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Independent People provide housing, support and advice to young people aged between 16 and 25 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
We exist to support young people to build independent lives. We do this by helping them find (and keep) a safe, stable home. We also offer non-judgmental support and advice on counselling, training and help finding jobs. Most young people are referred to us by the Local Authorities having presented themselves as homeless, we run Bristol's only emergency 24 hour accommodation for young people at St George's House.
We are doing more and more work in trying to prevent homelessness through projects such as Inside Out which helps young people resettle after prison, and our through our peer education project which invites young people who have experienced homelessness to go into schools and talk to their peers about the realities of leaving home in an unplanned way.
4Children is the national charity dedicated to creating opportunities and building futures for children, representing the voice of children at every level. Providing the latest information and guidance ensure all children and families can fulfil their potential. 4Children develop innovative programmes to tackle issues such as social exclusion and crime.
A National Voice is the only organisation in England run by and for young people from Care. They exist to give over 60,000 "looked after" children and young people a voice at National level and to create improvements to the Care system.
Aanchal's objectives are to relieve the distress caused by domestic violence, and to undertake preventative and educational work with young people, including men, to reduce the occurrence of domestic violence.
Abbeyfield is one of the largest voluntary sector UK-wide providers of housing and care for older people, committed to alleviating loneliness while maintaining independence. Founded in 1956, Abbeyfield has grown to include around 750 houses managed by professional staff and volunteers, providing support, care and friendship for around 8,000 residents.
AbilityNet helps over 165,000 people a year who thought they couldn't use a computer because of a disability, overcome their problems. Computers open up the world of communication, learning and work; or simply shopping, emailing and having fun with friends and family across the world.
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.
Accuro provides an invaluable support service to enable people with disabilities of all ages to participate in everyday pursuits and leisure activities. All the schemes are needs led and are designed to increase confidence and reduce isolation. The charity also provides respite relief for their families and carers.
The Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) is a UK based charity that supports organisations working in countries where there is a problem of acid violence. ASTI is committed to providing free long term treatment and rehabilitation care for survivors of acid attacks. ASTI recruits teams of volunteers who can offer medical, surgical, and other forms of professional assistance where it is needed. ASTI is the only organisation dedicated to addressing this grave abuse of human rights in an international context, encouraging and coordinating the interchange of experience and ideas of how to combat this seemingly global crime against humanity.
We offer rural communities a source of independent, expert support on the particular issues that affect them and manage programmes designed to find new ways of meeting their needs. We work with rural people in Sussex to make sure their voice is heard locally, regionally and nationally. As a result we often step in when there is a risk that services needed by rural people could easily be forgotten. AirS is currently running a major campaign to improve support and funding for the many village halls in East and West Sussex. This is its 'Heart of the Village' campaign about which more details can be found on the AirS' website.
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
The Adnams Charity is funded by the donation of 1% of the profits of Adnams plc, and by the generosity of others. The Charity aims to make a real, measurable difference to people’s lives, at grassroots level by awarding modest grants to good causes within 25 miles of Southwold,
AAF promotes access and participation of African people in the uptake and delivery of Health, Education and other social welfare services through the provision of resources, information, advice, training and support. Our community-based initiatives empower marginalized and disadvantaged African families to overcome poverty, ill health and social exclusion
Age Concern Calderdale & Kirklees promotes the well-being of older people in Calderdale and Kirklees (age 50+) by providing good quality services and support, influencing policy and practice, consulting older people and finding innovative ways of meeting their needs and working in partnership with other local agencies to better serve older people within the community
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.
It provides services and support for older people in the Exeter area
To provide services for older people in the counties of Gwynedd and Anglesey.
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.
Age Concern Kensington and Chelsea (formally Sixty Plus) helps older people in Kensington and Chelsea to maintain their independence with the help of 150 volunteers who work in the community. It provides befriending, practical help, escorting, shopping and gardening. Intergenerational schemes get young people involved as readers and computer coaches and Health Wise promotes healthy ageing and well-being.
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.
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.
AC Stockport works for people 50 plus operating 25 services that provide information, support and social opportunities . The organisation has a strong volunteer program offering opportunities for both volunteers and those on placement. The organisation works closely with local partners representing and campaigning on behalf of local older people.
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.
Aid To Georgia was established to fundraise for two specific projects in Rustavi (Georgia), these being the Disabled Day Centre and Hospital No 2. We are staffed by volunteers in the UK and Georgia, enabling us to ensure that all donations only reach the people who need them most.
The main goal of the Foundation is to help provide educational, sporting and social opportunities for disadvantaged young people. Website: www.alexrmfoundation.org.uk
Alpha International helps people to learn about the Christian faith by enabling them to attend an Alpha course, and our vision is to see the world transformed through the love of Jesus Christ. Over eleven million people in 160 countries worldwide, from all walks of life, have attended a course. Your support would help more people attend an Alpha course - in places as diverse as churches, prisons, schools, pubs, workplaces, universities, residential homes, and military bases.
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) organises workshops for people from all walks of life who want to deal with conflict well and without violence. It organises low-cost, friendly workshops in communities all over Britain and also runs programmes in prisons.
Amantani UK was set up to protect the rights and interests of some of South America?s most vulnerable children. Using education, we aim to help indigenous children negotiate with modern Peru?s westernized system.
Rather than spreading our work across a continent or even a country, Amantani UK invests resources and time into making fundamental change in one district; Ccorca, which is situated 13 miles from Cusco, Peru.
Since May 2008, Amantani UK have run two boarding schools in the district?s capital. Our two projects help over 40 girls who previously had to walk up to 6 hours to get to and from school each day. In the morning, the girls attend the district?s state-provided school. In the afternoon, instead of walking home, they come to our nearby boarding schools for extra tuition in skills suited to their situation. For more information, please visit www.amantani.org.uk.
It helps the frail elderly with social inclusion and finacially with annuities, grants and loans.
It supports people who experience mental ill health from the age of 18 to 65+. It provides support services on an individual basis, both in its day centre and out in the wider community. Its goal is to enable people to achieve their potential and participate in society.
Arch is a local charity based in Stoke-on-Trent which helps homeless people in North Staffordshire. It also helps people who are at risk of homelessness. Services include housing, support in the community, two women's refuges and domestic violence services. The charity works with around 2,000 people each year.
ASF is making community and international development issues, in particular those impacting on disadvantaged and vulnerable people, integral to the practice and teaching of architecture.
Our motivation for establishing ASF stems from an ambition to make architectural practice more relevant to the majority of the world?s population who are living in marginalised or poverty situations (both in the UK and worldwide). At architecture school students are taught to provide solutions to complex issues, however, often people in communities benefit more from being involved in the process of development than by being disempowered recipients of more often inappropriate solutions. It was these frustrations that lead a small team of dedicated volunteers to create ASF and in doing so establish an organisation that supports architectural education by teaching (and working with) the essential participatory tools and techniques required when working as a professional in community or international development projects.
Archway is an Aberdeen based charity offering respite, shared and permanent care for over 200 children and adults with moderate to profound learning disabilities.
The Argus Appeal's objectives are to relieve sickness, poverty, hardship and to provide benefits for lonely, needy old people and underprivileged children and other persons considered appropriate by the trustees in the Sussex area. All funds raised are used to support causes where they can ?make a difference?.
Arts For All is a community creative centre . We run clubs and classes for the local community and aim to build confidence through creativity. Young people get the opportunity to exhibit and sell their works of art in high profile exhibitions in The City. This work changes lives and gives them the chance to hope for a brighter future.
ASCEND is based in South Oxhey, nationally recognised as an area with social deprivation issues. Award winning staff combine compassion with guidance, courses and basic skills; giving disadvantaged adults of all ages the self-esteem and confidence to increase their life chances. As a result, many find paid or voluntary work.
Asylum Welcome has been providing information and support for refugees, asylum seekers and immigration detainees in Oxfordshire for over ten years. We work with men and women, of all ages including young people who come here on their own, unaccompanied by adults.
The Attlee Foundation was set up to commemorate Clement Attlee's life, work and achievements through piloting projects that benefit the people he cared most about - those disadvantaged by poverty, disability or lack of opportunity, particularly young people. Its work ranges from making small grants to research and major capital projects.
The Autism Initiatives Group supports children and adults with autism across the UK. In Scotland one of our projects is the One Stop Shop project specifically works with adults with Asperger Syndrome in Edinburgh and the Lothians providing a mix of one-to-one support (for things like employment, benefits, housing) and social activities. In England we have a range of services including Peterhouse School in Southport which provides education and support for 55 children from Merseyside and the surrounding counties.
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.
B@titude is committed to loving and serving the community of Leatherhead by providing a framework for community and social initiatives. Shaped around a fluid collective of people, B@titude aims to support dreams and ideas that will invest back into the community and quality of life.
The Balfour Beatty Charitable Trust has been formed for the Group's centenary year and thereafter. It will be funding projects which will raise the aspiration, motivation and quality of life amongst young people suffering from disadvantage.
GAP offers young people with learning disabilities an opportunity to achieve through the Gateway Award Scheme which is like the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme. It takes place within a youth club setting and they are encouraged to set themselves new challenges, learn new skills and broaden their horizons.
Bradford City Community Foundation is a fundamental community arm and nominated charity of BCFC. 2010 is the 25th anniversary of the Bradford Fire Disaster( 11.05.85) This appeal is a specific fundraiser for the Burns Unit which supported the rehabilitation of the victims of the fire.
Rehabiltation through sport for disabled ex-service men and woman
The Big Issue in The North Trust provides support to vendors to help them make steps towards improving their lives. It offers social activities, help with accessing services, ESOL classes and a general shoulder to lean on in times of hardship.
BioRegional is a not-for-profit organisation, providing innovative solutions to problems of sustainability. It sets up grassroots green businesses, helps build green communities, fosters local production and encourages lifestyles which are ecologically sound. It projects have won 28 UK and international awards, and many have already become self-sustaining green businesses.
The Birmingham Mail Charity Trust formally the Christmas Tree Fund now in its 120th year, raises funds for volunteer and community groups and small charities supporting deprived and needy people and groups of all ages and creeds in the Greater Birmingham area. Grants are made to a max of £2000
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.
Bloom Trust International aims to create awareness of the global water and malaria crisis and raise money to fund efficient and sustainable water,malaria and sanitation projects. The aim is to overcome poverty,and sickness,with access to safe drinking clean water and Beat Back Malaria.
Blue Sky Development & Regeneration is a social enterprise set up to give paid work to people coming out of prison to enable them to move successfully into long-term employment. Its mission is to help break the cycle of re-offending and achieve long-term benefits for society.
The Boaz Trust is a Christian charity supporting destitute asylum seekers in Greater Manchester. They provide accommodation, food, individual advocacy and support, alongside campaigning for justice in the asylum system.
Body Positive Dorset is an organisation set up to offer advice, practical support and counselling to those people whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS. It also aims to raise awareness in the community, offer education and promote prevention.
Booktrust helps to make a difference to people's lives by inspiring a lifelong love of reading in children, young people and adults.
To provide a range of housing and support services in a manner that promotes self-esteem, respect and independence to people disadvantaged by housing circumstances or social needs.
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.
Brathay?s vision is of a society where children and young people realise their potential. Its purpose is to enable children and young people to make positive choices by taking personal responsibility for improving their well-being. Charity registered in England number 1021586 and registered in Scotland number SC038803
As the leading independent mental health organisation in Brent, Brent Mind offer high quality services to local residents seeking mental health information and support.
It helps people with mental health problems to deal with the consequences such as isolation and loss of self-confidence. They do this by providing the opportunity to engage in stimulating and often unusual activities in the beautiful setting of a walled garden.
This Christian Trust runs re:charge, a community facility in Maidenhead supporting young parents (15-25) and young people (11-18). Trained staff and volunteers befriend, mentor and connect young people to other local organisations and agencies who can offer the help they need. Young parents and young people are offered opportunities to learn new skills, have fun and develop their potential. The Trust was a finalist in Charity of the Year in the Royal Borough Business Excellence Awards 2007.
Brighton Pride promotes equality and diversity, and advances education to eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. It raises awareness by holding events including Winter Pride and Summer Pride. It makes grants and donations to a number of local causes and groups working within the LGBT community.
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
The BDA is the largest Deaf organisation in the UK that is run by Deaf people. The BDA is campaigning for the legislation of BSL. The BDA also wants to see an end to discrimination against Sign Language users, both Deaf and hearing.
Broadacres assists a number of different needs groups. It is a housing Association with a large Care Services Division. Charity events are undertaken throughout the year to raise money for the projects we support.
The Bromley by Bow Centre works in Tower Hamlets helping some of the poorest communities in the UK. They work with young and old, families and people with disabilities. They help people to break out of poverty by supporting people to; look after their health and wellbeing, gain vital new skills, find employment and make positive changes in their lives.
We are here to provide personal, social and community development opportunities for disadvantaged groups of people in and around Broomhouse. We have 8 core projects, dementia day care, elderly & youth befriending, young carers' support project, cafe training project, adult carers groups, special needs lunch club & young people's counselling service.
Bullying UK which was formerly known as Bullying Online helps parents and pupils deal with school bullying by giving practical advice and support to families who are often in despair. There are 30 sections on the website and personal advice is given by email. The website is also used in schools as a teaching resource.
BYHP exists to support and assist Young People in finding and maintaining a safe home from which they may be assisted to determine their own opportunities in life.
‘Where people fight poverty, tackle injustice, and realise their potential together.’ Cambridge House is a multipurpose voluntary organisation working in Southwark,for the last 120 years, to alleviate the local effects of poverty and to support social change. Please see our website for further details.
Cam-mind offers a broad range of community projects and services to support mental health service users in Cambridgeshire. These services are designed to empower people to take the first steps back to an active life within their community. Our services include Supported Housing, Befriending, Community Groups, Outreach and Training.
The Campaign for Learning is an independent charity working to stimulate a passion for learning which sustains people for life. Its work supports thousands of organisations including schools, prisons, workplaces, and children’s centres to offer learning opportunities that give individuals the confidence to change their lives for the better.
The Camphill Family raises funds for the eleven communities of The Camphill Village Trust. Established over 50 years ago, the charity assists adults with special needs to create a rich and fulfilling home, social and working life in large and small intentional life-sharing communities in both rural and urban settings.
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.
Canterbury Oast Trust provides long term 24-hour care in family-style homes for adults with learning and physical disabilities in Kent and East Sussex. The Trust also runs a programme of personal development, skills training and work experience which brings residents into contact with the general public, helping to break down barriers and foster a greater understanding of disability.
CAP seeks to help relieve the want and poverty in the Wakefield District and beyond. Anyone in need can access the service which provides food, clothing housewares, furniture, as well as providing shower facilities, advice, counselling an signposting to other providers.
The Capital Community Foundation works with individuals and organisations to provide the best support for small charities and community groups throughout London. Since 1995 it has delivered nearly £25,000 in grants to over 3,500 projects tackling issues such as crime, health, homelessness, education and much more - all issues are tackled at a local level by local people.
The Cardinal Hume Centre's enduring purpose is to work with homeless young people, badly housed families, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to break out of the cycle of homelessness and social exclusion through obtaining employment.
We improve the quality of lives of young people and older people from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities who are facing social exclusion due to poverty, culture and language barrier. To alleviate hardship and distress caused by the break up of marriage. Poverty alleviation for street children of West Afica
It promotes racial justice and community cohesion, working with people from all backgrounds. CARJ is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2009, through the Changing Face of Britain campaign celebrating the achievments on diversity over the past 25 years and addressing the future challenges, both locally and nationally.
Carr-Gomm provides high quality housing, care, and support and for some of the most disadvantaged people in England. Whether vulnerable through mental ill-health, disability, substance misuse, or escaping violence in the home or as a refugee, Carr-Gomm enables individuals to create a valued future of their choice.
Castelnau Centre Project is a charity with a mission to promote a vibrant, self-sustaining community in the Castelnau area. It manages the Castelnau Community Centre a programme of community development projects designed to meet the need of its local residents. The Borough of Richmond is extremely affluent put this small area is isolated and a pocket of deprivation.
This small but high profile, vibrant community association continues to develop and respond to the needs of local residents. It offers a multitude of age and culturally appropriate activities to residents of a highly deprived area - these include events and activities for pensioners, young people, children under 5 and families.
Catalyst builds local response-ability through ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things in tough places...because love is a verb!
The Cathedral Archer Project works with the homeless and vulnerable in Sheffield to help them move towards achieving lifestyles from which exclusion can be addressed.
We work with disadvantaged young people often, but not exclusively, in a housing context. We provide access to services for the excluded, support and advice for the vulnerable, and offer safe accommodation to those in housing crisis.
CCP exists to improve the lives of children, young people, families and vulnerable adults with multiple and complex needs. It promotes and supports healthy living, helps maintain a safe and stable home environment, encourages and supports learning and achievement, promotes respect and positive social behaviour and encourages personal economic sustainability.
CEFET is a regional strategic body co-ordinating European Funding for the East Midlands Third Sector. It works particularly to combat social exclusion, promote equality and diversity, enable grassroots groups to build their own capacity and help excluded people to participate.
It is a drop-in centre in St Albans providing support for the homeless or socially deprived. It offers its visitors food, showers, shelter and clothing. It is run and funded entirely by volunteers through gifts of money, food and clothing. In 2009 it served 7,500 meals to over 300 individuals.
A Christian organisation providing practical and spiritual support to the poor and needy community of Dorohio, in Northeast Romania, providing three course meals, food bags, and other forms of assistance and counselling. It also has a playground and play area and a children’s club. All to show God’s Love In Action.
Centrepoint is the national charity helping homeless young people. Whether they have run away from neglect or abuse to sleep rough, or been thrown out at 16 to fend for themselves, young people are vulnerable on the streets and need help. At Centrepoint we offer safe accommodation and a chance to turn things around with counselling, education and training for life.
C4C provides experiential education and training programmes designed for socially marginalised and disadvantaged people. The indoor training centre is unique and houses an aerial trekking course, high ropes elements, a climbing wall and low level obstacle course as well as training and meeting rooms.
A charity that helps improve the mental wellbeing of our society.
Changing Faces is about enabling everyone to face disfigurement with confidence. It provides emotional and practical support to children and adults who have a disfigurement. The charity also works with schools, the health service, employers and the media to foster acceptance and equal opportunities and promote informed portrayals of people who have disfigurements.
Charterhouse-in-Southwark is a Settlement working with and alongside the people in North Southwark who exist on the lowest end of the economic and social scale. We work through providing a range of projects to meet the needs of children, young people, families and older people.
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.
It helps former UK child migrants to learn about their family background, meet members of thair family, clarify their citizenship and claim redress.
CARF-UK raises funds for a community development organisation, ACER (www.acerbrasil.org.br), to transform the marginalised community of Eldorado, Diadema. At an Activity Centre it works through art, education, youth empowerment and economic development projects directly with hundreds of deprived and abused children, keeping them from the streets, and reaching thousands more through outreach work.
The Children's Society is a leading children's charity committed to making childhood better for all children in the UK. We intervene, prevent, rescue and provide ongoing support for children trapped in a vicious circle of fear and harm; a vicious circle driven by violence, neglect, poverty or discrimination, which destroys lives and wrecks community living. We never turn away.
It works towards improving the lives of underpriviledged and street children in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. It generates opportunities to develop children's self esteem, discipline and confidence, enabling them to fully participate in society.
The Chinese Community Centre aims to improve the quality of life and well being of the Chinese community, particularly those who are disadvantaged. To achieve its aims the Centre offers a range of support services and advice to both the young and old within the community.
Christian Family Care is a Bedfordshire-based Christian organisation that can trace its roots back over a century to the reforming social care movement of the 19th century. Today it provides a wide range of front-line services in partnership with the Statutory Agencies, to protect and support some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Christians Against Poverty is a national charity working in partnership with local churches across uk. CAP provides top quality debt counselling and practical support to see people released from the pressures of debt and given a hope for the future.
Church Action on Poverty is a Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. CAP aims: to enable people in poverty to develop more sustainable livelihoods; to help give a voice to people experiencing poverty; and to mobilise churches to work with others to overcome poverty.
creative counselling service
Circles Network provides direct support for disabled and disadvantaged individuals at risk of exclusion throughout the UK and Ireland. Their aim is to build inclusive communities where everyone, regardless of ability and background, can belong and contribute.
Citizens Online is a national charity who believe participation in the digital world is a basic human right. Citizens Online promotes digital inclusion and the aim is for everybody to enjoy and share the benefit from digital technologies, so that our society may become more inclusive and just.
Helping local people who are in need in any practical way we can.
The Coach House Trust provides occupational, educational, training and employment opportunities for those most disadvantaged in the labour market.
Colchester Mind is the leading mental health voluntary organisation for Colchester and the surrounding area. Founded in 1985, we are a registered charity affiliated to the national charity Mind. We work to improve the lives of people from all sectors of society experiencing mental health problems.
Founded in Staffin on the Isle of Skye, Columba 1400 is a social enterprise devoted to leadership development. Its core purpose is to release the potential of young people who have weathered tough times.
CANB?s aim is to support the charities of Brasov through the provision of grants and volunteers. It supports a range of projects, which work with vulnerable and disadvantaged adults and children throughout Brasov County.
The Community foundation for Calderdale connects people who care with local causes that matter. It does this by staging fundraising events, working with individuals and companies using their donations to make a positive difference in local communities through grant making.
Based in the one of the poorest wards in the country, Community Links is an East London based charity founded in 1977 which runs local and national projects for children, teenagers, parents, older and disabled people.
Compass is a network of projects for people with learning disabilities. It is a small local charity. Compass offers advocacy support, advice and guidance to people with learning disabilities to improve the quality of their lives. Projects include Can Can Recycling, Can Can Bazaar (social businesses) and Beyond(Youth project)
It provides affordable counselling to adults for depression, relationship problems etc.
Our Foundation has been set up to work together with other like minded Companies & Institutions who wish to support Coffee farmers and their families. Our focus tends to be on education and food security projects and where possible children will be the focus of our help.
It grants funds to charities in England and Wales to provide music and access to the arts for the elderly. The annual Concertina Young Musicians Concert provides a platform for outstanding young musicians at a prestigious venue and gives free tickets to the elderly and their carers.
Conflict & Change is a voluntary organisation building bridges of understanding within and between communities in Newham, East London, one of the most diverse areas of the United Kingdom. In 2010 we will celebrate 25 years of bringing Newham people together.
We do this through:
* A conflict resolution team using mediation to support neighbours, families and community groups experiencing conflict. * A community development programme building understanding and cooperation within and between communities in Newham. * A training programme in communication skills, facilitation and mediation. * An education programme for children, young people and the adults who work with them.
The Consortium for Street Children (CSC) is the leading international member-based network dedicated to advocating, promoting and campaigning for the rights of street-involved children. We are committed to creating a better and sustainable future for some of the most disadvantaged and stigmatised children by working together to inform and inspire research and action that influences policy and best practice worldwide.
The Construction Youth Trust supports and enables young people to gain construction training and employment, helping them reach their true potential. A significant element of the Trust's work is concentrated in relatively disadvantaged areas and with young people for whom support makes a real difference to their future.
We are the only national charity solely dedicated to fighting loneliness and acute isolation in old age. We organise regular, monthly tea parties on a Sunday afternoon in the homes of our volunteers across the UK. These outings are a ray of light in the lives of older people living alone; giving them something to look forward to in the knowledge that someone cares and the opportunity to make new and lasting friendships with fellow guests and our volunteers.
Contact the Elderly is a registered charity in England and Wales (244681) and in Scotland (SC039377)
CoolTan arts exist to inspire the well-being, creativity and participation of a diverse range of people with mental distress through the production of quality art.
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.
Every day across Scotland, Cornerstone is providing care and support in your community to enable children, young people and adults with disabilities and other support needs to enjoy a valued life.
With a team of experienced and motivated staff we provide a wide range of services to over 1000 people each year and are committed to improving the lives of the people we support.
We're building a meeting place, meeting needs, and meeting people. We are St John's Church in Beckenham, south-east London developing a modern centre for the community, providing care and support for a wide range of ages, with opportunities for all. We are setting a World Record for the most names in a Foundation Stone. If you would like to be part of our challenge please donate and tick the box to allow your name to be passed to St John's. More details can be found at www.sjep.org/cornerstone
Cornwall Blind Association is a local independent charity providing services, support and advice to visually impaired people in Cornwall.
Cornwall Community Foundation is the charity committed to supporting local projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that engage local people in making their communities better places to live.
Every year Corrymeela helps over 7000 participants have an experience they will never forget. Corrymeela really is a remarkable charity where people are free to relax and enjoy a safe, neutral space and get to know someone from a different community in Northern Ireland resulting in learning to trust and co-operate together.
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.
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.
It is a non-profit, independent, charity and leading provider of specialist services to those affected by drug and alcohol use. Its range of services has an acknowledged reputation for delivering treatment, rehabilitation and support of high quality, with the aim of reducing the impact and harm caused by drug and alcohol use to individuals and communities.
Credit Action is a national money education charity committed to helping people manage their money better and avoid the pain of over-indebtedness.
Crimestoppers is the independent crime-fighting charity. We help to arrest 17 criminals every day and one murderer every 5 days. Our charity runs the anonymous telephone number, 0800 555 111, that people can call to pass on information about crimes. We also have an anonymous online ?Giving Information? form that people can fill out to pass on information. Some people fear the consequences of going to the police when they know about a crime. Crimestoppers is there for them. Because the telephone number is anonymous, callers are not asked for any personal information and calls cannot be traced. 0800 555 111 has been helping to find criminals and solve crimes for 21 years. We?ve received more than 1 million telephone calls with useful information about crimes. It?s a system that works for everyone ? except criminals. With your support, we can continue fighting crime to make our society a safer place to live.
It is one of the ways in which the churches in Bristol work together to help homeless people, people who used to be homeless, and anyone with life-disrupting problems
Crossroads Care is a national network of local charities providing support for carers and people they care for. Nationally Crossroads Care helps over 35,000 individuals and their families, helping carers to make a life of their own outside caring.
Locally we provide a range of services for adults and children of all ages, disabilities or health conditions. In addition to care in the home, we offer a Day Care club for older people with care needs, a Young Carers Club for carers aged 8-18 and an After School Club for children with disabilities.
The area we cover includes Brentwood and Basildon and their surrounding districts. Refer to our website www.brentwoodcrossroads.org.uk for more information.
CSV builds safer and stronger communities for everyone through volunteering. Each year 230,000 volunteers transform spaces, places and lives for the better, by: · Mentoring children in care · Bringing independence to disabled people · Protecting children at risk of abuse · Befriending lonely elders · Transforming the environment and much more!
We at the Cumbria Community Foundation help to strengthen communities by using your money to make grants that support charities and volunteers, helping people in need in Cumbria.
Dartington is a pioneerng charity, nurturing ideas to address pressing problems, working for the advancement of the arts, social justice and sustainability. Dartington is a place where people come to think independently, seek new and exciting solutions and try out new ideas.
It provides all round personal development through educational activities and projects to women and children in the United Kingdom
DAY1 is a Scottish based charity providing 15 year olds from tough social backgrounds with a year long one-to-one mentoring service. Each young person discovers a positive direction in their lives and sets themselves up to move into sustainable employment or further training leading to the same.
It is the oldest charity for adult Deaf people in the world. It provides a range of specialist services aimed at improving the quality of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who live in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
DENS is a Hemel Hempstead based Homelessness Charity that helps hundreds of people get their lives back on track each year. Accommodation is provided at the Night Shelter and Move-On whilst at the Day Centre clients can enjoy a hot meal and get life-changing advice on benefits, housing & employment.
Depaul International works with homeless and disadvantaged people across Europe and the USA. It provides outreach and day centre services for vulnerable street children in Ukraine, accommodation and medical services for the elderly in Slovakia, as well as having over 50 projects in the UK, Ireland, and USA.
Depaul UK helps young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged. We are passionate about what we do, working in the very heart of local communities.
We protect young people who become homeless by finding them a place to call their home. Each year we provide over 100,000 bed nights and we are open every day and night.
Depaul UK is the new name for Depaul Trust. We prevent young people from becoming homeless by rebuilding family relationships and offering through the gate support to young offenders.
We provide young people with the chance to fulfil their potential in the community through education, volunteering, training and jobs.
Since we started in 1989, we?ve made a difference to over 45,000 young people.
PRESERVE & PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN HERTFORDSHIRE BY PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ASSOCIATED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES & LIFE SKILLS COACHING TO PERSONS WHO MAY BE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY REASON OF ONE OR MORE VARIOUS FACTORS
Development Coll has been formed to benefit the residents of the Isle of Coll, a small, remote island off the West Coast of Scotland. Currently, Development Coll's projects include: the building of a multipurpose community centre, investigation into possible affordable housing; renovation of the existing village play park; promotion of the activities of the Senior Social Club.
DGSM yourChoice is an affiliation of Royal Mencap Society. The charity works with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers in the North Kent and Medway areas. Support is provided through housing, independent living, day services, employment and training, advice and information, leisure, sport, evening clubs and much more! The charity aims to develop self fulfillment and independence for every individual with a learning disability enabling them to lead a life in the community like any other person.
Dinnington Resource Centre is THE community centre of Dinnington. It provides many valuable services to the community as well as allowing lots of different groups, clubs and societys to meet and fulfill their aims.
DASL is a user-led organisation which works to enable disabled people in Lambeth to live more independently. It provides hundreds of people a year with vital legal advice, help with managing their own care, information about living with disability and support to become involved in their communities.
The Disability Law Service is a national registered charity that provides confidential and free legal advice for disabled adults, their families and carers. DLS also provides disabled people with a casework service. DLS challenges the inequality and poverty of disabled people by securing for them free and equal access to their legal rights and entitlements.
The DPHS Aberdeen is a much in demand local organisation offering housing advice, information and advocacy to meet the very special housing needs of disabled people and their families in Aberdeen whose needs are not being met by any other statutory organisation.
Provide educational support, Special training seminars and workshops aimed at providing deaf people with social skills to build their self confidence, engage in team work and experience a sense of belonging in their communities
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.
Ealing Mencap provides a wide range of services to people with learning disabilities in west London, as well as currently redeveloping a dilapidated community centre into a state-of-the-art resource centre for many more people and activities, including people with the most profound learning disabilities and wheelchair users who require changing accommodation.
EBM is connected with the Methodist Church in Ireland and working in an inner city community in Belfast. EBM works with local people to bring about peace in an area of interface violence. It offers support to children, young people, people who are homeless and/or unemployed, older people and families; and is active in regeneration through the Skainos Project.
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 Potential empowers people across East London & Essex to create a brighter future for themselves & make a positive contribution in their communities. It does this through fantastic projects & services in employment, training, community, arts, culture, health, children, families and young people
Eaves' ethos is to put women first. It provides services to support and promote the interests of vulnerable, excluded and exploited women and children. These include women trafficked into prostitution in the UK, homeless women with additional support needs, women and children fleeing domestic violence. The charity also conducts essential research on all issues of violence against women.
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.
Emmaus tackles the problems of homelessness through a network of self-supporting Communities, where people are offered a home, work and a sense of belonging. Emmaus residents (or "Companions" as they are known), each have a room of their own and work together, refurbishing and selling donated goods. Each Emmaus Community aims to become self-sufficient through raising income in this way. In an atmosphere of practical support, Companions have an opportunity to gain new skills and regain their self-respect while working to support other people in greater need. Emmaus UK is the national charity which supports existing Communities and assists the network of Groups which are working to develop new projects.
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Enable Ability is an independent charity for the care, welfare and advancement of disabled people living in Portsmouth and surrounding area. It works in partnership with disabled children and adults, their families and carers, to provide a range of quality, professional and confidential services.
Enham has a proud past and an even brighter future. Enham strives to support disabled people in making real choices in life through the provision of services that will extend access and opportunity for learning, living and worthwhile employment. It gives support wherever needed to enable life to be lived to the full.
Enthusiasm aim to see young people fulfil their true potential by diverting them from crime; Raising aspirations; Building self esteem and Equipping for excellence, by providing relevant activities for young people, including youth clubs, targeted workshops and an intensive mentoring programme.
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The Equality Network works for equality and human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland. We create ways for people to contribute to making Scotland a place in which everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, can live free from hatred, prejudice, and discrimination.
We value donations from all our supporters.
www.equality-network.org
Escape Artists promotes mental wellbeing through the arts. The charity work across sectors and art forms with homeless people, mental health service users, young people at risk, prisoners and other disadvantaged groups: providing structured routes into further education, training and employment.
extratime provides inclusive after school clubs and holiday playschemes for children with and without disabilities in Brighton. Teams of fully trained, experienced staff support all the children, including those with very complex needs, to play together, enjoying the same activities and learning about each other in a positive, fun environment.
It helps anyone who has difficulty walking because of illness, disability, accident or age. It does this by hiring out mobility scooters and wheelchairs at outdoor events and festivals, and also for use at home when it's not practical for people to buy their own.
A leading youth charity supporting 13-25 year olds in inner cities, Fairbridge's long-term personal development programme uses a wide range of activities to enable marginalised young people to develop motivation, confidence and personal and social skills. For many, involvement with Fairbridge is the first step to reconnection with mainstream opportunities.
Family Action has been a leading provider of services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families for 140 years. We work with over 45,000 families a year by providing practical, emotional and financial support through over 100 services based in communities across England. A further 150,000 people benefit from our educational grants and information service.
Father Hudson's Society is the social welfare agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. It reaches out to those in need through Adoption, Fostering agencies and Origins services, residential care for older people and those with dementia, residentialand day care for people with disabilities and innovotive community based work.
First Base is a drug, alcohol and gambling information centre. Our services include support projects for Veterans, families and women at risk of violence as a result of addiction problems. We deliver presentations, training, issue food parcels and give ?signposting? advice to visitors to the Agency.
The Food Chain provides home delivered meals, groceries and other nutrition services to men, women and children chronically sick with HIV related illness. They aim to ensure that no one living with the virus has their ability to get well and stay well adversely affected by lack of access to appropriate food.
Football Unites, Racism Divides believes that football, as the world?s most popular game, can help bring people together ? people from different backgrounds, to play, watch and enjoy the game, and to break down barriers created by ignorance or prejudice.
Forever Manchester is a new movement that captures the spirit of those that have an affinity with Manchester. It's a collective that understands the fabric of Greater Manchester and wants to be a part of securing its future, forever. It's a fund that will make communities safer and ultimately nicer places to live by supporting grassroots community projects in the region.
Forever Manchester promises to secure a brighter future for generations to come
Everyday small charitable organisations support individuals, families and communities and positively touch the lives of millions. On a daily basis thousands of these organisations struggle to remain open. The FSI delivers expert knowledge, strategy and support to them free of charge so their futures are secure and their users protected.
Four Square is a Scottish Charity, aiming to prevent homelessness and promote social inclusion for severely disadvantaged people, including abused teenagers, rough sleepers, drug addicts, alcoholics, ex prisoners and mentally ill individuals. It offers 24 hours access emergency accommodation, day centre, supported tenancies, employment training, prison outreach, furniture and clothing.
All young people need a home, support and a springboard into independent living, learning and work - some don't get it. Foyers fill the gap. With 120 Foyers across the UK, the movement provides accommodation for over 5,000 homeless young people each year, integrated with education, training and employment opportunities.
The Female Prisoners Welfare Project (FPWP) / Hibiscus provides support for females of all ethnic origins and nationalities within the UK criminal justice system. The charity provides a practical, impartial and supportive service to women who have often suffered stigma, discrimination and abuse.
TACKLING HOMELESSNESS in Nottinghamshire is what Framework does ? either by preventing homelessness or helping people who are homeless. Framework are a leading homelessness charity - opening doors to homeless and vulnerable people by providing housing, support, day centres, street outreach, training and resettlement services.
The Trust will support youth work in Tower Hamlets. Youth work provides a critical means of support, education and opportunity for young people. The Trustees will support one or more charities working with young people in East London, and make a donation to them with specific goals in mind. This will ensure that some good will come out of Frank’s tragic death.
We assist individuals to become self-employed by offering low interest repayable loans of up to £5,000, on going business guidance and support, which can include advice from a volunteer mentor and where appropriate small grants to test a business idea.
Fresh Visions aims to help and empower vulnerbale groups and individuals across SE England to help them realise and maximise their potential.
Friends of Asha (GB) raises money and awareness for the work of Asha Community Health & Development Society. Asha works in 46 slum colonies in Delhi, India. It improves health and provides support and education for over 300,000 slum dwellers, enabling them to make positive changes to their lives.
The Friendship Circles aims to help Jewish children and adults with special needs make friends and integrate into the community, through organised social events and activities. We also aim to increase the motivation of young people in the community to volunteer.
We work with young people, who are/at the risk of getting involved in crime
Future Skills Training provides training and support to disadvantaged young people in South London through a variety of basic educational, personal and social skills training that will enable them to grow into skilled, well developed, exciting, fully integrated members of society. This is underpinned by a one-to-one mentoring programme.
We continue to lead marriage Week UK and in other European nations. The project was featured in over 100 regional newspapers and several national newspapers and magazines. This year, for the first time the charity worked inside several local prisons accessing some of the most disadvantaged in society.
It helps provide relief by means of therapeutic services to men and women (serving or formerly serving in H M Armed Forces)who are suffering mental health problems.
A cafe for homeless and other vulnerable people in the centre of Oxford. Open six days a week in the early evening. Activities and clothes as well as simple, nutritious food. In other words, a community centre for those who have no community.
The Genesis Trust is a Bath based Christian charity that runs a range of services for the homeless and those on low incomes. These projects help clients move towards greater independence, improved quality of life and integration into the local community. It provides free/cheap food and furniture and sustained support.
Gingerbread: The national charity working with single parent families.
Glasgow City Mission is a Scottish Christian charity. Since 1826, it has been showing compassion to vulnerable people and fighting against poverty and disadvantage. They believe everyone that needs their help has real value and they want to support them on a journey of life transformation.
GYC works with Young Carers and their families. It aims to raise awareness and to develop support networks for children and young people who have a caring responsibility. The person cared for may have a physical or learning disability, long term illness or a problem with mental health, drugs or alcohol.
Going For Goal are The Irish Fopotbal Associations Official Charity Partners. The IFA's charity partners are Mencap, Positive Futures and The Prince's Trust. The Prince's Trust helps young people who most need help to overcome barriers and get their lives working. Positive Futures and Mencap both support people with a learning disability and their families.
Guildford YMCA aims to serve the local community, in particular young people, by providing a caring environment, building relationships and encouraging the development and personal growth of the individual. Projects include counselling, working with young people who have been excluded from school, social enterprise schemes, and providing housing.
We work with housing providers, so we can improve the wellbeing and living conditions of poor and marginalised people. Our projects deliver lasting change, by harnessing the energy and enthusiasm of local people, housing providers and other organisations. We provide the expertise, know-how and the resources to make change a reality.
Visit our website for more information: www.hact.org.uk
Not for profit Housing Association providing social housing in Halton
HDA believes in working together with deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to create a world of equal access and opportunities. It maintains a range of services that meet the needs of the deaf community by providing information and opportunities to break down the barriers faced by people with a hearing loss so they can realise their full potential.
The Harris Bursary Fund, part of the University of Central Lancashire Foundation, supports UCLan students who are in dire need of help to fund their studies. Support is given in various forms including such things as computer equipment, book tokens and luncheon vouchers.
The Harrogate Homeless Project is the only direct access hostel in Harrogate and the District, providing emergency accommodation and support for those who are homeless. Only 65% of our running costs are met through statutory funding and other grants, so we constantly need to raise money in order to continue.
It is a large community centre
Headway Devon provides expert care, support, and rehabilitation to local children and adults with acquired brain injuries - as well as advice to their family and carers.
Healing Through Remembering is an extensive cross-community project made up of a range of individual members holding differing political, social and religious perspectives who have come together to focus on how best to deal with the past relating to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.
Offering financial and personal support to disadvantaged people to enable them to access higher education.
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.
Hestia aims to empower vulnerable people, so that they can make positive changes in their lives. We support over 2,500 adults and children each year, including women and children surviving domestic violence, adults living with long-term physical or mental health problems, and young men at risk of offending
Home-Start Guildford helps parents build better lives for their children. Trained volunteers provide practical and emotional support to parents with at least one child under 5, who are struggling and who may be suffering from post-natal depression, illness, disability, bereavement, isolation, multiple births... or just not coping. With your help, we can give parents the strength they need to do what has to be one of the toughest, but most rewarding jobs anyone can do. We can help them to be the mums and dads their children need them to be. Parents supporting other parents: a simple idea that really works!
Home-Start International is a grass roots organisation, working worldwide to support families with young children. Working in rich and poor communities with networks of trained parent volunteers Home-Start reaches out to families in need to provide friendship and practical help. Parents helping parents ? a simple idea that really works.
HOPE is a UK charity that champions and supports adults who have a combination of autism and learning disabilities. HOPE helps shape and create a future where these adults can make a positive contribution to the workforce and to their community.
Hope City Enterprise is the charity initiative of The Megacentre. It exists to equip, inspire and launch people into greatness. Projects include: City Hearts, a residential facility for young women with life controlling issues; Buzz Schools, a programme working in schools across Sheffield, Liverpool and Leeds and Hope Families, an initiative working with parents and families across Leeds. You can donate to each individual charity through each projects General Appeals pages or by a direct donation to Hope City Enterprise.
Housing Justice supports practical housing projects and provides advice and training for churches and other voluntary and community groups who work with homeless people. It also undertakes campaigning work as the national voice of the churches on housing and homelessness.
An independent charity founded in 1927 which supports over 500 visually impaired members living in the old county of Huntingdonshire. It funds two outreach workers who visit members in their homes as well as organising outings.
HVP UK is a registered charity supporting the work of the Hindu Vidyapeeth (HVP) movement in the Himalayan nation of Nepal. Through its schools and associated projects, the HVP movement aims to provide holistic education to children in Nepal and spread the ideals of peace, tolerance and international fellowship.
The Trust provides opportunities to motivate and engage learners, of all ages and abilities ? using the theme of sport to raise achievement and inspire learners. The Trust aims to be wholly inclusive and encourages a healthy and active lifestyle for all.
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.
It helps promote healthy relations between different communities, those in need in the Chinese community, and it provides a place for youths and the elderly to form a community.
One of the activities of the Jamie Oliver Foundation offers young marginalised people, often in need of an opportunity, a chance to transform their lives through the experience of learning to work in the restaurant industry. At the beginning of their training at the Fifteen Restaurant, all of our Apprentices are unemployed and not in education; most have experienced personal and social difficulties, housing problems and substance abuse. Through our unique tailored Apprentice and personal development programme, we support them to overcome these issues. They graduate as qualified chefs with hands on experience allowing them to be employed in some of the country's best restaurants. Through our unique tailored Apprentice and personal development programme, we support them to overcome these issues. They graduate as qualified chefs with hands on experience allowing them to be employed in some of the country's best restaurants.
Jamie?s Farm supports the development of vulnerable young people by providing opportunities for achievement, wellbeing and sustainable change in an agricultural setting. This is achieved through a unique combination of a family atmosphere and strong therapeutic element, in a farming environment.
The Jericho Foundation is a registered Charity which exists to help the most disadvantaged overcome social problems and get back to employment.
The JDA’s vision is of a world where there are no barriers to communication and understanding between D/deaf and hearing people; a world with respect, inclusion and equality. The JDA is an independent, national charity which provides innovative, high quality, professional services to Jewish D/deaf and hard of hearing people.
The Jerusalem Interest-free Microfinance Fund is run jointly by Jews and Muslims in London and Jerusalem to alleviate poverty in Jerusalem through training and provision of micro-finance (loans etc.) for people from both communities wishing to start or expand small businesses who lack access to bank funding. The fund is compliant with both Islamic and Jewish law.
Jimmy's is a Cambridge-based charity that provides emergency accommodation for 31 homeless men and women. Jimmy?s is open every night, welcoming guests to a place of warmth and safety. Jimmy's aims to provide a homely environment where there is the opportunity for both community and restoration.
It provides Trampolining, Rebound Therapy and active play for children and young people with a disability, in a safe and challenging environment
JusB has a vision of providing a brighter future for young people in Bromley. By accompanying youngsters through thick and thin on their journey to independence, JusB helps them to: develop their identity/self-esteem; avoid involvement in crime/anti-social behaviour; discover new skills/talents; and live in harmony within their local community.
Just for Kids Law is an organisation providing support, advice and representation to young people who find themselves in difficulty.
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 charities aim is to releive the sickness of terminally ill people who would not otherwise have a holiday and whose circumstances show that they are in need due to their social and economic circumstances.
The kernos centre provides counselling to people who have psychological and mental health problems who cannot receive help through statutory services and do not have the means to pay for private treatment. We enable vulnerable members of the community to work with their problems so that they can participate fully in society.
We are a community based self funding charity affiliated to National Mencap. We support in the region of 150 adults and children with learning and or physical disabilities to access regular social, leisure, sporting and respite opportunities.
Khulisa programmes seek to reach the hearts and minds of individuals caught up in a cycle of crime and violence. It offers unconventional approaches that apply non-violent communication and survival strategies to social problems effecting radical change among the individuals, and entire communities
Since 1995, Kickstart has worked with over 12,000 people and their families who have been affected by substance misuse. Clients attend a 12 week programme (Mon-Fri, 10am – 4pm), which includes group work, training and 1-2-1 sessions. To date, 91% clients who complete the Kickstart programme remain clean from substances for life.
Kidz Klub Leeds works with children and families in inner city Leeds, areas which face some of the highest levels of deprivation in the UK. Kidz Klub empowers children from these areas to be everything they can be, provides a helping hand to their families and brings communities closer together.
Kivuli Trust (?kivuli? meaning shelter in Kiswahili) builds hostels and classrooms on the premises of existing schools in East Africa specifically for children with physical and mental disabilities. Our projects allow for small class sizes where these children will be given the attention that they deserve. The hostels negate the need for long daily journeys to and from the schools and provides the children with a more stable learning environment. Most importantly our projects allow for integration with other school children which provides invaluable disability awareness and understanding at a young age that can then filter back into the wider community.
For more information, please go to www.kivulitrust.org
KKF is a community organisation which helps refugee and asylum-seeking families rebuild their lives at the centre of the community. The foundation helps refugees overcome the challenges faced when arriving in the UK through various projects such as clubs, trips, mentoring, summer school and advocacy
The Koestler Trust is the UKs best known prison arts charity. We award, exhibit and sell artworks by offenders, detainees and high security patients, in over 50 different artforms. Since our foundation in 1962 the Koestler Awards have become a prestigious fixture across the British criminal justice system, and our annual national exhibition has proved a unique opportunity to showcase the positive potential of offenders. Our two core aims are: * to help offenders lead more positive lives by motivating them to participate in the arts; and * to demonstrate the power of arts activity in the criminal justice system.
Ladybarn Community Association is a local charity offering a variety of services to children, young people, families and older people. Services include: Playgroup, parenting classes, youth projects, residentials, outreach sessions, luncheon and social clubs, promotion of independent living and crime reduction and healthy living initiatives.
Lambeth Law Centre provides free and independent specialist legal advice and assistance to the community and promotes access to legal advice and equality of opportunity. The main areas of our work are housing, immigration, welfare rights, debt and employment discrimination
L'Arche builds communities with people who have learning disabilities. Together with assistants, they live in ordinary houses, with choice in and access to work, therapy and local resources. The nine L'Arche communities in England, Scotland and Wales are founded on Christian values, also welcoming people of other faiths and none.
It support older/elderly people, people affected with disabilities or ill-health problems, poor single parents families, children and young people, the unemployed, refugees and asylum seekers and people affected by wars, poverty, natural disasters and many other calamities.
Law For All provides high quality and cost effective social welfare law services to clients of limited means. It tries to do this in a way which is sustainable. Its ultimate goal is to increasing social justice for all people who suffer from social and economic disadvantage.
Leeds Mencap works to improve the lives and opportunities of children and adults with a learning disability and their families and carers. Although affiliated with Royal Mencap we receive no funding from them, so we rely entirely on donations, grants, sponsorship and the generosity of the local community.
We help over 5,000 vulnerable children, young people, families, the elderly, those living with an illness or disability... in fact anyone who is experiencing poverty, hardship and crisis in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Help us to make a positive impact on our community and change lives for the better today!
This wonderful charity gives seaside holidays to disadvantaged Leicester & Leicestershire Children. Over the Summer Months 60 children weekly, aged 7 to 11 enjoy a seaside holiday. I am sure you know how important it is for a child to have something to look forward to
Levenshulme Inspire is a dynamic partnership committed to transforming our area through community activity, creativity, enterprise and fun. Our work together radiates from the Inspire Centre, a new community hub at the heart of Levenshulme which will be open to everybody from September 2010.
Linkage Community Trust is the leading Lincolnshire Charity which helps people with learning difficulties to realise their full potential. Help us to build and support existing and new projects, and thus create real opportunities, enable real choices and open the doors to a full adult life.
The Lions Club of Windsor has raised around £2m through large and small events and corporate sponsorship. Not bad for a local charity club, however none of this would have been possible without its supporters and members - ordinary people doing extraordinary things! The club is part of the Lions Clubs International, the largest community service organisation in the world. It raises funds and provides services for those less fortunate locally, nationally and internationally.
Llamau provides specialist support services including family mediation, training and supported accommodation to over 830 homeless young people and women in South Wales each year. Llamau helps them regain control of their lives and develop skills to live independently within their community, supporting them to reach their true potential.
London Citizens is a diverse alliance of 150 member institutions ? churches, mosques, schools and other voluntary agencies. We use democratic delegates? assemblies to prioritise issues for action for the common good.
The largest Irish welfare organisation outside Ireland, caring for thousands of the most vulnerable in our community. Please help us to help them.
The London Legal Support Trust supports the work of social welfare legal centres in London and the Home Counties. Funds raised are targeted to assist requests for help from the centres. This financial aid helps the legal centres overcome funding crises, develop new services, support appeals and improve their premises.
LondonYouth is a vibrant network of more than 400 youth clubs serving 75,000 young people a year. We work in communities right across the capital - and at our two outstanding education centres in rural Buckinghamshire and Sussex. We?re here to help young people be the best they can be. Our vision is of a great world city in which every young person, whatever their background, is valued and challenged to become the best they can be. Our mission is to improve services and opportunities for young people. We want everyone growing up in and around London to enjoy access to high quality youth work ? information, guidance and life enriching activities, as well as someone to talk to ? all within a safe, stimulating and supportive environment. We work with young people in all their brilliant diversity, placing a particular emphasis on those who might be in any way disadvantaged or at risk of being excluded.
Holidays for families in need Youth and community work The alleviation of poverty and the effects of poverty with the City of Manchester. Financial support to under privileged families enablity them to enjoy a modest but desperately needed holiday.
The charity offers support for the homeless through its purpose-built Nightshelter, Hostel and move on accommodation. It also provides a range of quality projects and services to people challenged by learning disabilities to enable them to live their lives to the full from childhood through adult life.
MacIntyre Housing Association is a high quality specialist provider of housing services for people with learning disabilities and those with specific support needs. It aims to provide a flexible and responsive individual service, often in partnership with others, and will continue to build on its reputation of providing a tenant focused service.
Makaton uses signs, symbols and speech to develop communication, language and literacy skills. Makaton is used by people with learning disabilities and communication difficulties. The Makaton Charity provides training to parents, carers & professionals, produces a wide range of resources offers a free family advisory service.
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.
Mayday Trust provides specialised support, accommodation and life-skills training for vulnerable adults. The Trust manages schemes across Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. Through social-skills training and confidence-building programmes, Mayday prepares clients for a successful move into mainstream, independent accommodation.
This historic building is a landmark in one of the most disadvantaged parts of east London. It is used by the church and other local groups for worship, for a breakfast for homeless people, and for other community activities. The church is raising funds to repair the roof where rain comes in, so the building can be used far more as a centre for the local community.
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.
Merseyside Jewish Community Care is the only Jewish welfare service provider in the Merseyside area. We provide practical assisitance to Jewish children and parents, older people, disabled people, the visually impaired, those coping with mental health problems, families on low income and people who have become isolated from the community.
Driven by Christian values and a passion to improve the lives of young people, The Message Trust reaches over 50,000 teenagers annually. It works in schools, communities, youth projects, prisons and via its pop-bands to help those from Manchester's most deprived estates to fulfil their potential and contribute positively to their communities.
This grant giving Fund commemorates the life of Michael Varah, and the work he was prevented from finishing by his early death. It supports the causes that Michael believed in and worked to alleviate: disadvantage and social exclusion, homelessness and poverty, crime prevention and rehabilitation of offenders, human rights.
We provide day care and a meal to older people who suffer from Dementia, physical disibilities or social isolation.
Migrant Resource Centre works with migrants and refugees and in partnership with other agencies, to effect social justice and change, enabling migrants and refugees to fully participate in this society.
The Milton Keynes Community Foundation is a local, independent grant-making charity which aims to create a culture of giving that strenghtens and supports the local community. The Foundation makes grants to support a wide variety of projects and activites, improving the quality of life for people in Milton Keynes.
Mind in Croydon is working to promote good mental health. It seeks to empower people to lead a full life as a part of their local community. Mind in Croydon: educates, provides services, campaigns, works in partnership, values diversity, focuses on quality, involves users and other volunteers in its work
Mind in Mid Herts works with people suffering from a range of mental health problems and offers support, advice and activties. Donations will be used to help people in the area we cover including St Albans, Stevenage, Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield
Motivation works in partnership with a range of organisations to implement projects that enhance the lives of people with mobility disabilities in developing countries. By ensuring that disabled people have the skills to run the programmes that are of benefit to them, the mobility products and services it develops are always tailored to the needs of each community.
Chester MS Support Centre offers practical support, therapies and helpful strategies to manage the symptoms of MS as effectively as possible in a happy, supportive and understanding environment. Individuals are encouraged to take a positive attitude towards the management of their symptoms, allowing them to take control of their lives with MS, rather than MS controlling them.
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 Museum of London Group is a charity which provides comprehensive resources on London for people of all backgrounds, faiths and abilities both in London and around the world. The Museum aims to inspire a passion for London. It works with over 100,000 London schoolchildren every year. Your money will help them continue to do this.
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 Mustard Tree helps rebuild the lives of the homeless and marginalised across Greater Manchester. It does this through the provision of food, clothing, furniture and a range of training and social activities.
Nacro reduces crime by changing lives. We work with the most disadvantaged people, offenders and those at risk of offending, to help them find positive alternatives to crime and to achieve their full potential in our society.
Without your help we would not be able to help people turn their lives around. There are still communities living in fear of crime, and people who lack the skills and opportunities they need to make positive change. By supporting us you can invest in our communities, to build a brighter future.
Visit the Nacro website at: www.nacro.org.uk
The National Benevolent Fund for the Aged was founded to improve the quality of life for older people in the UK who live on a low income. NBFA does this by providing direct practical assistance through the provision of emergency telephone alarms; TENS pain relief machines as well as organising free holidays.
Neurosupport offers non-medical information support and advcie to people affected by neurological conditions and brain injuries, including their families and carers.
It sells quality re-used furniture at affordable prices with special discount prices to those in need. As well as helping the environment by saving unnecessary landfill, it also provides a range of volunteering and training opportunities and works with community groups and local businesses.
Newcastle United Foundation uses passion for football to make a real difference to the lives of local children, young people and families. In its first year, the Foundation worked with 10,000 individuals, resulting in 62,000 attendances across all its sports, health, education and youth projects.
NOAH is a Luton-based charity offering hope and support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our support ranges from a hot meal and medical care to work experience, counselling and NVQ accredited training Although an important aspect of our work is finding permanent accommodation, simply putting a roof over someone's head is rarely enough to correct the chain of events that led them into homelessness in the first place. NOAH works with the whole person to find permanent and individually tailored pathways out of homelessness and we continue to provide this support long after permanent accommodation has been found.
Norcare provides a range of support services and accommodation for vulnerable people aged 16 and over in the North East.
Norfolk Community Law Service is a registered charity dedicated to providing access to justice and equality in Norfolk. It provides free legal advice include housing repossession support, debt advice, discrimination advice, a Free Legal Advice Rota on general, employment and family matters.
The North Somerset Play Forum aims: to promote play and playwork in North Somerset; to provide free, inclusive play opportunities for children and families in their local communities; to actively support and promote equality of opportunity and social inclusion.
Notting Hill Housing Trust houses approximately 50,000 people in 17 London boroughs. The Trust provides homes for the homeless, support vulnerable people in their own homes, develop innovative projects which give homeless people a real prospect of independence and offer people the chance to contribute to the life of their neighbourhood.
It is an independent local Voluntary and Community Organisation, dedicated to the service of people with a learning disability or difficulty, and their families and carers, living in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
We help unemployed people to obtain qualifications and get back to work.
Oasis UK was founded in 1985 by Steve Chalke MBE and now works in 10 countries across the globe with some of the world?s most disadvantaged people. Oasis delivers pioneering housing, healthcare and educational initiatives that bring transformation to both individuals and whole communities.
Octavia Foundation supports people living and working in central & west London. Our projects include activities for older, vulnerable and disabled people, projects for young people, employment and training advice and placements, financial inclusion initiatives and community events.
The Oldham Muslim Centre (OMC) a £2.2m project was established in February 2007, it is one of the largest Islamic Institutions in the North of England. The OMC is in the heart of the Muslim Community here in Oldham, it provides services for Women, Children, Youth, Elders and the Wider Community.
Currently OMC has regular activities for all age groups including a Evening Madrassa, Quran Classes for adults, weekly Tafsir classes for men and women, youth circles, children weekend schools for boyz and girls and is on the process of setting up support classes for new Muslims.
OMC continuously has looked to build community cohesion by holding various programmes with non-Muslim including Exhibitions, Any Question on Faith events, Awareness days, School Masjid tours and many more activites. The Centre regularly holds conferences for young people addressing issues such as drugs, gang culture and education. It holds regular luncheon clubs for elders and provides other services such as ?Quit Smoking?, ?Job Centre Plus Drop Ins? and ?Imam Counseling?.
Future plans for the Centre include a Full Time Madrassa, a Social Enterprise section and the setting up of a Muslim Scouts Club.
Currently OMC still has over £1.2m to raise, please make a donation and help to clear the Centre?s debt. We appreciate all your support and encouragement, Thank you.
One25 is run by women for women who are street-based sexworkers, those who are in the process of exiting such work, and those who have now exited. Based in Bristol, we enable women to consider change, and help them access the services they need.
Only Connect UK is creative arts company using theatre to reach prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of crime and exclusion.
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.
OVT provides residential homes for people with learning disabilities. Around 2% of the population have a learning disability, of these only a few will achieve independence. OVT provides a caring environment and support to meet the individual needs of those in its care, for the rest of their lives if necessary.
Oska Bright is the only award winning short film festival that is managed by learning disabled people, showing films made by learning disabled people. Administrative and financial support for Oska Bright is delivered by Carousel Project.
Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of dedicated people fighting poverty. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SCO 039042).
It provides the building from which the Luther Street GP service is delivered. It also provides a range of grants for welfare and educational support for patients of Luther Street
Helping to inspire new generations of readers - children, young people and those from Oxfordshire?s ?excluded? communities. We reach over 5000 people a year and are raising money to launch book groups in Schools, Children's Centres, Day Care Centres and with the homeless.
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.
Specialising in supported housing, support for people recovering from mental ill health, link worker schemes, outreach teams and prison in reach, P3 has a long track record of operating services for young people. P3’s youth services provide support to young people through its advice and recruitment centres and supported housing.
Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) works with asylum seekers, refugees and local communities in Leeds and the surrounding areas. PAFRAS now works mainly with destitute asylum seekers who are homeless, without food or money and prevented from improving their situation. PAFRAS provides one-to-one support, food and other essential items.
Parish Action raises money for a number of charities supported by St Mary's Church and All Saints' Church Putney. The key charities we support are Spires, Vulindlela Guardians, Christian Aid, Newpin Roehampton and the Wandsworth Refugee Network. For more information visit our website www.parishofputney.co.uk.
Parity for Disability provides vital services for children and young adults with multiple disabilities in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
The Peckham Settlement is located in one of the poorest local communities in the country and provides facilities for the local community. This includes a nursery, Travellers programme, Pension Groups, Timebanking, Free Legal Advice and a Resource Centre for small and embryonic organisations.
Investing in the lives of the people of Walworth by supporting community life, promoting education, and fighting for social justice.
It works with people who have Alcohol use issues.
The Philip Green Memorial Trust raises funds for children throughout the country with physical disabilities and learning disabilities. The Trust is unique in that it supports a wide cross-section of projects all involved with children from helping to build hospices to providing customised wheelchairs.
Positive Steps was established in 1989, it is a care and support organisation dealing with vulnerable people In Scotland and internationally. Your donation makes a huge difference and allows it to continue to offer real people real solutions.
Youth charity The Prince's Trust needs to raise £1 million a week in order to help change young lives in the UK. The Trust gives practical and financial support, developing skills such as confidence and motivation. It works with 14-30 year olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. Since 1976 The Prince of Wales?s charity has helped over 600,000 n young people and continues to support 100 more every day.
The Princess Margarita of Romania Trust (PMRT), an Incorporated British Charity was founded in 1991 with the aims and remit to support the work of the Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation in Romania. The PMRT's main activities are related to fundraising for the Foundation's programmes whose principal beneficiaries are children and the elderly in disadvantaged communities in Romania.
It supports prisoners and their families by providing practical services at prisons across the country, including family visitors' centres, children's play services, 'first night in custody' support, and information, advice and guidance.
Prisoners’ Penfriends organises pen-friendships between prisoners and volunteer correspondents from outside prison, ensuring the confidentiality and safety of the volunteers. These friendships help prisoners by relieving their loneliness, giving them companionship and hope (which may sometimes prevent dangerous depression) and keeping them in touch with life outside the prison gates.
It is centre for the community especially for youth development and training for the unemployed. It is also a shelter for the homeless, drug addicts and lonely elderly. It also teaches the word of God.
The Prospects Trust works with people who have learning difficulties providing training and work opportunities in horticulture and organic market gardening.
Lawyers Challenging Poverty
Protimos is an organisation of lawyers who work to provide access to law for indigenous and marginalised communities in the developing world.
Since 1860 Providence Row has been helping homeless people in London.
We have changed over the years, but we have not wavered from our key aim of helping homeless people. We work to match our services to a changing homeless population and changing environments. Our core services are: breakfast, assessment and follow up for housing and benefits, providing a postal address, IT café, showers and laundry facilities, substance misuse and mental health support, needle exchange, legal advice, emergency short-term accommodation and meaningful occupation activities.
PSM works to reduce re-offending by supporting young men as they move away from crime and towards living positive, purposeful and productive lives in the community. PSM produces resources for prison chaplaincies, operates Community Chaplaincy initiatives as well as the award-winning 'Friends on the Out' (FotO) Volunteer Mentoring Scheme.
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.
Quaker Service is a cross community family welfare charity which contributes in a practical way to the understanding and reduction of the causes and effects of violence, suffering and social deprivation on communities in Northern Ireland. QS provides services to support vulnerable and undervalued individuals, families and children.
Raleigh expeditions inspire people from all walks of life, ages and nationalities to make a difference to communities and environments. Through adventure and challenge we help them reach their full potential as global citizens. Our vision is to awaken a sense of life-purpose and belonging, creating a united global community working together to rise to the challenges of the world we live in.
For season 2009/10 the Rangers Charity Foundation is working with International Partner UNICEF on an ambitious education project in India, National Partner Teenage Cancer Trust to help equip specialist teenage cancer centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh and Community Partner Glasgow Old People's Welfare Association to raise funds for an adapted vehicle to transport the city's elderly to day care centres and on outings and trips. We also assist hundreds of other charities with in-kind support, and make the dreams of many sick, disabled and disadvantaged children come true by arranging for them to meet players and attend matches.
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.
Reach uniquely works with voluntary and community organisations of all sizes and across all sectors to help them achieve their goals. We encourage and recruit individuals with business and professional skills to offer time in fulfilling and rewarding volunteering roles. Our skilled volunteers help organsations facing significant challenges to respond. From improving their effectiveness to developing their services, ensuring survival to responding constructively to a take-over or merger, improving governance to delivering major change. Reach helps organisations to succeed and volunteers to make a difference.
Red Nose Day is a UK-wide fundraising event organised by Comic Relief every two years. On Red Nose Day everyone is encouraged to cast inhibitions aside, put on a Red Nose and do something a little bit silly to raise money - celebrities included! It culminates in a night of extraordinary comedy and moving documentary films on BBC One. It?s an event that unites the entire nation in trying to make a difference to the lives the lives of thousands of people, both across Africa and in the UK, who face terrible injustice or who live in abject poverty.
Red Nose Day is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).
Rehability is a unique independent mental health support charity, formed in 1987, to help meet the needs of people experiencing long term mental health problems. We are based in the heart of the community in Antrim, Northern Ireland and we have an outreach network throughout County Antrim.
Our aim is to challenge the stigma attached to mental ill health and to meet the social, recreational and health and well being needs of individuals who experience mental health difficulties.
Rehability?s objectives are to:-
Provide support and practical help to individuals who suffer from mental health problems.
? Encourage a positive and caring attitude.
? Organise educational and recreational classes.
? Encourage social inclusion by organising outings and holidays.
? Provide a listening ear.
? Provide respite to carers.
? Be available to individuals who are experiencing problems or difficulties.
The Centre is open every day including weekends and all Bank Holidays and provides a regular programme of activities and facilities designed to meet the needs of its beneficiaries, to include daily drop-in sessions with meals provided, Complementary Health Care Programme, Hairdressing Salon, Beauty Therapies, IT training, Fitness Room, shopping trips and outings etc.
Reigate and Redhill YMCA offers a variety of programmes that enable children, young people and adults to develop to their full potential. These include sports, childcare, youth work and housing. YMCA's programmes aim to be inclusive, catering for those experiencing disadvantage, disability and ill health.
A service for the Jewish community, RESOURCE offers opportunities to the unemployed to gain skills and training for the labour market.
Rhythms of Life International is a registered charity dedicated to helping the homeless in London. We operate an office and a charity shop, as well as collect, cook and distribute food in Dalston, East London 365 days a year. We work entirely through part-time volunteers.
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.
A charity which helps some of Milton Keynes most troubled and disadvantaged children develop physical, social and academic skills by teaching them to ride and care for horses. Riding lessons are complemented by a programme of horse focussed clubroom sessions designed to enhance personal skills such as responsibility, sharing, consideration for others, politeness, self esteem and confidence.
Romsey Mill creates opportunities with disadvantaged young people and families in Cambridgeshire. With a long-term relational approach it furthers development through activities shaped with participants. Romsey Mill works with young parents, young families, young people on the autistic spectrum and young people needing focused support to increase confidence and skills.
It supports the Polio Plus Project to eradicate polio from the world, Rochdale Connections Trust which trains mentors to help disaffected youngsters, the NSPCC, The Spring Hill Hospice, The British Heart foundation, Banardos, "Friends in Mind" and the charity "Together" which befriends people with mental handicaps, and other Rotary Charities
The Club is part of Rotary International, based in Romsey, Hampshire. Members provide service for all sections of communities in need, both locally and internationally, by volunteering their time, and organising fund raising activities. An Annual Sponsored Walk (Walk the Testway) is held in October, providing a platform for any charitable cause to raise funds.
Much of RAD?s work is with Deaf people who use British Sign Language. We also work with people with all forms of deafness, including those who are hard of hearing, deafened, or deafblind. RAD enables Deaf people to have equal access to the same opportunities as hearing people. We provide interpreting services and social care. We also provide advocacy, employment and legal services, and support Deaf people from black and minority ethnic communities. We also support children, youth and families and the Deaf community as a whole by working with Deaf clubs. Most of RAD?s work is in London, the East of England and the South East. For further information visit www.royaldeaf.org.uk
RCAN is the rural development organisation working across Nottinghamshire. RCAN provides specialist rural knowledge and intelligence to influence and advocate for Nottinghamshire's rural communities to ensure that rural people have the same opportunities and services available to them as others.
Safe Ground?s courses teach prisoners to become positive role models for their children, helping them to understand their responsibilities as fathers. Safe Ground builds stronger families and safer communities by giving male prisoners the skills to maintain and develop vital family ties.
Safer London Foundation is the independent charitable arm of the Metropolitan Police Service, with a presence in every London borough. The Foundation focuses on empowering local people to reduce violence and crime in London by helping to fund innovative community crime reduction projects and by supporting the activities of Safer Neighbourhoods police Teams and their community panels.
St Michaels Fellowship works with vulnerable families in residential centres enabling children to stay with their parents whenever possible and supports teenage mothers and fathers through home visiting and support groups to give them and their children the best start.
The School for Social Entrepreneurs exists to provide training and opportunities to enable people to use their creative and entrepreneurial abilities more fully for social benefit. The SSE runs practical learning programmes aimed at helping develop the individual entrepreneur and their organisation.
SDF Scotland (SDFS) is established to increase the finance available to Scottish sporting organisations to develop sports facilities by raising money through donations from individuals and companies both in Scotland and internationally directly to your specific project(s) of choice.
SE1 United is a youth forum based in Waterloo which provides positive youth led events and activities to over 1000 young people a year which raise aspiration, promote a positive image of young people and gives them a voice in their community.
Shaftesbury Young People - Supporting young people in care and in need to find their voice, to be healthy, to learn, develop and achieve and to gain an independent and positive place in society. Shaftesbury Young People provides residential homes for children aged 11 to 17, services for young people leaving care, supported housing for young people and venture activities for personal development. Shaftesbury Young People is the new working name of Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa.
Shanti Microfinance provides technology, training and microfinance to grass roots entrepreneurs in slums in India.
Sheffield Mencap provides support and services for children and adults with learning disabilities, helping over 700 hundred families every week. The services provided by the charity enable people to develop their full potential through education and training opportunities, provide sport and leisure activities and friendship support and relief for families.
Shelter is a national campaigning charity working to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. Shelter is the national organisation with local solutions.
We are a UK-based charity that works with communities living below the poverty line in India and Nepal. We provide both training and small loans (£50-100 on average) to communities so that they can start up sustainable enterprises and lift themselves out of abject poverty.
Show Racism the Red Card works with high profile sports stars to educate young people about why racism is wrong and must be eradicated from society.
SHP provides accommodation and support services across London to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Siblings who grow up with a disabled brother or sister often have more worries, more responsibilities and less attention from parents than those who don?t. Sibs is the UK charity for siblings and provides information and support to siblings of all ages.
The Sickle Cell Society is a national organisation which was formed in 1979. The Society?s mission is to enable and assist individuals with a sickle cell disorder to realise their full potential. The Society provides advocacy, information, advice and counselling, financial assistance, respite support services, holds talks, seminars and training.
Simon On The Streets provides emotional and practical support to people with complex needs who cannot or will not access other services. Within that group it focuses on people who are homeless and rootless, especially those with issues related to rough sleeping.
SAfH is a community development charity, which works alongside marginalised local people and their communities towards justice, equality, better health and wellbeing.
Social Firms UK is a charity that encourages the setting up of Social Firms. Social Firms are market-led businesses that are set up specifically to create employment for disadvantaged people, such as those with mental or physical disabilities or those who are homeless.
Somerset Community Foundation provides funding to community projects and causes that make a genuine difference to lives of local people. Working with individuals, businesses and organisations, we help donors to support local causes they really care about. The aims are to build lasting partnerships that will help to strengthen communities for the future.
Somerset Community Foundation - promoting vibrant, inclusive communities through local giving......
STAR provides opportunities in arts and recreation for young people in Somerset. It assists disadvantaged children and young people, up to the age of 18, who may be in the care of the local authority or classed as 'in need' as defined in the Children's Act 1989. STAR also assists young people who were formerly 'in care' up to the age of 25.
Providing short-breaks to carers to alleviate the stress and strain of caring for a loved one.
Youth organisation supporting youth clubs,many of which are in disadvantaged areas providing a chance to meet new friends in a supportive environment&take part in events and activities.We provide opportunities which give young people confidence and self esteem
The South Yorkshire Community Foundation helps improve the lives of local people living in disadvantaged communities. SYCF is a registered charity established in 1986 and created for and by the people of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. We connect people who care to causes that matter...
Southmead Project provides specialist counselling support to adult survivors of child abuse who have turned to drugs, alcohol or other ways of self-harming in order to suppress the emotional impact of such trauma. It also delivers training programmes in dealing with clients' disclosure of abuse.
Southwark Mind is run for and by people with mental health problems. We work together to promote our empowerment, to campaign for better mental health services and to develop self help activities.
The SPACE Trust works alongside homeless families in the Bristol area by the following provisions: 1. Free of charge reused furniture to families as they move on from B&Bs and hostels 2. Children's play sessions at B&Bs and hostels 3. A programme of outings to local attractions during school holidays.
Speakup is a Charity employing people with learning disabilities. Services include film and media production, DVD+CD duplication, training, consultancy, advice on legislation, accessible information and resources, EasyRead documents and design service.
Speyside Trust based at Badaguish Cairngorm Outdoor Centre is a small independent charity helping children and adults with learning difficulties and other special needs enjoy 24 hour respite care and activites in the Cairngorms National Park.
The Spitalfields Crypt Trust a charity offering a range of high-quality support, rehabilitation and training services, to people facing problems of homelessness, alcohol, drugs, poverty or social isolation. We run a daily drop-in centre, a rehabilitation hostel, two second-stage move-on homes, a life skills training centre, and five charity shops.
Funds raised for The Hearts and Heroes Challenge will be used to support military veterans and their families in Scotland, who are affected by a number of issues including financial, physical and psychological problems, and to provide pastoral and financial care to rugby?s seriously injured young people.
The Sportsman's Charity, which has distributed over £2m since 1983, raises money through events for projects involving disabled sport, youth and social inclusion. All its distributions are made through the Scottish Community Foundation. In addition it runs events for non charitable concerns or individuals who require management and knowledge of the processes involved.
Springboard Project is a community based charitable Children’s Centre providing safe, inclusive recreational and leisure opportunities for children and young people with disabilities and play facilities for families with young children irrespective of ability or status with parenting support and information services
St George's Crypt provides care, support and shelter for homeless, rootless and disadvantaged people from Leeds and the surrounding areas. It runs a drop-in centre, provides crisis accommodation for rough sleepers, and runs two hostels for residents with a history of alcohol dependency.
We?re raising money to pay for the Restoration and Development of St James the Less. Help us revive the splendid interior, improve access, toilets & meeting spaces for our Open Door Meal guests, local children and many other church projects & community groups. Let's see Renewal of God?s church in this area.
St Katharine & Shadwell Trust is the Community Foundation for the East End and City of London. We raise funds and award grants to run and support a wide range of projects. Our vision is to improve the quality of life for those living the London boroughs of the City of London, Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. Our knowledge of the area and the relationships we have developed enable us to support and sustain positive change. Our aim is to ensure that the ideas and aspirations of local people for improving their area can be realised. To learn more about the work we do please visit www.skst.org, or call 0207 782 6962.
We are a local neighbourhood charity serving residents in and around south Islington, London. From our community centre, as well as in the community, we provide and host a wide range of services that improve the quality of life for local people.
St Martins Housing Trust has a 30 year history of striving to address the needs of single homeless people in Norwich & Norfolk. We offer emergency direct access accommodation, residential care, support and personal development to enable everyone to achieve their full potential and a greater level of independence.
St Mungo's is London's largest charity for homeless people. We open our doors to homeless and vulnerable people, enabling their recovery, and work to prevent rough sleeping in the first place. We run over 100 projects and help thousands of people make life changes every year.
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.
St Paul’s Hostel charity operates three projects within Worcester aimed at targeting homelessness and its causes. The mission is not to intervene in individuals’ private lives, but to provide the support and care necessary for clients to gain the level of independence for which they can take responsibility.
St Theresa's exists to help the homeless, poor and socially excluded in the City of Peterborough. It aims to do this through its Day Centre which provides material help, skills training and psychological and emotional support.
Established in 1998, Standing Together Against Domestic Violence coordinates the ground-breaking multi-agency response to domestic violence. Standing Together influences national policy and practice by initiating and driving innovation, providing safer options for women and their children and holding perpetrators accountable. Standing Together builds and supports effective multi agency partnerships throughout the UK to meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence.
Standing Together believes that that domestic violence is a serious and high volume crime which no one agency can deal with effectively if acting alone. It destroys families and damages society. The facts about domestic violence are shocking and all communities, classes and ages are affected. 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence. Two women are murdered in the UK by their current or former partner every week.
Standing Together trains all agencies to deal with domestic violence effectively and consults with survivors to inform improvements in services.
Stepping Stones seeks to provide care and support for the whole family. It works within the Christian ethos showing value, respect and acceptance to families by providing family support initiatives at crisis and preventative levels, through a holistic range of services and direct work with families, children and young people.
Stevenage Community Trust raises funds through membership, donations and fundraising activities in order to allocate grants to individuals in need and local groups within Stevenage and the surrounding area.
Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society provides support to children and adults who have physical and/or learning disabilities. It provides services to residents of Stockport, Manchester, Trafford, Tameside and Cheshire. It is a registered charity established in 1953.
The aim of Stockport Mind is to support people with mental health problems who live in the local community; it is a voluntary, independent mental health service that offers friendly, accessible support and information for those in need and promotes wellbeing in the community.
For more than 20 years Stonewall has worked for equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain at home, at school and at work, winning an equal age of consent and repealing Section 28 as well as securing Civil Partnership. Stonewall's current major campaigns include challenging homophobia in schools and colleges and underachievement by lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils; promoting fair treatment of lesbian gay and bisexual people at work; and putting equality into practice by promoting fair treatment of Britain's 3.6 million lesbian gay in the public domain. Stonewall is working to make sure that every lesbian, gay and bisexual person has the opportunity to fulfil their potential, to live without regret and love without fear.
Streetlytes aim engages and befriends the homeless by providing food, clothing, mentoring and referral. Our mission is advocate for the homeless on behalf of their seeking assistance for drug and alcohol, housing, mental health and employment issues.
It exists to provide friendship and learning opportunities for people with learning disabilities, and to support people with learning disabilities (aged 16 and over) in ways which promote independence, personal development and community participation.
The Suffolk Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Suffolk by providing grants to inspirational community groups and local charities. Part of the Community Foundation Network, it is a bridge between those who care to the causes that matter in Suffolk.
Sunbeams helps disabled children and adults improve their quality of life and self-esteem through the creative freedom of Music for Life workshops.
SARSVL is a new Rape Crisis charity for Leeds, supporting women and girls whose lives have been affected by sexual violence of any kind.
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.
The Surrey Care Trust is a local charity for local people and communities. By supporting us you are helping to make Surrey a more caring place for people who are finding life tough. We provide life-changing opportunities to people of all ages through training and education and give practical help to families and individuals facing hardship in towns and villages in every part of the county. For more information go to www.surreycaretrust.co.uk Registered Charity No. 285543
SCDT helps homeless and vulnerable people in Surrey, Sutton and the Wokingham area in Berkshire. Our aim is to provide accommodation and support to people with a variety of support needs to assist them to develop their confidence and daily living skills so they can move on and live as independently as possible. Our work is mainly funded by government; however, there are always funding gaps and a growing shortfall, which makes it difficult to provide the ?added extras? which maximise the effectiveness of the housing and support we provide, such as move-on grants for residents to help them move-on successfully to more independent accommodation (funding such items as cookers, fridges, carpeting or furniture). We support homeless people, lone-parent families with domestic violence issues, people with mental health problems, older people, people with physical disabilities, people with learning disabilities and those recovering from drug/alcohol dependency. We help over 1,000 people and families every year and has helped over 15,000 since 1972. Please support our important work.
"Survival helps tribal peoples to defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.
Founded in 1969 in response to the secret genocide of Amazonian Indians, Survival is the only international organization supporting tribal peoples worldwide. We do not accept funding from any national government.
Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries. We work for tribal peoples? rights in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns. We also offer tribal people themselves a platform to address the world. We work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
We believe that public opinion is the most effective force for change. Its power will make it harder, and eventually impossible, for governments and companies to oppress tribal peoples.
Visit www.survivalinternational.org to find out more."
Switchback supports 18-24 year olds involved in prison catering to develop the confidence and skills to make a positive and sustained change in their lives.
Established in 1999, Synergy Theatre Project works towards the rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-offenders and youths at risk, through theatre and related activities, whilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the public arena. The company has four strands of activity: theatre productions, new writing, crime prevention and film and radio.
The Tall Ships Youth Trust (formerly the Sail Training Association) is the world's oldest and largest charity dedicated to the personal development of young people aged 14-25 through the crewing of Tall Ships. Every year our voyages have a life changing impact on 3000 trainees particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Counselling Partnership (NSCCP) supports individuals through times of crisis by ofering low cost counselling. The Charity has professional volunteers working in some of the most deprived areas of Surrey.
the nia project aims to protect women and children who have experienced gender-based violence and to prevent such violence in the future. the organisation provides practical support e.g. refuge accommodation, advice, family services and training as well as raising awareness about and campaigning upon issues around violence against women.
We are a boundary-pushing, pioneering organisation helping bring about a society where everyone has the right to feel involved and empowered, regardless of their disabilities or health condition. We believe that life is for living, and we go the extra mile to help people with disabilities or long-term health conditions lead great lives, where they are in control. We rely on donations to help sustain and develop our wide range of services for people across Scotland. For more information on our work please visit www.thistle.org.uk our contact us on 0131 661 3366.
THL is a resettlement agency for single homeless people. It provides quality caring services and supportive hostel accommodation with resettlement programmes for Swindon's homeless. The organisations mission is to improve homeless people's lives by providing opportunities for personal development and help them attain the skills needed for independent living.
Time & Talents is a thriving community service, working in the heart of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey since 1887. Its services are user led: it finds out what people's needs are, and tries to meet them. Its service crosses generations, builds community networks and breaks down isolation - offering a sense of belonging to a community that is constantly changing. Time & Talents has a long track record of well-organised, wide-ranging work that is deeply embedded in the community.
Working for and with people of all ages, TimeLine explores the diverse history & heritage of Hackney. Activities and written materials tell stories of people and places that have been a big part of Hackney and nearby areas of London. TimeLine is full of fun & facts - used by people interested in the past, present or future of Hackney.
Together is a national charity working alongside people with mental health issues on their journey to leading fulfilling and independent lives. We aspire to a world where each individual can play their part in breaking down the barriers that exist around mental health through ignorance and lack of understanding. We believe that people with mental health issues benefit from leading their own lives and shaping the services they receive.
We promote our conviction that the best mental health services are delivered in partnership with the people we work alongside.
By working intensively with each and every person, focusing on their hopes and needs, we can support them in building a positive and meaningful future for themselves - however long it takes.
Who we are:
Today we work with around 4,000 adults a month, the majority of whom are building a positive future for themselves whilst living with complex and recurring mental health issues. Together has around 100 different projects providing a variety of services. We support people on their own journey towards mental wellbeing - helping them with aspects of life getting a place to live, finding work, making friends, building self-esteem and playing an active role in their community. Together does this through providing a range of services to meet the different needs of people with mental health issues. Including residential support, day services, advocacy & work in courts and probation services
Tomorrow's People is a specialist national employment charity which helps long-term unemployed people out of unemployment and welfare dependency and into jobs and self-sufficiency. Since 1984 Tomorrow's People has helped over 400,000 people on their journey back into work, 90% of the people the charity helps find a job are still there after three months and 76% are still working after a year. Tomorrow's People works with hard to reach groups directly in their communities, providing free and confidential support such as confidence and motivation building, job-search support and help with CV writing and interview techniques. Once someone finds a job, Tomorrow's People sticks with them and their employer to ensure that success is permanent. The impact of getting back to work literally transforms lives. When people who haven't been able to work find a job, it puts them and their families on a secure financial footing and enables them to move forward with their lives.
Tools for Self Reliance provides tools and training to help African artisans and craftworkers. Volunteers in the UK collect, refurbish and ship second-hand tools and sewing machines worth over £600,000 each year. We work with reliable local organisations fighting poverty in six countries. You can help by volunteering or making a donation.
Provide information, advice and support for children and adults with TS. Raise awareness amongst public and professionals in Scotland. Produce newsletters, advice sheets and leaflets.
The charity?s aim is to help improve the well-being, health, education and care of people in Towerhill.We focus health & education whilst promoting community adhesion.
Training for Life aims to promote a more inclusive society by contributing to the regeneration of communities and to the lives of individuals within those communities. By helping people and communities to fulfil their potential, it is possible to tackle and prevent difficulties including unemployment, worklessness, deprivation and disadvantage and community conflict.
The principle activities of our organisation aim to promote positive fulfilling lifestyles, emotional wellbeing, and long-term changes for better outcomes. We give practical and emotional support to those experiencing the effects of homelessness and vulnerable housing, substance misuse, mental ill health, poverty, domestic violence, unemployment and social isolation. Our charity benefits those who have been out of employment for many years, young people leaving care, people on low incomes and people needing support with literacy, numeracy, parenting and basic living skills.
The work of The Regeneration Trust is both ?reactive? and ?proactive? within the World?s End community.
The Trust has a Christian ethos, but all our services are open to everyone ? irrespective of religious, ethnic or cultural background.
Tullochan is the largest youth charity working within West Dunbartonshire and engages over 600 vulnerable young people (8-18 years) each year, in a wide varierty of diversionary projects to promote the advancement, education and general character of young people in a positive manner regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender
We are committed to help the homeless, and other socially deprived people, empower themselves to become more self reliant and integrate into society by giving them an avenue into homes, jobs and a source or support.
UK Youth is the leading youth work charity supporting over 750,000 young people, 40,000 volunteers and 7,000 youth projects, youth clubs and youth groups. UK youth helps young people to raise their aspirations, realise their potential and have their achievements recognized.
UKYP connects young people?s voices to the adults who have an influence on their lives. All over the UK, young people aged 11-18 are elected to represent the views of their peers. They then organise events, use the media and meet MPs, Councillors and other decision makers to make sure the views of young people are heard and acted upon.
UBS provides lifelong friendship and financial support to isolated and impoverished older people across the UK. UBS provides support to its community of beneficiaries through a network of 650 volunteers, focusing on befriending schemes, whilst distributing emergency financial grants to older people in dire need.
Urban Devotion Birmingham is committed to preparing and facilitating for community transformation within the hard pressed urban estates of Birmingham, through relationships of safety, trust and inspiration. UDB serves children, young people, offenders and families within a variety of community and structured environments and has contact with over 2500 individuals.
U-Turn supports women involved in street prostitution in East London
Valleys Kids is a charity based in South Wales with a 31-year track record of working with disadvantaged children and families. Our work is about changing lives for the better. These Valleys now rank in some of the most deprived areas of Europe. Valleys Kids works alongside local people to improve the lives of children and families in these communities, helping people to help themselves.
Venture Scotland runs social and personal development courses at bothies (mountain huts) in Scotland for 16-30 year olds with limited opportunities. The weekend residential courses are run by trained volunteers who lead conservation work and adventure activities. Longer term programmes, and locally-based follow-on activities are also offered.
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.
A network of Volunteer Centres across the Highlands with the main office in Inverness. Delivers core services across the voluntary, public and private sectors, aiming to raise the profile of volunteering. The Volunteer Centres offer a volunteer recruitment service to appropriate organisations and provide information/advice and training to prospective volunteers.
Watford Mencap supports adults and children with learning disabilties in SW Herts. It does this through a range of services including advice & advocacy, residential services, community support and our Children's Centre in North Watford. Although affiliated to them, Watford Mencap receives no funding from National Mencap.
Welcare is a Christian Charity, which works with children and families in need, irrespective of faith, culture, abilities or life choices, to achieve a better quality of life for children and families. It seeks to provide services in response to local needs which encourage self-help and build communities.
It provides practical help and emotional support to refugees and asylum seekers in a friendly, safe and welcoming environment
WLAC offers counselling, therapy and group services to vulnerable families and children within the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham. It is a small, local charity which allows us to work in a responsive, flexible and innovative manner to provide services not readily available elsewhere.
West London Centre is an everyday lifeline for 70-100 people experiencing varying degrees of homelessness. It provides a range of services from canteen,shower,laundry,clothing,luggage storage and mail holding to specialist on site advice and referral services. It provides support to almost 1600 people yearly.
The Whitechapel Centre is Liverpool's largest homeless charity. For over 30 years it has worked to reduce the city's homeless population and support the vulnerably housed. It does this by providing services and opportunities to help individuals obtain and sustain a home and the support to positively change their lives.
Widows and Orphans International promotes health, socio-economic and cultural development among the resident African community in the UK and in Africa. It currently has projects in the UK and Africa in the areas of education and training, volunteering, health promotion, HIV/AIDS, income generating activities for widows and support for orphans.
The Winch works in Swiss Cottage and Camden, to inspire, challenge and affirm children and young people in building relationships, enriching community and fulfilling their potential.
We aim to promote self help and independence
Wiston Lodge provides Personal, Social and Emotional Development residential and day programmes for groups of young people and vulnerable adults, tailored to suit their individual needs, in an emotionally secure environment. Wiston Lodge also provides a venue that welcomes many diverse groups running their own programmes.
It helps children and their families living in Northern Ireland most adversely affected by violence and community tension. It supports projects, particularly in areas of disadvantage, which promote cross community activities and reconciliation among children and young people
Women@thewell, whose patrons include Baroness Helena Kennedy, aims to provide a creative and supportive space for vulnerable women based on Gospel values and to develop a holistic response to their needs. It aims to empower these women to make choices to improve the quality of their lives.
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".
World Film Collective develops the capabilities of hundreds of marginalised young people across the world by introducing them to new media technology and training them in drama, mobile phone filmmaking and editing. WFC connects these young people through an interactive website, enabling them to make films collaboratively online.
Worth Unlimited is about building hope, unlocking potential and realising worth in young people in the UK today. We are creative, innovative and flexible youthworkers offering personal support and experiential learning opportunities through our network of grassroots branches and partners across the United Kingdom.
Wythenshawe FM broadcasts community radio by and for the people of Wythenshawe - giving local people the chance for their voice to be heard and helping to make Wythenshawe a better place to live. Wythenshawe FM's parent charity Radio Regen runs community radio projects across Greater Manchester.
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
YMCA Barnard Castle is a local charity that provides a range of opportunities to young people including: Drop in centres providing safe, warm, welcoming youth friendly spaces; information advice and guidance; young parents support; Schools work and detached programmes. YMCA Barnard Castle is creating a future where all young people can belong, contribute and thrive!
Lancaster and District YMCA work to improve the quality of life for young people in crisis. Our current work includes work with homeless young people, ex-offenders, and young people experiencing family breakdown. We also run a community radio station and manage the Ridge Community Centre.
YourStory works towards developing Independance and Self-Belief with disadvantaged individuals and communities. YourStory primarily uses sport as an active mechanism to build relationships with and to support our clients. It helps Young People, Parents, Young Offenders, Prolific Adult Offenders, Black and Minority Ethnic and Asylum Seekers in their personal growth.
Youth Options offers a diverse and creative range of opportunities for young people aged eight to nineteen that supports them to learn and develop essential life skills that increase their chances of a more positive future, increase their participation within their communities, raise their self esteem and aspirations, and above all enable them to achieve and be recognised for the valuable contribution they make to their communities.
Z2K?s mission is to:
? fight the causes of poverty and help the disadvantaged to access justice when they face claims for debt or fines
? act as McKenzie Friends (court recognised non-legal supporters of people who are unrepresented)
? train volunteers to act as McKenzie Friends
? pursue test cases through the courts and lobby Parliament when the law or the benefits system are unfair
The Zurich Community Trust is a registered charity funded by pre-tax profits and individual donations.
It provides an umbrella for Zurich's community involvement across the UK and supports disadvantaged people achieve a more independent future for themselves. Our focus is on local communities, on issues that are often overlooked and where we can make the greatest impact.
The Openwork Foundation and their Cares4Kids programme is a supported fund of Zurich Community Trust.
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