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Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust (UK, 287486) Browse events

YTD Raised: £775.00

The Trust offers interest free loans and grants for works of repair and improvements to places of worship across Cambridgeshire. Loans help Churches embark on projects with the confidence that they can manage their cash flow and, once work starts, donations often increase.

Salvation Army Housing Association (UK, X99995) Browse events

YTD Raised: £772.35

Saha (Salvation Army Housing Association) is a leading provider of residential centres, foyers, and move-on housing for single and homeless people in the UK Our strategic priorities are: investing in our residents, investing in our residents' homes, investing in our people and investing in our business to deliver our mission to transform lives. For us, transforming lives is about meeting the whole needs of individuals physical, mental, moral and spiritual. We adopt an advantaged thinking approach that focuses on people’s talents and future potential. The values of the organisation have been agreed with residents, staff and stakeholders and centre around the acronym SPIRE Servant Leadership, Passion, Inclusion, Respect and Excellence

Hope Community Village (UK, 1041185) Browse events

YTD Raised: £760.00

Hope provides a safe family environment for orphaned children in the state of Kerala, South India. It has already built six houses in the Hope village for up to 60 children, each house supervised by its own dedicated 'Mother'. It also provides a kindergarten for over 50 children as well as a fully staffed medical centre.

Threshold Housing Link (UK, 1017599) Browse events

YTD Raised: £755.00

THL is a resettlement agency for single homeless people. It provides quality caring services and supportive hostel accommodation with resettlement programmes for Swindon's homeless. The organisations mission is to improve homeless people's lives by providing opportunities for personal development and help them attain the skills needed for independent living.

Hope Projects (UK, 1138402) Browse events

YTD Raised: £750.54

Give homeless and destitute refugees in the West Midlands essential housing, support and legal advice. Britain's asylum system fails vulnerable people. Refugees fleeing persecution are routinely refused asylum and left homeless and destitute.Hope Projects provides warm housing, crisis financial support and helps overturn flawed refusals of asylum. Charity No: 1138402 Find out more Website http://www.hope-projects.org.uk Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HopeProjectsBirmingham/ Twitter https://twitter.com/HopeProjectsWM

Eastbourne And District Mencap (UK, 1125686) Browse events

YTD Raised: £742.50

Established in 1948, Eastbourne and District Mencap is a charity that is dedicated to helping people with learning disabilities to live a full and fulfilling life. This is achieved by the provision of 24-hour care homes, Day Service, and leisure workshops in supporting our people.

Streetsmart - Action for the Homeless (UK, 1071657) Browse events

YTD Raised: £720.15

The Gingerbread Centre (UK, 1088344) Browse events

YTD Raised: £695.57

..Providing quality support to vulnerable families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to achieve life long independence

Habitat for Humanity GB (UK, 1043641) Browse events

YTD Raised: £676.96

Habitat for Humanity is an international charity that aims to break the cycle of poverty by eliminating poverty housing and homelessness. We believe that everyone, regardless of race, gender or belief, has a right to a safe, decent place to live. Since 1976 we have helped over 3 million people.

The Jane Goodall Institute (UK, 327858) Browse events

YTD Raised: £663.02

The Jane Goodall Institute runs several sanctuaries in Africa for orphan chimpanzees, victims of habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade. Through our global education programme, 'Roots & Shoots', young people are encouraged to take positive action to secure the continued survival of the planet. In Africa, we provide training in sustainable land use, tree nurseries, primary healthcare, family planning, AIDS education, water projects, scholarships for girls and micro-credit schemes for women.

Arc Light (UK, 1113198) Browse events

YTD Raised: £662.00

Arc Light is a charity that provides accomodation and support to homeless men and women in York. It has been operating since 1999, and has just opened a new signature facility, in private grounds close to the city centre. This welcoming and inspirational building offers our clients not only a place to stay, but also the chance to make positive changes in their lives.

Open Door Milton keynes (UK, 802870) Browse events

YTD Raised: £661.00

Open Door works with and for homeless people and those who are 'vulnerably housed' to support them into accommodation and to reintegrate them into society. We do this through providing 2 weekly drop-ins where people can eat a hot meal and access advice and support services such as housing, health, mental health and drug and alcohol support. The drop-in sees around 50 people each week.

The Ark T Centre (UK, 1079495) Browse events

YTD Raised: £660.00

Created via charity sign up service.

Windsor Street Angels (UK, 1154308) Browse events

YTD Raised: £652.00

Windsor Street Angels patrol the town centre on Friday and Saturday nights providing help to anyone who may be vulnerable or in need of support. From water bottles and flip flops for revellers to hot soup and a listening ear to the homeless they are there to provide assistance to anyone on the streets of Windsor. The Angels are also trained in basic first aid so provide assistance or in extreme circumstances call the ambulance. In a typical year we help over 4000 people, distribute 1000 pairs of flip flops, 600 bottles of water, make 47 referrals to other agencies and calm 73 situations. Street Angels operates under the umbrella of Windsor Christian Action (WCA) a local charity operating social projects in Windsor.All three Projects are dependent upon the kind charitable giving from individuals and organisations. The projects depend almost entirely upon the time and energy given by volunteers, who are an awesome team of caring and committed individuals, all of whom are passionate about the aims of the projects and are willing to commit themselves to help the vulnerable and those at risk of vulnerability within our community. We are immensely proud and humbled by the work they do! Charity No: 1154308 Find out more Website http://streetangelswindsor.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WindsorStreetAngels Twitter https://twitter.com/windstreetangel

India Direct (UK, 1101839) Browse events

YTD Raised: £650.55

We use 100% of the money you give us on helping some of the poorest people in southern India. We spend none of your money on administration, marketing or gaining new donations. Our principal activity is the running of 2 Children’s Homes for 165 destitute children. Bethel Children’s Home is in the suburbs of Chennai, and Joy Children’s Home (for victims of the 2004 Tsunami). We also help with small business loans, widow care and medical camps.

The Funzi and Bodo Trust (UK, 1120194) Browse events

YTD Raised: £650.00

The Funzi and Bodo Trust (FAB) exist to try and change things for the better. Working with local people we are creating the conditions for a better environment where people can reach their true potential and where at least the basics of life are available affording a decent quality of life for all.

Burton Upon Trent And District YMCA (UK, 1077798) Browse events

YTD Raised: £630.00

THE DIFFERENCE YOU’LL MAKE  £1 buys a young person a tin opener something they may never have owned before and a step on the road to independence  £10 provides a hot meal and a change of clothes homeless people often turn up with nothing more than the clothes on their back  £20 provides support advice and guidance for any young person facing housing difficulties  £30 helps a homeless person plan for their future a session with a key worker to assess their needs  and create an action plan  £40 provides vital counselling helping someone overcome traumas from their past  £50 will support the work of a family mediation officer working on improving family relationships and helping young people in their own home  £100 restores the dignity of a homeless person replacing lost documents such as birth certificates allowing them access to benefits and other services we all take for granted  £1000 is the average cost to provide the support a homeless person needs the moment they engage with Burton YMCA to the moment they leave  THANK YOU  

Langley House Trust (UK, 290059) Browse events

YTD Raised: £614.38

Langley House Trust -  Reducing Crime, Restoring Lives We help people - from the prison gate right through to resettlement - to stop reoffending and make a fresh start - which means restored lives, fewer victims and safer communities. Many of the men and women Langley House Trust works with are desperate to exit a life of crime - but are caught in a vicious trap of addictions, abusive relationships, broken homes, poor mental health and fear. We provide accommodation, training, education and other services to approximately 1000 men and women across England every year. Our projects and services include prison support services, residential training centres, hostels, accommodation for the homeless, registered care homes and private rental sector schemes.

Rowan Alba Limited (UK, SC036775) Browse events

YTD Raised: £601.66

We are a registered charity that offers support to vulnerable people in Edinburgh, Perth and Kinross, Angus and Dundee. Rowan Alba works with those whose lives are chaotic, often but not exclusively due to domestic abuse, drug or alcohol dependency or mental health issues.  We recognise that a combination of these factors lead to homelessness, which is more complex than the lack of a roof over your head.  We provide services to reduce the chances of people becoming homeless, or where this has happened, and people have been damaged by the long term consequences of this, to provide them with the ongoing care and support they need. Underlying everything we do are our core values of:- ACCEPTING people as they are SUPPORTING those ready to move to a more independent life INCLUDING people in society by the provision of ongoing care for those who are not ready, or whose life experiences have left them unable to live independent of support. Preventing Homelessness at www.rowanalba.org

Emmaus Village Carlton (UK, 1083113) Browse events

YTD Raised: £595.00

Enabling people to move on from homelessness, providing work and a home in a supportive family environment. Companions, as our residents are known, work full time collecting and reselling donated goods. This work supports the Community financially and develops skills for the Companions

DASH (UK, 501556) Browse events

YTD Raised: £592.76

Durham charity providing supported housing for single homeless people aged 16-65. DASH are celebrating 40th anniversary this year (2012) and would appreciate any donations large or small. Funding cuts have seriously jeopordised services and without your kind donations, bed spaces may be lost.

CIRDIC (UK, 1005654) Browse events

YTD Raised: £587.04

Thanks for visiting..!!!CIRDIC, Reading’s main drop in center for disadvantaged adults, have organised Reading's BIG SLEEP OUT 2016.Think you could sleep rough for the night..!!  Readings homeless do it every night..!!We are inviting you to join us as we are raising much needed funds for Readings homeless people.

Above Us Only Sky? (UK, 1141230) Browse events

YTD Raised: £585.00

Above Us Only Sky? is a Christian charity which was started out of a need to try to find immediate solutions for those who are living rough on the streets. For many homeless people there is no other option and the conditions that they face are bleak. Above Us Only Sky? provides life-saving, military-style, all weather sleeping bags, capable of keeping someone warm and dry whatever the conditions may be. However, the sleeping bag is just the start; we offer support in other ways too, meeting not just their physical but also their spiritual needs, to show them God’s love and to treat them with respect and dignity. Many homeless people who have received an Above Us Only Sky? sleeping bag attest to the fact that it saved their life and restored their sanity. We continue to work with the recipients of our sleeping bags to find accommodation, work and a sense of community.

Accommodation Concern (UK, 1146257) Browse events

YTD Raised: £583.00

We offer free impartial advice for people in poverty, hardship, need and distress, including homeless people and those with housing issues. We prevent and alleviate suffering. we accommodate people and offer support and assistance to access volunteering, training and employment. Please support us.

Girlguiding Surrey East - Faurefold (UK, 305818) Browse events

YTD Raised: £563.00

Faurefold is Surrey East's County Holiday & Camp Site, nestling in the folds of the beautiful Surrey Hills at Westcott, near Dorking, just outside the M25.