Charities In Leicester City

BrightSparks Arts provides creative opportunities for people living with mental health conditions in the regions of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire to enable them to build self esteem, develop skills and challenge stigma. BSA delivers workshops, projects, events, exhibitions and publications to showcase the work of participants, and provides advocacy and advice to organisations/ the public.

The Trust makes grants to assist people living in Leicestershire & Rutland who are in financial need, hardship or distress. Grants can be made to both individuals and organisations.

The object of the CIO is to advance the education of children, adults and families by helping those experiencing difficulties in acquiring literacy skills. We aim to support children and adults to develop a genuine interest and love of reading for pleasure. We aim to develop and promote speech, language, communication, confidence, self esteem, literacy and strategies for learning in the home.

A support group and independent voice for parents/carers of children with a disability/additional needs in Nottingham and surrounding areas linked to the National Network P/C Forums. Run by parents for parents. Providing peer support, play sessions, empowerment training, healthy exercise sessions, signposting to services and support.

PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS VIA THE FOLLOWING: A WEEKLY DROP-IN WITH A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT; ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES, SEWING CLASSES, COMPUTER CLASSES; FOOTBALL TEAM; NEW EVIDENCE SEARCH TEAM.PROVIDING SPEAKERS TO EDUCATE ON ASYLUM AND REFUGEE ISSUES TO A WIDE RANGE OF SETTINGS AND WORKING TO PROMOTE THEY INTERESTS AND INTEGRATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

Molly's Gift grants individuals and community groups money to support disadvantaged young people have access to sport and physical activity. Molly's Gift also deliver free holiday programmes and a Saturday Morning Club aimed at tackling holiday hunger and social isolation. Molly's Gift also support adults to become active through group sessions and a yearly physical activity challenge.

To financially support any organisation, institution or fund which is established for charitable purposes. To relieve sickness and preserve health, advance education and prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship, through activities that focus on supporting needs within Leicestershire and Rutland and to further such other charitable purposes as the Trustees may consider appropriate.

The charity's principal aims are to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the directors see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals and to further such charitable purpose or purposes as the directors in their absolute discretion shall think fit.

Christian church. Regular services and activities are organised for all age groups plus occasional events. These are all for the promotion of the Christian faith in the Wigston area, teaching & supporting those who are already Christians and introducing and explaining the faith to those who are not.

Raise awareness of FGM through educational programmes for students, parents, and communities. Facilitate accredited FGM training. Provide safeguarding, counselling, advocacy, and support for survivors. Deliver early years safeguarding/body autonomy sessions. Provide holistic care and wellbeing programmes addressing abuse, physical/mental health, health disparities and other support needs.

It provides Christian outreach to convert people for Christ and provide humanitarian services for the destitute.It offers donations and clothing to the deprived in the society.

(1) To advance the religion of Islam in accordance with the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH as expounded by the Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamah School of Thought(2) To relieve financial hardship, distress and suffering(3)To advance education (4)provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare

religious activities. Arrange religious functions. People from Leicestershire and other cities e.g. London , Northampton, Derby, attend functions. Provide meals for devotees.

Christian mission and evangelism; celebrating public worship; teaching the Christian faith; pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; providing facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, including (but not restricted to) the elderly, the young and other groups with special needs; supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

We offer pre-school sessions for children between the ages of 2 and 5 years, to help enhance their development and education. We are guided by the Early Years Foundation Scheme (EYFS) principles of: a unique child; positive relationships; enabling environments; learning and development. We work with parents and carers to provide for the needs of their children through a community group.

To advance the education and training of the public in different methods of meditation enabling people to reduce personal stress and understand and experience different meditational practices.

Supporting the work of the Leicester Cathedral:i) the provision of a fitting place of interment for the human remains of King Richard III of England and associated religious facilities and activities and the repair, maintenance and renewal of all such provisions and facilities; and ii) the preservation, maintenance and development of the Cathedral Church of St Martin in Leicester generally.

Our activities are based around the education of the public in transport heritage generally, particularly in the Nottingham conurbation through preserving for posterity a collection of passenger service vehicles and associated artefacts. In August 2015 we leased a period bus garage in Hucknall to develop into a transport museum . We aim to engage all areas of the local community in our work.

We are a multi-cultural church in the city of Leicester aiming to serve our community to the best of our ability. As we are just starting, our programmes to be implemented will include various age groups from new born babies to the elderly. More activities will be implemented as and when we have more volunteers coming in and willing to be part of the church.

Kaine Management run their charitable activities under 3 main headings: -Arts - developing community choirs, hosting events and participating in local and national arts activities and festivals.Community - developing activities that empower and engage community members(youth groups/projects with the elderly)Education - Running mentoring programmes and workshops in school/community settings.

The South Asian Health Action (SAHA) charity seeks to empower the South Asian communities to make better health choices that could lead to better lifestyles. We will Engage with, Educate and Empower patients, carers and community leads to promote knowledge and better health lifestyle.

Advance public education by establishing and maintaining a display of historic commercial and public carriage vehicles (PCV) at a Museum in Leicestershire. To exhibit such vehicles, equipment and items by temporary or permanent exhibitions and promote the permanent preservation of items of general transport interest of actual or potential historic or scientific importance and educative value.

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN LONDON, ESSEX, COVENTRY , BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST AND TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OR HARDSHIP

LWFA will, in everything it does, enable its participants to have safe access to many types of cycles and cycling thereby promoting greater inclusion and increased well-being.

FRF works to eliminate the barriers that lead to social exclusion and poverty, focussing on faith and BAME communities, we advise private and public stakeholders on ways to tailor development initiatives. We provide training and job brokerage services to socially disadvantaged communities, capacity building organizations.