Charities In Blaenau Gwent

The objectives of the Charity:To provide grants and donations for such charitable purposes for the public benefit.Charitable support to include:Funding for sporting activities that promote healthy recreation for young people to support their advancement in sport.Providing sporting equipment for disabled children.Providing relief for those in need at vulnerable times.

New Beginnings Church Newport (NBC) is a local community church open to everyone of all ages.We support the local community with free entry fun events and social gatherings.We also support overseas mission for help with digging water wells and medical supplies.We operate from The Sycamore Centre, Thistle Way, Risca, NP11 6PL

Provide the public with access to the Industrial Archive relating to iron and at Ebbw Vale during the period 1790 - 2002. Objectives: A Trust Deed was drawn up for the establishment and maintenance of a museum and the collection, preservation and display of the archive. This provides the local community with a unique educational resource and offers great cultural benefit to the area.

Day to day management of small woodlands of which one has public access. Sales of products resulting from the management including woodfuel, green craft products and honey. Tree planting and wild flower cultivation within woodlands. Providing facilities to encourage wildlife and biodiversity development, eg nesting boxes, clear areas of invasive species and litter pick as required.

To protect and preserve native hedgehogs by providing appropriate care, treatment and temporary shelter to hedgehogs in need. To provide a telephone helpline to advance education and support the general public/vets around the conservation and welfare of hedgehogs and their habitats. To promote environmental protection by supporting conservation and education. Providing volunteering and training.

Newport Borough Brass is a traditional British brass band. The Band, as its name suggests is based in Newport, Gwent in South East Wales where it operates. The Band has a very professional outlook and plays at local fetes, concerts, private and public functions, in addition the Band is a contesting band and is currently in the 2nd Section nationally and in the 2nd section in Wales.

We teach skills for life to young people in and around Pontnewydd in Cwmbran, Torfaen.These skills are taught via outdoor & adventurous activities such as camping, hiking etc.

The rescue and the preservation of life of persons injured or stranded underground and to assist other emergency services, including other cave rescue groups and mountain rescue teams.

Gwent Arts in Health (GARTH) promotes and develops an arts and health programme for the patients and general public in healthcare and community settings throughout the Gwent area. GARTH was founded to ensure that the benefits of creative programmes within healthcare settings could be developed across all hospitals and health facilities in the Gwent area.

As well as competing at both local and national levels in brass band competitions, we provide music for the local community together with music tuition for all ages especially disadvantaged youngsters as well as providing historical information to heritage groups, keeping alive the tradition of colliery bands. We provide concerts for other charities, veteran and senior citizen groups.

We organise an annual festival which usually includes a children's opera (designed, performed and presented by children assisted by professional musicians and soloists), an opera/opera extracts performed by a mixture of professional and amateur artists, two jazz concerts (one professional, one amateur) and, sometimes, a lecture on a music-related subject. The festival is usually held in May.

To preserve, promote and share the history and cultural heritage of Brynmawr and its surrounding area through exhibits, educational lectures, research and community engagement

We run a museum for local visitors and for people from the surrounding district to learn and enjoy their heritage. We also have visitors from further afield who come to seek out information on relatives.We run an education service for schools and an outreach service for elderly and disabled.

The Blaenau Gwent Otters is affiliated to the Halliwick Association of swimming therapy. We teach disabled people to swim using the reknown Hallick method. All our volunteers are qualified in teaching disabled people and encouraged to take part in courses held all over Wales.

We provide education and training in the techniques of family history research. We encourage the conservation of documents and structures, which record details of social and family history. We sponsor and provide volunteers to undertake research into such documents and thereby act as an umbrella or resource body.

To promote the advancement of ornithological activities in the regions covered which include - Monmouthshire, City of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and parts of Caerphilly. Guided walks are offered throughout the year. Indoor meetings are held with professional speakers from September through to April.

We look after, assess and find new, loving homes, for greyhounds in need of care in Wales and The Marches. We provide vet treatment and kennelling and work in co operation with other like-minded Welsh groups to ensure that families offering suitable homes are not kept waiting. Our fundraising Activities are promoted on ... http://www.greyhoundsinwales.moonfruit.com.

Education/Training for Arts/Culture serving Children, young people, adults, older people and the public generally in respect of archaeological and historical information in the County of Gwent and the Borders.

Counselling and support, sponsoror facilitate the provision of vocational training & coaching. facilitate participation of young orphans in primary/secondary school education, vocational training courses, progress onto further education and/or advance vocational training courses, or employment

Tafflab makes grants to enterprise students who wish to start up their own businesses in disadvantaged communities. Applicants currently attend and are recommended by partner colleges. Tafflab interview to confirm eligibility, work with the Enterprise Champions employed by the colleges and provide mentoring by RSA Fellows. Regular meetings between mentors, mentees and champions confirm progress

Volunteer search and rescue service to preserve life and relieve suffering and distress to persons or animals in caves, other underground locations or sites of speleological interest, and within the expertise and scope of the charity, assist with surface search and other related activities, and to assist other emergency services, and other search and rescue organisations as requested.

Improving the physical conditions for thyroid cancer patients receiving treatment at Velindre hospital, Cardiff. Developing gardens outside treatment rooms to provide a pleasant outlook for patients. A mural to provide an interesting view for patients. Providing information booklets for patients. Raising funds for new projects that will benefit thyroid cancer patients specifically.

Conducting projects to raise awareness of maternal health and foetal well-being by the provision of maternal aids and relieving the suffering of people who have experienced the loss of a child by bringing bereaved parents together and providing practical support and information to them.

The Aberystruth a history and archaeology society run community archaeology projects and historical projects throughout Blaenau Gwent. We have a Archaeology for all policy and work with local schools and clubs to actively get children and adults involeved in archaeology while learning about the local history in their area. We also help to promote, preserve and record archaeology and history .

We assist in the relief of suffering children & their families who are living with or are affected by HIV/AIDS. Support initiatives designed to educate the public into causes treatment research & ways of coping and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Raising funds for the construction development of an orphanage & a school 's IT training suite utilising renewable energy sources to power the suite in Ghana