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Hop Skip & Jump Foundation
(UK, 1081810) Browse events
YTD Raised: £682.90
(UK, 1081810) The Hop Skip and Jump Foundation creates and oversees Hop Skip & Jump play and support centres which offer Flexible, Immediate (this makes us unique) and Sustained Short break Day Care to Children with Life Limiting or Threatening Illnesses or any Special Need, with support for their families.
Medical Justice
(UK, 1132072) Browse events
YTD Raised: £670.00Medical Justice is a voluntary network of medics, lawyers, ex-detainees and others which challenges medical abuse in immigration detention and facilitates access to legal representation. Independent medics visit detainees and document their scars of torture and/or other medical conditions.
Rangers Charity Foundation
(UK, SC033287) Browse events
YTD Raised: £660.00The Rangers Charity Foundation helps to make the world of difference to thousands of lives through its charitable work. During season 2013/14 we will be working with The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice and ENABLE Scotland whilst continuing our long-standing partnership with UNICEF.
Cotswold Care Hospice
(UK, 298627) Browse events
YTD Raised: £658.00
(UK, 298627) Cotswold Care Hospice cares for and supports people in Gloucestershire living with a life-limiting illness. Our patients receive services free of charge and benefit from Day Hospice, counselling, complimentary and creative therapies and our Hospice at Home nurses support people in their own homes.
Samaritans Of Luton, South Beds And Harpenden
(UK, 254432) Browse events
YTD Raised: £655.00Samaritans Luton, South Beds and Harpenden is an important part of the local community. It is now one of the biggest and oldest charities in the area, with 88 volunteers. Last year, Luton Samaritans answered 24,432 calls for help. Samaritans was the first 24-hour telephone helpline in the world and has answered over 115 million calls for help since it took its first call in 1953. The charity now has 20,980 volunteers across the UK and ROI who answer more than five million calls every year. We need your help to survive another 60 years. We are available 24 hours a day, 356 days a year to provide confidential, emotional support to people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Befriend a Child
(UK, SC005467) Browse events
YTD Raised: £602.94Befriend a Child provide 1:1 befriending for disadvantaged young people in Aberdeen City and 'Shire. Our adult volunteers spend 2 or 3 hours per fortnight with their 'befriendee' taking part in fun, educational and physical activity to increase confidence, self esteem and Turn a Frown Upside Down!
Autism Bedfordshire
(UK, 1100722) Browse events
YTD Raised: £585.00Autism Bedfordshire is an independent charity that provides practical and emotional support for children, young people and adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions , their parents/carers, and associated professionals throughout Bedfordshire. We aim to: break down barriers to participation that children, young people and adults with autism experience; provide a range of meaningful social, educational and leisure activities in the community for children, young people and adults with autism; provide support for siblings (having a sibling with autism often has a profound effect on their wellbeing); support parents/carers who become emotionally distressed by the whole experience of supporting their child, fighting for the right services and trying to provide a normal home for other members of the family; allow disabled children and their families to benefit from easily accessible, well run services that provide high quality specialist social, educational and leisure experiences.
For Life
(UK, 1143950) Browse events
YTD Raised: £582.53For Life brings LIFE to disabled abandoned children in Thailand. It supports four daycare centres, a residential home for up to 50 children, and a project that works with 600 children in rural communities. Its vision is to see hope restored for these forgotten children of Thailand.
I CAN
(UK, 210031) Browse events
YTD Raised: £577.00I CAN is the children's communication charity. We are the only UK-wide charity that supports children's communication skills, the springboard from which children learn, achieve and make friends. I CAN works to foster the development of speech, language and communication skills in all children with a special focus on those who find this hard: children with a communication disability.
Pendragon Community Trust
(UK, 1090185) Browse events
YTD Raised: £574.21The trust aims to develop high quality accommodation which would provide both care and a supportive environment for adults who experience both profound and moderate special needs.
Friends Of Park Lane Special School
(UK, 1006563) Browse events
YTD Raised: £560.41FOPLSS helps the very special children at Park Lane Special school. All the money we raise benefits the children directly. Park Lane is a school of approx 80 children between the ages of 2 and 19 with varying special needs and disabilities. We help to fund some very important projects from mini bus upgrades to sensory and light room refurbs. Be sure to know that your donations and kind support are helping to put a smile on the faces of some very deserving kids.
YWCA Yorkshire
(UK, 1080111) Browse events
YTD Raised: £557.00Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate. YWCA Yorkshire’s primary business is the delivery of support packages to young women and families that are robust, thorough, person centred and focused on the delivery of positive outcomes. YWCA does this through structured, holistic, whole family plans that are executed by tenacious, practical and highly skilled key workers. The mission of the YWCA Yorkshire is to make a positive difference in the lives of women and families, primarily through professionally supported accommodation and support services. Through supportive one-to-one relationships with caring, qualified staff, the YWCA Yorkshire will assist women and families to achieve their full potential as resilient and confident individuals, skilled and competent parents and fully informed and engaged community members. Charity No: 1080111 Find out more Website http://www.ywcayorkshire.co.uk Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ywcayorkshire/ Twitter https://twitter.com/YWCAYorkshire
Sussex Central YMCA
(UK, 1079570) Browse events
YTD Raised: £525.00Sussex Central YMCA is a registered charity offering a range of services for children, young people and families in Sussex. Sussex Central YMCA's main areas of expertise include housing, youth and family support, sport, counselling and advice.
eikon
(UK, 1109190) Browse events
YTD Raised: £524.55Eikon exists to work alongside young people and families living in difficult or unhappy circumstances. We provide support, counselling and coaching in difficult cases from parents’ separation to suicidal tendencies. In all circumstances our aim is to support young individuals and families to restore their unity and stability to ensure a more positive future.
North London Cares
(UK, 1153137) Browse events
YTD Raised: £515.00North London Cares is a community network recruiting young professionals and students to offer a little extra time, practical support, social connection and human companionship to their older neighbours in Camden and Islington. We create one-to-one interactions to combat lonliness, and regular group activities for people to come together who may not normally interact, improving lives and health outcomes and bridging generational and social divides. Our Love Your Neighbour programme matches individual volunteers with just a little spare time to older neighbours who would benefit from a little companionship. Meanwhile, our Social Clubs - such as Film Nights, Storytelling Nights, Cooking Sessions, Concert Trips, Afternoon Tea Sessions and Games Clubs - provide a chance for people to share skills, experiences and cultural exchange. In 30 months, 700 North London Cares volunteers and 750 older neighbours have enjoyed over 325 Social Clubs, 20,000 interactions and 2,000 meals. A donation of £20 can help finance our next Social Club. £50 will help pay for a Cooking Session and meals for 10 isolated people. And a donation of £100 will enable us to host a major event for up to 40 of our neighbours to share time and new experiences with our volunteers.
Springhill Hospice (rochdale)
(UK, XN79812) Browse events
YTD Raised: £508.00The Hospice provides 16 in-patient beds and 16 Day Care places as well as respite, Hospice at Home, counselling and bereavement support for people with palliative care needs within Rochdale and surrounding districts.
New Futures Nepal
(UK, 1142984) Browse events
YTD Raised: £505.67New Futures Nepal empowers disadvantaged children and adults of Nepal by raising funds for initiatives that promote health, education and independence and supports social integration for children with disabilities to live in the community and within safe and loving homes.
West Norfolk Mencap
(UK, 226253) Browse events
YTD Raised: £489.76West Norfolk Mencap is an independent charity affiliated to the national Royal Mencap network. All the money we raise is used for the benefit of our charity - we do not receive any financial assistance from the national body nor do we pay anything to them apart from a small affiliation fee.We support people in West Norfolk who have a learning disability and their families/carers and we are entirely run by volunteers having no paid staff..
Catching Lives
(UK, 1014868) Browse events
YTD Raised: £482.50CatchingLives are a Canterbury based charity, operating a homelessness day centre and mental health outreach service. We work to help end the harm and damage caused to individuals, families and the community, by homelessness, rough sleeping and insecure housing.
Sam Beare Hospice
(UK, 1115439SB) Browse events
YTD Raised: £475.00Sam Beare Hospice Weybridge, opened in 2006 to provide palliative care and support to patients and their families living with a life-limiting illness in the Boroughs of Elmbridge, Spelthorne and Runnymede Sam Beare Hospice aims to improve the lives of people whose illness may not be curable. We help people to live as actively as possible after diagnosis to the end of their lives, however long that may be. The highest value is put on respect and choice and support is also given to families and close friends, both during the illness and in bereavement. All care is provided for free and as a registered charity the Hospice relies on the support of the community to help fund their work.
Nepal Appeal
(UK, 1161898) Browse events
YTD Raised: £450.00The Live The Adventure ‘Nepal Appeal’ was started as a result of the Major Earthquake that devastated Nepal on 25th April 2015. We are raising funds specifically for the long term redevelopment of rural communities. Whilst vital aid and support after the disaster has been essential, the reality is that the people of Nepal will require financial support for a long time to come to recover from something of this scale.
Norfolk Deaf Association (NDA)
(UK, 1146883) Browse events
YTD Raised: £445.00Norfolk Deaf Association (NDA) is dedicated to improving the lives of young people and adults with all degrees of hearing loss. This is achieved by providing hearing aid maintenance, advice on assistive listening technology and communication methods, befriending, and support and information on hearing loss and other related conditions.
Go Kids Go! (Association of Wheelchair Children)
(UK, 1057894) Browse events
YTD Raised: £442.97Go Kids Go! (Association of Wheelchair Children) provides UK wide wheelchair skills training to enable independent mobility for young wheelchair-users and advice, advocacy and support for them and their families. Their courses are both practical and fun and families are always encouraged to join in.