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.
CCF provides financial support to the parents of seriously ill children with life limiting conditions which require 24 hour nursing care. The Foundation raises awareness of the difficulties faced by parents and carers and strives to improve the quality of life of sick and seriously ill children.
We're a social group of men meeting regularly to enjoy a raft of activities as well as raising money for local/national needs. In the last 2 years we have given £10,000 to Air Ambulance, £5,000 St. John's Ambulance, £1,000 Cockermouth Flood Appeal and over £11,000 through other donations (£100-£500)
The Pastoral Care Project is committed to Christian pastoral care of the sick; to raise awareness of the spiritual needs of the frail elderly and their carers, including those with a form of dementia.
The Towersey Foundation is a unique charity providing music therapy in palliative care for people living with life-threatening illnesses. The use of music therapy in palliative care is a comparatively new and specialised field. Professionals working in hospices and special schools are increasingly appreciating what a powerful tool it is in the total care of their patients.
King Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes is a registered charity committed to ensuring that uninsured serving and ex-Service men and women can receive swift access to an exceptional standard of health care - at little or no cost to themselves. We do this through the provision of means tested grants and automatic subsidies. Support is given regardless of rank or length of service, and is also available for the spouses, ex-spouses, widows and widowers of those who have served.
Humanitas works towards transforming the quality of life and empowering children in developing countries by providing health care, education and a family.
Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance (CBA) is a small charity set up to provide much needed skilled help, support and information for families in and around Cambridge who want to breastfeed their babies. We run a free weekly drop-in staffed by breastfeeding counsellors and IBCLC lactation consultants for mothers and babies, and their families, offering support and encouragement. We are dependent on donations to pay our running costs including room rent. Please support us! "If it weren’t for the support, practical advice and reassurance I got there I don’t think I’d have kept on breastfeeding, and I’m really glad I did! This caring place is exactly what is needed to help people to get going and keep going with breastfeeding." Claire "Without the welcoming, non-judgemental support I received here I doubt I would have succeeded in breastfeeding beyond three weeks. Due to the expertise, patience and care of the staff and volunteers, my daughter received the benefits of breastfeeding for over a year " Rachael
It's philosophy is to help children with life long conditions; physical and psychological needs. It instills confidence, self-worth, independence and responsibility. It does this by encouraging the child to be responsible for the welfare and care of a horse, and ultimately relating the importance of this to themselves.
We provide emotional and financial support to recently diagnosed patients attending the Chartwell Unit at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Kent. We have assisted with the purchasing of furniture and equipment to help make the patients stay more comfortable.
Breath of Hope raises funds to Give a Smile to poorly Children. Monies raised through our Give a Smile campaign help us to facilitate entertainment programs in Hospitals, Hospices and for Families of Terminally Ill and poorly Children this ranges from fundays, days out, wish grants.
The Colin McRae Vision Charity aims to donate to specific Children's Health and Education Projects and ultimately improve children's lives. We choose specific projects so that you can say - "I helped to do that!"
The Oakley Waterman Caravan Foundation provides respite breaks at two Haven parks in England for children suffering from life threatening illnesses. Our caravans are well equipped and away from the normal routine children can enjoy a short break with holiday type entertainment for the whole family.
We are a small charity that provides the sickest children of Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham and their families a FREE short break away at a local Haven Caravan Park. We need £38,000 to make this dream come true and £10,000 each year after to continue to offer these breaks away.
It is a not-for-profit, Ofsted registered playgroup that is based in Wolvercote, Oxford and is committed to delivering the best possible care and education to under-5s at an affordable price.
Believe in Magic spread Magic to seriously and terminally ill children in the UK. Through very special and once in a lifetime experiences, magical parties and anything we can to put that all important smile on their faces! We bring magic and hope to incredibly brave and truly inspirational children.
Gift is a national organisation for children whose lives have been affected by major organ transplantation. We offer support to children and their families by providing; free publications/newsletters, telephone and online contact with other members, sponsorship and activities, raising awareness of the need and benefits of transplantation.
Health for All was initially developed by the doctors, staff and patients at the Bridge and Littlebourne Health Centres, Canterbury. Aiming to "preserve health and relieve sickness and suffering in the less developed countries of the world" it supports partnership projects in India and Africa.
SWINDON STROKE SUPPORT GROUP = FUN, FRIENDSHIP & A HELPING HAND a.. The Group aims to improve the quality of life of stroke survivors and their carers. b.. To prove that there is a life after a stroke. c.. Keen to make the best of what life has to offer.
The National Gamete Donation Trust was set up in 1999 to raise awareness of the need for sperm, egg and embryo donors, and to alleviate those shortages. It works with the media and health professionals on donor recruitment campaigns and is reguarly consulted on UK infertility policy issues.
We give respite holidays (within the UK) to families who have a child suffering with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Every family we help has been referred to us by their CF child's hospital. The children and their families come from all over the UK and we help almost 200 families each year. When a family is referred to us they are never turned down for a holiday. However, they occasionally have to wait until we have sufficient funds available to be able to help them. Once we are able to offer them a respite holiday we ask the family where they want to go and when (within our budgetary constraints) and then book the holiday for them. If needed we also help with travel to and from their selected holiday venue.
Supporting Foster care in Bulgaria to provide a safe home environment for the children from the care homes
National Voices is the coalition of health and social care charities working to strengthen the voice of patients, service users and those who represent them
Ezer Mizion is the World's largest Jewish Bone Marrow Registry & the fourth largest in the world. Donors & recipients must be genetically compatible, so Jewish patients generally need Jewish donors. The Registry is vital for thousands of sick Jews, serving as an insurance policy for Jews everywhere.