Charities In Somerset

We provide quality care facilities for children from age 2 years to statutory school age by offering appropriate education and care facilities. We welcome all children whatever their ability, culture, religion or social background.

One-to-one low-cost, long-term counselling and psychotherapy to Bristol and the surrounding area; Non-12 step alcohol support groups; Relapse prevention programmes. Training and supervision of counsellors offering the Swan counselling service.

UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELEVANT TO PRIMARY CARE AND GENERAL PRACTICE

The charity provides an educational programme for schools which is National Curriculum linked with work sheets available for topics at Key Stages 1 to 4. More advanced studies are available for colleges, community groups and the general public. The Centre offeres a unique learning experience which includes looking at areas of former quarrying which have geological or wildlife interest.

Banwell FC offers healthy recreation at Banwell in North Somerset by providing facilities for the playing of amateur football and other such sports or physical activities for ages ranging from juniors to veterans and for girls and boys that will improve their fitness, health and mental wellbeing so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

Christian worship and teaching is offered regularly, free of charge, open to all, in all age groups. Parish outreach in the form of regular and one-off activities and events in church and church hall.

The Pod is a registered charity in Mendip meeting the needs of young carers and people with additional needs aged 8 upwards, and their families. The charity provides safe supportive sociable and enterprising spaces in Frome, as well as providing opportunities and support for members to engage in community initiatives.

Maintain and operate a Railway Centre at Yeovil Junction including facilities to assist with running main line steam trains. Public open days using resident steam engine arranged and designed to educate. Visitor Centre developed in an 1864 built Transfer Shed. Activities continue to improve and extend our work.

Visual Arts Exhibitions all the year round, including OpenMost weeks, usually Fridays or Saturdays: Classical, Jazz, occasional otherMonthly Antiques and Collectables Fairs 11 Craft Markets, occasional book fairsPrivate HiresDaily workshops: incl. Watercolour, Feltmaking, Rag rugs, Folk crafts, Readers' group, Clay Sculpting, Coloured pencils, Pilates,

The Penguin Sports Foundation provides therapeutic activity in the form of aquatic physiotherapy and accessible sport for children with physical disabilities in North Devon and beyond.We currently provide hydrotherapy 1:1 sessions, a frame running club & a Hydrotherapy after school group session.

Forest of Selwood is set up to achieve the following charitable objects:i. To promote the conservation of the natural and physical environment of the Forest of Selwood and its surroundings and to educate the public in its heritage. ii. To advance the education and awareness of the Forest of Selwood community and the public in the principles of biodiversity conservation and sustainability.

The Abbeyfield Taunton Defendamus Society Ltd provides supported sheltered housing for older people. It combats loneliness and the worries of running a home, frequently experienced by older people. Residents have the privacy of their own flat/bed sitting room but share meals and social time together.

We are a comittee run preschool for children from the ages of 2-4. We also offer breakfast club care to primary aged school children from age 4-11.

We offer church services, baptisms, weddings, funerals and other church activities. The PCC are developing a community hub in a remodelled part of the church building offering community activities, links to community support organisations, group activities, IT hub, weekly cafe, also a daily Honesty cafe and toilet facilities for the use of all.

Animal Welfare and Re-homing Service

Offering regular opportunies for worship and prayer. Provision for development of personal faith through scripture and corporate experiences. Community Development Programmes reach out to the local community providing support and resources for a variety of needs including, Health, personal well-being, and leisure pursuits and issues such as social justice, safety and homelessness.

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

Raising awareness of our current project, promoting membership of the charity and raising funds - the project being to progress the restoration of a unique, 1918 built Great Western heavy freight steam locomotive

Somerset Wildlands makes space for nature through rewilding, acquiring patches of land large and small which can be managed in as hands off a way as possible, to create wild stepping stones to benefit wildlife and people.

The Trust aims to relieve and assist young persons under the age of 25 who suffer deprivation, poverty, financial hardship or difficulty, parental neglect, lack of control or other misfortune.

Operation of a village Pre School open between 8.30 to 4.00. Between the ages of 2 and 4 years 11 months. Term time only.

Animal sanctuary

GSD 2000 rescues unwanted, abandoned or badly-treated GSDs and re-homes them in suitable private homes. All animals are neutered. Any dog previously re-homed is accepted back into care at any time which ensures life-long security. Some older dogs may be placed in homes on a charity-assisted basis, meaning that some of their veterinary fees are funded by the Charity.

In The Mix Project provides youth and community services for children and young people, and their families across Somerset. The Charity offer a range of social, economic, educational and recreational opportunities, designed to encourage social inclusion and life-long learning, helping to create both economic and social independence, linking to core youth work practices and principles.

Introducing more people to Jesus,worship and supporting those in need.