Charities In Plymouth City

Christian based worship, pastoral care, training and recreational opportunities. Compassionate service to the community, particularly those who are socially or economically deprived.

The Charity is set up to House the elderly over the age of retirement who are subsequently receiving Housing Benefit and live in the Plymouth area.

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.

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

Religious activities

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.

The charity will provide quality affordable childcare for children aged 3 months to 11 years, in a deprived pocket of the community. We will provide childcare from 7am-6pm Monday- Friday, 51 weeks of the year. The childcare centre will be OFSTED approved and will accept nursery education grant funding. It will also offer wrap-around childcare which includes breakfast, tea and holiday clubs. .

The education of families of preschool children through the provision of groups and by providing family support in area of the provision of antenatal care, access to health visitors, parenting classes, along with the relief of economic need by the provision of debt advice, money management and budgetary advice, and the provision of training and education with the aim to employment.

Eating Disorder Support covers geographic areas in Plymouth and part of West Devon. We provide NICE guidelines psychotherapy and specialist dietetic advice for individuals suffering from an eating disorder. We also offer individual/group/ family therapy for clients and carers. EDS provides a 3-day intensive programme for those who are more at risk of deterioration to prevent in-patient admission.

The Charity supports priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth by:* the payment of grants to Diocesan Priests in need;* the payment of Allowances to Diocesan Priests, (including former Members), who have resigned from ecclesiastical office;* the provision of assistance, of whatever kind, to relieve Diocesan Priests who are sick, infirm or elderly.

START works in the city of Plymouth, offering individual support, advocacy and outreach services to asylum seekers and refugees. START aims to facilitate the transition of refugees, and vulnerable minority ethnic groups, from people in need to self-reliant contributors to their local communities.

Activities for the enhancement of education, and in particular (without limitation) to provide students, staff, parents and governors in educational establishments in Exeter and the wider South West area access to: Affordable training and development; Initial Teacher Training including Primary PGCE programmes; Networks for staff at a wide range of levels to improve provision.

Our Programmes:- Asylum and Immigration Advice- Children & Young People (Support)- Wellbeing (Play, Sports, Physical & Social Activities; Psychosocial support)- Asylum & Migration (Information, Advice/Advocacy, Guidance)- Advocacy & Campaign (Racial Harmony, Equity & address Inequality)- Integration (Social Integration, Cohesion & Inclusion)- Education, Art & Heritage

The charity provides impartial advice, signposting & guidance around post-16 skills & training to the general public & other relevant external agencies such as DWP/ Job Centre Plus, care agencies, schools, colleges, business owners, employers, young people, their parents and carers & the wider community.The charity also provides practical support to those engaged in post-16 education/training.

Project management, community development, resource development, youth development, asset management, finance and administration support, education and training and volunteering

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND HIGH QUALITY GYMNASTIC COACHING AT ALL LEVELS

The SWBA is an umbrella body for many of the Baptist Churches in the South West. SWBA is largely a service organisation, which means that much of our work is "responsive" - meeting the practical needs of our member churches. These are very wide-ranging. In addition, we also undertake an element of more strategic work.

CASSPLUS operates from Magistrates' Courts in Devon and Cornwall. We work primarily, but not exclusively, with defendants, offenders and their families, providing supported sign-posting for a range of issues including accommodation, substance misuse, health/mental health, debt/benefits, criminal justice and family matters.

Providing benefits to serving/retired police officers and their dependants in charitable need

Take A Part are experts in socially engaged audience development for contemporary art.

The aim of Homemaker is to prevent homelessness and promote independence. The services we currently provide cover Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset. Our services are usually for people who are at risk of losing their home or are in financial distress and include money advice, budgeting, debt advice, advocacy and tenancy sustainment. We also provide services to reduce re-offending in Devon.

Registered Pre-school, providing sessional and full day care for 80 children, aged 2 to 5 years. We also offer a breakfast and after-school for children 2 to 11 years.

Regular public worship open for all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer andcontemplation. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings and the distribution of literature. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.