Our 50-60 cadets, from 10-18 are involved in a structured programme of camps & courses both in England & abroad including boat work, catering, marine engineering, & aviation with local, area & national competitions, as well as raising funds for their unit and taking part in Remembrance Parades.
We are now an award winning organisation, tackling social immobility, homelessness, youth unemployment and disaffection through education, training and employment opportunities within the construction and built environment industries. Since our first training academy opened its doors in 2010 in collaboration with a social landlord, college and homeless persons charity, we now have 10 academies across London’s most deprived communities. Our training academies offer a demand led training and hand on education programme, helping to plug the skills shortage in the construction sector.
Loanhead Community Learning Centre promotes educational, social welfare, recreational opportunities for families, young people, children within Loanhead and surrounding villages. The organisation also supports/maximises the role of volunteers in the work of the centre, proactively ensures marginalised groups (disabled people, people on low income, lone parent families) have priority access to the centre and its services. The centre facilitates: Parents'n'Tots sessions including mini Parental Early Education Partnership, promoting children's learning through play, providing a venue for parent/carers to build on social skills; Weight2Go sessions promoting healthy living/weight monitoring/measurement; Provides the Loanhead venue for the SureStart initiative which supports families; hosts WednesdayClub, which caters for adults with learning difficulties, promoting social skills/learning opportunities; Two senior adult social groups which promote social inclusion by providing skills development, games, lunch to senior citizens and those with mental/physical difficulties; Supports Youth Clubs that cater for children aged between 5-16yrs; Two children's dance groups, facilitates the Community Nursery, After School Club, Breakfast Club, Saturday Club, Holiday Club providing high quality play opportunities and childcare; Community garden, the most recent addition to the services, with 2 part-time project leaders who help adults/juniors volunteer in the garden
BANG Edutainment's mission is to address youth social exclusion - we exist to provide young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with the skills and experience to unlock their potential and develop their careers. BANG delivers this through a number of training and other engagement activities, including community radio (BANG Radio).
Working to Improve Communication Between Deaf People and Deafblind People and Hearing People
We are building a new five-storey residential home for up to 75 homeless girls and staff. It will house the girls and include offices, workshops and also a much-needed women's health clinic for the area.The building is situated in Bethany, 3 miles east of Jerusalem, on the West Bank in Palestine.
The club provides football training in Cornwall for people with physical disabilities who otherwise could not play. There is local training as well as 2 teams entering in the national league events. The club also provides equipment which allows those without their own to take part.
Springfield Youth Club, based in Hackney, east London, helps disadvantaged children and young people in one of Europe's poorest boroughs. Its aim is to give its young people a sense of purpose and to encourage them through various activities and learning to become good citizens within their community.
Perth Youth Ochestra provides performance opportunities for young musicians who live in Perth and Kinross. Every three years the orchestra undertakes an overseas tour, and is currently fundraising for a tour to Aschaffenburg, Germany in July 2010.
WMC provides free or subsidised adult education for thousands of students who have missed out on their education for whatever reason. WMC - A Beacon College and Europe's oldest adult education centre.
Porters’ Progress UK raises awareness of issues relating to Porters' welfare and supports projects, such as clothing banks, in the Nepal Himalaya and other mountain ranges. The charity relies on donations and invites you to become a member by contributing £2 per month.
Children of Amal was set up to provide a therapeutic programme to relieve the psychological suffering and distress of children who are victims of conflict in the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
St Aldhelm's United Church is a vibrant Christian Fellowship that also runs a toddler group and hosts many voluntary organizations. It works closely with a charitable counseling service and is busy developing a contemporary youth program to further support the community.
Building better futures for victims and families affected by domestic violence.
Tom Prince was born and lived in Portsmouth. He was a lovely boy, friendly, caring, polite, good fun and always a pleasure to be with. In February 2003 he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, an extremely rare form of bone cancer that develops in teenagers during their growth spurt. Over the next 18 months he fought bravely, time after time pulling himself through, determined to carry on and look forward to the future. Sadly, a brain scan confirmed yet more tumours and on 18th October 2004 Tom passed away at home, on the eve of his 16th birthday. The Tom Prince Cancer Trust was set up to keep Tom's memory alive and to raise £1million to fund research into Osteosarcoma and stop others going through the same terrible experience as Tom and his family.
The Maweni School Appeal raises money for the welfare and education of 170 pupils in Mombasa, Kenya. The school is run by volunteer teachers and receives no government funding but relies on donations from visiting tourists for equipment and resources.
"Where a little goes a long way". Grassroots is involved across the globe and the UK wherever God calls. We try to use the resources that we are given to the maximum, spending as little on administration, whilst at the same time not exploiting people's generosity. We are probably best known for our work in Mbeya,Tanzania where we have many children in our sponsorship scheme. However, we also have sponsorship schemes in India, Kenya and Romania and similar work in Malawi and Peru. We have evangelistic and social care work in Tenerife (where The Living Room is a central feature) and Cyprus. We also run Prayer Spaces in Schools through Orison in the UK and are involved in makelunch, caring for children during the school holidays. The Grassroots Trust was set up and is directed by Hugo and Sharon Anson.
Barnes Rugby Club is a thriving local amateur London rugby club serving the local community with 5 mens teams, a ladies XV and 100's of boys and girls playing mini rugby too.
It supports Siloam Youth and Children's Aid Mission (SYCAM) in Chennai, India which is a social service Christian charity. Pastor Milton & his wife Annie run an orphanage and school for tsunami victims and deprived children and work amongst lepers, gypsies and the blind. See www.friendsofsycam.org
The Bruce Trust is a charity providing specially-designed canal boats for hire for disabled, disadvantaged or elderly people along with their family, friends or carers. Only three countries in the world, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria require eradication from polio now.
Back in 1980 in the Sussex village of Cuckfield, residents raised funds to purchase the threatened local 27 acre New England Wood. The New England Wood Trust was formed to ‘improve, protect and conserve New England Wood for the public benefit and as a broad-leafed woodland’. Since then the Trust has relied on occasional donations and volunteers’ efforts to meet those objectives. But conservation work, such as all-weather footpaths, fencing and clearance, requires continuous resources. Cuckfield Woodlanders is the community project supporting this work, ensuring that the wood continues as a beautiful nature reserve for the people of Cuckfield. If you enjoy New England Wood and value its contribution to the quality of life in this community, please become a Cuckfield Woodlander now and pledge a donation of £1 per month. Your contribution will be gratefully received and we will be inviting you to an annual Woodlanders summer gathering and guided tour of the wood to reveal its hidden plant and animal life. Please join us in conserving this precious resource. Welcome to Cuckfield Woodlanders. Stephen Holroyd Chairman, New England Wood Trust