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Economic and community development Charities That specialise in Unemployment

Discover 404 Economic and community development charities that specialise in unemployment. Use the search below to filter within these results.

404
Charities
£3,847,430,462
Total Income
£1,489,520
Avg Income
87.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Greenwich Mencap

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Leisure

Greenwich Mencap works with and for people with a learning disability and their families. Our Children's services are: support with challenging behaviour, activity sessions (short breaks) and support surrounding the transition to adulthood. Our Adult services are: information, advice, advocacy, 1-1 support, travel training, job coaching, day services including handicrafts, gardening & painting.

Latest Income: £690,347
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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Learning Partnerships

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Education

Working across diverse inner-city communities reducing inequality, exclusion and disadvantage to provide opportunities and support for children, young people and adults to access education, employment, training & volunteering.

Latest Income: £687,778
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Hinckley And District Work-Link Project

Economic and community development, Education, Environment, Health

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.

Latest Income: £641,731
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Camden Community Law Centre

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, Housing, Social welfare

High quality advice to Camden's most deprived residents through telephone and face to face work. We reach BME and refugee communities by having a number of advisers from those communities. Areas of advice offered are: Welfare Benefits, Employment, Debt, Housing, Asylum and Immigration - we include representation at Tribunals and Outreach sessions in libraries and Community Centre.

Latest Income: £640,989
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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The Dhl UK Foundation

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

Vision: Underserved young people in the UK access decent employment and thrive in their careers. Mission: We address inequalities and barriers that affect underserved young people in their access to employment. Together with our charity partners we build their aspirations and develop the skills they need to access employment and thrive in the world of work.

Latest Income: £636,602
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Fresh Fields Enterprises

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

To assist people with special needs and learning difficulties to make the transition between unemployment and mainstream employment, by offering selected training courses in which they may gain the skills and qualifications for a trade.

Latest Income: £633,245
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Tourette Syndrome (uk) Association Trading As Tourettes Action

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

We're the only UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting those with Tourette syndrome. We provide practical advice, resources, and advocacy; deliver training within education, employment, and healthcare; build peer networks through our groups and residential weekends; campaign to tackle stigma; lobby for better NHS services; and promote research to improve treatments and quality of life.

Latest Income: £599,143
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Women's Engineering Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

Promotes education, training & practice of engineering among women. Increases public awareness of women in engineering. Forum for the exchange of opinions for women with interests in engineering. Sustains contacts with women engineers on career breaks & facilitates their return to paid employment. Ensures voice of women engineers is heard in Government & policy-making institutions.

Latest Income: £569,174
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Key Enterprises (1983) Limited

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Leisure

Provision of education, training, support to adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities through the provision of workshop based employment together with horticultural activities and leisure activities taking place throughout the North East of England. The charity helps adults to regain mainstream employment and volunteering opportunities and provides support to aid recovery.

Latest Income: £552,400
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cumbria Law Centre

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfare, Society

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.

Latest Income: £538,488
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Re-Instate Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Social welfare

Re-Instate is a charity working to improve employment opportunities, quality of life and well-being for disadvantaged people including people experiencing mental ill-health, people with learning disabilities and young people.A key part of the vision for Re-Instate is the provision of employment services that build sustainable recovery for people experiencing mental ill-health.

Latest Income: £511,522
Areas of Operation: Bexley
Status: Registered
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Limbless Association

Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing

To enable people of all ages who are without one or more limbs to achieve rehabilitation and independence in hospital, home, education, employment and the community.

Latest Income: £489,554
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Berin Centre

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health

From our base The Berin Centre, we provide daily support and group sessions for children and their families in Berinsfield and the wider South Oxon area. We run training and parenting courses with a focus on supporting children's learning. Our base is used by many groups in the community including a craft group and counselling charity. Once a week we run a non means tested Community Larder .

Latest Income: £477,726
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Bubble Theatre Company Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social care

London Bubble increases access to theatre for people of all ages & backgrounds. Including: children with communication needs, at risk of youth violence, young people in the care & criminal justice systems, unemployed young adults & older adults living alone or in sheltered housing.We draw on lived experience & imagination, co-creating original theatre with our members & sharing it with audiences

Latest Income: £473,857
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Birmingham Ethnic Education And Advisory Service Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

We are committed to supporting the local community, as well as refugees, migrants, and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, by providing access to education, guidance, and employment opportunities.

Latest Income: £387,396
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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West Bowling Community Advice And Training Centre

Economic and community development, Education

a) Build the Capacity, develop community involvement and maximise the usage of the WBCATC and the project for the social and economic benefit of its participants b) Empower local residents to participate in the decision making process, gain skills to improve their life-chances and employment opportunities and improve the quality of life in their neighbourhood.

Latest Income: £368,555
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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61st Doncaster (bentley) Air Scout Group

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

Air Scouts is part of the Scouts community, and prepares young people with skills - helping them speak up and play their part in society, regardless of Gender, Race, Creed or ability levels. skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, and the big dreams: the skills they need for life. As an R.A.F. recognized Group we include an Air Badge scheme.

Latest Income: £365,849
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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Dorset Youth Association

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Education

To ensure the development and recognition of a vibrant, strong and diverse voluntary sector with a focus on supporting on those aged 0-25 and their families in Dorset and for all children and young people to be empowered, feel respected and know they are valued. We do this by acting as an infrastructure organisation providing training, support, employment programmes and working with communities.

Latest Income: £354,884
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Gujarati Association, Wolverhampton

Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure, Religion, Social care

Day centre for elderley and the unemployed,Youth Club, Religious and Cultural programmes,educational and leisure courses,We are a faith-based community organisation that aims to promote, particularly but not exclusively, the general welfare and well-being of the Hindu Gujarati community in Wolverhampton.

Latest Income: £342,256
Areas of Operation: Wolverhampton
Status: Registered
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Blind In Business Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health

We provide a Training Service for blind and sight impaired teenagers to support them towards employment. We offer a comprehensive Employment Service helping school leavers, undergraduates and graduates into employment throughout the United Kingdom. We also support families, employers and professionals in all aspects of education. All with the theme of raising confidence and aspirations.

Latest Income: £341,973
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Gypsies And Travellers Wales Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

Gypsies and Travellers Wales provides an extensive information, advice and liaison service to Gypsies and Travellers, the Local Authority and all relevant agencies and professionals. The Organisation also runs specific issue based projects: an IT-based Driving Theory course, provides IT & Literacy skills sessions, Employment skills workshops and weekly Youth activities sessions.

Latest Income: £335,410
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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View (glynneath) Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

to provide learning, advisory and other support services for the benefit of people in the communities of the Neath and Dulais Valleys that can help advance education, relieve financial need, promote health, relieve unemployment, develop capacity and skills, provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other leisure.

Latest Income: £331,987
Areas of Operation: Neath Port Talbot
Status: Registered
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Siloam Christian Ministries Limited

Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Religion

The objective of the charity is to use medical aid, education, social and other relief as an expression of God's love. By funding these activities the organisation and its Directors believe that it can have a positive effect upon individuals who have become homeless, dispossessed of their possessions or opportunities of employment through natural causes or war.

Latest Income: £309,814
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hillingdon Women's Centre

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Hillingdon Womens Centre provides a confidential safe space and support for all women in Hillingdon and surrounding areas. We promote the empowerment of women through friendship, opportunity, practical and emotional support and advice. At HWC, we provide services related to domestic abuse, general wellbeing, unemployment, isolation, as well as legal and benefits advice.

Latest Income: £272,588
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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St Gregorios Indian (malan Kara) Orthodox Church

Economic and community development, Education, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfare

for the relief of people in need Kerala,IndiaEducation/TrainingMedical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of Poverty,Famine reliefReligious activities,Sport/recreationEconomic/Community development/Employment

Latest Income: £253,885
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many unemployment economic and community development charities are there in the UK?

There are 404 registered unemployment economic and community development charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the unemployment economic and community development charities by income?

Barnardo's is the largest by latest reported annual income (£340.3m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of unemployment economic and community development charities?

Unemployment economic and community development charities reported a combined annual income of £3.8bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for unemployment economic and community development charities?

Across all unemployment economic and community development charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of unemployment economic and community development charities?

Unemployment economic and community development charities have an average annual income of £1.5m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.