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Independent People provide housing, support and advice to young people aged between 16 and 25 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. <p> 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. <p> 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.
ABS offers help and advice to children who are beng bullied throughout the UK. Children can e-mail the site confidentially and discuss their particular situation with Abbi the websites founder. It has helped hundreds of children to overcome their bullying nightmares and helped them to move on with their lives.
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
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 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 Concern Wiltshire promotes the well-being of all older people in Wiltshire through offering information and advice, befriending, nailcutting, gardening, support with technology and supporting community day services. It celebrates it's 60th birthday in 2009.
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.<p> 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. <p> 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 <a href="http://www.amantani.org.uk">www.amantani.org.uk</a>.
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. <p> 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.
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.
Autism Initiatives supports people with autism across the UK. The Number 6 project specifically works with adults with Asperger Syndrome in the Lothians (Scotland), providing a mix of one-to-one support (for things like employment, benefits, housing) and social groups.
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.
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.
BCD provides support and information to any woman living in West and North West Leeds whose life has been affected by domestic abuse. BCD support women through what is a very emotional and difficult time.
The Big Bolton Fund is an endowment fund for Bolton. This means your donation is part of a permanent investment that is never spent. The annual income it creates provides grants for local community groups that make such a big difference to the lives of people in Bolton.
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.
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.
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.
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 SC38803
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 helps girls and women who self-injure. It provides a helpline service Text and email support coming soon. It also provides information leaflets and booklets, and training for professional who work with people who self-injure. Please see the 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.
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.
CCF supports small charities and community groups throughout London. It has funded 1800 projects over the last 3 years, tackling issues such as crime, health, homelessness, education and much more - all issues are tackled at the 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.
The Carpenter's Arms is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre based in a deprived area of Loughborough. <p> The centre supports homeless men aged between 18-60 to overcome their addictions and reintegrate into society.
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.
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.
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.
CHEC provides and develops work opportunities for people with severe physical disabilities who, having left full time education, are unable to obtain employment or develop career opportunities as a direct result of the severity of their disability.
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.
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.
The charity is a voluntary organisation which exists to enhance the lives of the disabled and isolated elderly and housebound in the Staffordshire Moorlands by providing friendship & support, transport, day care, information & advice and other supportive services, mainly through volunteers.
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.
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.
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.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
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)
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 grant 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 tickcets to the elderly and their carers.
We are a voluntary organisation which supports and promotes community based conflict resolution in Newham.
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.
<p>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. </p> <p>Contact the Elderly is a registered charity in England and Wales (244681) and in Scotland (SC039377) </p>
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.
CornerHouse is a local venue for the provision of mental health services by a wide range of non-statutory and voluntary sector organisations in the Woking area. CornerHouse actively encourages and fosters the creation of voluntary groups. It assists them in their activities by providing advice, support and a place where meetings and social events can be held.
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. <p> 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
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!
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
Daycare Trust campaigns for quality accessible, affordable childcare for all and raising the voices of children, parents and carers. It leads the national childcare campaign by producing high quality research and developing policy recommendations. It operates a childcare information line which assists parents, carers, childcare providers and employers.
The Daylight Centre Fellowship is a charity which works with vulnerable adults from Wellingborough and surrounding areas to help them cope with a range of challenges, including homelessness, complex mental health issues, drug and alcohol abuse, medical problems, isolation and loneliness
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. <p> 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. <p> 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. <p> We provide young people with the chance to fulfil their potential in the community through education, volunteering, training and jobs. <p> 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. <p> 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.<p> If you choose to donate, please use the comments field to tell us where you heard about us .
A service for the Jewish community, the ERC offers opportunities to the unemployed to gain skills and training for the labour market.
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.
<p>Welcome to the Equality Network JustGiving page. Thank you for donating to help our work.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>We value donations from all our supporters. </p> <p>www.equality-network.org</p>
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.
Family Friends is a charity within Windsor & Maidenhead. It works with families with young children who are having difficulties coping with day-to-day life & specific issues. It provides volunteer support & individual and group support to children (0-13 years) & parenting support.
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.
Fifteen Foundation exists to inspire disadvantaged young people - homeless, unemployed, overcoming drug or alcohol problems - to believe that they can create for themselves great careers in the restaurant industry. It provides unique opportunities for our young people to learn about the hospitality and catering industry through training and practical experience.
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. <p> 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.
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 FBC works to challenge myths and stereoypes and to develop better understanding between Britain and France. Meetings of key people from the worlds of culture, science, education, politics and business lead to joint action. Our current focus is on exchanging experience to achieve better social cohesion, environmental action, economic reform and a broader cultural experience for all.
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.
Bringing ''Freedom on Wheels'' to the disabled community of Cornwall. Coach and Carvan holidays and trips.
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.
We work with young people, who are/at the risk of getting involved in crime
Frontline enables and supports people with a learning disability and high support needs to live full and productive lives through their active inclusion within the Brentwood community. Its aims are to promote emotional and spiritual growth through mutually supportive friendships, shared experiences and valued roles.
Future Radio is part of NR5 Project, a community based media, education and arts charity working with people of all ages from Norwich and Norfolk. Future Radio is Norwich's community radio station and provides broadcast and training opportunities for 150+ volunteers to get involved with community radio.
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.
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.
Goldies provides weekly singing sessions for isolated, lonely and older people singing the hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
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.
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.
FREE * CONFIDENTIAL * PROFESSIONAL Counselling Service in Perth, UK for anyone who is in need of emotional support
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.
PROVIDES HELP AND SUPPORT IN RELIEVING SOCIAL ISOLATION, PRIMARILY FOR THE ELDERLY LIVING IN WIRRAL AND AIMS WHERE POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE EVER IMPORTANT ' QUALITY OF LIFE' .
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 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.
Hact (The Housing Associations' Charitable Trust) pioneers housing solutions for people on the margins. We identify emerging need, and then develop, test and promote practical solutions for social inclusion. We work through partnerships and networks, acting as a bridge between housing associations and the wider Third Sector. We invest in projects that benefit local people and have national resonance. www.hact.org.uk<http://www.hact.org.uk>
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.
Ignite aims to empower young people and enable them to make good choices through sports, creativity, team work, leadership development and mentoring
The Irene Taylor Trust ‘Music in Prisons’ runs high quality creative music projects in prisons throughout the UK to provide positive experiences and help in the process of rehabilitation, education and the forming of life skills.
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.
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.