote and support the well being of adults with severe Autism. To improve the quality of life for them by teaching them life skills & providing opportunities to work . To provide facilities for day & residential care that will also offer respite for their families.
Sutton Carers Centre (SCC) supports people who care for family members or friends unpaid. This could mean supporting a disabled child, a husband with dementia, or a sister with mental health problems; a young carer could be looking after a parent with MS or a sibling with autism. SCC provides advice, information, support, therapies and breaks, so that carers can stay well and supported too.
Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the national personal safety charity and aims to help everyone in society to lead safer, more confident lives. Through advice, information, resources, training, community talks and projects, it deals with issues from walking alone at night to staying safe whilst keeping fit, from people working in vulnerable situations to children using the internet and from reducing elderly people's fear of crime to raising awareness of the dangers faced by boys and young men. It works throughout the UK to give people the information and skills they need to live their lives to the full, confidently and safely.
SWANS is a registered non profit making charitable organisation that provides educational, vocational and therapeutic services to physically and sensory impaired adults and their carers throughout Essex.
Part of the international Samaritans movement , Swindon Samaritans is an independent charity run by volunteers providing emotional support to the people of Swindon and surrounding area.The team of about 100 listening volunteers offers emotional support to callers by telephone , in person or by email, 24 hours a day , 365 days a year.
Syeda supports anyone in the South Yorkshire region who is affected by an eating disorder whether that be the person who has the eating disorder or those that care for them.
Tamba is the only UK charity that provides high quality information and mutual support networks for multiple birth families, helping them face the practical, emotional and financial challenges that a multiple birth can bring, as well as highlighting their unique needs to health and education practitioners involved in their care
The George Hardwick Foundation supports the thousands of carers. Its patron is Jennifer Hardwick, widow of the footballing legend George Hardwick, who used the Stockton Carers' Centre during George's illness.
Education is one of the key areas where your support can make a real difference. You can help the Foundation to provide practical help for young people. It has proved over the past 8 years that determination and belief can make a big difference, working with vulnerable people and helping them to improve their lives and look toward to a better future.
Since its foundation in 1884, Toynbee Hall continues to produce practical and innovative programmes to meet the needs of local people, to improve conditions and enable communities to fulfil their potential. Tower Hamlets continues to be one of the most deprived boroughs in the country and Toynbee Hall works with over 6,000 members of the community each year to support them to meet the challenges that they face and to encourage them to take control of their lives.
Each year, nearly 400 residential and non-residential volunteers bring their expertise to the services that Toynbee Hall offers. We place volunteers at the heart of our work, always ensuring that we offer excellent opportunities, so that volunteers can meet their personal goals and develop their own skills and networks.
The work at Toynbee Hall is themed across the areas of advice, education, financial inclusion and wellbeing, all supported by our volunteering programme and an evaluation and research unit.
TSN is the only nationwide network supporting those touched by all solid organ transplants. As well as giving patients access to someone who has undergone the same transplantation process as them, it provides the same for family and carers, before, during and after a transplant.
Treetops Hospice ? Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire?s local hospice.
Treetops Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with life limiting illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, end stage heart and respiratory diseases, etc.
We provide ?hospice at home? care, enabling people to die at home, their preferred place. There is also a Day Care Centre which provides respite for patients and their carers. We offer complimentary therapy as well as art therapy, and there is a Carer?s support Group and a Family Bereavement Support service.
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The Tunbridge Wells CAB answers over 17,000 queries per year from the residents of Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas, on topics ranging from financial planning to consumer rights. 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the Tunbridge Wells Bureau, which opened on the 4th September 1939.
The Turner Syndrome Support Society is a national charity caring for the needs of those with Turner syndrome throughout the UK, offering support and information to girls and adult women with TS, their families and friends. The Society also enjoys a good relationship with medical and other specialists to promote a good basis for education and uderstanding of the management of TS.
It provides counselling, helpline and information to women aged 16 and over who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives. The service covers: Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The charity has existed for 29 years and was awarded a Community Care Award in 2004 for developing services for women with learning disabilities.
The UCKG HelpCentre is not only a church but a practical help centre where we are committed to helping people discover their potential in life and live life to the full. Our approach and belief is that people can have a new beginning by combining their faith with practical actions.
unseen helps people who have been victims of human trafficking. Primarily focussing on women who have been bought and sold to be forced into sexual exploitation, unseen raises awareness of the issues surrounding trafficking and aims to provide safe housing for victims, allowing them the chance to rebuild their lives.
It provides financial assistance for deserving members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons or their relatives and dependents, and supports the profession through the Veterinary Surgeons' Health Support Programme and Vet Helpline.
Victim Support is the national charity for victims and witnesses of crime in England and Wales.
We give free and confidential help to victims of crime, their family, friends and anyone else affected. We give information, emotional support and practical help. You don't have to report a crime to the police to get our help and can get support at any time, whenever the crime happened. We are not a government agency or part of the police.
We have offices right across England and Wales running and co-ordinating our local services. We run the Witness Service in every criminal court to help people called as witnesses. Our Victim Supportline (0845 30 30 900) gives immediate help over the phone and puts people in touch with our local teams.
We also campaign for greater rights for victims and witnesses and to raise awareness.
Victim Support Scotland is the lead voluntary organisation in Scotland helping people affected by crime. It provides emotional support, practical help and essential information to victims, witnesses and others affected by crime. The service is free, confidential and is provided by volunteers through a network of community based victim and youth justice services and court based witness services.
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Vision Support is the leading provider of local services to people of all ages living with a vision impairment in Cheshire and North Wales. Our mission is to promote the continuing independence of individuals living with sight loss and to raise awareness of their needs throughout our local communities.
Vitiligo is a common skin disease where patches of skin become milky-white and can develop in shape and size. The Vitiligo Society exists to relieve the distress and suffering of people with vitiligo. Hence our main emphasis and activities are to develop and provide “people support services”.
Voice is committed to getting a better deal for children in care. We are a leading national charity specialising in providing advocacy to hildren and young people in public care and those in need while campaigning for lasting improvements to their lives. The 61,000 children 'in care' are among some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children in the UK today. Many of them are failed by the system that has been set up to care and protect them. They often suffer from insensitive and bureaucratic decisions, some become further abused and we know that most leave care without the life skills to live successfully independently. Voice aims to empower vulnerable children and young people to speak out for improvements to the quality of their lives by providing advice and support face to face and via our freephone helpline. Voice is the working name of Voice for the Child in Care.
VOICE UK supports people with learning disabilities who have experienced crime or abuse. It also supports their families and carers and professional workers. It has a telephone helpline, parent contacts who support other parents and also provides training and speakers.
Volunteer Bureau Sutton interviews and places people who are wanting to volunteer. They also supply a volunteer service to help the elderly and disabled people in the London Borough of Sutton.
The Cellar Cafe in Godalming's Crown Court provides a friendly meeting place where people with problems can meet and discuss them amongst themselves and with our staff and volunteer helpers. For those in need, it is a non-threatening environment, it provides a sense of belonging to an extended family where joys and sorrows are shared. Help can be asked for without a sense of embarrassment.
The WAY Foundation provides a self-help social and support network for men and women widowed up to the age of 50, and their children. The main aim is to help those widowed young to rebuild their lives by helping one another.
Providing pastoral services to the Ealing community for over 25 years the UKIM West London Islamic Centre provides religous, social, health and educational facilities. It is now embarking on an exciting re-development that will see it turned into a visonary and modern mosque serving all of London.
Westmeria Counselling Services was established in August 2003 to help people in crisis, or just in need of support, with a particular emphasis on those suffering from depression. It is our aim to reverse the trend of reliance on anti-depressants.
The Willow Foundation is a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of seriously ill adults aged 16 to 40 by organising and funding a 'special day' of their choice.
We make secure the homes of the elderly, vulnerable and disadvantage in Wiltshire who have become, or are at risk of becoming, victims of house crime, either through burglary or domestic violence.
The Wimbledon Guild provides many valued services in its local area, such as the day centre, lunch club and activities for older people; the care home with nursing; the counselling service; and the distribution of small cash grants and of donated goods to people in desperate need.
Samaritans provide 24 hour support to people who need emotional support in times of stress
Wirral Council for Voluntary Service provide a range of infrastrcuture support services to voluntary and community organisations based in Wirral.
We provide relief and assistance to disadvantaged families in Israel. We run day-care centres for children,after school clubs, teenage centre,youth clubs, as well as providing facilities for senior citizens.
Woman's Trust is a counselling and support service for women experiencing Domestic violence. We offer one-to-one counselling, weekly support groups and self-development workshops for women. We also offer Advocacy for women who live in the London boroughs Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Greenwich.
Founded in 1869, Wood Street Mission is one of the oldest charities in Greater Manchester. It provides vital practical help to children, young people and families affected by poverty in Manchester and Salford. 1,000’s of disadvantaged families are helped each and every year, completely free of charge.
Working Families is a national charity which supports working parents and carers. They also help employers and policy-makers create workplaces that foster family-friendly working practices and work-life balance for everyone. Their freephone legal helpline for parents on low incomes helps over 6,000 families a year facing huge challenges and has been described as a "lifeline".
WPF Therapy seeks to provide affordable counselling or psychotherapy for people who cannot find suitable NHS provision, and who cannot afford private therapy. The charity provides a wide range of counselling and psychotherapy including CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) on a sliding scale depending on income as well as a wide range of accredited training programmes
The Wycombe Centre provides a neutral, safe and friendly environment in which children can meet with parents from whom they are separated after family breakdown.
To respond to the wishes and needs of the Yemeni Community and other families in the Sandwell area, by providing cultural orientation, educational development and skills-training for children and adults, through the provision of accessible community services and activities run by the YCA
YouthNet offers a unique blend of information, advice and support on anything and everything a young person needs. Whether it's emergency help in times of crisis, support with everyday issues or the chance to talk anonymously to peers or experts, YouthNet is always there for young people, 24 hours a day, seven days a week through two award-winning websites: www.thesite.org and www.do-it.org.uk.
Provides support for the Israel Emergency Service ZAKA (Chessed shel Emet) whose purpose is the succour and relief of the victims of natural and unnatural disasters.
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