3H Fund organises group holidays for physically disabled children and adults with the support of volunteer carers and nurses, allowing the family carers a much-needed week of respite. 3H Fund also provides grants for families with a disabled dependant to organise their own holidays.
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.
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.
Disabled people in Africa and Asia are amongst the very poorest of the poor. ADD helps them to take control of their own lives by providing training and funds for their self-help groups. ADD supports them as they campaign for basic human rights and rightful inclusion in society.
Agape Family Care Trust is a Christian based charity founded to provide help. care and support for young people (and their families) with profound physical and learning disabilities.
Age Concern Westminster exists to promote the wellbeing of older people in the City of Westminster and help to make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
ACT is a registered charity operating as a national self help group. Founded in 1983 ACT supports children who can only breathe with a Tracheostomy (a tube in the neck) ACT provides advocacy, help, support and practical advice as well as items of medical equipment to its members
The Aidis Trust was founded in 1975 to help disabled people communicate more easily and effectively through technology. Today, Aidis continues to enable the development and social inclusion of disabled people. Aidis works to improve the lives of disabled people through communication aids, computers, and the special assistive technology that disabled people need to use them
Alexandra Rose Day supports small and local charities that help disabled people, children, the young and the elderly. Through Rose Day collections and other initiatives, it helps them raise funds towards everyday expenses.
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.
ASSERT provides support to the individuals and families who are affected by Angelman Syndrome. This is done by sending out information packs, producing a regular newsletter and providing a helpline to support families and professionals.
ASBAH employs area Advisers in many parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They provide a solid foundation on which to provide a range of flexible and innovative services, tailored to the needs of individual service users.
Aspire's projects and services have a very simple goal - to provide the practical support needed for people with spinal cord injury, from injury to independence.
At Home in the Community is a Christian charity which supports and enables adults with learning disabilities to live their lives to the full. It does this by providing domiciliary care, independent support living and residential care and also by promoting understanding in the community of the needs and aspirations of people with learning disabilities.
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 Cymru is a purely Welsh charity. All Trustees live in Wales and it is staffed by Welsh based practitioners. In recognition of its work Autism Cymru was S4C's Charity of the Year during 2006. Its key strategic work includes raising Public awareness of autism throughout Wales; lobbying Welsh and UK governments to introduce specific policies and strategies for autism; providing comprehensive bi-lingual information on autism to families through awares.org, delivering training throughout Wales; setting-up a Welsh centre for autism research; projecting Welsh autism issues in the EC and playing a key role in setting-up the EC's forthcoming European Autism Alliance.
It is focused on the creation of new communities to provide a future for the increasing number of children with autism. These new environments will provide adults with autism a home for life: where they can work, live and improve their skills and talents in a creative and supportive environment.
The Autistic Society Greater Manchester Area (ASGMA) provides a range of support services to people affected by Autism - including parents and carers support groups, telephone support, Parent Resource Information Packs, awareness events and Training. The Aspirations Project provides individual support and social engagement to people with Asperger Syndrome / Higher Functioning Autism.
BDDA promotes the welfare of disabled people in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and the surrounding districts. BDDA offers advice, educational facilities, complementary therapies, social events, youth activites and provides a meeting place for people with all kinds of disabilities.
BASIC provides support, information of resources and develops services needed for persons with Autism and those who care for them. It raises awareness and understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder through art, education and re-education.
Basic Needs is an organisation concerned with the extreme levels of poverty being suffered in third world countries. Our main objectives are to provide basic food rations and permanent clean water through the construction of wells. We also provide support to local schools and to handicapped children. We give aid to needy people so please try and help us to help them.
The society offers a wide range of support and services to people with Cerebral Palsy and associated disabilities their families and carers in North and Mid Bedfordshire. Services include school holiday play schemes, weekend activity clubs, grants for specialist equipment and holidays, information helpline, advocacy, carers groups, and voluntary opportunities.
The MS Therapy Centre provides therapy, information and support to people living with MS. Many professional therapists, including an MS Specialist Nurse, physiotherapists, dietician, speech therapist and counsellor are employed together with complementary therapists. We request donations only for therapy and receive no statutory funding, so fundraising is essential.
To improve the quality of life for people in Berkshire through a growing grant making capacity supporting voluntary and community groups in the county to help local people in need. Since 1985 it has helped over 2,700 groups and thereby countless children, individuals and families.
Multiple Sclerosis is an incurable and unpredictable disease affecting the central nervous system. They provide therapies for people with MS in Berkshire and the surrounding counties, giving them the power to manage their disease rather than letting it control their lives, and keeping them as mobile and independent as possible.
The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) is running The Big Salute Forces Fundraiser on BFBS TV and Radio to raise funds for 5 Service Charities. BLESMA, Combat Stress, Veterans Aid, St Dunstan's and Headley Court. All money raised will go to the 5 Big Salute charities, NOT to SSVC!
To help local people, provide local solutions through a range of effective grant making programmes in the areas of poverty and deprivation. To stimulate new initiatives and partnerships within the community and to link these with the major regeneration initiatives in the city.
Blackfriars is a special school working with 200 young people with a wide range of disabilities from the age of 2 to 19. It aims to give these young people the best start in life and to live a fulfilled life in their local communities.
Provision of sport and leisure for adults and children in The Bradford District
Brambles is the MS Society's Surrey Centre, which provides respite care for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Brambles supports people with MS by: * Providing specialist nursing and social care * Reducing isolation and improving social contact * Providing time and support for carers to have a much needed break * Increasing information and practical support
Break provides a range of services for children, adults and families in need. These services include: Homes for Children and Young Adults, Supported Holidays and Respite Care, Assessments for Families in Crisis, Mental Health Services for Women, Day Support Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Mentoring Schemes for Young People.
Community Multi-Sport Charity working with young people & adults aged 5+. Work areas include Social Inclusion Schemes such as Disability Sport, Housing Estate Sport, Women & Girls Football, Ethnic Minority Participation in Sport. Sports include Football, Kayaking, Cricket, Tennis & Rugby.
BSA provides support to all whose lives are affected by stammering. We work to prevent stammering through early intervention, provide the optimum support for pupils who stammer and offer, through our helpline and website, information and a listening ear to adults and parents of stammering children.
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.
Bromsgrove Lions Club is a registered charity that provides community service and charitable support to its local area and helps to fund the worldwide humanitarian efforts of Lions Clubs International. Normally over 80% of our charitable spend is local.
Parent led building for the future is aiming for a purpose built building for all the disabled children in the Wokingham borough where the children and their families can go , where they can feel accepted understood and valued.
CPC helps pre school children who have Cerebral Palsy achieve their full physical, mental and social potential using "Conductive Education". This service is FREE. CPC offers "Care in the community" enabling Elderly and disabled of all ages to retain their independence. The "Day Centre" for the elderly and disabled gives a welcome break from the confines of home. The "Life Skills Group" enables young adults to explore their potential and live as independently as possible, learning new skills and making friends in a safe environment.
Calibre Audio Library brings the pleasure of reading to people who have sight problems or physical disabilities through a free, nationwide postal service of recorded books. We offer a choice of over 7,000 titles, fiction and non-fiction, recorded unabridged by professional actors and broadcasters. The Calibre website, www.calibre.org.uk, provides details of all our services including on-line access to our complete catalogue of audio books, and how you can help.
Calvert Trust Exmoor is an outdoor activity centre for people with disabilities. Its specially adapted facilities aim to challenge disability through outdoor adventure and enable people of all ages and with all types of disability to benefit from the Calvert Experience, an opportunity that leads to real personal achievement. Activities such as horse riding, carriage driving, abseiling, climbing, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, archery and orienteering are all offered at our 40 acre site, along with caring qualified staff to ensure visitors have a safe and enjoyable experience.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation gives grants to small, grass root charities and community groups in Cambridgeshire who are working to improve the quality of life for local, often disadvantaged, people. Donations from individuals and local companies make this possible. “CCF - connecting local people who care with good causes that matter”
The Cancer Counseling Trust offers specialist counseling and emotional support, both face to face and over the phone, to anyone - patient, partner, family member, colleague or friend - having difficulty in coping with a cancer diagnosis, treatment or effect at any stage of the disease, including bereavement.
Canine Partners aims to transform the lives of people with disabilities by providing them with highly trained assistance dogs which enable them to live more independently.
Capability Scotland is the country’s leading disability organisation working for a just Scotland. We work with children, adults and families living with disability to support them in their everyday lives. Capability Scotland works with disabled people, their families and carers for a fair and just Scotland by influencing policy legislation, practice and attitudes.
A 60 mile scenic charity bike ride from London to Hove or a 30 mile half ride from Haywards Heath to Hove. Capital to Coast benefits 4 charities undertaking crucial work with children and adults - Norwood, SPARKS, Down's Syndrome Association and Southern FM's Help a Local Child.
Carers Network Westminster is a voluntary organisation working with carers within Westminster. our work includes outreach to identify carers, information and advice to help carers access services and general support services to help carers cope.
Caring Matters Now has 3 main aims: 1. To support sufferers of Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN) and their families. 2. To raise awareness about the CMN skin condition. 3. To raise funds for the CMN medical research.
CEDA provides a wide range of fun, learning and social opportunities for disabled adults, young people and children in the Devon area.