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The Fircroft Trust
(UK, 1167428) Browse events
YTD Raised: £265.00
(UK, 1167428) The Fircroft Trust is a local charity working in Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames with adults living in the community with severe to moderate mental health problems and/or learning disabilities.
Imagine Independence
(UK, 1010203) Browse events
YTD Raised: £265.00
(UK, 1010203) Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health and works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. Imagine Independence has spent the last four decades working within the mental health sector to improve the lives of its service users.
HoneyRose Foundation
(UK, 1109867) Browse events
YTD Raised: £265.00The HoneyRose Foundation helps people who are terminally ill (aged 40 years and above) to do something special before the end of their life. We have numerous fundraisers each year. We are the only charity in the country to help this age group in this way.
Neath Port Talbot Mind Association
(UK, 1076817) Browse events
YTD Raised: £260.89
(UK, 1076817) One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives. Neath Port Talbot Mind is a local charity, affiliated to Mind, which offers a diverse range of services and support for people experiencing mental or emotional distress.
Off the Record B&NES
(UK, 1072322) Browse events
YTD Raised: £255.23Off the Record is the only independent charity offering information, guidance and listening, emotional and advocacy support to children and young people in the Bath and North East Somerset area (B&NES).
Just Drop In
(UK, 1081416) Browse events
YTD Raised: £252.20Just Drop-In offers free, counselling by appointment, to anyone aged 12-24. We also run a Drop-In information and support service which is open 6 days a week where volunteers offer a friendly and supportive environment. At the heart of our services is a desire to help young people find their feet.
Radio City Cash for Kids
(UK, 1122062RC) Browse events
YTD Raised: £251.00Cash for Kids aims to support local children under the age of 18, who are financially, socially, emotionally or physically less advantaged. Additionally to encourage healthy lifestyle options by promoting physical, mental and general wellbeing of children and adolescents within the Radio City Cash for Kids region.
Headway Wearside
(UK, 1140910) Browse events
YTD Raised: £250.00Headway Wearside is a challenging and visible charity established in 2010 in Sunderland and surrounding areas. Our aim is to promote understanding of all aspects of Acquired Brain injury , to provide information, activities and support services to survivors of brain injury their families and carers. Headway Wearside Commitments We are a service user lead project that promotes independence, empowerment, social inclusion and re integration with our members planning twice monthly social activities and events. We work with Families and carers and help to ensure that families that take most of the strain have support and guidance that may help to relive the pressure when they need it most.
The Red Lipstick Foundation
(UK, 1159195) Browse events
YTD Raised: £250.00Promotingthe charity 'The Red Lipstick Foundation started by our family in June2014 following the death of our much loved daughter, sister, twin,auntie,granddaughterand friend. We are based in Hampshire. Brittany took her life the day before her 20th birthday and left our world in chaos. We named our charity the ‘RedLipstickFoundation’ as Brittany was such a make up fanatic. She loved her bright red lipstick and it suited her vivacious and crazy personality. She was a stunning, hilarious and quirky member of our big family. Her death was extremely unexpected as to everyone she was the life and soul of the party with a permanent cheery smile. None of us will ever know what that smile concealed and we have now made it our mission to try and help other families in our situation and to raise awareness of mental health issues.
Home-Start Richmond Upon Thames
(UK, 1108975) Browse events
YTD Raised: £245.00Who we are We are Home-Start Richmond, the local branch of the national family support charity which currently supports 1 in 237 families in the UK. Parenting young children can be difficult at the best of times but when you have other issues or problems to cope with as well, it can become overwhelming. This is where Home-Start can help. What we do Last year we supported 250 families with over 500 children in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. We have about 100 home-visiting volunteers who are trained to support families (with at least one child under 5) who are experiencing difficulties such as post-natal depression, isolation, disability of parent or child, bereavement or a combination of factors that impact on their children’s development. Help us to support parents to give local children a better start in life. For more information, please visit www.homestart-richmond.org.uk.
DRUM Watford
(UK, 10448369) Browse events
YTD Raised: £237.00DRUM is a small registered charity and user led service based in Watford. We provide day services to adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities. DRUM was first formed in October 1994 by a small group of disabled volunteers who wanted to meet up with like-minded people and pursue art activities within the local community. Nearly 20 years on and DRUM now supports over 60 disabled members and 100+ carers. Most of our members were not born with a disability and most had led busy lives, working hard and bringing up their families, when their lives were suddenly turned upside down by illness. Many first come to DRUM with feelings of depression and isolation. Many rely on care and support from a relative or friend. Some carers just need a couple of hours in order to do some shopping, meet friends or get some sleep but others may be juggling paid work with their unpaid caring responsibilities at home.
CO-Gas Safety, The Carbon Monoxide And Gas Safety Society
(UK, 1048370) Browse events
YTD Raised: £230.00CO-Gas Safety is an independent registered charity that works to try to prevent unintentional deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide and other gas dangers, including all products of combustion. The charity also helps victims and their families. The charity also lobbies government and industry with regard to prevention. We run a schools poster competition to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide etc. for ages 10-11 in North England, South England, Scotland and Wales. We would prefer prime time public health warnings on TV but we can’t afford these. We also collect, collate and publish data on unintentional deaths and injuries and have been doing this since 1995. We have probably the best data in the UK. We try to check every death with the Coroner concerned and we are the only body to have had its data independently validated by a statistician.
Hestia Housing and Support
(UK, 294555) Browse events
YTD Raised: £230.00Hestia aims to empower vulnerable people to make positive changes in their lives. We support over 4,000 adults and children each year, including women and children surviving domestic violence, adults living with long-term physical or mental health problems, and young men at risk of offending
BAND
(UK, 1060822) Browse events
YTD Raised: £230.00BAND is a voluntary mental health organisation supporting people within the Borough of Bolton who live with mental health problems to reach their full potential as defined by themselves.
Northampton Samaritans
(UK, 259631) Browse events
YTD Raised: £225.00Northampton Samaritans were founded in 1968 and is now based at 2 St Michaels Avenue. Samaritans are always here, round the clock every single day of the year so that people can talk to us about whatever is getting to them. A safe place - as volunteers we're ordinary people who keep what you say between us. You can be yourself, whoever you are, however you feel, whatever life's done to you. We're a charity and it's with your kind donations that we keep our service open to people who are struggling to cope.
Derwentside Mind
(UK, 701576) Browse events
YTD Raised: £225.00Derwentside Mind is a small independent mental health charity based in Derwentside our offices are in Stanley & Consett, County Durham. We deal with people within primary care services. We provide practical and emotional support to people from 14+ years. If you suffer from feelings of depression, anxiety, confusion and loneliness due to emotional, physical or mental illness, and are finding it difficult to cope, perhaps we can help. Derwentside Mind is an Equal Opportunites organisation our doors are open to all, assessments will be carried out for anyone wishing to access our services. Standard for Commitment to Quality "Derwentside Mind is publicly committed to providing a quality of service that anticipates, meets and exceeds the needs and expectations of service users, volunteers, workers and other stakeholders. Derwentside Mind has adopted Mind's values and principles." (Quality Management in Mind) Any Service-Users/Volunteers/Stakeholders who are interested in being a part of the Quality Standards, and reviewing the organisations Planning, Policies, Procedures and Services, please contact Brenda Greener on 01207 591705/785 your input and participation is very important. "We strive to provide good quality mental health services, which reflect the needs of individuals within DERWENTSIDE" Our Aims: Empowering people to recognise their needs and aspirations, promoting personal control and independence. Provides services which, by raising public awareness, work positively in combating stigma and prejudice. Provides flexible, open-door, accessible and informal services which respect and value individuals' needs and experiences. Enables people experiencing emotional distress to lead an improved quality of life in the community. Promotes social inclusion and works towards achieving a shift in attitude of the business and social communities.
Denbighshire Home-Start
(UK, 1118968) Browse events
YTD Raised: £220.00Across the UK more than 16,000 Home-Start volunteers visit families at home each week, supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability or who are just finding parenting a struggle. They provide non-judgemental practical and emotional support and help build the family’s confidence and ability to cope. Home-Start runs more services and has more volunteers supporting more families than any other family support charity in the UK. Home-Start Denbighshire covers the whole county of Denbighshire and receives referrals from many different places including schools, health visitors and even the option to self refer.Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for Denbighshire Home-Start we would love to hear from you.All of our volunteers are fully trained with a 30+ hour preparation course covering all the subjects you should need to become a volunteer. The course can also be accredited with CERTA if you wished which would result you gaining credits.All of our volunteers will also be fully DBS checked before being matched with a family to support for this truly worthwhile service.If you would like to have some more information about volunteering for us then please do not hesitate to ring the office on 01745 814819 or email the office on [email protected] and we will endeavour to answer any questions you may have.Please donate to support our cause. Charity No: 1118968 Find out more Website http://homestartdenbighshire.wordpress.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/denbighshire.start/ Twitter https://twitter.com/DenbighH_Start YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDfkEq5GYnZoliJ6BbWKw
Swindon Carers Centre
(UK, 1061116) Browse events
YTD Raised: £215.00Swindon Carers Centre exists to support and empower people of all ages who have caring responsibilities and to champion their rights. There are more than 19,500 Family Carers in Swindon who are looking after their family members. It may be looking after a relative who has developed Alzheimer’s disease, a disabled child or a parent who has a mental health condition. We have 3 teams dedicated to supporting Young Carers, Parents Carers and Adult Carers in Swindon. We offer a range of support and services to enable carers to continue in their caring role while still accessing education, being able to work and enjoy some time to themselves. As well as making a donation, there a lots of ways you can get involved with the work of the Centre either as an individual or a corporate partner. Please visit our website or email us for more information.
West Norfolk Mind
(UK, 1137086) Browse events
YTD Raised: £215.00We’re West Norfolk Mind; we promote positive mental health and social inclusion within the community and provide a variety of resources for people with a mental health issue, their families and friends..
KIND
(UK, 518985) Browse events
YTD Raised: £214.77KIND aims to help disadvantaged children and families from across the most deprived areas of Liverpool and Merseyside. We help by offering a range of educational activities, projects and support that improves their confidence, education, health, skills and experience and tackles discrimination.
Carlisle Eden Mind
(UK, 1113649) Browse events
YTD Raised: £210.00Carlisle Eden Mind is part of the network of Local Mind groups across England and Wales. We are an independent charity run by local people, for local people, delivering services and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem in the Carlisle and Eden areas. We believe no one should have to face a mental health problem alone. We’re here for you. We’re on your doorstep, on the end of a phone or online. Whether you’re stressed, depressed or in crisis. We’ll listen, give you support and advice, and fight your corner. And we’ll push for a better deal and respect for everyone experiencing a mental health problem.
ASCEND
(UK, 1073909) Browse events
YTD Raised: £210.00ASCEND is based in South Oxhey, nationally recognised as an area with social deprivation issues. Award winning staff combine compassion with guidance, courses and basic skills; giving disadvantaged adults of all ages the self-esteem and confidence to increase their life chances. As a result, many find paid or voluntary work.
Age UK Surrey
(UK, 1036450) Browse events
YTD Raised: £210.00Age UK Surrey is an independent local charity supporting older people to make the most of life and be free from isolation, poverty and discrimination. Our activities include information and advice, counselling, advocacy, health and well-being and home and gardening services. Funds are always needed
The Harbour
(UK, 1008360) Browse events
YTD Raised: £205.00The Harbour provides a free and professional counselling and psychotherapy service for individuals and couples affected by physical life-threatening illness. This includes people living with a life-threatening illness, people close to them and those bereaved through a life-threatening illness.
Four Square (Scotland)
(UK, SC017242) Browse events
YTD Raised: £205.00Four Square is a Scottish Charity, aiming to prevent homelessness and promote social inclusion for severely disadvantaged people, including abused teenagers, rough sleepers, drug addicts, alcoholics, ex prisoners and mentally ill individuals. It offers 24 hours access emergency accommodation, day centre, supported tenancies, employment training, prison outreach, furniture and clothing.