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Jimmy's Cambridge
(UK, 1058737) Browse events
YTD Raised: £35,879.86
(UK, 1058737) Jimmy's is a Cambridge-based charity that welcomes 22 homeless men &women providing accommodation, support and resettlement. It is a place of hope where change is not just a possibility but a reality. We strive to enable people to regain confidence and independence and develop a settled lifestyle.
St Vincent De Paul Society (SVP)
(UK, 1053992) Browse events
YTD Raised: £35,729.77The St Vincent de Paul Society ("SVP") is an international Christian voluntary organization dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage by providing direct practical assistance to anyone in need. Active in England & Wales since 1844, today it continues to address social and material need in all its many forms. The SVP runs a variety of projects including furniture stores, hostels, holiday schemes, children's summer camps and support centres.
Shelter Cymru
(UK, 515902) Browse events
YTD Raised: £35,127.06
(UK, 515902) Shelter Cymru is Wales' people and homes charity. We believe that everyone in Wales has the right to a decent home and that this is essential to the health and well-being of people and communities. We work closely with our sister charities in England and Scotland, but we are completely independent and focus solely on the needs of people in Wales. The charity’s vision is that everyone in Wales should have a decent and affordable home. Our mission is to improve people’s lives through our advice and support services and through training, education and information work. Shelter Cymru helps a wide cross section of people with a range of housing, debt and welfare related problems. We offer free, confidential, independent advice, advocacy and legal representation from community-based centres, in every local authority in Wales. Details are attached of how many people we helped in each area up until the end of March. We are aware that demand for our services far exceeds our capacity. In the past year nearly 100,000 visitors came to our website to view our advice online pages. We have improved our telephone advice service to ensure that the most urgent and complex cases receive the priority attention and face to face we have assisted nearly 16,000 people, preventing homelessness in 89% of the cases where it was threatened. Through our research, policy work and campaigning, we influence the Welsh agenda on housing and homelessness in terms of both the policy and legislative approach and in developing radical solutions to homelessness and housing problems in Wales.
Mission Direct
(UK, 1107824) Browse events
YTD Raised: £33,631.86Mission Direct is an Christian charity that offers short-term overseas volunteering trips. It takes volunteers from the UK to work on community development projects in four continents. Projects include helping to build and decorate school classrooms, low cost homes and refuges.
Depaul UK
(UK, 802384) Browse events
YTD Raised: £33,474.00We believe no young person should have to sleep rough. As well as offering accommodation, a vital part of our work is preventing young people becoming homeless in the first place. 80,000 young people experience homelessness each year. With your help we can give more of them a place to call home.
Wood Street Mission
(UK, 1078337) Browse events
YTD Raised: £33,189.20Founded in 1869, Wood Street Mission is one of the oldest charities in Greater Manchester. It provides vital practical help to children and families affected by poverty in Manchester and Salford. 1,000's of disadvantaged families are helped each and every year, completely free of charge.
DENS - Action Against Homelessness
(UK, 1097185) Browse events
YTD Raised: £29,971.14DENS is on the frontline, tackling homelessness and poverty, by giving people the chance to build a better future. We make this possible by providing a Foodbank, Day Centre, Night Shelter, Move-On Accommodation, Rent Guarantee Scheme and innovative social enterprise ventures.
Edinburgh Cyrenians
(UK, SC011052) Browse events
YTD Raised: £28,958.96Cyrenians is an independent Scottish Charity with an outstanding track record in pioneering creative solutions to the contemporary problems faced by people on the margins of society, such as; homelessness, poverty, unemployment and recovery from addiction.
The Whitechapel Centre
(UK, 1013060) Browse events
YTD Raised: £28,253.81
(UK, 1013060) The Whitechapel Centre is the leading homeless & housing charity for the Liverpool region. We work with people who are sleeping rough, living in hostels or struggling to manage accommodation. We're committed to help people find & maintain a home & learn life skills essential for independent living.
The Tang Ting Twinning Association Foundation
(UK, 1130073) Browse events
YTD Raised: £28,215.61We help the Nepalese Gurkha village of Tang Ting. We have built a Day Care Centre for the children, refurbished the electricity system and are raising money for an eco friendly tourist hostel to provide employment in the village
Addington Fund
(UK, 1097092) Browse events
YTD Raised: £28,004.00The Addington Fund runs a housing scheme for tenant farmers retiring from or leaving their farm who find that there is no suitable housing available for them to move in to. It also supports farming families encountering short-term financial problems due to emergency situations. Every penny donated goes to help a farming family and is not used on running costs.
Emmaus
(UK, 1064470) Browse events
YTD Raised: £27,850.58Emmaus communities provides a lasting solution to homelessness by offering formerly homeless people a home, work and the chance to regain self-respect in a supportive environment. Residents work full time on the community business, renovating and re-selling donated furniture.
The Clock Tower Sanctuary
(UK, 1146777) Browse events
YTD Raised: £26,743.24The Clock Tower Sanctuary is the only drop-in service for homeless and insecurely housed young people in Brighton and Hove. We provide crisis support as well as longer-term information, advice and practical assistance to help young people progress towards independent living.
Style Acre
(UK, 1101626) Browse events
YTD Raised: £25,782.31Style Acre supports people with learning disabilities in many different ways. Each person we support is encouraged to make choices about his or her life, style of living and access in the community. We provide supported living for 56 individuals, enabling them to live in their own or rented accommodation within the community and empowering them to lead full and active lives. With two day centres, people can participate in a diverse range of activities, classes, skills development and events. We actively seek work-experience & volunteer opportunities in the community. A forward looking organisation and with an excellent reputation in the disability, charity and regional community, we are committed to seeking innovative and creative ways of enhancing the lives of people with learning disabilities. Your support will enable us to continue funding vital areas of personal development for people with learning disabilities, including communication, work development and IT for independence. Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Thank you. Jim (name changed to protect identity) is a man in his 50’s who has a diagnosis of autism and a severe learning disability. Until the summer of 2009, he had lived with his parents all of his life. As his parents were getting older, they approached Style Acre to discuss the possibility of supporting Jim. His parents were understandably concerned about Jim’s future as he had very specific support needs and undertook a very restricted range of activities. Style Acre worked with Jim, his parents and Jim’s care manager to very carefully plan his move into his own home sharing with two other men with similar needs. We also made sure that all of Jim’s wishes and needs were fully understood by the staff who would be supporting him. Jim moved to his house in the summer of 2009 and has made great progress. He now enjoys a much wider range of activities and life experiences than was previously the case. Staff are continuing to work with him to further expand his horizons and enrich his life with even more exciting and stimulating experiences. Jim’s mum and a close friend of his have both described his progress as “simply amazing”. Sharing for the first time In July 2009, four young people began to be supported by Style Acre in a new house which had been fully adapted to meet their needs. Two of the young people had experience of living away from home at a residential college, but the other two people had not until then moved away from their families. Although the group have very different needs, staff worked very hard to plan their support individually as well as to offer opportunities for each person to spend time with others in the group if they so wished and to undertake a range of new and exciting activities (both as a group where desired or individually). Feedback from the young people, their parents and care managers has been very positive, with observations such as the house has a wonderful atmosphere, the staff are great and one of the young people’s mum observing that, as a result of the support being provided, “...my daughter is now growing into the woman we always hoped she would become”. Style Acre Evenlode House Howbery Park Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxon. OX10 8BA Tel. 01491 838760 Fax. 01491 834663 www.styleacre.org.uk Style Acre Evenlode House Howbery Park Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxon. OX10 8BA Tel. 01491 838760 Fax. 01491 834663 www.styleacre.org.uk
NEA
(UK, 290511) Browse events
YTD Raised: £25,646.40Cold damp housing means deprivation, worry and ill health for more than 5 million households in the UK. Older people, families with children and the vulnerable are the most at risk. NEA is committed to improving the quality of life of low income households and campaigning for warm homes.
The Rock Trust
(UK, SC018708) Browse events
YTD Raised: £24,462.96The Rock Trust aims to prevent youth homelessness and to support young people to build better futures. We work across Edinburgh and the Lothians with young people aged 14-25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, this includes young people who are in transitions.
Streets of London
(UK, 1155242) Browse events
YTD Raised: £24,388.04We fund specialist support for people who are homeless in London, and raise awareness about homelessness. Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate.
Emmanuel House
(UK, 1077424) Browse events
YTD Raised: £23,685.37We provide support and services for the homeless, disadvantaged and vulnerable in Nottigham City Centre. Following Council cuts, Emmanuel House are the only remaining Day Centre in Nottingham City open to all everyday. This is due to supporters like you! Please help us to carry on this crucial work.
Cathedral Archer Project
(UK, 1064818) Browse events
YTD Raised: £22,445.55The Cathedral Archer Project is a safe, warm and welcoming place for the homeless and vulnerable in Sheffield. We support them to increase their self-esteem and take steps to change their lives.
Hyde Charitable Trust
(UK, 289888) Browse events
YTD Raised: £21,436.78HCT is dedicated to combatting poverty and disadvantage. Through practical advice, training and grants, our life-changing activities help vulnerable residents, families and communities fulfil their potential. We help people get in to work, online, out of debt and financially stable. Our award-winning grants programme for young people ensures all our young residents can build confidence and learn new skills. Our community grants programme helps residents design and deliver the activities they know will make their communities better places to live. Our residents say it best: "I am useless....I don’t have any hope of getting a job....and then we are told...I’ve changed personally...I was sad...but now I’m happy" “You’re really part of the world online...I don’t what I’d do without it...I rely on it so much now...” "My son was in year 2 of Primary School and could not read appropriate age books. A grant paid for a tutor who taught him to read. I would not have been able to afford a tutor. He now reads nearly all the time; even whilst walking." The majority of the people we support live in Hyde Housing Association Ltd homes across London and the South East.
The Julian Trust Limited
(UK, 294751) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,966.73The Julian Trust operates an emergency night shelter for the homeless in Little Bishop Street on the edge of St Pauls in Bristol. In the Night Shelter the facilities for guests comprise a large dormitory with up to eighteen beds, a dining area, bathrooms with toilet and shower facilities - our aim is to offer a hot meal, a bed for the night and a warm welcome.The Night Shelter is open five nights every week throughout the year. On most nights it is used by between 80 to 100 homeless people and roughsleepers. It is entirely staffed and managed by volunteers.
The Snowdrop Project
(UK, 1158856) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,075.59Snowdrop Project is the first charity in the UK to provide long term community support to survivors of human trafficking. The charity helps to reintegrate survivors in to community, reduce the risk of re-trafficking or exploitation and to empower people to make a fresh start. Each person is supported through one-to-one, person centred support and the offer of community activities. Permanent houses are also renovated and furnished to give people a home to start a new and stable life. Snowdrop Project was awarded the Marsh Award (2013) for outstanding contribution to the fight against human trafficking.
Oxford Homeless Pathways
(UK, 297806) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18,457.84Oxford Homeless Pathways provides a range of services for people who have been homeless in the Oxfordshire area. Principally direct access, emergency accommodation for 56 homeless people aged 25+ at O'Hanlon House. Resettlement support and advice is given, to enable clients to move successfully to sustainable accommodation. Oxford Homeless Pathways also runs Julian Housing, a second stage move-on project providing 87 former homeless people with accommodation in dispersed housing with support. All money fundraised will go towards emergency welfare items and a variety of training, education and activities for homeless people.
National Zakat Foundation
(UK, 1153719) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,775.93NZF is a ground-breaking initiative which aims to utilise Zakat funds and voluntary donations collected in the UK for the benefit of local, deserving recipients. This group includes some of the most vulnerable members of our community, including widows, orphans, the aged as well as the homeless.
The Running Charity
(UK, 1157501) Browse events
YTD Raised: £17,475.80Runner's united in the face of youth homelessness. We engage homeless and underprivileged young people in regular running-based activities led by qualified fitness professionals. Harnessing the underlying benefits of running as a powerful motivational tool, we aim to achieve positive, sustainable outcomes in all our participants.