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Style Acre
(UK, 1101626) Browse events
YTD Raised: £13,722.24
(UK, 1101626) Style 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
Depaul International
(UK, 1107385) Browse events
YTD Raised: £13,521.37Depaul International supports homeless people around the world, with services ranging from outreach projects in Ukraine to accommodation for young people in the UK. The charity supports homeless and vulnerable people to fulfill their potential and move towards an independent and positive future.
Home-Start Portsmouth
(UK, 1124943) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,946.00Home-Start provides a unique service for families - recruiting and training volunteers to support parents with young children. Home-Start Portsmouth is an independent charity working with Portsmouth families.
FitzRoy Support
(UK, 1011290) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,648.28FitzRoy transforms the lives of people with learning disabilities, helping them live more independently at home and in the community. We are a national charity, supporting over 500 people in over 50 locations, and in 2012 we celebrate our 50th anniversary. www.fitzroy.org
Amber
(UK, 1051388) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,249.56
(UK, 1051388) At Amber’s residential centres unemployed homeless young people get the chance to put their past behind them, overcome personal barriers and gain the social, educational and practical tools to lead successful, fulfilling, independent lives and be valuable members of society – and 80% successfully do
St Mungo's
(UK, HousingAssociationNoLH0279) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,216.58
(UK, HousingAssociationNoLH0279) We help people recover from the issues that create homelessness and to rebuild their lives. St Mungo's Broadway provides a bed and support to more than 2,500 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and works to prevent homelessness, helping about 25,000 people a year. We support men and women through more than 250 projects including: - Emergency, hostel and supportive housing projects - Advice services - Specialist physical and mental health services - Skills and work services
Crawley Open House
(UK, 1048919) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,042.53Open House helps homeless and disadvantaged men, women, couples and young people (plus their pets) by providing Direct Access and High Support Hostels and a Day Centre open every day of the year. It provides help, support, understanding and empathy and is totally non judgemental, they help anybody.
Cathedral Archer Project
(UK, 1064818) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,956.60The 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.
Aquila Way
(UK, 1107554) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,764.02Aquila Way is an award winning Christian Charity founded in 1984 in response to the needs of homeless and vulnerable young people in North East England. All our services are offered on a non discriminatory basis, to those of any or no faith. Aquila Way has a strong track record in supporting homeless people from emergency to independence, to become thriving, contributing members of the local community. Our current services include
SIFA Fireside
(UK, 1049728) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,630.50Supporting independence from alcohol and tackling homelessness. SIFA Fireside empowers and supports people to meet their short and long term goals.
Emmanuel House
(UK, 1077424) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,479.57We 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.
Glasgow Simon Community
(UK, SC003076) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,445.17Our mission is to combat the causes and effects of homelessness.
Notting Hill Housing Trust
(UK, 16558R) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,000.35Notting Hill Housing Trust houses over 70,000 people across London. It was set up in 1963 by a local clergyman who felt driven to do something about the shocking housing conditions of poor people in west London. Many of our tenants are vulnerable and isolated and need high levels of support.
Beds and Herts Historic Churches Trust
(UK, 1005697) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,642.90Repairing or restoring large and ancient buildings can be expensive. The Beds and Herts Historic Churches Trust provides a helping hand when repair costs are beyond the resources of a local congregation. Money raised from the Bike ’n Hike is recycled and helps to save the past for the future.
Streetlytes
(UK, 1131117) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,520.84Streetlytes aim engages and befriends the homeless by providing food, housing, clothing, mentoring and referral. Our mission is advocate for the homeless on behalf of their seeking assistance for drug and alcohol, housing, mental health and employment issues.
Acton Homeless Concern
(UK, 1058819) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,311.54We are a Charity working in the local community providing food for the Homeless. We also work in offering support to counselling, medical services, housing and benefit agencies. We seek to bring a greater understanding and accepatance of clients in the wider community and makee all welcome.
MHA (Methodist Homes)
(UK, 1083995) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,143.18MHA (Methodist Homes) cares for vulnerable older people of all faiths and none. Our services include residential, nursing and dementia care, sheltered housing and community schemes. We aim to provide the highest possible standards of care and housing to the 16,000 people we support around the UK.
LIFE
(UK, 1128355) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,070.87LIFE's mission is to transform the futures of vulnerable pregnant mothers and young families who are facing difficulty. We nationally provide supported housing, offer non-directive counselling for those facing a crisis pregnancy, run a schools' education program and an infertility treatment project.
Oxford Homeless Pathways
(UK, 297806) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,919.26Oxford 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.
The Rock Trust
(UK, SC018708) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,481.82The 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: £9,349.79We fund specialist support for people who are homeless in London, and raise awareness about homelessness. Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate.
Jersey Cheshire Home
(UK, AJC60) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,949.90It provides a home for 25 people with all levels of physical disability enabling them to lead full and independent lives and to have access to events and activites that active people take for granted.
George House Trust
(UK, 1143138) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,939.06George House Trust are the sole provider of HIV support for adults in the Greater Manchester area and provide support for people living with or affected by HIV all across the North West region. Our vision is for all people living with HIV to have happy and healthy lives, free from stigma.
UK HOMES 4 HEROES PRIDE & PASSION
(UK, 1138073) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,864.69This Charity was founded on the 23rd April 2010 in response to the plight of homeless ex service personnel. It is estimated that over 4500 previously serving members of the British Armed Forces are sleeping rough in the UK today. With MOD due to be making cuts this figure is going to rise. UK Homes 4 Heroes objectives are: 1. To dedicate hostel style accommodation to our ex service personnel and only them. Providing a safe, clean living environment where they can feel secure and at home. 2. To help gain a permanent home through social housing, assisting through the application and bidding phases. 3. To provide counselling services for people with psychological disorders, i.e. Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over the short period in which this charity has formed the response we have had from the British Public has been overwhelming. We have had interviews on BBC Radio 5 Live, coverage in the Sun Newspaper and countless updates in our local Paper, The Southwark News. reaction to this Charity has been incredible, we still need more help, more donations, more awareness and above all more support. We have a 16 strong team of dedicated professionals team heading this operation and we will not give up until we succeed. We have the backing of the London Pearly Kings & Queens, one of the oldest charitable institutes in Britain today.
DIVINE ONKAR MISSION
(UK, 1074527) Browse events
YTD Raised: £8,438.16D.O.M. works to empower those living in extreme poverty in two of the poorest states in India. Our projects provide sustainable solutions through free shelter, food, clean water, education, vocational training & health care with a commitment to help communities become self-sufficient.