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Disabled Sailing Association
(UK, 1113330) Browse events
YTD Raised: £45.64
(UK, 1113330) The Disabled Sailing Association is non-profit making, run for the disabled and by the disabled.We aim to give people with a disability, family and carers the opportunity to enjoy a safe and pleasurable experience of seagoing sailing, including short local cruising of about two to three hours and for the more adventurous, longer coastal passages.We have Disability Awareness-trained volunteers, skippers and crew, all with CRB clearance, working with our disabled members to enabling them to participate as fully as possible in a seagoing sailing experience.We encourage and support, when funding and grants permit, our disabled members and volunteers to take RYA training courses. Several disabled members have already achieved this.Our vessels have all taken the RNLI sea safety checks and follow their recommendations. In 2005 a group of people with disabilitieswanted to share the thrill and freedom of seagoing sailing which they hadexperienced with other disabled people. The Disabled Sailing Association wasformed and registered as a charity in 2006. In our first season we sailed in a20 ft Felicity called Moonshine. In June 2007 we purchased a second hand 26ftWesterly Centaur called Sainte Foy. In November 2007 DSA won the Big Lottery FundPeoples Millions competition run by ITV. This enabled us to buy a brand newClass A Ocean sailing 35ft Hanse 350 and adapt her for wheelchair users as wellas our other members with disabilities. October 2008 saw her official naming byHRH the Princess Royal. She is called FREEDOM, the name chosen by our members. The DSA is run entirely by volunteers, who haveCRB clearance to work with children and vulnerable adults. Charity No: 1113330 Find out more Website http://www.disabledsailingassociation.org.uk Facebook https://www.facebook.com/disabledsailing/
Naz and Matt Foundation
(UK, 1160694) Browse events
YTD Raised: £45.12We raise awareness about the devastating impact of homophobia triggered by religion and provide free support to LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex) individuals and their family to help resolve challenges linked to sexuality or gender identity and their religion.
Romsey Opportunity Group For Children With Special Needs
(UK, 266330) Browse events
YTD Raised: £45.00..enabling young children with special needs the opportunity to learn and develop through play. Since opening in 1971, Romsey Opportunity Group has been a special place that welcomes children from birth to school age with additional needs— physical, emotional, learning and behavioural. We are a small charity, led by a core of staff and a large team of dedicated volunteers. 40 years on, Romsey Opportunity Group continues to provide specialist play facilities for these very special children and when possible their siblings. We provide a stimulating environment where children can play and learn at their own rate with a keyworker to help reach their potential. In addition to working with the children, the group also emphasises support for their families. A separate room is provided where parents and carers are able to chat over coffee and toast whilst the family co-ordinator is available to help provide information or a listening ear. Alternatively it is possible to leave the building, as the group is registered with Ofsted and staff and volunteers are fully checked by the Criminal Records Bureau. Short trips to town provide valuable respite from the demands of coping with young children. The group is self financed and is fully reliant on support from the local community, grants and fund raising. We are managed by a committee of parents, trustees and staff representatives.
Harlow Stroke Support Group
(UK, 1099071) Browse events
YTD Raised: £45.00Stroke is the biggest cause of serious disability in the UK. Harlow Stroke Support Group provide support to Stroke Survivors and their family. Our Social Groups, Exercise Class,Communication Group, One to One Support and Events encourage Stroke Survivors to reach their full potential
Age UK Waltham Forest
(UK, 1048212) Browse events
YTD Raised: £42.00ACWF aims to improve the quality of life for older adults in Waltham Forest by providing direct services, campaigning for the rights of older people and participating in partnership working with statutory authorities and non-governmental organisations. ACWF is an equal opportunities organisation.
Folkestone, Hythe & District Mencap Ltd
(UK, 1097687) Browse events
YTD Raised: £40.00It aims to support people with learning disabilities and their families to achieve full participation in the local community. This specifically includes campaining for their rights and developing social and leisure opportunities.
The S.A.F.E. Foundation
(UK, 1117864) Browse events
YTD Raised: £40.00The SAFE Foundation supports locally led programmes overseas that help people out of poverty. It helps people take control of their own development. We also work in the UK encouraging people to develop skills that help them understand their place in the world.
Salters Hill Charity Limited
(UK, 288379) Browse events
YTD Raised: £40.00Salter's Hill Charity Limited is a non-profit company limited by guarantee and a registered charity established in 1984 to provide homes for adults with learning disabilities from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Balcraig Foundation
(UK, SC020037) Browse events
YTD Raised: £40.00We are a charitable trust that aims to relieve human suffering and deprivation, to provide practical assistance to orphaned and destitute children and to improve access to education. We support a variety of projects in Africa particularly Kenya Children’s Home. www.kenyachildrenshome.org.uk
Friends Reaching Out
(UK, 1032163) Browse events
YTD Raised: £40.00Since 1992 Friends Reaching Out has been working in remote villages in central Uganda, educating and caring for orphan children. Through monthly child sponsorship from UK individuals we have been privelaged to see the lives of hundreds of children transformed. Via your fundraising for community projects we have also been able to improve the quality of life for whole communities Thank you! The need is great and our work is ongoing. We currently have plans to replace the temporary buildings of our charity run primary school with a permenant brick structure that will serve the children and the community for years to come.
Howgill Development Trust
(UK, 1140384) Browse events
YTD Raised: £35.00The Howgill Family Centre aims to provide support for Children and Families throughout West Cumbria so that every child might have equality of opportunity to achieve their full potential. The organisation coordinates Centre-based activities, Home Support and Community outreach projects. The Howgill Family Centre is dedicated to high quality service provision, open to external inspection, evaluation and assessment and the premises and activities are registered with Ofsted, where appropriate. Howgill Development Trust exists to facilitate this aim.
Bright Sparks Playgroup
(UK, SCO29148) Browse events
YTD Raised: £30.00Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate. Bright Sparks is a charity who provide and support children with addition support needs and their families across Midlothian from birth to 18 years old.
JCWI
(UK, 1117513) Browse events
YTD Raised: £30.00We work to ensure fair and just immigration, nationality and asylum law and policy and provide direct legal advice to those affected by UK immigration control. JCWI publically campaigns and advocates on behalf of immigrants and for changes to unfair rules and is independent of government funding.
The Athlone Trust
(UK, 277065) Browse events
YTD Raised: £30.00The Athlone Trust supports adopted children with often severe emotional, behavioural and special educational needs who would not otherwise receive the help or education that they so desperately require. Demand for our help far outstrips our ability to supply it so every penny really does count.
Stockdales
(UK, 509053) Browse events
YTD Raised: £28.50Stockdales has been supporting children and adults with learning & physical disabilities for 60 years. We help people and their families enjoy as rewarding and happy a life as possible and to achieve their true potential by supporting them in any way we can. Visit www.stockdales.org.uk
Deafway
(UK, 1089918) Browse events
YTD Raised: £26.00WHEN YOU MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE TELL US WHICH APPEAL YOU WISH TO DONATE TO IN THE COMMENTS BOX. THANK YOU! Deafway's vision is that all D/deaf people, wherever they live, get the same chances in life as everybody else.
ECIL
(UK, 1121619) Browse events
YTD Raised: £25.00ECIL is a user-led charity, supporting disabled people and their unpaid carers to lead independent lives, by providing information, advice, support, counselling and respite. Also, we campaign for their human rights, challenging any barriers to do things which are taken for granted by able bodied.
Reading Refugee Support Group
(UK, 1098058) Browse events
YTD Raised: £22.00Our vision is for an inclusive and supportive society in Reading, where refugees and asylum seekers are treated with humanity, dignity and respect. Our mission is to improve the lives of refugees and asylum seekers through providing support and advice, promoting awareness and facilitating integration into the wider Reading Community. Currently, we're concentrating our efforts on the refugee crisis. We expect the first Syrian refugees to arrive in the UK soon, and we want to be ready to help them. For more information on RRSG please go to the Reading Refugee Support Website
Disability North
(UK, 514733) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20.00Disability North promotes inclusion, independence and choice for disabled people across the North of England. We are a user led charity which works with, and for, disabled people, enabling them to increase the control they have over their own lives.
REGARD
(UK, 1105458) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20.00Regard is a national organisation of disabled lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people. By sharing skills and experiences, members aim to provide information/support to other LGBT disabled people, raise awareness of issues affecting them and combat social isolation.
Over The Rainbow Children's Charity
(UK, 1163971) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20.00Thank you for visiting our profile page on MyDonate.Over The Rainbow Children’s Charity is here to support families with children who are living with a serious illness or disability.
SNAAP
(UK, 1130149) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20.00SNAAP supports families who have children with any additional need or disability living in the Canterbury & Coastal area. We provide good quality information and support to families and carers, to enable them to help themselves and their children. We also provide regular leisure activities.
The Targu Mures Trust
(UK, SC029811) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19.21The Targu Mures Trust is a Glasgow-based Scottish registered charity. Its primary aim is to make life more comfortable for those now frail and elderly members of the Jewish community of Targu Mures, Romania, who survived the Holocaust.
Innovate Trust Ltd
(UK, 1010541) Browse events
YTD Raised: £18.00Innovate Trust provides support and guidance to disabled people. Our main work is to support people with learning disabilities, but we also support individuals with mental health issues and people with physical impairments. Our main projects are:
Stockport Cerebral Palsy society
(UK, 1009768) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16.00Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society is a registered charity established in 1953 and provides support to over 700 children and adults with a range of physical and/or learning disabilities. It provides services to residents of Stockport, Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Derbyshire and East Cheshire.