Penrose was founded in 1968 to work with and support vulnerable individuals, those with mental health illness, forensic mental health, offending histories and substance misuse issues. We continue to work with some of the most vulnerable, complex and high-risk needs members of society, assisting our service users in achieving: recovery, stability, community integration and leaving behind offending histories. Every year we work with over 500 people from our residential bases and a further 2000 from our drop-in services. Penrose puts into place personalised programmes that will support the service user and inculcate offending-free behaviours. Penrose consistently record recidivism rates of less than 9% throughout our offender resettlement, Drug Intervention Programme and Integrated Offender Management services. Our return to inpatient care remains consistent at less than 1% of service users within our mental health services. Penrose are ambitious for our service users. Our aim is to support people into productive and independent lives to make each community a safer place to live, work and raise families. Our focus is on securing the most effective and successful outcome for an individual’s future. Raising money through fundraising and donations is essential to us being able to improve our services, offer better services and help more people. Your support is very much appreciated. If you would like more information about our services, please do not hesitate to contact us on 0203 6689270
For over fifty years SARAH has dedicated itself, its people, and its resources to assisting children and adults with physical and mental disabilities in their determination to achieve success as individuals, employees, and c
The Rotary Doctor Bank of Great Britain and Ireland provides healthcare for people in developing countreis. We provide funding for travelling and living expenses for healthcare professionals who volunteer to work in hospitals, mainly in East Africa. We also provide modern eqipment for hospitals and fund the training of nurses.
Betel is a ministry that provides long term rehabilitation for substance abusers totally free of charge. All donations help the vital work that Betel is doing among the neediest members of our society, and will help us to provide more care to those struggling to break free from addiction.
The Invictus Games Sydney 2018 will be the Games in which the community embraces our wounded, injured and ill veterans and serving defence personnel and the family and friends who support them. The spirit of mateship will shine as we strive to create a sense of belonging for all, both during the Games and everyday going forward.
In October 2008, a group of young people with special needs will travel to Gambia to meet Gambian students and work with them on sports and arts programmes in school and to develop enhanced ties between schools and cultures.
Our club has been raising funds for charity since 1927. Our members are from North London, and our work is about helping communities flourish. Rotary International has 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
Yarls Wood is an Immigration Removal Centre in North Bedfordshire, which detains women and families. The Befrienders, as an independent charity based in Bedford, provides much-needed support to anyone held in Yarls Wood who requests it. Through the simple act of visiting and listening, we try to restore self-esteem and reaffirm a basic sense of human dignity. Being held at Yarl’s Wood can be a traumatic experience, especially as detainees do not know how long they are likely to stay there, or whether they will be eventually released or returned to their country of origin. As well as offering emotional support, we also try to give practical help where we can. Many of those leaving Yarl’s Wood will be returning to places where they face immediate danger, or countries they left long ago. They often return to great uncertainty, sometimes with little more than the clothes on their backs. We have a small destitution fund to support people leaving Yarl’s Wood and the money raised through your donations will be used to help replenish this vital source of help. If you know of anyone in Yarls Wood who is in need of befriending support, please do contact us. Thank you very much for your generosity.