Arts Charities That specialise in Literature
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Wing Community Library
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS supportTo manage a library and community information centre. The area is no longer served by a mobile library. Without our volunteers we would lose our library, which is really valued by older members and families. Refreshments are always available. Usually, the Parish Clerk is available once a week for people to seek advice, and we host a Lego Club once a month and a knitting group twice a month.
Friends Of Beamsley School
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, EducationA diary of family focused events designed to generate essential funds for school. These funds are used to buy such things as water bottles for every child in school, new school library books or additional equipment.
Bentham Health Centre Extra Care Fund
ArtsThe charity is used to provide medical equipment, books, information leaflets for patients in the practice and in the community
Darul Quraan Trust
Arts, ReligionTO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION WITHIN THE MIDLANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES,TEACHING, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ON THE ISLAMIC FAITH ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION.
Apostolic Shalom Church House Of Prayer
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationWe working in collaboration with some primary schools in Africa, more precisely in Kinshasa (DRC) and Luanda (Angola)-By buying books and notebooks for children.- Paying the school fees every year since 2014 in the municipality of Nsele in Kinkole-And then each end of the year we distribute food during the Christmas period to orphaned children-Etc ...
The Living Stones Of The Holy Land Trust
Arts, HeritageSUPPORTING AND PRESENTING SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THEIR USE IN, FOR EXAMPLE, LEADERSHP TRAINING . INFORMING THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, PILGRIMAGE, CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS .
Nottinghamshire Local History Association
Arts, HeritageNLHA provides financial and other support to groups and individuals; holds local history conferences; publishes a magazine "The Nottinghamshire Historian"; distributes monthly newsletter; works closely with local organisations (libraries, archives, local studies departments) to promote and support local history.
Langney Community Library
ArtsOperating from within the Langney Shopping Centre in Eastbourne, we are a community-run library for the residents of Langney and surrounding areas providing free membership to those that wish to use the library to borrow books and/or use the library's laptops to e.g. access/send emails and access the Internet. We offer IT support. We offer printing/ photocopying facilities (at competitive rates).
Merseyside Archaeological Society
Arts, HeritageProvides members of the public monthly lectures in winter, monthly day trips in summer plus an annual weekend away. Produces an occasional journal on regional archaeological developments. Organises community archaeology projects.
Mythstories
Arts, Beneficiary group, HeritageMythstories works with words, keeping oral heritage alive. We run a museum; organise projects and events to celebrate the heritage art of storytelling; link stories to landscape; share stories for community cohesion. We use storytelling as a gateway to literacy and communication skills. All age groups get involved in projects or visit the museum. Users are usually young people and families.
Yeovil Archaeological And Local History Society
Arts, HeritageThe Society promotes the preservation and protection of sites, buildings, objects, documents and images that are considered by the Society, to be of significant interest and importance to the archaeology or history of Yeovil and its hinterland through education and information by holding meetings for lectures activities, discussion, fieldwork & research and undertaking a programme of publications.
Inner Wheel Club Of High Wycombe Benevolent Fund
Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareThe Inner Wheel Club of High Wycombe, holds events eg. coffee mornings, bring & buy sales, book sales, special lunches, to raise funds for donation to local charities, good causes and individuals.
Rossendale Talking Newspaper Association
Arts, HealthWeekly provision of recorded media to registered visually impaired persons in the Rossendale area, which contain information and news from the local paper and also magazine type articles. Electronic readers are supplied where necessary.
Friends Of Forest
Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, EducationThe purpose of the charity is to advance the education of the pupils of the school. We do this by organising fundraising activities including christmas and summer fairs. By raising funds we are able to provide the school with money to which they can spend for the benefit of the pupils. For example we have raised money for playground equipment, school trips a pupil-baking area & library books.
Share: Flitwick And Ampthill
Arts, Environment, FacilitiesSHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill promotes the share, repair and re-use of products in the local area as a means of preventing and minimising waste disposal. This is predominantly through a Library of Things where people can borrow useful items and a Repair Cafe where items are repaired when possible. We bring local people together to share things and ideas about how to minimise impact on the planet.
Simon De Montfort Society
ArtsEducational/heritage connections, Battle of Evesham site conservation, events, visits, guided tours, publishing newsletter and books, lectures, general raising of awareness and promotion of understanding of Simon de Montfort, his life and times and their influence on the current form of Britain
The Study Group For Roman Pottery (sgrp)
Arts, Charitable activitiesTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF ROMAN POTTERY.TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION, TO PUBLISH LITERATURE AND UNDERTAKE OTHER ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF CERAMICS AND ROMAN POTTERY TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ROMAN POTTERY
Hough And District Women's Institute
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, HealthWALKING,DARTS,BOWLING,LUNCH CLUB, BOOK CLUB, CRAFT GROUP, QUIZ GROUP .SEVERAL MEMBERS VOLUNTEER IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL AND KNIT FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
Friends Of The Church In India
Arts, Associations, ReligionHolds an Annual Day for members and guests. Publishes 'Pilgrim' magazine twice a year. Encourages interest in and prayer for the Church in India, in particular CNI and CSI and unity. Seeks to promote unity in the church in the UK. Arranges lectures and other events from time to time.
Wollaton Women's Institute
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, LeisureMonthly meetings with Speakers on various topics. Additional meetings of interest groups - gardening, scrabble, rummikub, walking, craft, book club. Outings to places of interest, theatre, etc. Fund raising for various local charities and community projects.
Lower Test Valley Archaeological Study Group
Arts, Education, Heritage25 Open meetings each year Distribution of a regular newsletter to members Twice weekly workshops for active research Occasional exhibitions and full day courses Guided walks in and around Romsey Assistance to school and educational projects Talks and slide shows to other groups Liaison and co-operation with local organisations Publication of LTVAS books and pamphlets.
Al-Nasr
Arts, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Health, Religion, Saving of livesPractical help to the community on drug abuse, women issues, liaison with Police Authorities on potential extremism in the community, Community hours for offenders through Probation Service, Advice to immigration and foreign students on British culture, Mother and Toddlers drop in centre, Advice to non Muslim who may have problems with their Muslim partner. Information and library service re Islam
Netties Hands
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Economic and community development, EducationFor the advancement of Education for nursery and primary school aged children in Gambia through the provision of grants for items such as uniforms books and funding towards the building of a community libraryThe advancement of health and saving lives through the provision of medical supplies to medical services in rural Gambia
Graceful Hands
Arts, ReligionThe Objects of the CIO is to advance in the Islamic faith throughout England for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of Faith mainly but not exclusively through the holding of services and meetings, religious and supplementary education, maintaining a library of Islamic literature, outreach and pastoral case.
Wilfred Owen Association
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationThe W.O.A. commemorates the life and work of Wilfred Owen, poet. It maintains memorials and plaques, promotes educational conferences, visits, tours, bursaries and concerts. It publishes a twice-yearly journal and awards a biennial W.O. poetry prize. It runs a website, answers student requests and has close links with its sister organisation, the Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship.