2008 is the 3rd Gourock Boy's Brigade Company's centenary year. The Boys' Brigade (BB) is a Christian Youth Organisation, with over half a million members world-wide. The BB offers a wide range of activities including Games, Crafts, Sports, Christian Teaching, Music and Holidays.
To increase the numbers of members in the Organisation so as to encourage the youth in the area to take part in meaningful sport and educational activities in a supervised and controlled environment.
Access Sport is a registered charity set up to encourage youth participation in sport through the nation's network of clubs, in partnership with companies and charitable partners investing in local communities.
Adventure Unlimited is a registered charity based in Brighton & Hove. Its aim is to enrich the lives of disadvantaged young people through Outdoor Education events run by formerly unemployed adults. For more information about its work, please go to the website at www.aultd.org
The main goal of the Foundation is to help provide educational, sporting and social opportunities for disadvantaged young people. Website: www.alexrmfoundation.org.uk
To relieve the hardship, distress and suffering of children in need in Sri Lanka who are disadvantaged as a result of the civil war. Very often the international aid does not reach the children in these areas. It also provides both urgent humanitarian relief and long-term rehabilitation for families with young children.
It provides quality sports coaching and sports events with the aim of nurturing and developing players of all abilities : improving their game , boosting their confidence, heightening their self-esteem and enhancing their character. We aim to develop players not just as sports people , but also as well-rounded, caring , self-motivated and confident human beings.
The Trust is set up in memory of Ben Williams who died aged 14. It aims to promote awareness and research into heart muscle disorders in children and to support those affected and their families. It also supports youth cricket projects with a particular emphasis on wicketkeeping.
The Lads & Girls Club is a Positive Place for Children and Young People. 3,000 Children and Young People use the Club every week. Some come just to enjoy the new facilities, for others the Club becomes a second home where they know they will always get a warm welcome and find a caring and supportive member of staff ready to help with any problems they may have.
Boost Charitable Trust was established with the aim of assisting the disabled, special needs, the disadvantaged and other sportsmen, women and children where their talents have been overlooked. To date Boost has provided support to inter-continental cultural exchanges, visits and partnerships; support to projects of other charites and runs its own programme of activities.
We are a youth & community centre based in Edgware, Middx. We run a youth club for children school years 4 -9 & also host day camps in the school holidays. We also run a Seniority club for people 55yrs upwards as well as running several football teams
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.
The BDFA gives disabled people wings, piloting an aircraft, seeing the world from the sky is an excellent source of rehabilitation and life achievement. The charity operates adapted aircraft around the UK providing aviation experiences, flight training and social events. Every £ raised flies a disabled person or terminally-ill child.
The British Olympic Foundation aims to create learning opportunities for young people through sport and education to encourage personal development, fair play and personal excellence. With a variety of initiatives including; sports camps, workshops, conferences, international exchanges to education packs the BOF aims to touch young people's lives with the Olympic dream from primary through to university level students.
Christians in Sport exists to reach the world of sport for Christ. To see Christians in every sports club representing Christ - praying for their team mates, playing in a way honouring to God and saying what the good news of Jesus Christ is.
The Sea Cadets are an International voluntary uniformed youth organisation helping children aged 10-18 years old towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.
We use cricket to do good amongst communities of young people who, for whatever reason, are disadvantaged. We believe that cricket can make a positive impact on the lives of individuals and communities; helping them to gain confidence, feel included and a bringing together people from different backgrounds.
In partnership with Coventry Crusaders Basketball Club, the Foundation aims to promote the development of basketball in the community and improve young peoples lives through sport. Coaching is done in schools, in the community, within the wheelchair basketball club, and national league youth teams. The Foundation is guided by Christian beliefs, but aims to provide sport participation for all.
The object of Eddies is to promote and develop sport for school age children, particularly in disadvantaged areas of the world. The charity works with local people towards local sporting needs; Eddies enables the provision of equipment such as volunteers, kit and pitches to otherwise deprived areas.
The Ellen MacArthur Trust takes young people aged between 8-18 sailing to help them regain their confidence, on their way to recovery from cancer, leukaemia and other serious illness. Sailing is perfect for these children; it gives them a chance to test themselves in a safe and supportive environment. Simply the experience of going out on the water for the first time is an adventure. Each child has the challenge of helping sail the yachts throughout the voyage and takes part in all aspects of the trip from sailing the yacht to the washing up! The children come from all over the country, including Northern Ireland, London, Essex, Sheffield, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottingham & Ellen’s birthplace, Derbyshire.
Emma’s Trust offers financial support to young people in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire who may be restricted in undertaking sports and performing arts due to financial restraints. The Trust also contributes to asthma research in the UK.
It provides sporting facilities and opportunities for disabled children. The money raised is used to provide sports equipment, coaching and tuition, the hire of sports halls and the funding of outings and adventure type holidays.
First Steps raises money to help local charities and organisations that support mothers, mothers-to-be, babies and toddlers in the West Midlands. Since its launch in 1995, it has raised well over £1 million, and has been able to provide many vitally-needed items ranging from playthings for local pre-school groups to foetal monitoring equipment for hospitals in its area.
To advance the education of pupils at Semley School engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school.
To support rugby in East London, particularly youth rugby within the Isle of Dogs area
Go2H is a project run by Christians in Sport committed to working with partner projects in making a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people living in poverty around the world through physical, emotional and spiritual support.
Help A Local Child, the very own charity of Ocean FM, awards grants to groups working with children in the local area. HALC raises money by holding events throughout the year in association with the radio station, including Film Premiere's, Fundraising Dinners, sponsored abseils, and sponsored running events.
The Radio Broadland Charitable Trust, radio broadland kids gives children and young people in Norfolk and north Suffolk a better life. Money is donated throughout the year subject to grant applications. radio broadland kids will donate funds within Norfolk and north Suffolk to assist children that may be victims of abuse, neglect or simply in need of a chance at trying something new to build their confidence. radio broadland kids is a registered Gcap charity no. 1091657
Get Kids Going! helps disabled children take part in sport by providing specialist sports wheelchairs, sports grants and year round support. They can then compete in marathons, triathlons, tennis, athletics, skiing, rugby, basketball etc. With your help, many could become Paralympic champions and world record holders.
The Golden Lion Children's Trust was formed in 1973 to bring some hope help & happiness into the lives of underpriviledged children and children with special needs. It provides services, goods but more usually activities for these special children.
Greenhouse Schools Project is a charity that uses sports and arts programmes to teach 11-16 year olds life and social skills. We especially target children who are experiencing difficulties with learning and behaviour or who are living with a disability.
Horsham YMCA is a local charity committed to the development of young people and their communities in Body, Mind and Spirit. We believe that every person has unique assets and potential that, within a positive context can shine and benefit local communities.
Hove YMCA is a registered charity offering a range of services for children, young people and families in Sussex. Hove YMCA's main areas of expertise include: housing, youth and family support, sport, counselling and advice.
The International Golf Charity exisits to raise money for young and disadvantaged children around the world through organising sponsored golf events.
Without financial support from other people, 1996 Olympic 470 Silver Medallist, John Merricks would never have been able to fulfil his ambitions and demonstrate his remarkable talent for sailing. Set up by those closest to John following his untimely death, The John Merricks Sailing Trust seeks to help other young sailors (under 25) achieve their goals.
The relief of financail hardship of children in the age of 5 to 15 yrs by making grants of money for providing or assisting in the provison or paying for items, services or facilities in the pursuit of sporting activites in the UK.
KEEN is an organisation of Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities providing weekly sporting and recreational activities, for children and young people with special needs in Oxfordshire.
Kendal Sea Cadet unit aims to provide a wide range of activities, both on and off water, to young people aged 10 to 18 years. The Unit is affiliated to the Marine Society and Sea Cadet national charity, but it is an independent Charity in its own right and relies heavily on its own fund raising capability to pay for Unit costs and cadet activities.
Kick London provides free football coaching to young people in London and focuses on positive reinforcement to build children's confidence and self esteem.
King's Foundation is a Christian charity that uses sport to develop children and young people physically, emotionally and spiritually. It provides sports and activity programmes across the UK and Southern Africa.
The Foundation was formed with the aim of providing sports, health and educational opportunities to the young people of Leeds & Yorkshire, and to use the 'power of sport' to inspire, motivate and educate individuals within it.
It directly supports 10 youth clubs and 15 affiliatied clubs in the city and county of leciester. Many young people live in deprived areas and some are isolated in rural areas. It also supports young carers. It povides programmes of sporting activities and a programme to promote volunteering.
The Lions Club of Windsor has raised around £2m through large and small events and corporate sponsorship. Not bad for a local charity club, however none of this would have been possible without its supporters and members - ordinary people doing extraordinary things! The club is part of the Lions Clubs International, the largest community service organisation in the world. It raises funds and provides services for those less fortunate locally, nationally and internationally.
LondonYouth is a vibrant network of more than 400 youth clubs serving 75,000 young people a year. We work in communities right across the capital - and at our two outstanding education centres in rural Buckinghamshire and Sussex. We’re here to help young people be the best they can be. Our vision is of a great world city in which every young person, whatever their background, is valued and challenged to become the best they can be. Our mission is to improve services and opportunities for young people. We want everyone growing up in and around London to enjoy access to high quality youth work – information, guidance and life enriching activities, as well as someone to talk to – all within a safe, stimulating and supportive environment. We work with young people in all their brilliant diversity, placing a particular emphasis on those who might be in any way disadvantaged or at risk of being excluded.
The Lord's Taverners aims to give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance. It strives to achieve this by providing incentives to play cricket in schools and clubs; enabling young people with special needs to participate in sporting activities; supplying minibuses to special needs' organisations and creating recreational facilities in conjunction with the National Playing Fields' Association.
The Michael Matthews Foundation (MMF) works closely with Starlight Children’s Foundation to brighten the lives of seriously and terminally ill children - by granting their last wishes. MMF also raises money for the purpose of helping handicapped or underprivileged sports men and women to achieve excellence on their merit.
It supports rowing at Monkton Combe School and other educational establishments.
CYP is the UK’s largest and most enduring network of clubs and projects offering ‘a place to belong’ where over 400,000 young people can take part in inspiring activities and develop their full potential who are supported by 30,000 volunteers
It aims to provide the children at OLSM with resources to further their educational needs. This year we are supplying Maths, Science and reading materials to help with the New Curriculum here in Wales from September. Our greatest achievement is the provision of a Computer Suite to bring OLSM into the 21st Century.