(UK, 1144420) Browse eventsKSRCPA raises money to provide better boats and other equipment for the rowers to develop their skills and compete to the best of their ability and to support rowers, coaches, teachers and parents at rowing events by providing shelter, healthy food and encouragement. We also provide help and guidance to rowing parents.
(UK, 1143401) Browse eventsLeeds Foodbank is working with the Trussell Trust to open Foodbanks across Leeds providing food for people in crisis. There are currently Foodbanks open in North, South and West Leeds, and further outlets will be opening in East Leeds shortly. Life Connections is our umbrella charity.
(UK, 1120131) Browse eventsWe care for slum dwellers, street children, lepers, poor, sick and abandoned elderly widows in India. We give free food, clothing and medical treatment to the poor and needy. We run several children homes.We are a Christian, non denominational, non-profit making organization, run by volunteers.
(UK, SCO42809) Browse eventsThe Gate Charity’s aim is to serve the needs of the community by offering practical help and choice for positive change. Through their projects, The Soup Pot, Foodbank, Starter Pack, Clothing Bank and Community Café they provide a safe and welcoming environment that is open to all, particularly the vulnerable, marginalized and homeless. Everyone is treated equally and with dignity and respect. The projects of the Charity are delivered by volunteers who give their time and talents to make The Gate Centre a very special place. The Gate has been honored with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
(UK, 022878) Browse eventsThe Peninsula School Feeding Association, established in 1958, is a registered non profit organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa that raises funds to provide nutritious meals (breakfast & lunch) to underprivileged hungry children while they are at school. You can't teach a hungry child!
(UK, 1121371) Browse eventsADEPT is a charity working to protect the unique landscape of the Tarnava Mare area in Transylvania, Romania which is of European importance. It conserves the biodiversity of the grasslands and forests linked to sustainable agriculture and livelihoods, developing high quality local food products, rural tourism and traditional crafts. www.fundatia-adept.org
(UK, Community Christmas - N/A) Browse eventsCommunity Christmas believes that no elderly person in the UK should be on their own on Christmas Day unless they want to be.Last year 230,000 older people were alone.Community Christmas encourages communities to provide a meal,entertainment and companionship to the elderly on Christmas Day.
(UK, SC045311) Browse eventsMeal on Me is a community based charity (SCIO) started in July 2013. It is inspired by the Suspended Coffee scheme originated in Italy. Our aim is to ensure that vulnerable people needing a hot tasty meal can get it. Rather than having a café(s) run the scheme with individuals coming and asking for a meal, our vouchers are given to our partnering organisations who distribute them to individuals. The following diagram shows our main modus operandi. We also take in referrals and work with our own clients.
(UK, 1123031) Browse eventsForest Farm Peace Garden is a permaculture garden in east London working with a broad cross-section of the community to promote cohesion and intercultural awareness, health, well-being, and environmental sustainability through organic food growing, conservation, and educational programmes.
(UK, 1039903) Browse eventsWe are a community church based in Yeovil running projects working with young people through 'Urban Warriors', supporting families through 'Yeovil4Family', we also run mentoring, a food bank, coffee shop, youth groups, befriending, job club, parents and toddlers, pre-school and much more.
(UK, 1062938) Browse eventsWe offer riding lessons for disabled and special needs children and adults in the Gloucestershre area and are based at Cheltenham racecourse. We have 200 hundred riders supported by around 150 volunteers every week throughout term time, which equates to 6,930 lessons per year. All the riders are physically disabled or have learning difficulties/special needs and all receive positive help and a real boost to their confidence during their time with the group. We receive no external financial support and rely totally on our own fund raising activities and the fundraising of our volunteers. Our operating cost last year was £120,000 which included £2,000 per pony per annum (we currently have 12 ponies) for vet’s fees, food and shoes.
(UK, 1058778) Browse eventsWe are a registered church charity that meets regularly for fellowship, teaching and practical expressions of our faith. This includes reaching out to those in our communities who are experiencing hardship. Our Food Bank distributes perishable and non perishable food every week to those in need.
(UK, 518744) Browse eventsHarvest is a five day Christian festival held in the North East of England, that exists to help young people engage with God, each other and to go home better equipped to live out their faith.
(UK, SC004913) Browse eventsVETAID is a Scottish-based organisation who works to reduce poverty and increase food security for people in sub-Saharan Africa who are dependent on livestock. We currently work in Tanzania, Kenya and Somalia. The communities we work with are dependent - often completely- on animals for their food and income. By providing local people with basic animal health skills and equipment, their animals are healthier, providing a more reliable source of meat, eggs and dairy products. Not only does this mean that the community is healthier as they have a secure source of food, but they are also able to earn an income from the sale of any excess produce. Each year, VETAID improves the lives of over a million people.
(UK, 1098660) Browse eventsAfrica's Future is a charity run by volunteers which supports work in Ghana to provide impoverished children with food and education. Because of the charity's small size, the running costs are tiny, which means that all money goes directly to fund the projects in Africa
(UK, 1094536) Browse eventsThe Jamie Oliver Food Foundation works to bring food skills to life. We believe that every child should learn about food, where it comes from and how it affects their bodies and everyone should be able to access lost or forgotten food skills.
(UK, 1072853) Browse eventsHelping widows and children of poor and needy familes in the North East of Romania with monthly food aid parcels,clothing,medicines and education.
(UK, 1093568) Browse eventsGardenAfrica establishes training gardens in schools and hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. These gardens are used to teach people affected by poverty and disease to grow nutritious food and medicinal plants, using sustainable farming methods, to improve health and generate income. More than 90% of your donation will go directly to projects in the field
(UK, 1098258) Browse eventsfamilies for Children, Zambia work with communities in Zambia, to protect, care for and educate vulnerable children who are affected by HIV/AIDS. Most of the children are orphans and live in abject poverty. They and their families are offered help with food and other basic necessities and supported through school, towards independence.
(UK, 1037695) Browse eventsThis grass roots charity helps the most impoverished people of Cambodia who suffered the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge. The charity helps over 15,000 people made up of more than 3,000 families in 8 villages. Please see www.nkfc.org for more information. The Nginn Karet Foundation for Cambodia exists in order to help village people in Cambodia to secure their basic needs, through a partnership program. Focusing initially on one village, the Foundation supports village people to secure their basic needs, including primary education. Primary health care systems are supported so as to enable mothers to produce appropriate food for their families, based on locally grown cereals, vegetables, fruit and fish. The provision of potable water and the control of local water supplies to village fields for crop and livestock production is a priority. Ownership of the program lies with the village people. The Foundation respects and tries to promote the traditional culture on which village life is based, within the context of sustainable development for basic needs.
(UK, 208741) Browse eventsWe have a team of runners and power walkers in the 10K London Run on 8 July. Please give generousy to support their efforts. The Guild helps people with leprosy around the world. They would like to run and earn their living like everyone else, but often lack the strength. Most live in poor communities and need food, medical attention, eye surgery, ulcer care and weatherproof housing. We are grateful for anything you can do to support them. Thank you.
(UK, 1111470) Browse eventsCitygate Food+ addresses food poverty in Bromley by redistributing surplus food donated by local suppliers to those in acute financial difficulty. Our independent food bank is run exclusively by volunteers who also offer help with decorating, gardening & a range of home furnishings.