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It provides extra comforts for the patients and benefits for the nursing staff in the Mental Health services of the Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan & Leigh districts.
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.
Abbot's Hospital, Guildford offers up to 26 elderly and deserving residents of Guildford the opportunity to live within a supportive and active community. It also preserves the magnificent working Grade 1 listed 1619 building and chapel plus artefacts of the unique heritage.
AAA provides information and support to anyone suffering from any of the different forms of allergy or allergy-related illness - some 18 million in the UK. It can advise on specialist doctors to go to, runs workshops for parents of allergic children and campaigns for better provision of diagnosis and treatment through the NHS
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.
Action on Elder Abuse works to protect, and prevent the abuse of vulnerable older adults. It does this through the provision of a freephone helpline, training and educating key workers, and also by challenging government to make essential changes to the law which protect those at risk of abuse.
Age Concern Barnet provides a large number of services for older people in the London Borough of Barnet. It runs two community centres and provides exercise classes, information and advice, a home repair scheme, befriending and home visiting. It has a variety of volunteering opportunities.
Age Concern Birmingham is the foremost voluntary agency supporting older people and others in need in the city and provides trading of utilities, advice and information services and special projects to benefit older people. We rely on external funding to promote and provide our services.
Age Concern Bristol is a forward thinking organisation, committed to working with and for older people in Bristol, enabling them to maintain their independence and quality of life. Not many people realise, but we are an independent charity that relies heavily on local support!
Age Concern 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.
Age Concern Dacorum is a local charity working to promote the well being of older people & help make later life a fulfilling, enjoyable experience. The Charity delivers high quality services within Dacorum, aims to safeguard the rights of older people & support the fulfilment of their aspirations.
It provides services and support for older people in the Exeter area
To provide services for older people in the counties of Gwynedd and Anglesey.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life of older people in Havering, helping them to maximise their potential to live fulfilling and enjoyable lives. To represent the needs and aspirations of the older people of Havering to those whose decisions will have an impact upon their lives.
To achieve this mission, we provide a wide range of services including information, advocacy, day care and services, befriending, support for people with dementia and their carers, footcare, blood pressure checks and healthy living advice. Havering has one of the largest older populations in London and the numbers are set to grow rapidly. To meet this growing need, support from the public will be critical.
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 Lambeth supports and work with older people to achieve a full and enjoyable quality of life. It provides a range of services including information & advice, handyperson service, healthy living classes, and day care services.
Age Concern Lancashire aims to make a positive difference to the lives of all older people in the county and to make later life a more fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
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The aim of Age Concern organisations nationally is to "Promote the relief of older people".
Age Concern Oxfordshire helps and supports older people and their carers to make later life a fulfilling, enjoyable experience: working to ensure as that as they get older their voices are heard, they are treated with dignity, have access to services they want and need, have opportunities to which they aspire.
The aim of the charity is to provide a high quality,needs focused range of support activities and services for older people in the community of Portsmouth.
Age Concern Richmond aims to improve the life of older people in the borough of Richmond upon Thames by offering information, advice, and practical help and support in the home. Activities at its three popular social centres range from exercise classes and outings to digital camera workshops.
Age Concern Salford is a local independent charity that exists to improve the quality of life to all older people in Salford through the provision of support, advocacy and direct services. All donations received go towards our work with older people.
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 Concern Westminster exists to promote the wellbeing of older people in the City of Westminster and help to make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
We are committed to creating a world where older people can flourish. We believe that age demands respect. It deserves kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Age Cymru will campaign. We will fundraise. We will research. We will make the powers that be listen.
Age NI is a local charity working to improve the lives of older people in Northern Ireland. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a public voice for older people in Northern Ireland and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them.
Age NI focuses on 5 Main Areas of Work
1. Initiating Consultation, Partnerships & Research
2. Influencing Policy
3. Supporting Direct Services
4. Campaigning and Raising Awareness
5. Promoting Service Standards
Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged
We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help.
Too many people experience difficulties as they age. We cannot promise everyone good health, but we will fight for good care for all of us. Where we find loneliness, we will reach out. When age becomes a burden, we will try to lighten the load.
Age UK will campaign. We will fundraise. We will research. We will make the powers that be listen.
We will do all this to make life better for older people here and abroad.
Age UK is for all of us, because age is a part of life.
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.
AgeCare is dedicated to the care and wellbeing of older people who are frail or suffering from dementia, promoting and researching best practice in residential and nursing care in its homes. The AgeCare Awards scheme offers nurses and carers throughout the profession a structured training scheme with nationally recognised qualifications.
Alzheimer's Support supports people suffering with Alzheimers and other dementias and their families through a range of flexible specialist services to maintain as much independence and control over their lives as possible
It helps the frail elderly with social inclusion and finacially with annuities, grants and loans.
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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 Care enhances the well-being of people in hospitals and other health settings by helping them experience the inspiring and transforming power of the arts.
Banstead Centre is for the active over-50?s with a membership of over 1,000. It is a place to meet friends, have lunch and take part in many different activities.
It's aim is to make a difference to the lives of older people and adults with a disability and to support practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity, by making grants to individuals and organisations, with identified health and social care needs which cannot be met by the statutory public sector.
FIRST RESPONDERS are volunteers who attend 999 calls, prior to arrival of an Ambulance, helping people with life threatening conditions.They are trained to use a defibrillator, administer oxygen, insert plastic airways, manoeuvres patients into a treatable position and how to deal with death.
Bede is a community based charity offering opportunities for people in Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Southwark. It aims to help people develop their skills, talents and confidence and contribute to the community. It offers youth work, services for adults with learning disabilities, help for victims of hate crime especially domestic violence and homophobic crime and community development work
The Benevolent Society was founded in 1886 to make a real difference to the daily lives of those who have worked in the drinks industry and now need help. Today, it helps more than 500 people from across the industry, providing financial grants, sheltered accommodation, care home facilities and support.
Birmingham City Mission is a Christian charity established in 1966. It strives both to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and express God?s love through many caring projects, including work with the homeless, those in poverty, the elderly and children & young people.
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
Bridges is a centre for learning, care and support, health and wellbeing, community arts and entertainment, and a range of local services. It aims to build bridges between people of all ages and backgrounds living in Monmouth and surrounding areas.
It provides community based music therapy to children and adults of all ages with a wide range of special needs using music as a basis for forming a relationship and developing communication, providing an opportunity for self-expression where words are difficult or impossible.
The BRS endeavours to promote improved quality of life for people with kidney disease, their families and carers. It does so by informing national policy, educating professionals involved in the care of patients, encouraging inter-disciplinary working and supporting patient centred clinical research.
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.
One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives. Bromley Mind is a small local charity with a large remit to help local residents recover from mental ill health and support people suffering from dementia and their carers in LB Bromley
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.
Burton Hospitals League of Friends is a fundraising organisation dedicated to Queens Hospital, a group of 30+members donated a variety of items and equipment to over 30 difffering wards and departments during 2008. We recently opened a shop at the entrance selling donated goods and 'aids for daily living'
SERVICES TO BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE
Calvert Trust Exmoor is an outdoor activity centre for people with disabilities. Its specially adapted facilities aim to challenge disability through outdoor adventure and enable people of all ages and with all types of disability to benefit from the Calvert Experience, an opportunity that leads to real personal achievement. Activities such as horse riding, carriage driving, abseiling, climbing, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, archery and orienteering are all offered at our 40 acre site, along with caring qualified staff to ensure visitors have a safe and enjoyable experience.
It offers practical and emotional support and advice for Visually Impaired People living in Cambridge and the rural areas of South and East Cambridgeshire. Services include a Resource Centre for specialist equipment, training in mobility and daily living skills, and a rural network of peer support groups.
We offer planned home/community support services for carers looking after a relative or friend with care needs Our service provides a chance for carers to be relieved of their caring role for short periods of time, giving them a much needed break.
Camphill has been part of the Aberdeen City and Shire community since 1939. More than 700 people live and work in six local Camphill communities. Together they offer education, training, work and living opportunities for vulnerable children, young people, adults and older people.
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.
Caravan is the charity for people in the grocery, provisions, greengrocers and off-licence industries. In the last year we have assisted over 1,800 former workers and their dependants, from warehousemen and delivery drivers to sales representatives and checkout operators who, for a variety of different reasons, are struggling to cope. Assistance consist of quarterly cash payments and help with the essentials of modern day living and an annual home visit from our assessors. Caravan is the trading name of the National Grocers Benevolent Fund, A Registered Charity Reg. No 1095897 (England & Wales) & SC039255 (Scotland). A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No 4620683.
The Cardiff Institute for the Blind provides direct services and aid to visually impaired people throughout the Counties of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It also supports individuals throughout South Wales through contact at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Carers Association Southern Staffordshire is the only organisation that focuses solely on supporting Carers in southern Staffordshire. We provide a wide range of essential support to Young and Adult Carers, from information, advice and training to emotional support and social activities, all of which are free and confidential. Currently the services are provided to around 4,000 adult and 450 young carers.
The Carers Resource gives tailored support and information to unpaid carers and vulnerable people. It is an independent, award-winning Yorkshire charity which is open to everyone and offers emotional and practical help to enable them to cope.
Carers UK is an organisation of carers providing vital information and support for carers. Many carers' health, finances and careers are severely affected as a direct consequence of providing unpaid care. Carers UK campaigns for a better deal for carers.
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.
Chapter 1 provides accommodation and related support services to help vulnerable people enjoy a more fulfilled life. It is a charity, based on Christian principles, which offers human compassion and practical support to meet people's needs respecting their faith, culture and social background. Currently Chapter 1 works in partnership with 29 local authorities and has a growing network of 40 projects across England.
Chapter 1 is the trading name of Christian Alliance Housing Association Limited. Charity No. 293232. Company No. 1937003. TSA Regulator of Social Housing Registration H 3658
It helps former UK child migrants to learn about their family background, meet members of thair family, clarify their citizenship and claim redress.
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.
The charity was set up for the purpose of allocating income received for charitable purposes directed wholly or mainy to the benefit of the City of Westminster.
The Civil Service Benevolent Fund is the principal occupational charity for all current, former, and retired civil servants, and employees of associated public sector organisations. It provides help, advice, and grant giving services, and last year alone gave nearly £4 million in financial assistance to over 9,000 people.
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.
The Colostomy Association provides emotional and practical support to ostomates and their families. It overs a 24hour helpline, a quarterly magazine and one to one support. It also aims to raise awareness of stomas through open days up and down the country.
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.
We help local people and businesses manage their charitable giving by setting up Funds for causes that are close to their heart.
St Judes is involved with ministering to to the local community in Earl's Court, London. Its aim is to be of service to those in need. The foundation of its work is a community engaged in prayer and hospitality.
Compton Hospice, a local charity in Wolverhampton, is a specialist provider of palliative care and education. In collaboration with others we influence quality of life through excellence in patient care, whilst ensuring effective use of available resources.
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.
Connect is a national charity for people living with aphasia (communication disability) which is often caused by stroke. Aphasia can strike anyone at any age and at any time. 1 in every 200 people in the UK lives with aphasia and each person experiences it differently. Some people cannot speak at all, some people have just a few words. It affects reading, writing and numbers. Aphasia can lead to lack of confidence, depression, social exclusion ? and people can lose their connection with the world. But it doesn?t have to be this way. Our vision is a simple one, we want a world where people with aphasia can re-connect with life again. Find out more about how we do that at www.ukconnect.org
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)
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.
CPC helps pre school children who have Cerebral Palsy achieve their full physical, mental and social potential using "Conductive Education". This service is FREE. CPC offers "Care in the community" enabling Elderly and disabled of all ages to retain their independence. The "Day Centre" for the elderly and disabled gives a welcome break from the confines of home. The "Life Skills Group" enables young adults to explore their potential and live as independently as possible, learning new skills and making friends in a safe environment.
CrossReach is one of the biggest care providers in Scotland. Each day we help support over 4000 of the most vulnerable people in Scotland. We have 80 different services providing care and support in these areas: Addictions, Children & Families, Counselling & Support, Criminal Justice, Homelessness, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Older People.
Crossroads (Lewis) provides trained Care Attendants to - relieve stress on those who are caring for all age groups of people with physical, mental or sensory impairment. care in certain circumstances for those who live alone and struggle with illhealth or loneliness.
Its aim is to enable Carers in Bexley to have a break from their caring responsibilities; it does this by providing trained Care Support Workers who look after the cared for person in their home or take the person out while the carer has a break from their caring responsibilities.
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.
Cheshire East Crossroads Caring for Carers provides high quality support services to carers and people with care needs. Caring for a sick or disabled person is a very demanding role so it is vital that carers get support. Crossroads gives carers the chance to share the responsibility for a while.
Crossroads Care in the Vale (EMI) Ltd support the main carer of those who have developed a mental illness in later life, such as dementia. The charity provides care in the home and in the community for the sufferer, together with counselling and support groups for the carer.
Life can be very hard for a carer. Crossroads Care - Skye and Lochalsh provide short respite breaks for carers by arranging for trained Care Attendants to go to the individual's home on a regular basis to do the tasks normally carried out by the unpaid carer.
Crossroads Care is Britain's leading provider of support for carer's and the people they care.
Crossroads aims to reduce the stress of caring by providing a break from the caring routine. Services throughout Scotland provide practical support where and when it is most needed - usually in home.
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.
Helps the Southend & District Aid Society continue to provide vital social & health care services to the elderly members of our community.
It funds work to develop services for people with dementia and their carers, through the Dementia Services Development Centre, which provides training for nurses, people working in nursing homes, home care workers, psychiatrists of old age, social workers and voluntary sector personnel and has unrivalled resources for understanding dementia better.
Dementia UK in a national charity committed to improving quality of life for all people affect by dementia.
The charity has four core areas:
Admiral Nurses - specialist dementia nurses to support carers and families of people with dementia
Admiral Nursing DIRECT - a national phone and email helpline
Uniting Carers - a network of carers set up to raise awareness of dementia
Dementia UK Training - providers of high quality dementia training to care professionals.
Emotional and practical support to carers in Derwentside.
The DPC is a day centre for elderly and disabled people. The object of the charity is to offer friendship, support and a sense of community to those who would otherwise be isolated by their personal circumstances.
Disabled Citizens Advice and Support Services helps disabled people, their families and carers with problems they face in day to day life.
Helps to alleviate poverty in Africa. Building orphanages for the fatherless and motherless children. supporting the poorest of the poor financially. we give grants and interest free soft loans to Widows, single mothers and the poor families in need
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Endowment Fund is a charity of over 240 funds for the benefit of patients and staff in Dumfries and Galloway. Each hospital and most wards, units, departments and speciality has its own individual fund. These individual funds are managed by senior staff working in that specific area and are used to enhance patient care. The charity funds are used for the purchase of equipment, patient comforts and amenities, research and training together with the provision of extra facilities and opportunities not available from government funding.
An example of one of our individual funds is the Alexandra Unit which is a specialist palliative care unit. The principle aim of the unit is to enhance quality of life on a day-to-day basis. Care is provided by a multi-disciplinary specialist team, encompassing medical, nursing, social work, physiotherapy, psychology and spiritual care specialities.
The unit is bright and airy comprising of eight single bedrooms, a common room, outside terrace and ward kitchen. The emphasis is on offering comfort and flexibility in a warm and friendly atmosphere where patients can live as if they were at home whilst receiving specialist care.
Formed in 1991 by the Carers of people with dementia, it provides high-quality personalised care for people with dementia, and support for carers. It also provides information, advice and training to the general public and other organisations.
We support good causes within the east renfrewshire area
We support a variety of South African Jewish charities that face an ageing population and a diminished pool of resources to maintain the very necessary support they provide. The changing economic and social structure of South African society have left in its wake an increasing number of Jewish families who are dependent on welfare. The needs of theese charities grow continuously.
ExtraCare is the UK pioneer in the development of affordable retirement and sheltered housing schemes for older people. Our model is unique accommodation designed to provide a home for life and extensive village centre facilities and activities that promote a stay-active and healthy lifestyle. ExtraCare has developed an innovative, award winning Well-Being programme which achieves significantly higher levels of wellness and much improved public sector economics associated with caring for our village residents and elderly friends in the surrounding community. ExtraCare is currently running major capital appeals for villages in Nottingham, Birmingham and Milton Keynes.
The relief of poverty, hardship and the the distress in the world particularly in India,Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
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.
Every 30 seconds in the UK fire fighters are called to an incident, risking their lives to save others, but sadly they often sustain physical injuries whilst carrying out their duties. The Fire Fighters Charity is here for fire fighters during their times of need. The Charity offers vital support services across the UK for all fire fighters, assisting in excess of 17,500 individuals every year. Our modern, dynamic and award-winning charity has three UK centres, located in Cumbria, Devon and West Sussex, which provide therapy, rehabilitation and recuperation facilities. Our pioneering Beneficiary Support Services offers local and remote assistance to fire service personnel in need nationwide ? providing solutions to real life problems. It costs over £9 million every year to keep the Charity running, and with no government funding, we are completely reliant upon donations and fundraising, so your support is very much needed. To find out more, please visit www.firefighterscharity.org.uk.
Food Bank provides emergency, short term food supplies to individuals and families who hit a crisis situation for whatever reason. Food Bank aims to fill the gap of days, or sometimes weeks, until the professional care services can come into play.
object is to relieve patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital who need asssistance and generally to support the charitable work of the hospital
The Friends were formed after the creation of the NHS in 1948, when it became apparent resources would not be enough to meet costs of necessities/amenities required. Contribution to the Hospital has been outstanding, providing equipment/facilities for patients and staff. Today, that need is greater and assistance is vital to continue the support and work in the Hospital.
Friends of the Elderly's vision is that all older people should retain independence, dignity and peace of mind. It offers residential and nursing care in 14 care homes. It supports older people to stay living in their own homes with day care, home support, home visiting, telephone befriending and welfare grants.
Supporting the Rainbow Old People's Home in Narasaraopet, South India
Friends of Wonersh Surgery is a charity that helps fund essential equipment and services at Wonersh Surgery that the practice would otherwise be unable to afford. The charity needs your help more than ever before, to help kit out the minor surgery unit.
Fund for Heroes Tough Guy? Helpline Forevermore Injury disability support for Soldiers and Tough Guy? casualties.
To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of Guillain Barre Syndrome and associated illnesses in the United Kingdom through the provision of financial assistance, support, education and practical advice.
Gesture International is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged Its humanitarian and education projects, includes developing a Shelter and School for Street kids in India and Student aid in St Vincent. With your help we can make a world of difference, one person at a time
GLAZE Prostate Charity, Wales is the leading charity in the Principality working with medical professionals in the fight against all prostate diseases, benign and malignant . Its mission is to raise awareness, promote understanding and fund both the latest medical equipment and the training of healthcare professionals.
Grandparents Plus champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives, especially when they take on a caring role in difficult family circumstances. It supports them by campaigning for change, providing evidence, policy solutions, training and building networks so that grandparents and carers can have a voice.
In 1758 the Grateful Society was founded in memory of Edward Colston and his charitable works. The Society?s main purpose is to pay annuities or grants to elderly people who are in reduced financial circumstances and unable to provide for their necessities.
Greenwich Carers Centre provides a 'One Stop Shop' service to all informal family carers living within the Borough of Greenwich, or who care for someone living in the Borough of Greenwich. This includes young carers aged 8-17 years who care for a member of theri family due to illness or disability.
Guild Care, established in 1933, provides an extensive range of innovative services for older people, people with dementia, carers and children with special needs. It is a local charity serving Worthing, West Sussex and surrounding areas. Guild Care?s ethos is to promote the independence, wellbeing and happiness of all those it works with.
Gwalior Childrens' Hospital Charity is working to help and provide for poor, needy, destitute, disabled and underprivileged esp. children, women and old, the most vulnerable of Gwalior and Chambal region through Gwalior Hospital for Children and Women, Ophthalmic Centre, General Hospital, Rural health centres and Gwalior mobile hospital to provide a wide range of specialised medical care and health educational services in Gwalior and Chambal region, its slums, rural and remote areas. In addition GCHC supports children in existing schools and Orphanages as well runs a School for special needs and is building an Orphanage- Snehalaya to accommodate 200 of disabled and destitute children, details on http://www.helpchildrenofindia.org.uk
H2H Empowerment is a UK charity established to bring spiritual and practical help to adults and children across the world using Christian principals. Our vision is to provide for the sick, elderly, and underprivileged in the UK and around the world by means of fundraising events and donations. In addition, we also use workshops to empower and inspire people to maximise their potential.
The object of this charity is to support terminally ill Halesworth surgery patients and their families within the community by the provision of nursing care and equipment.
Harlington Hospice supports clients with life limiting illnesses in Hillingdon. Our aim is to enhance the quality of life of those who use the hospice and allow them to reach their unique potential at a time when time is precious. Services include: Day Therapy, Hospice@home, Lympoedema Clinic and Family Support. The focus is on the individual and their loved ones.
HUNGER NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY - SO NEITHER DOES HAZON YESHAYA
The business of hunger in Israel is sadly booming, and the number of meals we provide for is a staggering 400,000 per month, with numbers constantly rising. At Pesach, this humanitarian network ensures that the destitute do not miss a meal. Seders will be held to benefit our needy recipients, Kosher for Pesach food parcels will be distributed to over 16,000 families. This equates to feeding over 100,000 people. Each family food pack costs approximately £100 and includes all the Kosher for Pesach necessities. Unfortunately this Pesach we are expecting a 40% increase in applicants for food aid.
Whilst preparing your own home for Passover this year please think of our brothers and sisters in Israel. Please donate a food parcel to one or more families in need.
We thank you in advance for giving generously and offering a brighter future to thousands of men, women and children.
It helps to provide those luxuries not provided by the NHS for patients and those caring for them.
Heathlands Village is a leading Care Home for Older Jewish people in Manchester. Heathlands Village provides high quality care with dignity and respect whilst promoting independence and choice at all times. We care for over 200 people with varying levels of needs including people with dementia.
Help & Care is an independent people centred organisation working with older people, carers and local communities in Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole and surrounding areas since 1985. We offer a holistic range of services and activities aimed at maintaining independance and quality of life.
Helping Africa 100 works with small community groups in Tanzania committed to helping those less fortunate become sustainable. 100% of all donations are used for the benefit of these groups as the Trustees are funding all administration and travel expenses.
Herefordshire Mind is a registered local charity, affiliated to national Mind, providing support and services to people affected by mental distress, living in Herefordshire. We have over 30 years experience of delivering high-quality, person-centred, recovery-oriented services and campaign for better services, increased access and reduced stigma for people affected by mental distress. We currently provide support and services across Herefordshire through: Advocacy, Community Support Services, Education, Arts and Leisure Activities, Outreach, Day Opportunities, Counselling, Transport, Supported Housing, Residential Nursing and Domiciliary Care.
Highland Cross is a walking or running and cycling duathlon across Scotland from Kintail to Beauly organised to raise funds for medical and social charities across the Highlands. Since 1983, over £2.7 million has been raised and distributed in full to deserving causes.
We are working for the community and diversity in the london Borough of Hillingdon by providing essential services and the main purposeis to build a purpose build Mosque in the borough.
Homes in Zimbabwe was established in 2004 to provide funds for the maintenance of Old People's Homes in Zimbabwe. The homes then were in serious need of help on account of the economic decline and high inflation that had completely eroded their financial reserves. Today we have had to divert almost all our resources to supplying food and fuel to safeguard the very lives of the elderly of all races living in residential homes and many still living at home often alone.. The local currency is now worthless removing any buying power from all local pensions, and although food is now available, it is priced in US$'s - a currency out of reach to most pensioners.
We help carers of people with dementia and/or Parkinson's Disease who are looking after their loved ones in their own family home. We provide information and guidance on where to seek advice, the latest news and research, caring for someone at home, and how to get help .
Hoylake Cottage Hospital is a valued community charitable trust that provides high quality care to older people which embraces the fundemental principles of good practice, active living, independence and freedom of choice, support for families and carers and investment in staff.
Human Relief Foundation (HRF) is a UK-based registered charity (no. 1043676 & SC038671). HRF provides emergency relief, aid and assistance.
HRF has been implementing aid projects across the world since 1991 by supporting programmes of emergency relief to the most vulnerable including poor men, women, children, the disabled, and refugees in third-world countries"
Set up in 1978, the Impact team enables people of all generations in need of support to reach their potential through innovative, professional and high quality service provision.
Children & Young People Services provide safe places where they can get advice & guidance, learn new skills such as cooking & IT and have a break from often extremely difficult lives. The services are fun and innovative where adults truly listen to understand, enabling children & young people to create a positive future for themselves.
Older People Services provide places where they can feel safe, meet others, learn new skills and get a healthy freshly cooked meal. We have a modern approach to working with older people within our own centres, supported minibus trips and in people?s own homes.
Adults of Working Age Services help people to achieve independence through training, advocacy and one-to-one support. We provide advice and guidance to support people into work. We ensure those with disabilities have the right support at the right time from the right people so they have the opportunities that many people take for granted.
Making a positive difference for every generation in Sussex.
IndependentAge helps older people on low incomes to live with dignity and peace of mind by providing a regular extra income, grants for emergencies, equipment to aid independence, the support and friendship of volunteers and nursing and residential care and help with fees.
Inspiration is church based in the south-west of England, belonging to the Church of the Nations worldwide family of churches. We have a strong emphasis on working into poverty stricken countries with support to orphanages, teaching programmes, as well as strengthening our existing children's work and working with the elderly in the Okehampton and Plymouth areas.
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain raises funds to support the vulnerable and elderly Irish in Britain. The Forgotten Irish Campaign launched by patron Peter Sutherland in 2007, aims to provide much needed financial support for the Irish that migrated to Britain in the decades following WWII.
If you would like to make a donation towards our Forgotten The Irish Campaign, please follow the link below:
www.justgiving.com/forgottenirishappeal
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 provides a wide range of professional social work and volunteer care services for Jewish people in need throughout Scotland. It supports around 600 individuals and families of all ages each year. It runs a registered Day Centre with Clubs for older people and younger people with enduring physical illnesses.
Our overall aim is to affect our local community in a positive manner. It is our aim to improve the quality life for those who suffer from terminal illnesses, their families and those who care for them. The Johnathan Wenborn Trust stands for Better Quality of Life.
The aim of KEMP Hospice is to enhance the quality of life of our patients their carers and families living in Wyre Forest, Tenbury Wells and surrounding areas. Many patients are suffering from cancer, but we offer help to patients, families and carers dealing with all forms of life-threatening illness and those with end of life care needs.
Ladder to the Moon use an innovative arts based approach to improve quality of life for older people with dementia, restoring self expression and offering pathways for carers and relatives to (re)connect with individuals. Helping to build care communities that people enjoy being in.
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.
LWPT provides support for Christian preachers and leaders of worship in times of need. LWPHomes provide widely acclaimed Christian residential homes for the elderly.
Provides accomodation and associated supported services to single Irish people who are homeless,,experience or are vulnerable to mental or physical ill health.
Lench's Trust is a almshouse charity providing sheltered housing and support to the elderly in need in the city of Birmingham .
Our mission is to continue to provide a modern, responsive organisation, with the highest quality day care and personal home care services for predominantly older people; and to firmly establish LifeCare (Edinburgh) as the preferred choice for delivery of these services.
Listening Books is the only audiobook charity in the UK providing a streaming audiobook internet service, as well as a comprehensive postal service, to anyone who has a disability which makes it impossible or difficult to hold a book, turn its pages, or read in the usual way. Charity registration number. 264221
The Loddon School excels at meeting the exceptional learning and support needs of children and young people whose behaviours present a significant challenge in other environment.
The Loddon School
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Loddon Training and Consultancy
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The largest Irish welfare organisation outside Ireland, caring for thousands of the most vulnerable in our community. Please help us to help them.
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 League raises money to provide equipment and services for the benefit of Patients and their families
Helping to make a difference to people in the community who are visually impaired, physically disabled, elderly, lonely or frail.
The Rotary Clubs of Marlow organise the biggest and best charity Santa?s Fun Run in the region ? this year?s event is on Sunday 6th December. Full details are on our website at: www.santasfunrun.org.
Help us to support this year?s lead charity ?Youth in Marlow? by setting up your very own sponsorship page and emailing friends, family and colleagues to support you.
With thanks
The Marlow Santa?s Fun Run team
Megans World helps provide financial assistance for the burial plots and headstones for stillborn babies. It helps parents of stillborn babies and their family's to discuss and overcome their tragic loss
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.
Methodist Homes for the Aged provides housing, care and support for vulnerable older people. The organisation seeks to provide the highest possible standards of care and housing to people, regardless of their beliefs. Services include residential, nursing and dementia care, sheltered housing and retirement flats for sale, and community support.
The Middlesex Association for the Blind aims to support people who are blind, partially sighted and deaf/ blind, to lead independent lives. The Association achieves this through the local provision and delivery of a range of high quality services, advice, information and training to people across nine London Boroughs.
We provide day care and a meal to older people who suffer from Dementia, physical disibilities or social isolation.
Over the next three years, Morgan Stanley will raise funds toward the construction of a new clinical building at Great Ormond street hospital, due to open in 2012. With several sections of the hospital in need of rebuilding over the next seven years, the Firm aims to raise £10mn, a substantial sum towards the total £146mn cost of the new "Morgan Stanley Clinical Building."
MustB MAD works with national and international communities in need, offering direct assistance and financial support to other organisations that are making positive changes to people’s lives. Communities can vary from those affected by conflict or in need of emergency aid, to those people old or young, seeking practical support.
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.
Every year The National Garden Scheme (NGS) opens nearly 4000 gardens across England and Wales. Through this the NGS raises over £2.5million for nursing, caring and gardening charities. (£22million raised over the last 10 years). Most of the work is done by volunteers, so over 80% of the money raised in gardens goes straight to help people who are ill or under stress.
It helps street children and orphans along with disabled and widows. It also helps in skills training community work.
The aim of Newbury and District Crossroads is to give support to Carers, who care for a loved one at home, in order that they do not break down under the strain. We aim to reduce the stress in families who care for anyone with phyical/mental disibilities.
Nightingale a residential and nursing Home cares for older people whatever their physical state of health providing devoted and comprehensive nursing care and special facilities for those with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. This guarantees peace of mind and the security of knowing there is a home for life
Crossroads supports carers of all ages regardless of who they are caring for
Humanitarian aid and development in UK and elsewhere but mainly in Bangladesh.
Nugent Care works across North West England to address issues of social inclusion, welfare and justice for children, older / vulnerable adults and communities. Its care homes, schools, volunteers and community projects provide support and care for hundreds of children and adults with a range of needs all year round.
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.
Osteoporosis 2000 is a Sheffield based charity which offers a range of support services to help people with osteoporosis and for those who are concerned about developing this disease. The charity provides practical advice and support including local exercise classes.
Peggy Dodd works in Bath to help people suffering from dementia, and those who care for them. It operates a Day Centre, and a Home Sitting Service. We have just finished a new extension to our Day Centre, having raised over £130,000 in the last year for this project.
PKAVS is a diverse charity "Making the Difference" in Perth & Kinross through its work in the areas of Carers, Youth, Community Initiatives and Community Engagement. Every year, PKAVS helps over 5,000 local people, including adults with mental ill health or limited mobility, and young and adult carers, to enjoy a better quality of life. PKAVS aims to ensure those it supports, particularly our young people, have every chance to succeed in life.
PKAVS responds to changing community needs and embraces new ideas. It promotes volunteering and active citizenship in Perth & Kinross and makes local communities stronger by supporting and representing the local Voluntary and Community Sector.
Plymouth Age Concern is an independent local charity, operating for over 60 years in the City of Plymouth. Every week we provide a variety of services to those over the age of 50, including those who may be vulnerable or socially isolated.
*Our mission: *?To care for and work with older people and their carers in and around the City of Plymouth to improve their quality of life ?
This Community Ambulance is run by volunteers servicing the Portlethen & District Communities. The ambulance is available to drive patients to doctor appointments and deliver prescriptions. Local groups benefit from being able to use the minibus for outings and visits.
Praxis Care is a major provider of services for adults and children with a learning disability, mental ill health, acquired brain injury and for older people, including people with dementia. Services provided include Accommodation& Support; Respite Residential Care; Volunteer Befriending scheme; Home&Domiciliary care;Workskills/ Day Care; Floating Support and Drop in Centres.
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is the largest provider of comprehensive carers' support services in the UK. A carer is someone who looks after a family member, relative or friend unpaid. Often carers care for more than 50 hours a week, 365 days a year. Through its unique network of 144 independently managed Carers' Centres, young carers services and interactive websites www.carers.org, and www.youngcarers.net the Trust provides quality information, advice and support services to almost 354,000 carers including 20,000 young carers. No one supports more carers across the UK than we do, with your help we can continue to support more.
'A remarkable charity caring for remarkable people' The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home is a national charity, providing high quality, nursing care and rehabilitation for disabled ex-Service men and women in an environment they can think of as their home. This includes specialised rehabilitation of those with an Acquired Brain Injury.
The main purpose of The Queen Elizabeth charitable funds is to enhance and support the care given by the hospital to their patients. The charity has achieved a great deal and during 2005/2006 has supported a new relatives room in ITU & a court yard area for patients who have had strokes to have access to.
TO HELP RELIEVE SICKNESS, INFIRMITY AND OLD AGE AMONGST PERSONS LIVING IN THE HARROW AND WEMBLEY AREA BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS, OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.
The RAF Association is dedicated to supporting serving and former RAF personnel and their families. Whether it's an injured airman fighting to get back onto his feet, a young daughter missing her parent away on overseas operations or a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on, we are there to help. Membership of the RAF Association offers a wide range of benefits for all those with an interest in supporting our aims.
The Railway Benefit Fund, formerly known as the Railway Benevolent Institution, was founded in 1858 to provide support to railway staff (active and retired) and their dependents when they needed help through illness, injury, bereavement, or adversity.
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.
RICE is a small Bath-based national charity. We provide services and support for people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory problems and undertake research at a national level to learn more about the ageing process; find new and better treatments and improve the quality of life for older people.
Retail Trust is the only charity that looks after the needs of all three million people working in retail. We are here to help change people's lives for the better and to look after the talent that works across the industry when they have had problems they don't know how to deal with. It might be bullying or worries about pressure at work. It might be things to do with addiction and wanting to shake them. It might be struggling to cope with a personal tragedy in life. Or it might just be needing someone to share with, who will understand, listen, suggest help or just give good advice.
See us as your safety net. And in case you or people you know need it, be aware of our helpline number 0808 801 0808 and email [email protected]
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland provides high-quality community-based services for people who require support in their lives. It operates more than 180 services across Scotland, supporting nearly 2000 people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and communities.
The RTBP provides education and social activities for community groups and schools. It runs a 26m specially converted and equipped Dutch barge the 'Richmond Venturer', moored in Kingston. It has a unique role, offering the experience of the Thames and its environment to people of all ages and abilities.
Rosy (Respite nursing for Oxfordshire's Sick Youngsters) is a charitable support group, operating under the umbrella of the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust Charity, that is dedicated to the provision of additional respite care to Oxfordshire's sick youngsters in their own homes, born with life-limiting or chronic conditions and others who have developed these conditions. Further details about the Rosy Support Group can be found at www.justgiving.com/rosy and donations can also be made on this site page.
Rotary International exists to assist with humanitarian projects locally, nationally and internationally. The project for which funds are sought is a Christmas Day Party for the elderly. The aim is that no elderly person in Wandsworth should have to be alone on Christmas Day.
The Rotary Club of Bromley proudly supports a wide variety of local and International charities and organisations through fundraising events, offering resources and personal support.
The Rotary Club of Chippenham Wiltshire Vale primarily raises money to support other charities and good causes, both local to North Wiltshire, national, and international. In recent years it has supported, amongst others, Children's Hospice South West, Carers Support, education projects in Kerala, India, Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied (PHAB), and Amber (Drug Rehabilitation).
The Rotary Club of Forfar runs a bi-anual Marafun to raise money for Cancer research and local charities.
The club is a group of forty five men and women. It raises funds for local and national charities through events held over the year. The main two are the raft race in May/June and Santa's sleigh just before Christmas. There is a strong emphasis on youth and the elderly.
The Grantham Swimarathon is a major fund raising event for mostly local charities and worthy causes. 2010 sees the 21st year that the community has joined together over the three day event, to enjoy an hour or two of great fun to help others. Last year it raised over £36,000 that benefited over 40 organisations.
Vista is an independent charity, established in 1858, that provides responsive local services for visually impaired people. There are nearly 6000 registered blind and partially sighted people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, many of whom receive help and support from Vista. Donations are vital if we are to continue the many unparalleled services that we provide.
The Royal Star & Garter Charity has been caring for disabled ex-Service personnel since 1916. The Charity offers its residents the best in nursing and therapeutic care, as well as a wide variety of leisure activities both internally and at outside venues.
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.
Salter's Hill Charity Limited is a non-profit company limited by guarantee and a registered charity established in 1984 to provide homes for adults with learning disabilities from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Promoting Hinduism, community cohesion, youth education, helping the aged, infirm and the physically challenged people and facilitating medical care to the needy.
A national charity that fundraises and gives grants to organisations that help serving or ex-serving seafarers from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy or fishing fleets, and their families.
SRSB supports over 3,000 Blind and partially sighted people in Sheffield. Its youngest client is 10 months old and oldest a grand 105 living in SRSBs Cairn Home for Residential Blind. SRSB provides a range of support services,activites centre,leisure and social services for all ages of blind people in Sheffield.
It provides support, care and friendship to elderly people and adults of all ages with disabilities from throughout Leicestershire at its two country houses. It operates a befriending scheme to the housebound, a free mobility aid loan scheme and craft and socialisation groups for people with disabilities and socially isolated members of the community.
It is a registered charity which has been providing local support to carers for over 11 years. It is a member of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers network of carers centres and is a carer led voluntary organisation.
Working very closely with the Ambulance Service,the Charity supports local Responder Groups in Berkshire and Hampshire.These are trained volunteers, who give first on scene,initial care,support and life saving skills. It also supports other aspects of the Ambulance service eg stations and equipment.
Providing short-breaks to carers to alleviate the stress and strain of caring for a loved one.
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Springboard's vision is to provide work experience and training for young people interested in working and gaining skills under the Job Creation Programme.
We are the national charity committed to helping and supporting those who serve in our Armed Forces, those who used to serve, and the families of both. We provide a reliable, caring and trusted service to more than 50,000 people each year through a network of professionally trained staff and volunteers.
St Andrew's House is a Christian residential home caring for 28 residents, average age 88 years. Following the new Care Standards it needs to raise over £2 million. Planning permission has been granted and it intends to start building in 2009/10. It has raised over £300,000 to date.
To provide equipment, comfort items and therapeutic aids for patients, also provide education and training for both patients and staff.
Cof E parish church. It acts in many charitable ways
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 Margaret of Scotland Hospice is Scotland?s oldest and largest Hospice providing 30 beds for care of older adults with special medical, nursing and palliative needs - 27 for palliative care, 3 for exceptional cases, providing the highest standard of care for patients and carers through multi-professional team working.
St Wilfrid's Hospice is a local charity providing skilled and compassionate care and treatment for all patients and their families with complex needs as they near the end of life. St Wilfrid?s Hospice serves a population of around 230,000 living in Eastbourne, Polegate, Pevensey, Seaford, Hailsham, Heathfield, Uckfield and everywhere in between. For more information, visit www.stwhospice.org
Sussex Housing & Care (SHC) is a charitable Housing Association providing quality, affordable housing and care services for older people in Sussex.
SHC was formed in 1946 by a group of local residents working in senior positions in health and housing - Major E F Holland, Mr Ronald Simson and Dr Ashleigh Glegg. The supporters and employees of SHC still work towards the association's initial aim - to ensure 'in old age there should be security, and no-one in their latter years should find themselves stranded, with nowhere to go , and no-one to befriend them.'
From these beginnings, SHC has extended and now offers a range of homes and care for over 800 residents in a variety of locations in Sussex. This has been achieved through the combined efforts of generous benefactors and its committed staff and volunteers over the years.
This charitable status means that SHC relies on voluntary donations and grants to provide extra welfare services to its residents that they would otherwise not receive. In addition, shortfalls in funding from local authorities for residential and nursing care are also met by SHC through its welfare fund. Your donation will help us continue this work, and help ensure we can provide the care and support services that older people in Sussex deserve.
SWANS is a registered non profit making charitable organisation that provides educational, vocational and therapeutic services to physically and sensory impaired adults and their carers throughout Essex.
Sweet Charity is the charity for the UK confectionery industry (previously the Confectionery Benevolent Fund). We have been supporting industry employees and their dependents since 1918. We provide practical, emotional and financial support to past and present employees who are experiencing difficult circumstances and we help them to make their lives a bit easier.
Helping less fortunate people in Eastern Europe to be able to help themselves attain a better future!
We pay part BT line rental on fixed line phones to clients who are registered-blind, live alone and cannot meet the charges themselves. In future we wish to be able to offer mobiles phones to new potential clients.
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 George Hardwick Foundation supports the thousands of carers. Its patron is Jennifer Hardwick, widow of the footballing legend George Hardwick, who used the Stockton Carers' Centre during George's illness.
TTT is an organisation dedicated to serving the needs of former Spurs stars who find themselves in a situation that compromises their quality of life. It is an organisation that reaches out to members of the Spurs family who are fighting hard times either financially, medically or both and is dedicated to making sure that no former Spurs player is forgotten.
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.
Trent DSDC is a charity that promotes high quality care and services for people with dementia through consultancy, project work, education, information and advice. It runs the AT Dementia website, an online information resource on assistive technologies for use by people with dementia, carers and professionals.
The Tunbridge Wells CAB answers over 17,000 queries per year from the residents of Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas, on topics ranging from financial planning to consumer rights. 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the Tunbridge Wells Bureau, which opened on the 4th September 1939.
Since Umbrella's foundation in 1989 we have been working in partnership with commissioners in health/ social care/ supported housing and more recently in supported employment services to provide effective and relevant services for people with mental health needs.
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.
Vale House is an independent specialist registered care home for 20 older people who have highly challenging behaviour or complex needs due to dementia. The philosophy is to deliver palliative care until the end of life, while respecting the individuality and dignity of the residents.
VOCAL is a carer-led organisation providing information, advice, training, advocacy and counselling to over 4,000 carers in Edinburgh and Lothian every year. Carers look after family, partners or friends in need of help because they are ill, frail or have a disability. The care they provide is unpaid.
The Association strives to provide high quality services to physically disabled people in Surrey, their families, professionals and others concerned with disability by providing an equipment service, self-catering accessible holiday accommodation and wheelchair accessible transport.
Volunteer Action is a local charity which helps people in Oundle and 32 surrounding villages to keep their independence,stay living in their own homes and remain part of the community by providing them with transport for essential journeys and through that companionship. Oundle Befriending Service is also organised by Volunteer Action offering a home visting service to the isolated and elderly.
For more than 700 years the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul has been the centre of the spiritual and cultural life of Wantage. Together with its daughter Church, Holy Trinity, Charlton, it provides a varied program of services, concerts, and other activities, expressing the unconditional love of God. To help us meet the heavy costs of maintaining these facilities in these glorious buildings, please give generously.
The Trust provides Health and Social Care in the North Norfolk coastal region by the re-establishment and maintenance of a community hospital and associated services at Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk for the public benefit. Our business plan, supported by the NHS, includes community hospital beds, a kidney dialysis unit, mental health services, housing with care and outpatient services including dentistry.
To provide specialist palliative care services on as broad a basis as possible and at the highest quality achievable in both the Hospice and the community, thereby aiming to enhance the quality of life of individuals with a life-threatening illness.
We make secure the homes of the elderly, vulnerable and disadvantage in Wiltshire who have become, or are at risk of becoming, victims of house crime, either through burglary or domestic violence.
The Wimbledon Guild provides many valued services in its local area, such as the day centre, lunch club and activities for older people; the care home with nursing; the counselling service; and the distribution of small cash grants and of donated goods to people in desperate need.
It supports the work of Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust, which covers the Royal Hampshire County and Andover War Memorial Hospitals
ZANE was founded in 2002 to help the elderly whose pensions had been destroyed by inflation, including ex-service people who fought in World War II. Last year they fed and cared for 1,900 people. In 2005 ZANE started a work caring for the poor, widows, orphans and HIV/AIDS sufferers.
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