Charities In Bournemouth

Care South provides quality care services in the south of England to up to 2000 people each day. All aspects of care including dementia, nursing, frailty and special needs are provided to people either in Care South's care homes or in their own homes.

Brendoncare's purpose is to support older people, and its principal activities are the development and management of care centres (of which it currently has ten), and volunteer-led friendship and well-being clubs (of which it currently has over 60), situated in the South of England.

Principal activities are:Education, care and short break services for children and young people with autism, learning difficulties or associated mental health difficulties.Social care services to adults, children and families whose lives are affected by autism, learning difficulties or associated mental health difficultiesInformation, advice and advocacy services.

Support for full time carers and those being cared for.Contributions towards care sitting services.Funding holidays for carersAssisting finance in relaxation or training courses or perhaps hobbies or activitiesCreative thinking towards financial assistance for carersWe cannot supply care staff directEmergency funding/grants for carers

Diverse Abilities' mission is to enable children and adults with disabilities to achieve their full potential by providing a lifetime of sustainable support and educational services. We offer the broadest choice of high quality services tailored to individual needs and support people primarily across Dorset and West Hampshire local authority areas, but further afield if required.

Promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by providing or assisting in providing facilities for playing tennis and other sports; and the advancement of education of children and young people in particular, but not exclusively, by providing coaching in the sport of tennis and supporting schools to achieve education outcomes within their physical education syllabi.

The provision of high quality holistic education for girls between the ages of 3 and 18. The school has been designated as a school with a religious character.

The advancement or maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion in the Diocese. The provision of religious services. The education and training of priests. The provision and maintenance of churches, presbyteries and schools. The maintenance and support of priests, the poor and others.

Provision of Social HousingYouth WorkDay nursery and creche facilitiesFitness and Leisure CentreLearning Centre Children and Family SupportCommunity RadioRetreat CentreProvision of Training Courses i.e. Health & Hygiene, First Aid etc.

Ealing Community Transport delivers safe, accessible and affordable community transport for communities across the UK. IT provides flexible and responsive transport solutions to communities with unmet transport needs. ECT's services enable people with mobility difficulties or those who lack access to ordinary public transport to live independent lives and participate in their communities.

Generally the Trustees' financial assistance is focused on capital projects which help the young, elderly or generally disadvantaged within their area of benefit which is restricted to the administrative districts of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, East Dorset and Isle of Purbeck

The Lewis-Manning Hospice offers palliative care for local people living with cancer and some other life threatening illnesses. The services offered by the hospice are day hospice, lymphoedema clinic and breathlessness clinic.

THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ASSIST IN DELIVERING THEIR CHARITABLE AIMS, AND DEVELOP LONGER-TERM STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY PROGRAMMES. THIS WORK ENABLES THE FOUNDATION TO DISTRIBUTE GRANT FUNDING TO DORSET BASED COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CHARITIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WITHIN BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE AND ACROSS DORSET.

Education, including full time programmes for vulnerable and excluded students, those needing help after school, tutoring and mentoring for young carers and other vulnerable groups

The Dorset Mental Health Forum is a local peer led charity, which promotes the principles of wellbeing, recovery and coproduction through partnership working and providing recovery orientated partnership and peer led services.

Provision of a free, independent, confidential and impartial service of advice, information training and counsel for the benefit of the community and general public mainly but not exclusively within the Boroughs of Bournemouth and Poole or any successor body or bodies to them

We work to help people with sight loss lead full, independent, healthy and socially active lives. We deliver practical services directly into the community to make these are as accessible as possible to all service users and while the sight loss condition itself sadly cannot be cured, the charity works to stop that sight loss from causing or leading to other physical or mental health problems.

Life Cycle helps people take up cycling as a way of bringing about social and environmental change. We run a range of practical projects and services that overcome the barriers to cycling. We also pioneer new ways of raising awareness of the many benefits cycling brings: to individuals, to communities and to the planet.

Plants and Minds uses horticulture to offer realistic supportive meaningful pressure-free work rehabilitation to adults with severe and enduring mental illness. We aim to restore confidence, self-esteem and dignity while providing security and stability by having no time limit to attendance.We endeavour to reduce stigma and discrimination by increasing public awareness of mental illness

ICN supports refugee families whilst they integrate into the local community; by teaching ESOL (English for speakers of other languages); giving immigration and welfare advice - registered OISC Level 1; and running various community & social activities for women and families. ICN also looks after unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) and resettled families for Local Authorities

MYTIME Young Carers provides young carers with the support, opportunity and friendships that every child deserves. The charity operates in Dorset and across the UK. It provides young carers with the opportunity to take a break from their caring responsibilities through the MYTIME Making Memories programme and supports young carers in education through its Level Up and Employability programmes.

To advance the Christian religion, to proclaim and further the gospel of God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and to preach and teach the Christian faith.

We provide professional and practical support to organisations working within the voluntary and community sector in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset. We want to see these communities healthy, diverse, vibrant and flourishing. Our mission is to empower the voluntary sector, enable volunteering and involve communities. We believe that together, we CAN make a difference.

Dorset Reclaim operates across Dorset & western Hampshire as a furniture re-use project, collecting surplus electrical appliances, household items and furniture from local people and businesses.Our aims are to supply good quality items at low cost, provide a range of volunteering and training opportunities and to reduce the amount going to landfill by service provision and education.

Age Concern Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset works with and for people over 55 in Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset. Activities include social clubs and centres, information & advice, register of reputable tradespeople, pubs club, days out, walking groups, yoga classes, Chair exercise foot care support at home, foot care clinic, dementia services & community connections