Health Charities That specialise in Health condition

PENGUINS AGAINST CANCER IS A CHARITY SET UP TO COMBAT CANCER. ITS FOUNDERS WERE DRAWN FROM GUY'S HOSPITAL PENGUINS BUT NOW ITS MEMBERS COME FROM A WIDE RANGE OF AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND PROFESSIONS, ALL UNITING TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH, CANCER TREATMENT AND HOSPICES. PAC HAS NO START-UP OR RUNNING COSTS: EVERY PENNY DONATED GOES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.

Provide information, support and activities for people with Dementia and their families//carers in Keighley and surrounding area.

Medical/Health/SicknessDisability

Provides support, activities, events and courses for deaf children and their families

Offering relief, support and benefit to those suffering from the effects of a stroke and living in the counties of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, by the provision of a range of facilities and activities, so that their condition of life may be improved.

Mind Halton works within the Borough of Halton and aims to work with mental health service users to increase their influence and control over their own lives, through enabling people to assert their needs and thereby assist them to participate in the community in which they live as valued citizens.

To support children and families associated with the treatment of cancer or leukaemia

To provide a confidential peer-to-peer listening, information and support service via telephone, email and instant messaging to students primarily in London. We also provide information, training and other support to affiliated organisations, and information and advocacy to promote the greater understanding of student mental health issues.Established in 1971, and converted to a CIO in 2024.

As a charity provide the following services-1. Educational support services- we run free after school session to improve the children from BAME background. 2. Mental health workshop- we run various mental health workshop to increase the awareness of mental health issues and discuss on this topic.3. Family Fun Day in Bank Holidays4. Activities to keep the Park and street cleaning etc.

Place of worship. Organises religious programmes. Collections for relief agencies. Educational visits for schools. Various social, cultural programmes. Activities for deaf group.

The purpose of the CIO is to relieve persons who are handicapped, aged, blind and otherwise disabled or disadvantaged in North Devon by providing transport such persons to and from such destinations as they require.

Our general charitable purpose mainly involves the support of the elderly and vulnerable within the community. We do this by the provision of a variety of services which include:A volunteer car scheme.Two fully accessible mini buses.A Day centre for people living with Dementia.Various exercise classes Lunch clubCommunity visiting servicesPlus other localised services

Off The Ropes aims to improve the physical health of children and adults under mental health services or at risk of being referred to primary or secondary health services in London and Kent. Qualified boxing and health professionals engage with individuals and focus on improving and managing participants mental health symptoms using a fully integrated approach

Weekly public church meetings and midweek meetings for adults and youth.Weekly mums and toddlers group.Weekly group for children with additional needs.Monthly Afternoon Tea for over 60s.The Beresford Centre, provides counselling help and support to those suffering distress related to unexpected pregnancy, termination, baby loss etc.

Our project supports families raising children when their biological parents can no longer do so due to alcohol and drug misuse, bereavement, imprisonment, mental health issues etc. We support the young person and the kinship carers offering respite, one to one and group work, training courses, coffee mornings, pamper days.

Our charity operates through regular church services and outreach programs with a vision to improve peoples lives in the local area and across the world. We work with children, teenagers, adults and families in order to lower crime, addiction, mental and spiritual ill-health and promote the Christian message of salvation, love, hope, peace, healing, forgiveness and change for all people.

Guided nature health walks; Environmental Pottery to improve mental health; Coarse Fishing to improve psychological wellbeing; Environmental Photography to learn about landscapes; Foraging for wild plants to learn about history/uses; Horse riding as complementary psychological therapy; cycling for exercise/wellbeing; Farm visits and;Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) Explore Nature - citizen science

Sophia is a network of women and organisations around the UK, part of the UNAIDS-coordinated Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.Sophia organises awareness-raising events, workshops, informs decision-makers, and provides an open forum for anyone concerned about HIV and how it affects women and girls.

Working to increase awareness and raise funds for research into a cure for Usher syndrome, the leading cause of genetically inherited combined hearing and sight loss.

Support Group Seminars; One to One sessions referrals from GPs and Domestic Violence organisations, Drop-In service; Outreach services to individuals and organisations, Volunteering Opportunities; Sexual Health and HIV Research; Mental Well Being Research; Domestic Violence Services and Support. Organising Cultural Activities; Networking and developing partnerships.

In Sues Name has three main aims.To raise funds for research into the treatment of brain tumours.To increase public awareness about this terrible disease and the urgent need for well-funded, sustainable research.To bring together families and friends who have lost a loved one to brain cancer, or those who are still supporting them.

GRANT MAKING - to poor and orphan school children of Pakistan, Commonwealth and Developing Countries- Disability appliances for people with physical disabilities - Grants for purchase of medicines- Food packets for widows or financially disadvantaged families- Fresh meals for homeless and vulnerable in Swansea- Training courses for visually impaired -

We are a children's cancer charity supporting families affected by childhood cancer between 0-24yrs from diagnosis for as long as a family needs our support. We support families throughout Coventry and Warwickshire and have a family centre in Coventry City Centre. We offer a range of services which we are continuing to develop and grow to meet the needs of all the families we support.

Soundwell's mission statement is: "To enhance the mental health of people experiencing emotional and mental distress by promoting and providing an inclusive, community-based service of music therapy which includes outreach, short and long term groups and individual work"Music therapy is the use of musical instruments and the sounds they make to promote change and recovery.

The charity delivers free, non-directive counselling to support anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy, or struggling after a termination or pregnancy loss. To deliver interactive educational sessions to young people on about sex, relationships, consent, sexual health and the consequences of risky sexual behaviour, including an unplanned pregnancy.