Economic and community development Charities That specialise in Unemployment

WHAT WE DOUSE FUN, SPORT AND ACTIVITY WITHIN COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE; PROMOTING SELF-ESTEEM, RESPECT, ACHIEVEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.HOW WE DO IT? THROUGH LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES? WITH PROFESSIONAL, COMMITTED AND MOTIVATED STAFF AND PARTNERS? SELF-FUNDED AND SUSTAINABLE? IN A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT

An integrated range of services includes community support; resource centres of specialist equipment; assistive technology training; training in daily living skills; employment support; emotional support service; sports and leisure opportunities; a telephone service for vulnerable clients; a newsletter; and a network of peer support groups for all ages.

Crisis Support:- Hot meals, Laundry, Shower & Emergency items, Clothing, Healthcare & Housing support, Outreach.Empowerment Services:- Case Worker/1:1, Benefit Support & Advocacy, Mental Health 1:1 Support, Direct Access & referral to specialist servs, Money Mgmt, Job Club, Debt Advice, Addiction Suppt, Assist in retention of accom'n, Volunteering Suppt/Train'g, Prep for Work.Em Accomm Service

Legal advice for disabled people on benefits, housing, debt, community care. Professional advocacy for disabled and older people and carers. Direct payments support service for Lambeth. Into Sport project for disabled people. Employment support project for young Disabled people. Disability Hate Crime policy work. Community development work with Disabled people. Local strategic and policy work.

Advice guidance and training.

Our services are based on the belief that engagement through sport leads to more than developing sports skills. It harnesses a sense of mutual respect & trust, widens horizons, raises aspirations & provides opportunities for people from all backgrounds. Our projects are based on themes in health, education, inclusion, sports participation, training & employment, regeneration & community safety.

ASCDC developed the All Saints Centre and Village Square in the heart of Kings Heath, Birmingham. The aim of the charity is to provide iniatives and activities for the benefit of local inhabitants of Kings Heath and the wider community. The focus is on health and well-being and increased employment. For more information visit the website www.allsaintscentrekh.co.uk

The charity is involved in relieving the needs of former prisoners by working with them and employers to find suitable employment opportunities as a means of rehabilitation and thereby reducing incidences of re-offending.

Facilitate programmes to assist a) with self employment via local EA, b) innovative Inspiring Women project via local EA, c) local Youth charity on Enfield Island, d) maintain/maximise EIV Interpretation Centre, e) Advice & support at Nightingale Hospice, f) capacity for local ECAB, g) projects for registered care home, h) capacity for youth at local Amateur Boxing Club.

WORK-LINK is a Hinckley Charity, based on the Recycling of furniture/electricals. It provides sheltered, meaningful opportunities to help unemployed individuals, who are not ready/able to embark on a more formal training/educational programme or to directly enter employment. It is an integrated scheme catering for a variety of people, many of whom have special needs, including mental ill health.

Childcare services: day nursery, after school, breakfast club, playgroup, playschemes enabling parents to access employment, education or training. Lister Steps provides training for staff and opportunities for placements and voluntary work for students and members of the community.

1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to form innovative businesses for the greater benefit of the community2. To advance education for the public benefit, including by providing training, guidance and mentoring schemes to help people from deprived areas or otherwise lacking opportunity to find work

We are a charity based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire empowering young people in Africa (and the UK) to help themselves by developing the skills and knowledge needed to find gainful employment or start their own business.We refurbish donated tools to a high standard and ship them to training centres and self-help organisations.

We make financial grants to disabled individuals of any nationality studying in the UK in further or higher education or training towards employment. Our grants are designed to help cover additional disability-related study costs and to accelerate future leaders through their studies.

Emmaus is a secular charity providing a home, work & training for homeless or socially excluded people through social enterprise businesses trading in donated furniture & household goods. Residents may remain with Emmaus for as long as they need and are then helped to find jobs & housing. EHR can accommodate 23 residents and employs a small staff team to support residents & manage the business.

Food For All distributes around 6,000 free, nutritionally balanced meals to the homeless and disadvantaged on a daily basis. FFA targets the homeless, single parents, the elderly, the unemployed, people suffering from mental and physical disabilities and the marginalised. FFA is based on the philosophy of community self-help.

Free legal advice and representation in Carlisle, Allerdale, Copeland and Barrow. (Future plan for Eden). We tackle poverty and oppression for those who cannot access help elsewhere. Telephone advice (01228 515 129) every weekday, and clinics throughout Cumbria. Specialists in Housing, Employment, Community Care, Welfare Benefits, Debt, Discrimination, Public law and Human Rights & Education.

PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING MENTORING, ADVOCACY, ONE TO ONE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST VULNERABLE . VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE EMPLOYABILITY, AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, HOLIDAY PROVISION, JOB SEEKING ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE. ALSO WE HAVE A WELFARE BENEFITS AND MONEY ADVICE PROJECT FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

To provide for the people of Tipton and surrounding area ,services to individuals who are disadvantaged by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and equality, to improve educational and employment opportunities, racial harmony and relief of financial hardship.

The objects of the centre are: to promote the benefit of the community in the City of Sunderland, primarily the Bangladeshi and other BME communities and especially those suffering from the effects of unemployment and other forms of social deprivationto promote and provide facilities in the intereset of social welfare in the fields of recreation, leisure, education,self help and otherwise.

Seenaryo works in the Arab region using theatre and play to support people to heal, lead and learn. We co-create performances with under-served communities, train future leaders, and transform classrooms through play. Our aims are to build life skills and wellbeing, challenge polarisation, create employment pathways and advocate for people's rights and participatory approaches in the region.

Construction of modular homes for ex homeless, mainly by use of labour from ex offenders, ex-homeless, special educational needs, social and emotional, mental health and other people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to include training in construction skills, with the objective of assisting them to find future employment.

Credu is committed to providing learning, educational and employment opportunities for the whole of the community, while preserving and developing recreational spaces for future generations. Through the advancement of education, conservation, improvement and enjoyment of the South Wales coast, Credu will promote the provision of such facilities for the benefit of all.

Early intervention in 28 schools seeing over 400 troubled young people in 1 to 1 sessions. Youth Group work over 5 Tottenham estates engaging up to 300 young people a week. Mentoring & employment placements for young people000 using mentors & in partnership with Haringey & North East London. Pastoral support/chaplaincy of the Haringey Police Service.

Kahaila is a Christian charity, church & cafe on Brick Lane. Kahaila builds community, offering church services, supper clubs, arts events, and more. Kahaila is committed to making a positive social impact. Kahaila's Women's Projects provide accommodation for survivors of sex trafficking, training & employment and life skills courses in a woman's prison & the community.