Charities In Wigan

The Trust maintains a museum of firefighting in the Greater Manchester region. It manages a collection of fire engines, equipment, uniforms, medals etc, which is open to the public. The operation is run entirely by volunteers. Working in partnership with the Fire and Rescue Service, it also operates a dedicated education programme for schools.

The Storehouse Project is a registered charity now in its 15th year. At the heart of the Storehouse is our Christian values and this underpins all the work we carry out. We currently provide furniture, household items, food, toiletries and clothing to those most in need in our local area. We provide mentoring, pastoral support and much more.

We help people on low income towards the cost of their dogs, cats, rabbits and other smaller animals to be spayed or neutered, to reduce the great number of animals being "put to sleep", going to bad homes, etc. We also rescue, rehabilitate and rehome small animals. We are a contact for caring animal welfare groups. We are known as 'PUP' in UK.

To provide practical support for migrant arrivals (in particular, but not exclusively, asylum seekers and refugees).To aid and promote integration.To alleviate isolation and exclusion.To encourage participation in volunteering actiivities..To foster the development of community-led wellbeing.To advance public education.

Operate all aspects of a Church of England Parish

The charity works with people with disabilities and uses specialist equipment to enable them to create and make music. The charity also aims to develop technology to help further these aims.

Welfare Club hosting community activities such as Bingo, Bowling, U3A. A wide range of Community groups use our facilities such as Special Guardians, JIGSAW, British Heart Foundation and we hire function rooms out for Keep Fit, Parties, Meetings etc. We have a Rugby Section, Bowling Section, Darts & Doms and an Entertainment section for our members.

We aim to maintain Lancashire Boys and Girls Clubs as a direct delivery organisation through the continuance of a comprehensive programme of activities and projects for young people and provide practical support and advice to club staff, members and management committee trustees.

Work in health prevention and support

Grant making charity which makes donations to a wide range of charities and other community organisations which provide charitable benefits for communities within Greater Manchester, in particular, organisations for young people, provision for the sick, the disabled, the elderly and disadvantaged, support for educational initiatives by arts organisations and support for community groups.

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Langley and their immediate environs by working together with inhabitants, Local Authorities and voluntary organisations in a common effect to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreational and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants.

Grants are awarded to voluntary groups throughout the North West, who provide sports, leisure and health orientated activities for young people. These groups include local sports clubs, scouts, youth clubs and children with special needs. We also provide grants for other charities involved with mountain recreational activities such as footpath repairs, mountain rescue and air ambulance.

We provide people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate and enjoy the benefits of sport and recreation and in particular Rugby League across our both community and the wider community.

General Charitable Activities

Together Liverpool's aim is to support churches working with community groups wanting to tackle poverty, deprivation and disadvantage in their boroughs.

Providing the community of Ashton-in-Makerfield and beyond with the opportunity to learn about Christian faith and practice through the provision of public Bible teaching and Christian fellowship in a variety of ways. We also provide other activities of benefit for the local community, such as youth clubs and parents and toddlers.

Scout Association

We accept financial donations via our just giving website. We buy all the presents via Toy Wholesalers. We raise awareness via social media & our web site. We work with social workers, drop in centres and schools to identify children in need of our help. All year we create Christmas sacks & and distribute the toy sacks in December, in time for Christmas.

To assist in bringing the Christian faith to the community and to help those who want to grow in their faith. To work alongside all age groups in nurturing and sustaining a relationship between them and God. To assist and walk alongside those in need, which includes establishing and promoting community projects and providing practical help for the disadvantaged, socially excluded and marginalised.

Greater Manchester Blood Bikes provides an out of hours courier service staffed by unpaid volunteers to NHS hospitals and hospices in the Greater Manchester area transporting Blood, Donor breast milk, samples and other items used for medical or the surgical treatment of patients for Doctors ,Hospitals, Hospices, Laboratories and Chemists free of charge.

WAST is a self help women's asylum seeker led organization building the members capacity for survival in the asylum system, developing members, confidence, basic English cultural understanding, new skills and providing opportunities to take part in activities which help overcome the trauma of their experiences and which also serve to raise awareness and understanding in their local communities.

A specialist not for profit family mediation service

Founded for the benefit of workers in the British Textile Industry the charity's work includes the promotion of medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of ailments and diseases to which such workers are especially liable.

Provides community buildings, and supports community organisations involved in managing those buildings. Also provides funds and grants to those groups, and, when funds are available, to other community organisations as well.

The advancement of the Christian Religion at Home and Abroad by proclaiming truths concerning God's Son Jesus Christ as taught in the Holy Bible.Such other charitable purposes as shall further the attainment of the above including supporting missionary activities in the UK and overseas.Promotion of religious instruction in accordance with the Christian religion by means of a Sunday School.