Charities In Wigan

The provision of door to door and other transport and associated support services for people who are unable to use conventional public transport. The service is provided across the Greater Manchester conurbation serving a total population of over 2.5 million people.

Charitable works directed towards children and young people without families able to care for them, children and young people at risk, people with disabilities, the aged, the vulnerable and individuals, families, communities and groups who are in need.

GMCVO works to increase economic and social inclusion in Greater Manchester through effective collaborations and supporting other organisations to achieve their goals. We support voluntary organisations and social enterprises to understand the operating environment, to gain social investment and we test new approaches. We provide investment and are a lead body for networks & partnership projects.

Disability Direct is a support service for disabled people. We are also an umbrella agency for smaller groups of disabled people. We are an organisation of disabled people and currently employ 14 paid staff and 35 volunteers.

The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.

Forever Manchester is a charity that raises money to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester.

The provision of high quality vocational training for the live performance, screen and audio industries

The charity provides high quality education and childcare recognised by Ofsted and several local authorities. St Bede's Childcare operates Full Day care nursery provision for children from 6 weeks to four years all year around, together with breakfast, after school and holiday care for 3 to 11 year olds. St Bede's Childcare is committed to supporting individual children and their families.

Greater Manchester Moving is a Greater Manchester charity committed to changing lives through moving more, sport and physical activity. We play a strategic leadership role in support of GM Moving, the Greater Manchester wide movement, for movement. We lead, support and connect the Greater Manchester system in creating the conditions to enable Active Lives for All.

Provides support in the community for people described as having ' learning disabilities' wishing to live in a home of their own.

Provision of counselling services, information and advice, training, family and individual supports services, and development of health and social care projects.

providing good quality temporary accommodation and support services to vulnerable women, homeless or at risk of homelessness, and for women, men and their children who have experienced, are experienced and are fleeing from domestic abuse.

Providing support to older and vulnerable people in maintaining their well-being while living in their own home in the Greater Manchester and surrounding area including: Advice and support, carrying out free or at low cost, small-scale home repairs (handyhelp); support, supervision and inspection service for larger-scale home repairs and adaptations.

Mustard Tree operates across Greater Manchester, providing food, clothing furniture and training for individuals in need. Our beneficiaries include those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, those recovering from addictions, ex-offenders, refugees, asylum seekers and those with mental health issues. We run various programmes helping people re-find their confidence, motivation and employment.

Advice casework representation for people subject to immigration control.Support groups affected by immigration control e.g. the destitute, women, unaccompanied children/young people.Raising awareness, improving understanding and practice, providing training, workshops, and events. Work with others to secure/develop advice provision Campaign to support people under threat of deportation.

The People's History Museum is the national museum of democracy. We are the only museum dedicated to telling the story of the development of democracy in Britain. We engage, inspire and inform all audiences by showing that 'there have always been ideas worth fighting for'.

Advancement of education in British and foreign history of the arts.

Our aim is to work with young people between the ages of 8 to 19 and up to 25 for young people with additional needs, with particular emphasis on young people from disadvantaged circumstances. We are a seven night per week youth provision, offering a universal service as well as a targeted offer for young people using various mediums of sport, arts and one-to-one activities all in the same venue.

The principal activity of the charitable company in the year under review was that of allowing the space created within the church to be occupied and enjoyed for the purpose of preaching and teaching the Gospel, in addition to being used for the benefit of the borough. The aim for 2022 is to continue in this vein and to extend the charitable activities of the church.

To further and assist in the education of children and adults within Wigan and surrounding areas through the use of the game of football and other ancillary sporting activities as educational tools. To provide or assist in the provision of sporting and recreational facilities for the public of Wigan and surrounding areas.

Zion Arts Centre Ltd t/a Z-arts is committed to inspiring and enabling generations of young people from Manchester and beyond to use creativity to reach their potential. We offer a wide range of creative activities across all art forms including visual art, drama, music and dance as well as a varied theatre programme specifically aimed at children and family audiences.

Contact is a dynamic arts organisation and charity based in Manchester with young people at its heart. We work locally, nationally, and internationally to provide life changing opportunities for the next generation of creative leaders, artists, and audiences, redefining theatre for the 21st Century and presenting and producing a diverse artistic program in our building and beyond.

The objects for which the Charity is established are to promote for the benefit of the public in GreaterManchester the provision of services and support to females with multiple and complex needs, with a viewto the preservation and protection of the well-being of such females and the preservation of public order(the Objects).

The objects of the charity are the advancement of the educational work of Withington Girls' School (charity number 1158226) and the advancement of education. A specific aim is to maintain and enhance the level of means-tested bursary support to safeguard the diversity of the school community. It addition, the charity provides financial support for the school's on-going building programme.

The company's principal activity during the year continued to be that of a school.