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Elizabeth House Social Centre
(UK, 1079881) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,405.00
(UK, 1079881) Meeting the Needs of People with Disabilities Elizabeth House Social Centre was set up to provide a welcoming environment for people with disabilities. We primarily provide social and educational sessions for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. Our main groups are: BlueSkies: Social and educational sessions for people with Learning Disabilities. Sessions are held on Mondays and Wednesdays and give our members the chance to take part in a range of activities including dancing, drama, artwork and computers. Adventurers/Explorers: These are sessions for young people with learning disabilities. They take part in similar activities with a higher emphasis on physical activities. Sessions for the children take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school holidays, and on Saturdays during school terms. Elizabeth House works in collaboration with Barnardos to provide this service. Kingfishers: Prim, we provide courses on Creative Writing, Drama and Computing on Tuesday and Friday. Open Sessions: These sessions are open to all members of the club and take place on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evenings. Members enjoy socialising, playing cards and pool and take part in Bingo, Skittles and other organised activities. Visits to cinema, theatre and local pubs take place on a regular basis.
Northern Ireland Hospice
(UK, NIC102337) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,397.06
(UK, NIC102337) At Northern Ireland Hospice, caring is at the heart of everything we do. We care for over 3,000 adults, children and young people living in the shadow of a terminal illness both in Hospice and in the community. We look after every patient's nursing, medical, social, spiritual and emotional needs with support for the family continuing into bereavement. Our services are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year and there is no charge. Your support is important to us as we rely heavily on legacies and donations to fund our services.
Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust
(UK, 1120210) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,390.00Close to the heart of Bristol City Centre Arnos Vale Cemetery is regarded as one of the best and only restored examples of a Victorian garden cemetery. Arnos Vale Cemetery is cherished by people in Bristol and beyond. For many of us it is the final resting place for our loved ones. Others enjoy the abundant wildlife, heritage and tranquil surroundings. There is so much to see, do and learn at Arnos Vale so to find out more visit our website www.arnosvale.org.uk Since its restoration in 2007 the Trustees, Staff, Friends of Arnos Vale and all our volunteers and supporters have been working towards a sustainable, long term future as a unique and valuable part of its local community. Our challenge is to secure the future of Arnos Vale Cemetery for all time. We have been given a fantastic opportunity to do this with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst Endowment Award. Every pound we raise will be matched with a pound from the HLF. Our target is to raise £500K by June 2016, securing a grand total of £1m for the Arnos Vale Endowment Fund. Please support us by making a monthly donation. For more information and to donate please visit our Endowment Fund Challenge page. Thank you for your generous support Arnos Vale Cemetery Team
National Police Memorial Day Trust
(UK, 1103000) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,385.00To remember Police officers who have been killed or died on duty Demonstrate to relatives, friends and colleagues of fallen officers that their sacrifice is not forgotten Recognise annually the dedication to duty and courage displayed by Police officers.
Carousel
(UK, 297201) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,378.94Carousel is an award-winning arts charity supporting people with learning disabilities to achieve their ambitions. We work together to plan and manage music, film and performance projects. We want to show others that people with learning disabilities can be professionals, leaders & role models.
The Wright Hassall Charitable Trust
(UK, 1147227) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,366.00
(UK, 1147227) The aim of the Wright Hassall Charitable Trust is to support local charities which operate principally in the local area or with which a member of our staff is closely involved.
Jessie's Fund
(UK, 1045731) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,365.00Jessie's Fund helps children with special needs through the creative use of music. The charity works with seriously ill and disabled children all over the UK, many of whom can't speak, giving them an invaluable means of communication and expression. Find out more at www.jessiesfund.org.uk
Anoopam Mission
(UK, 274942) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,360.15Anoopam Mission UK is a charity run entirely by volunteers, with a vision to build stronger, happier, healthier communities. Through arts, sports and cultural, spiritual and community based activities, Anoopam Mission reaches out to all age groups.
Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
(UK, 1093992) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,351.75Soundwell Music therapy is a small charity registration number 1093992 which runs a range of music therapy sessions in Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire. These sessions are for people with mental health issues, carers and people with dementia. Music therapy is the use of musical instruments and sounds to promote change and recovery. Our aim is for people to get experience an improved quality of life and to get their confidence back.
National Dance Company Wales
(UK, 326227) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,331.65National Dance Company Wales is a charity that creates dance which engages and resonates with audiences by being extraordinary and inclusive, working with the best dancers and choreographers from across Wales and the world to make dance for stages large and small, in unusual spaces, and online. We all dance ̶ for pleasure, for fun, on our own, in groups or maybe only when no one else is watching. National Dance Company Wales (NDCWales) capitalises on dance’s universality as a form of expressing emotion through motion. We perform across Wales, the UK and overseas taking people on journeys of discovery, creating opportunities to participate, discuss, watch and learn about dance, about themselves and about the world. Through participation NDCWales connects people with themselves and others through enhancing self-confidence, self-awareness; developing health, team-building and creativity. We run a range of projects at our home, The Dance House / Ty Dawns, Cardiff Bay including our Youth Ensemble programme – Associates, Dance Days and Dance Courses. When the company tours we run engagement activities including workshops and talks. The projects we create will deliver our artistic vision and values, helping to build and secure the future of dance and inspire a passion for dance in the communities we serve.
Rationalist Association
(UK, 1096577) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,321.90The Rationalist Association is a 125-year-old charity dedicated to promoting rational inquiry in place of doctrine, and to encourage ethical living free from supernatural beliefs. We do our advocacy through publishing via a website and publication of the quarterly print magazine New Humanist.
Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled
(UK, SC028670) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,321.00The aim of Riding for the Disabled Association is to provide people with a disability, the opportunity to ride and enjoy all the activities connected with horse riding.
Carers Trust
(UK, 1145181) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,315.00Carers Trust is the largest carers charity. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of being an unpaid carer. With our Network Partners, we aim to ensure that information, advice and practical support are available to all carers across the UK.
Act 4 Africa
(UK, 1092074) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,310.00We improve health well-being, gender justice, and income generation for people in Africa’s poorest communities.We train and fund teams of Africans to deliver interactive workshops using Theatre for Development to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS.
The Holburne Museum
(UK, 310288) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,310.00
(UK, 310288) The Holburne Museum in Bath is one of the UK’s best-loved small museums and has ambitions to become one of Europe’s outstanding independent art museums. Would you like to help us transform the Holburne Museum into Bath’s art museum – for everyone? We are asking everyone to take part in the Holburne Challenge with the aim of raising £300,000 towards the final phase of our development project. The development, which includes restoration of our Grade I listed eighteenth-century home and the construction of a spectacular modern extension, will allow us to welcome and look after all our visitors properly. Our new spaces will transform what we can do from exhibitions to teaching and allow us to reveal our collection in all its glory. A new garden café will open onto the park in which the museum sits. We will be opening our doors to the renewed museum in May 2011 when for the first time the Holburne will be free to enter and fully accessible to all. With your support we can make sure that we continue our work within the community and provide the opportunity for everyone to access our collection, fantastic art exhibitions and events well into the future. The Holburne is more than a collection of paintings and decorative art objects; it is a community of people and we’d love you to be part of it.
Reachin Higher
(UK, 1137915) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,305.00Our goal is to INSPIRE, ENGAGE and MOTIVATE young people to REACH HIGHER in their lives and aspirations" Reachin Higher is a youth organisation providing a range of creative and interactive activities for young people. These include PSHE sessions, residential youth camps, creative arts groups (dance, drama, rap, music, poetry, film), musical productions, sports and practical life-skill seminars. With a team of around 40 experienced and enthusiastic youth workers, we bring a range and depth of skills and expertise which enable us to deliver uniquely positive results.
LinkAge
(UK, 1143816) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,294.26LinkAge works with people 55+ and local communities to facilitate inspiring social activities that enrich lives, reduce isolation and loneliness, and encourage active participation.
Helping Rhinos
(UK, 1155309) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,290.00Welcome to the Helping Rhinos Donations and Fundraising Page To make a danotation simply click on the blue 'Make a Donation' button to the right Helping Rhinos is dedicated to conserving the world's remaining rhinos and preventing them from becoming extinct. Our mission is to "Create awareness of the issues threatening the global rhino population and to raise funds to help protect them for future generations" We are a relatively young charity, but with big ideas and a big heart! We have spent a lot of time researching different field projects in order to identify those that we believe will make a real difference in protecting the rhinos. Your donations and fundraising activity will go directly to help these projects, so we thank you in advance for your support and would like to assure you we take the allocation of you funds very seriously. Details of all of our projects can be found on our website www.helpingrhinos.org We strive each day to find a solution to current rhino poaching crisis and to find a way to save the rhino from extinction. We couldn't do the work that we do withou the supoport of each of you, so THANK YOU for your support.
Scottish Youth Dance Ltd
(UK, SC013949) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,289.00YDance is the national dance organisation for children and young people aged 3 to 21 in Scotland and works through key partnerships in education, culture, health and sport to provide a range of high quality dance experiences across 3 main areas of work - Education, Participation & Talent. If you make a donation to support our work then you are helping achieve our vision of offering every child and young person in Scotland the chance to get creative and active through dance. You're also supporting some of our current projects e.g. the 2014, Hothouse, Make Music Move, the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland, Project Y, YDance Active & the Youth Dance Creators.
Doorstep Library Network
(UK, 1158197) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,289.00Doorstep Library brings books and the magic of reading directly to the homes of children in some of London's most disadvantaged areas. Direct into their homes, volunteers read with the children, lend them books, befriend the families and offer support. As a charity we're unique in this. We do it because poor reading skills are inextricably linked to economic disadvantage and reduced life possibilities. Our work improves not just reading skills, but confidence, self-esteem, articulacy, social integration, academic performance and even long-term employment prospects. Words have the power to take children places, not just in their minds, but in their lives. Charity No: 1158197 Find out more Website http://www.doorsteplibrary.org.uk/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/doorsteplibrarynetwork Twitter http://www.twitter.com/doorsteplib YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqN4L3Tx8gQ
FOSTA (Friends of St Ann's, Morden)
(UK, 298875) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,288.20Friends of St Ann's (FOSTA) is a charity which supports St Ann's Special School in Morden, Surrey. This fabulous school is for children with severe and complex learning difficulties. FOSTA helps provide equipment and resources such as funding for a minibus, adaptable touch-screen plasma panels, swimming aids, and theatre trips.
Tricycle Theatre
(UK, 276892) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,285.31The Tricycle Theatre has a reputation for presenting the highest quality British and international work that reflects the diversity of its community. Open seven days a week, the Tricycle not only offers a unique 235 seat theatre, but also an independent 300 seat cinema, and vibrant bar and café.
Discover
(UK, 1070468) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,280.00Discover Children’s Story Centre is the UK’s first hands-on creative literature space for children aged 0-11 years and their families dedicated to generating a love of language, literature and stories. Based in Stratford, east London, it is designed to stimulate curiosity and imagination.
Entelechy Arts
(UK, 1068469) Browse events
YTD Raised: £1,280.00Entelechy Arts is a participatory arts company based in south east London. Entelechy works with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to produce high quality theatre, music, dance and video events and performances. The company is skilled in creating work which brings together people who wouldn’t usually meet.