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Heswall Disabled Children's Holiday Fund
(UK, 507077) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,523.52
(UK, 507077) This small charity, run by volunteers, offers a week's camp in August, free of charge, for approximately 30 disabled boys between 10 and 17. The week's programme includes theme parks, swimming, cinema, sports day and entertainment. Sponsorship is also available for disabled children for which the camp is not suitable.
Surrey Canoe Club
(UK, Our) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,523.00Our mission is to promote sport by breaking down barriers to participation and supporting community engagement Surrey Canoe Club delivers free of charge activities,courses, coaching and leadership qualifications as well as a dyslexia study hubto the disabled and the youth not in education, employment or training. We alsorun a free of charge Mentoring Scheme and community projects to tackle socialisolation. Surrey Canoe Club works in partnership with other voluntaryand charity organisations and supports outdoor education in college forstudents with learning difficulties and dyslexia. Find out more Website http://www.surreycanoeclub.org.uk Facebook http://www.facebook.com/surreycanoeclub Twitter https://twitter.com/surreycanoeclub YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/surreycanoeclub
Fulham Football Club Foundation
(UK, 1111639) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,506.35
(UK, 1111639) Using sport to deliver inspirational, accessible and inclusive initiatives, promoting educational and social opportunities, improving the quality of life for disadvantaged young people to make a positive, real and lasting difference to the local community.
Scottish Disability Sport
(UK, SC009609) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,496.50SDS is a Registered Charity and the Governing Body of all sports for children, athletes and players of all levels of ability with a physical, sensory or learning disability.
Ski 2 Freedom Foundation
(UK, 1151307) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,494.35S 2 F provides a comprehensive information resource on snow-sport and mountain activities, meeting the specific needs and requirements of anyone whose lives are affected by physical, sensory, learning disability, life-challenging illness so they can gain self-confidence, self-esteem and positivity.
Horizon Sports Club
(UK, 1093897) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,488.94Horizon is a registered charity which provides a unique after schools sports club in Buckinghamshire and which offers special needs children the opportunity to develop both physically and socially through the enjoyment of sport. Gymnastics, Swimming, Tennis, Indoor Athletics, Football.
United Through Sport
(UK, 1102107) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,470.76United Through Sport is an international sports development charity that uses the power of sport to deliver fun, education and improved health to some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities on earth. Working with grassroots organisations, we deliver choice, opportunity and hope to those living in poverty throughout Africa and Central America. Help us play, tackle and unite for a better future.
Play Gloucestershire
(UK, 1126562) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,460.00Play Gloucestershire is a registered charity that provides regular, free play sessions in urban parks and rural locations across the county. Our energetic Play Rangers deliver outdoor, active play, sports, arts and other activities to school-aged children throughout the year, whatever the weather.
Speyside Trust- Badaguish Outdoor Centre
(UK, SC016172) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,452.00Speyside Trust based at Badaguish Cairngorm Outdoor Centre is a small independent charity helping children and adults with learning difficulties and other special needs enjoy 24 hour respite care and activites in the Cairngorms National Park.
The Chamwell Centre Charity
(UK, 1162321) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,433.00The Chamwell Centre aims to provide a new, modern therapy centre (including hydrotherapy pool) for children and adults across the county with a disability.
The Surrey Cricket Foundation
(UK, 1118770) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,420.00The Surrey Cricket Foundation supports grassroots cricket, community and education activities in the county of Surrey and several London boroughs. It provides cricketing programmes, infrastructure, coaching and education programmes for children, young people and adults in the area.
Dorking Rugby Club
(UK, 1129119) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,410.00It promotes the amateur sport of rugby football. Its aims are the encouragement, support and the playing of Rugby Union Football by all ages and genders in accordance with the Laws adopted by The Rugby Football Union (‘RFU’) and the Women’s Rugby Football Union (‘RFUW’)
Bexley Swimming Club
(UK, 1156407) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,409.60Bexley Swimming Club was founded in 1968 and has produced Kent County, London Regional and National Champions. Our mission is to offer the Community in the Borough of Bexley the best opportunity to develop and achieve their maximum potential in the sport of competitive swimming. We are a very friendly club and endeavor to create a relaxed yet orderly atmosphere, which enables our members to take pleasure from their swimming and pride in their performances. Talent and the future potential in all disciplines will be recognised, praised and developed. Attendance is an essential requirement of a successful swimmer and parents are encouraged to take an active role in the club and ensure that training sessions are regularly attended.
HATFIELD PEVEREL FOOTBAL CLUB
(UK, 1140160) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,400.00No description field provided by new form.
Jigsaw (Bury)
(UK, 1115643) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,390.00Jigsaw Jigsaw is a sports and social group for young disabled people, based in Bury. Our aims are to promote fun, freedom and independence; support people to enjoy an active social life; help people reach their sporting potential and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Jigsaw works in partnership with Special Olympics Bury to provide various sports sessions including: football, basketball, aerobics, boccia, kurling, swimming, aquazumba, athletics, badminton, horse riding and wheelchair rugby league. Our sports are for people of all abilities and we have teams for boccia, football and wheelchair rugby league with the boccia and rugby teams competeing at a particularly high level. Jigsaw were the first sports club in Greater Manchester to receive the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) Clubmark. There is also a wide range of social activities on offer including ten pinbowling, meals out, art and crafts sessions, trips to the cinema, theatre and day trips further afield. Jigsaw Link Jigsaw Link provides a one-to-one befriending service for people over the age of 50 who are disabled or have an age related condition, and live in the borough of Bury. We aim to prevent social isolation, and also offer a weekly luncheon club and social outings throughour the year.
Street Soccer Academy
(UK, 1140394) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,385.00Reintegrating isolated people into communities
Special Olympics St Albans
(UK, 800329III) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,360.00Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) is an international charity which promotes individuals with an interlectual disabilities access to sports at both training and competition level. Special Olympics St Albans (SOSA) is a local registered charity, which operates as a part of SOGB. This page is dedicated to the 6 members who will be attending the world games in 2015. We wish them all the best
MASKS
(UK, 1109902) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,340.00MASKS supports Booker Park and Stocklake Park Schools. It aims to enhance and improve the lives of the children and young people. The Charity's goal is to give experiences which will build their confidence and support their educational advancement.
Jason Roberts Foundation
(UK, 1118887) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,340.00We offer a sporting chance to disadvantaged young people, using sport as an enabler to become healthy, responsible and valuable members of society and to create a positive outlook in their lives.
Camp Simcha
(UK, 1044685) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,284.00
(UK, 1044685) When a child has a serious illness, unforgettable experiences have the power to lift spirits and to give vital strength and energy for the challenges that lie ahead. It's a simple goal and it's the reason Camp Simcha exists - to improve the quality of life of Jewish children with serious illnesses, such as Leukaemia, Muscular Dystrophy and Dysautonomia, and to provide them with the unforgettable experiences that they and their families deserve.
Centurions - SELET
(UK, 1117592) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,270.00We raise money to help clubs, schools and unvirsities play lacrosse.
Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association
(UK, 267687) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,265.75The Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association is a registered charity run by a small group of trustees and a committee of volunteers. Opened in 1979 the building is a unique purpose built hydrotherapy pool specially designed to meet the therapeutic needs of any persons of any age with impairments due to illness, injury, disease and or disability. Our pool measures 13.5 metres by 6 metres, maximum depth 1.5 metres. The pool is maintained at 92 degrees Fahrenheit, with the air temperature balanced to match. Group and high dependency private changing rooms are all connected by an overhead hoist system, taking severely disabled users directly into the pool, enhancing the overall hydrotherapy experience. The pool is used by locally based Special Schools, disabled adult groups, local resource centres and individuals, either registered disabled and or referred to the pool. User’s age range varies from 1 to 90+ and since inception in excess of one million user sessions have been recorded, travelling to the pool from Swindon, throughout Wiltshire and surrounding counties to use the facilities. The Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool has helped users suffering from virtually any disability you can think of including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, arthritis, blindness, brain damage and asthma. Other users have included amputees, jockeys recovering from injury, people with severe back pain and many recovering from operations. We need your help. As a privately run registered charity we rely on fundraising and sponsorship to meet our increasing operating costs against pool income received. In addition, August 2011 we now have to raise £200,000 for roof and ventilation repairs. Come and witness the Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool experience to see the fantastic work undertaken, the joy on the faces of the disabled children who use the pool and the beneficial hydrotherapy water treatment provided to all users.
Special Olympics Worthing
(UK, 800329UUU) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,265.00We are a local charity working with disabled people and giving them an opportunity to keep fit and have fun. We run an athletics club which includes wheelchair racing a Tennis club and a swimming club. We aim to train for competitions as well as just for fun and it is a great way to meet new friends or stay in touch with old ones
Falkirk Football Community Foundation
(UK, SC041791) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,255.00Falkirk Football Community Foundation use the attraction of sport to deliver employability, community development and sporting activities that make a difference to the local community. We use the power of football to reach those in the greatest need, with the highest levels of deprivation or those at risk or long term exclusion from society. Our Employability programmes help young people engage with the workplace through a variety of courses. These courses all deliver SQA awards, identifying and understanding transferable skills, developing a CV, searching and applying for jobs, attending interviews and general presentation skills. We provide courses for people from a variety of backgrounds including parents, people interested in Sport and Recreation or childcare and those needing to start their journey and identify their interests. Falkirk and the surrounding areas have high levels of deprivation. We run programmes both internally and externally, that help support individuals to make a difference for themselves. Programmes include Carefree, for school ages children with additional care responsibilities to have normal childhood experiences, Silver Bairns to help older people live independently for longer and FFIT to help hard to reach men manage their weight and therefore reduce their health risk. The Foundation run community football on behalf of the club. The focus for this activity is participation and health lifestyles. We deliver physical literacy and movement skills to children from two year old. This activity progresses into regular coaching of football before the children move to our community teams. Within the activity there is a focus on learning, teamwork and staying active for life.
Beccles Lido
(UK, 1132102) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,250.50Beccles Lido is a fun place to swim next to the River Waveney in Beccles, Suffolk and it's owned and run entirely by the local community under a charitable trust. It's a traditional outdoor swimming pool which has separate heated toddler and paddling pools as well as the main 30 x 15 mete pool which is heated to 27 degrees C. It's an ideal place for young and old to spend an active day in the open just as it was intended in 1959 when it was constructed.