Charities In Doncaster

The support of local communities through the distribution of grant funding. To promote community philanthropy and provide a service to donors, philanthropists, businesses, statutory bodies and trusts who wish to support their local community.Our vision is to improve the lives of local people and build stronger communities.

TO FURTHER ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE (ON A SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL BASIS) OF BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITHIN SHEFFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE USE OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL (INCLUDING ITS HISTORY AND RULES) AND OTHER ANCILLARY SPORTING ACTIVITIES AS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is a company which connects providers of sport and physical activity such as National Governing Bodies, Local Authorities, Schools, Colleges and universities and local clubs to work together to increase the number and quality of opportunities to take part across the South and West Yorkshire areas.

Provides care to support carers via the provision of trained care support workers who work in service users own homes we also provide social/personal care directly to people with care needs. We cover the Rotherham Borough, parts of Doncaster and Sheffield. We aim to give carers a break from their caring role and support people with disabilities to remain living independently in their own home

The role of Hull CVS is to support the sustainable development of voluntary and communtiy groups and volunteering in Hull and its neighbourhood. To this end it brings organisations together to share information and good practice; promotes the value of the voluntary sector and of volunteering; supports the development of new groups; provides services to organisations; provides representation.

To preserve, protect and improve the rivers and streams of the Trent catchment and the biodiversity they support, by maintaining and improving water quality by reducing the impacts of rural and urban land use upon watercourses. Maintaining, improving and restoring the natural habitat and function of streams and rivers and their floodplains.

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health.To advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity.

To deliver social objectives by co-ordinating community development activities, employment and life skills support and developing social enterprises.

Citizens Advice service giving free confidential independent and impartial advice to all who need us. Also working to change unfair policies and practices which affect peple's lives.

Provides supported accommodation to vulnerable young women, young women with learning disabilities, and young mums with babies.Provides outreach support to vulnerable families in their own tenancies.Aims: to teach independent living skills; to help develop parenting skills.

Through active participation in a huge range of different art forms, darts enables local people, groups and organisations to build their ability, confidence and skills, assisting them to play a crucial role in the cultural, social and economic regeneration of their communities.

Refurnish is an entrepreneurial social enterprise that delivers social, environmental and economic targets. The organisation was formed in response to two factors; lack of affordable furniture for disadvantaged people who were often exploited by unethical lenders and the vast amounts of reusable furniture being buried in landfill. We use or work as a training aid for disadvantaged people.

We take the fear out of ageing by empowering and supporting older people in Doncaster to live and age well. We do this by providing support and care in the home, social and wellbeing groups and activities, benefits checks and form-filling as well as general information, advice and signposting.

Citizens Advice Rotherham and District provides legal advice in any area of social law to the community of Rotherham to ensure its citizens do not suffer through a lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities. We actively work in support of raising issues of social injustice to enable improvements in social justice for all.

Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to maximise their life opportunities through the provision of professional clinical assessments, advice and information about assistive technology. Throughout the Yorkshire region.

Heeley City Farm identifies, confronts and addresses the problems of poverty, inequality, prejudice and lack of opportunity in our inner city community by supporting and promoting community regeneration and self help within environmentally friendly and self-sustaining systems, using the background of a mini-farm, community gardens and related resources.

Sheffield Churches' Council for Community Care works with statutory and other voluntary agencies to provide packages of carefor vulnerable people: specifically to relieve poor, sick, elderly or disabled persons in Sheffield by providing or assisting in the provision of services calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Set up to deal with the Relief of Poverty, by way of making payment against outstanding water bills.

The Charitable Incorporated Organisation offers grants to a wide variety of charities working in the local community. Funding is given exclusively to charities based in Yorkshire and directly benefitting only Yorkshire communities. Priority is given to charities working at the heart of communities to tackle disadvantage and to provide sustainable benefit to the community.

Operation of a working trolleybus and transport museum, including the associated restoration and/ or conservation of exhibits, archives etc.

Promoting for the benefit of the public, the conservation and preservation of the geology, archaeology, ecology and landscape in the Creswell Crags Heritage Area and the surroundings; of taking steps to secure the removal of inappropriate development from the Creswell gorge and at other sites the Trust is seeking to enhance and preserve; to advancing public education and promote research.

WCTS supports mental health and emotional wellbeing of women in Leeds prioritising those on low income and those who struggle to access or engage with statutory services. Core activities: provision of individual and group counselling and psychotherapy in a women's service; peer support; partnerships with other services; contributing to a co-ordinated approach to service delivery to women.

In supporting victims and survivors who are living with or fleeing Domestic Violence and Abuse, we provide the following services:- Advice Helpline;- Emergency Refuge accommodation and support;- Training programmes for Children, Young People and Adults;- Therapeutic Intervention;- Advocacy, emotional and practical support;- Interpretation, translation and Immigration Services

The charity's main objective remains the control of feral cats, by limiting their numbers throught neutering and returning to site, by providing veterinary care where necessary and by finding homes for kittens and tame stray cats. Each year the charity manages to neuter more than 1000 cats, home more than 1000 cats and provide veterinary care, other than neutering, for some 750 cats.