Charities In Devon

The charity provides free advice to the general public on a range of issues, including debt and money, benefit and tax credits, housing, family issues and consumer advice. Largely, those benefiting from our services are those most in need, particularly those in financial hardship.

CIRCLES SOUTH WEST IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMME WHICH WORKS CLOSELY WITH STATUTORY SERVICES, HELPING KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS LIVE OFFENCE-FREE LIVES.

To provide community transport services for inhabitants of Mid and North Devon and its neighbourhood who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability, or poverty or because of lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.

Pre-School Education

Our aim is to offer help and assistance to elderly, disabled and vulnerable people of the 2 Doctors surgeries in Totnes and surrounding parishes to enable them to live in their own homes and receive a level of support which will help them remain independent and not be isolated from the community.We provide services such health related transport, befriending, shopping, home help and form filling.

1.PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT 2.TOWARDS THE COST OF REPAIRS TO THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH OF ST PETROCK 3.IN OR TOWARDS THE COST OF MAINTAINING RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE CHURCH 4.IN MAKING A PAYMENTOF £600 TO THE MINISTER FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CENTRAL EXETER 5.FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY 6.ONE FURTHER ACTIVITY

The operation of an arts and development centre for the benefit of the public. The centre is located in Teignmouth, Devon.

Activities include building the local church to become "Communities within communities serving throughout the city"; training, equipping and sending out church planters and workers; running Alpha courses; work with students (local and international); local mother and toddler group; work with local youth.

Advancing the mission of God in the South West Peninsula District by providing churches and circuits with strategic resources, finance, personnel and expertise, and by supporting them in the deployment and oversight of the various ministries of the church, in programmes of training, and by providing opportunities for them to work together and support each other.

To promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Woolwell and the neighbourhood; to bring together the said inhabitants and the local authorities; voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life and in particular to maint

Outdoor Education using both water and land based activities. Sessions aim to encourage independence and personal development, as well as teaching how to work as part of a teamActivities are available to all ages and abilities and as part of our public benefit work we discount sessions/residential visits to those that would otherwise would find it difficult to afford to experience them..

The charity aims to provide a public working museum celebrating the history of the woollen textile industry for the advancement of public education, to preserve Coldharbour Mill as a building of historic and architectural value for public benefit, and to continue textile production.

Dartmouth United Charities provides almshouse accommodation to poor persons of good character, who have lived in Dartmouth for two years before their appointment, or in exceptional circumstances, live outside the area but are otherwise qualified.It also makes grants to individuals and to organisations supporting Dartmouth residents who are in need, hardship or distress.

i. To promote the education of young people under the age of twenty-five through the medium of dramaii. To relieve those persons with special needs through the medium of dramaiii. To promote the education of young people in the art and science of theatre and dramaiv. To work with disadvantaged individuals and communities using theatre as a tool for social change

TTVS is a council for voluntary service, incorporating Torridge Volunteer Centre and providing infrastructure support for the voluntary and community sector/for volunteering. TTVS delivers direct services to the communities of Torridge and North Devon via projects developed in response to unmet need such as services to support carers, young carers and older people.

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church

North Devon Voluntary Services is the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) and Volunteer Centre (VC) for North Devon. We are an infrastructure organisation providing services to support development and capacity building within voluntary and community groups and assist with the recruitment and placement of volunteers.

Religious activities

The provision of 176.5 teaching days of Human Scale Education to children aged between 3 and 11 years based at premises in Dartington, Devon. The aim of providing an alternative education model and promoting democratic education.

The Charity supports needy families and individuals through churches and other reliable organisations in Moldova, Ukraine and Romania. This is accomplished through regular financial support to families, churches, soup kitchens and other select centres, to help with medical needs, and the collection, transporting and distribution of humanitarian aid including Christmas shoe boxes and family parcels

To provide opportunities to swim and through regular training and competition for swimmers to achieve their personal goals. Our Club is Dedicated to Achievement.

The laying out, planting, improvement, maintenance and upkeep of the trust land as a garden for the enjoyment of the public and also for the purposes of experimentation and research (by the growth and propagation of trees and plants of any kind and in any manner) with a view to the futherance of the study and science of botany and the increase of knowledge in respect thereof.

The object of the trust is to provide childcare to Service, ex-Service and civilian families.The charity offers a flexible, safe and nurturing environment that takes into account the specific needs of these children and families.The charity aims to improve the lives of vulnerable young children by employing professionals to provide stability and offer high quality, continuity of care.

Ahimsa is a local voluntary-sector initiative, providing specialist help and intervention programmes to perpetrators of domestic violence and linked support services for their partners/victims. Ahimsa is approved by the Department for Justice as a provider of domestic violence perpetrator programmes to the Family Courts, and is fully accredited by RESPECT.