Home-Start Vale Royal recruit and train volunteers to help families with young children who were experiencing difficulties.
1st Woodville (St Stephens) Scout Group is located in Woodville in the Heart of the National Forest in South Derbyshire. The group has been running for over 70 years. The group plays an active part in our district and community. Adventure and fun is at the heart of everything we do. It is the single most important thing that sets Scouts apart. Through the everyday adventure of Scouting, young people and adult volunteers of the 1st Woodville (St Stephens) Scout Group regularly experience new challenges that enrich their lives. Scouting helps our young improve their key skills, including social skills, teamwork ability, leadership ability and confidence. Our varied and exciting programme offers hundreds of activities, from camping and hiking to surfing and paragliding. Young people can also achieve their badges in such diverse subjects as PR, electronics and entertainment. Scouting is a unique adventure that’s full of surprises. Join in and see for yourself. Our volunteers also enjoy the benefits of Scouting by learning new skills, making new friends and enjoying a social life with a purpose. There are hundreds of different volunteer roles on offer, from management positions, running activities to behind the scenes roles like driving the minibus or painting and decorating.
In the words of their founder, Bishop Bevan, the Friends were inaugurated in 1930 in order: 'to bring together in a common fellowship of loyalty and devotion all those who care for the ancient Cathedral Church of Brecon and who desire to take some part in maintaining its Fabric and Services.'
The Free Spirit Trust provides special group adventures to help teenagers with cancer recover from the physical and emotional effects of illness and treatment. The project includes a trip to the Caribbean where teenagers experience different cultures and lifestyles, discover inner strength, creativity and independence, find friendship and support and have fun.
Forward Arts Foundation supports poetry by honouring excellence, encouraging talent and widening audiences. Through our education programmes, including National Poetry Day, and the Forward Prizes for Poetry, we enable all to enjoy, discover and share good writing.
Gomde Scotland is a Retreat Center near the Findhorn Foundation at a 57 acre woodland Nairn. Its aim is the promote well being of the mind, eliminate poverty and to preserve the environment. Gomde Scotland welcomes everybody to use their quite retreat cabins to calm our busy minds!
Russia has a whole generation of young playwrights with talent, ideas and ambition - it's fast becoming one of the most exciting countries in the world for contemporary playwriting. Sputnik is the only British theatre company dedicated to bringing new Russian playwrights to British audiences...
The RLSOI supports the orphaned children of our Merchant Navy and Fishing fleet personnel, by providing household assistance and support with educational and maintenance needs. Grants are payable to the surviving parent/legal guardian normally for the duration of the child's formal educational years. We aim to ensure positive impacts and for each child to realize their true potential.
WildCRU is Europe’s leading university based conservation research unit. It seeks practical solutions to wildlife conservation and environmental management problems. Its key objective is to underpin actions based on excellent science. WildCRU strives towards a Conservation Quartet connecting research, education, community involvement and implementation in all its field projects, which extend worldwide. While part of the University of Oxford, it funds itself and constantly seeks new benefactors. It is currently in the midst of a major appeal detailed further on www.wildcru.org.
Levenshulme Inspire is a dynamic partnership committed to transforming our area through community activity, creativity, enterprise and fun. The church will receive your donations but all funds raised will be invested in the Inspire Centre and its activities.
B@titude is committed to loving and serving the community of Leatherhead by providing a framework for community and social initiatives. Shaped around a fluid collective of people, B@titude aims to support dreams and ideas that will invest back into the community and quality of life.
The Magdalen Project is an educational and environmental charity that seeks to provide an inspirational exploration of sustainability. Here a diverse range of managed and natural habitats provide the basis for a wide range of courses, workshops and eco-adventures, encouraging both children and adults to learn new skills and enjoy new experiences.
Blackheath Halls is an entertainment venue and concert hall in the heart of South East London. Support us to develop Blackheath Halls for the next generation.Blackheath Halls will undergo an exciting redevelopment scheme in 2018 as the venue closes for improvement works in May which will benefit both future audiences and performers.We have been given an incredible gift in the form of most generous lead donations of £1.5m from The Hearn Foundation and £0.5m from Arts Council England, which will enable us to transform the Halls into a space worthy of the creative talents it hosts. Better facilities | Better experience.Amongst the improvements will be retractable raked seating increasing both sight lines and audience comfort, a levelled stage meaning more variety of performance types will be possible as well as overall modernisation to the Café Bar area and décor of the Great Hall.To fully realise our ambitions for the venue, we need to raise a further £1m and launched our 'Transform Blackheath Halls' public fundraising campaign back in January 2018.There are several exciting opportunities for you to become a Supporter or Patron at a level of your choice or you can name a seat from £650. Charity No: 287589 Find out more Website Please click here to visit our website Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlackheathHalls Twitter https://twitter.com/blackheathhalls YouTube Please click here to visit our YouTube page
Skilltrain helps severely disengaged and frightened young people to learn confidently in groups again. Most are aged 13 - 16 and have experienced such terrible violence at the hands of their peers (often gangs) that they have been away from school for a year or more. Skilltrain urgently needs your support.
We raise money to help The Royal Marsden provide world-class care for cancer patients, and to support the hospital’s pioneering work in cancer research and education. By doing this, we aim to help make life better for people with cancer everywhere, and strive for a future without it.
2nd Guildford Scout Group aims to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.
We have been established for 13 years and our aims are to help and support any disabled people living in area. We want to improve lives and empower people more.
We are a vibrant church in Hammersmith and Stretch 21 is our project to build a community centre extension. Our congregation and outreach initiatives are bursting at the seams and we want to create a long-term platform for these to grow and develop to serve the people of West London.
Paul Bevan Day Hospice exists to improve care for people with cancer and life limiting illnesses and to give support to their families and carers. Specialist nursing care and a wide range of complementary therapies are used to help improve the quality of life and enable people to live life to the full.
ENGAGE | EMPOWER | EQUIP-intensive work with young people-professional, caring, holistic support; so residents & trainees regain hope, self-esteem, security & emotional support to make informed choices for THEIR future-gaining skills for life, for work and for living-to achieve lasting independence.
Registered Charity 1165203. We are volunteers, trained and deployed by East Midlands Ambulance Service, providing emergency lifesaving care to our local communities. After a 999 call we are dispatched alongside an ambulance; we are local and often the first on scene to preserve life whilst an ambulance is en route.