Health Charities That specialise in Health services

To enhance, through specialist palliative care and education, the quality of life of patients and those important to them,suffering from cancer or other life-threatening illness.

The relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life by the provision and support of an air ambulance service for the benefit of the population of Dorset and Somerset.

THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2005 AND ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS. THE AIR AMBULANCE BECAME OPERATIONAL ON 1ST JULY 2007 AND FLIES SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, UP TO 19 HOURS A DAY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS, TRAUMA AND SEVERE ILLNESS.

Kirkwood Hospice provides specialist care free of charge to adults in Kirklees with advanced, progressive illnesses at any time from diagnosis to the end of life, respecting their individual needs and wishes. care and support is also provided for their family members, friends and carers, both during the illness and after death.

Retail Trust is the charity for all people working and retired from retail. Its charitable activities are:- a confidential Helpline which provides counselling, legal and debt advice- Charitable Services with access to financial grants;- Wellbeing Programme;- Supported Living and Care Services for retired employees; and- other services such as education.

Claire House helps seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. It provides end of life care, emergency respite, hospital support and day care, in addition to short breaks for children with complex needs. It also provides counselling, therapy and bereavement support for the whole family, while a child is living and after they die.

Field Lane supports highly vulnerable people to live as independently as possible; people with learning and other disabilities, families in crisis through homelessness and older people. Services of nursing care,domiciliary support and supported housing are available in London and the wider Southeast. Consultancy, back office and management support are offered for other charities in England.

Hospice services providing specialist palliative care across home, day centre, outpatient and inpatient settings comprising multi-disciplinary medical, nursing, pre and post bereavement counselling and family support, spiritual care and benefit advice.

Provision of specialist palliative care to adults and their families, principally in the north, south, and west of Dorset. The charity has locally based community nurses who visit patients at home, a twelve bed Inpatient Unit in Dorchester, and a hospice at home service, as well as a range of support including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and wellbeing services for patients and loved ones,

The provision across Wiltshire and Swindon of bespoke support and accommodation for adults with learning and other physical disabilities including Residential, Nursing, Supported Living, Respite and Outreach services.

St Leonard's Hospice's mission is to provide excellent care and support to those living with life-limiting illness and to the people they are about, to enrich their lives and to contribute to the ongoing development of end-of-life care.

The Charity provides a range of palliative care to people with progressive life-limitingillness and support to their carers and aims to promote the development of knowledgeand understanding of all aspects of palliative care by delivering training andprofessional support to professional carers

Peabody Community Foundation is a leading community development organisation working in London, with a focus on Thamesmead. Our community work is aimed at building the capacity of individuals and groups, through employment, training, volunteering, community engagement, youth programmes, sports programmes, financial advice, healthy living advice, and family support services.

The Trust's objects ("the Objects") are to relieve sickness in particular but not exclusively, by supporting helicopter led emergency medical services and funding primary helicopter landing sites at major trauma centres and key accident and emergency hospitals and specialist treatment centres to help end preventable loss of life and reduce the severity of injuries caused by secondary transfers.

Provision of support,and emergency services to vulnerable women and children experiencing rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse. Services include provision of emergency accommodation, floating support services, community support and counselling. Services also include development with agencies to raise awareness of domestic abuse and develop support systems to enable them to access SWA services.

The principle activity of the charitable company during the year was to support local communities in the Little Horton and surrounding areas of Bradford, through neighbourhood management, community development, enterprise coaching, promoting a healthy lifestyle, playwork, pre-school nursery, digital inclusion, bicycle library and delivering the Better Start Bradford partnershipm programme.

Relief of sickness and stress and provision of palliative and supportive care to children and young people with life-shortening conditions to enable them to live as well and as fully as possible to the end of their lives, supporting their needs and wishes at the time of their death. To promote the well-being of their families and carers with counselling, practical support and bereavement care.

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBRIA, DURHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL IN MEDICAL DISCIPLINES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PRE-HOSPITAL CARE.

SignHealth aims to improve healthcare & access to health services for deaf people. As well as campaigning, research & health promotion, we provide supported living schemes and outreach for deaf people with mental health problems. We provide a national Advocacy & Counselling service and support for deaf victims of domestic abuse.

The delivery of the following services:12 bedded inpatient unit24/7 Hospice at Home serviceSpecialist Palliative Care (Multi- Professional) Community Team - Out Patient clinics and support groupsPhysiotherapyOccupational TherapyComplementary TherapiesMusic TherapyBereavement SupportEducational programmes to Health and Social care professionals

Causeway supports marginalised and vulnerable people to recover from trauma and develop safe and fulfilling futures. Our modern slavery and crime reduction services include safe houses, outreach and community programmes, holistic crisis interventions and signposting into counselling, training and employment. We drive change nationally through research, campaigning and strategic partnerships.

Provision of hospice/specialist palliative care services, including in-patient, daycare and outpatient clinics, community services and family support plus education in palliative care

Promoting and encouraging a love of reading.Providing free access to information.Inspiring people of all ages to learn, imagine, create, succeed.Guiding and supporting people to explore and connect to the wider world.Offering a welcoming space to meet, socialise, learn, read and enjoy new experiences.Supporting the health and wellbeing of individuals and local communities.

Enabling the development of young people through the provision of supported housing, youth work, counselling, advice and guidance and health education.

To provide palliative care services throughout the unitary authorities of Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen, and within South and Mid Powys, to people with a life-threatening illness, their families and carers.