Crime and Justice Charities

The giving of grants and donations to individuals and institutions - maintaining an Evangelical Christian ethos and providing funding for the advancement of education, the preservation of child life, the relief of child distress, the advancement of religion and the relief and redemption of prisoners and captives.Grants will only be given to organisations, not to individuals.

We work with small groups of vulnerable adults, including learning disabled, autistic, ex-offenders and those with mental health problems. We care for 5 acres of woodland, hedges and meadow and grow herb and wildflower plants to sell. We also produce an increasing number of our own preserves, cards, jewellery and gifts. We regularly open to the public and also welcome visitors and volunteers.

To provide efficient search and rescue services, primarily but not exclusively on mountains and fells, for the benefit of any person or persons in need of such services and also promote public safety in this subject by whatever charitable means the Executive Committee think fit.

Young People's Ministry - The Church continues with activities and programmes to help teach, educate, disciple and mentor young people so that they will succed in life and be responsible. Youth Club, South Yorkshire Black Prison Project - Once a month the black led churches' prison project hold a service in a prison in South Yorkshire. Choir Ministry, Evangelism, Sunday School, Sunday Worship.

Our principal aim is to support the care and treatment of the single homeless.The reasons for their being homeless vary, but may include ill-health, those who are discharged offenders, drug and drink addicts or other adverse circumstances in their lives.We financially support hostels, drop-in centres and the like with grants.

THE CHARITY HAS BEEN SET UP TO PROVIDE A MIXTURES OF ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. ALL ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OUT AT ACTS HOUSE, THESE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ARE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE YOUTH, WORSHOPS FOR THE ELDERLY, SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, PROGRAMMES FOR CREATIVE ARTS, EDUCATION AS WELL AS A PLACE FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP.

To provide affordable, well maintained and friendly facilities for local groups, clubs and individuals. These include Pre-School, majorettes, judo, martial arts, children's football, slimming world, advanced motorists, metal detectors, , yoga,U3A History club, Art appreciation, Current affairs, Geography, theatre groups and many more.

Supports the work of the Mothers Union worldwide, but operates mainly with the Diocese of Liverpool, providing support to families, children, young people and older people within the area.Operating within the community, schools, hospitals and prisons to support those in need.

- donations to charities for vulnerable people in the UK, especially support of homelessness and trafficking people charities. -grants to UK charities that help the poorest people in Africa (and occasionally other continents) to help thenselves. This includes charities that redistribute materials such as books/computers from the West to where they are needed in Africa

Help is given by members to the Prison Play Area at Leyhill Prison; to the Mother and Baby Unit at Eastwood Park Prison; to Parenting Courses and to a Child Contact Centre at Cheltenham and at Gloucester. Some branches run mother and toddler groups in their parishes and some assist with marriage preparation courses and run lunch clubs for the elderly.

HOLIDAYS FOR PEOPLE IN NEEDPRISON VISITS & CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR PRISONERS IN LICHFIELD DIOCESEPARENTING COURSESTO ENCOURAGE MARRIAGE AND THE BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN IN THE FAITH & LIFE OF THE CHURCHKNITTING FOR BABY UNITS

Working to end child labour in Bangladesh. We deliver basic and life skills support to children forced into domestic and hazardous child labour with a view to supporting them into education or vocational training or, if beyond school age, safer work.

The principle object of the charity is to promote the Christian gospel through the publication and distribution of Bible Study courses to church groups and individual students, including prison inmates, throughout the UK.

Magic Lantern runs interactive art history workshops in schools and a range of adult groups including prisons, homeless centres and hospices. We show that anyone can understand and enjoy art. We also show how art can enhance and bring to life any curriculum subject or topic and can help develop a range of life skills including problem solving, critical thinking, communication and confidence.

Parish support. Short breaks for those in difficult circumstances, support for women prisoners and families, school children in deprived area, womens refuge. Blankets, baby clothes, toilet bags to hospitals, support members overseas, literacy, development, health education, famine relief.

Religious Institute of the Roman Catholic Church. Religious Sisters living in communities in Leicester, York and Birmingham and carrying out charitable works including the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion, for example prison chaplaincy, breavement counselling, hospital visiting, parish ministry, catechetics and community service.

To honour the charity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by works of mercy, spiritual and temporal, the poor, the sick, prisoners, orphans, aged and infirm persons or persons in any other need. This includes the provision of a private registered nursing home.

The objects are to support and protect the mental and physical health of individuals who are or have been in detention pending trial or after conviction to assist in rehabilitation. Achieved by the making of block grants to other charities and voluntary bodies listed in the Hardman Trust's Prisoner Funder Directory which in turn make grants to individual applicants limited to £25 per person p.a

The main activity of the Trust is to provide support for those who are socially and economically underprivileged and disadvantaged - in particular refugees, asylum seekers, victims of trafficking, people in prison, those with physical and/or mental health issues.

We reach out to families by organising parenting groups, parent & toddler groups and marriage preparation resources, family holidays, support for families at our local prisons and women's refuges and a commitment to uphold members around the world in our prayers. Since September 2010 we have employed, with the help of grants, a Community Development Co-ordinator to facilitate this work.

We provide free confidential advice, support and help to sufferers and/or their families who suffer from an asbestos related disease in the Cheshire area.

Overseas: raising funds for development projects and emergency aid.In Devon, arranging holidays for disadvantaged families; providing toys for prisoner's children visiting prisons; knitting goods for the elderly and for still-born babies; providing goods for womens' refuges and prisoners, supporting rufugees. Supporting actions against gender based violence and modern day slavery.

The charity supports other charities carrying out charitable work in London (HIV positive families), Wales (with the elderly), Manchester (offenders, schools) and Norwich (teaching English).

To give financial assistance to those small charitable organisations engaged in the positive rehabilitation of ex-offenders or persons with mental health problems, who find it difficult to access funding from the statutory authorities.

The centre continues to be well used by its tenants and various sections of the community. It now offers a variety of services including community education, employment training, crime prevention and social activities.Its sporting sections has various rugby teams, football teams and bowling teams. A new bowling pavilion and refurbished changing rooms are included in the charity's future plans.