Health Charities

The charity runs a shop and tea bar at Orpington Hospital.

To provide grants, goods, services and advice to the visually impaired.

Hope UK equips children and young people to make drug-free choices by training suitable volunteers to become Drug Educators in their own communities. They work directly with children and young people, but also provide training for those who have responsibility for them (eg, parents and youth workers). Generation Hope is Hope UK's youth membership branch.

A group of 11 sisters - some working as staff members in local parishes; One does complementary therapy & another dance workshops. Our priory premises are used to the full by local groups & individuals for meetings and quiet days. The Dunloe centre offers food, clothes & fellowship each week for the homeless & marginalised. The Sunday stall offers recycled goods at affordable prices as well as sup

We offer activities that promote healthy living, the acquisition of life skills, independence and engagement with neighbours. These vary based on the needs and the expressed wishes of our users. Currently we provide: HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND SELF CARE EDUCATION, GARDENING CLUB, ARTS PROJECT, PEER MENTOR VOLUNTEERS, JOINT WORKING INITIATIVES WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, BREAKOUT (School Holiday Activities)

Making grants to pay for medical equipment, patient comforts and staff resources, or the provision of other assistance, to improve the care and treatment of patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital.

Teaching buddhism and meditation

Providing homes in the Community for people suffering from severe and enduring mental health conditions

The Foundation supports the following; Social Welfare - particularly the relief of need, hardship and distress, Community Development, work which supports Children, Young People and the Elderly, local Hospitals and Hospices and Christian Activities. Grants can be one-off or recurrent and are made primarily in Tyneside and Northumberland.

The relief of children and young persons in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk in need of care by the provision of housing, counselling and by such other means as the Trustees think fitandin or towards the advancement of the education and training of children and young persons qualified as aforesaid.

Support Group to help others, and their families and friends, who have had, or about to have, cardiac surgery. Also to fund raise to purchase equipment for Royal Papworth Hospital.

To provide emotional support to people who have been affected by cancer. We offer a variety of services including cancer specific groups, complimentary therapies, counselling, one to one work and welfare benefits advice. Tai Chi and the 'Feel Good Factor' a programme consisting of Art and Music Therapy and Creative Writing, have been introduced recently.

The church organises the following activities - Weekly: public Sunday services morning & evening; mid-week Bible study & prayer meeting; Tuesday coffee morning (principally for retired folk), children & young people's groups on Fridays (5-10), (11-13) and (14+).Quarterly : senior citizens' luncheons; services in local care homesOccasional: walks; outings;hospital transportation & visitation

The charity supports Deaf and hard of hearing people in Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, and parts of Devon.We provide BSL interpreters, Deaf communication support, and expert information, advice and guidance on d/Deaf-related issues. Our services include Deaf Awareness training and advocacy in health, mental health and social care.

To assist Christian Scientists of small means to pay for Christian Science nursing care

TO PROMOTE NEUROLOGICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC BYSEMINARS, PRESS ARTICLES AND MEDICAL JOURNALS.

To promote the relief of sickness and advance the education of thepublic by the provision of services and resources to meet theemotional and medical needs of all individuals who require themand to improve the quality of life for such individuals by means of holistic care, services and medicines.

We provide respite holidays for families who have a child suffering from the life-threatening illness of Cystic Fibrosis. Each family is referred to us by their CF child's hospital. Holidays are for families from all areas of the UK, and are taken within the UK.

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

Springfield Advice & Law Centre provides independent legal advice for service users of South West London & St Georges Mental Health (NHS) Trust. It offers specialist advice and representation in housing, community care, debt and welfare benefits; plus general advice and referral in other areas of law; and provides information on legal matters affecting mental health service users.

Many sporting/leisure facilities are provided for the local community, including football, karate,bowls, snooker,pool, kick boxing, dancing, bingo, and flower arranging, etc. Many local organisations (like , Rugeley Stroke Club and Miners Memorial Society) use the premises.The Welfare Centre is at the heart of the local community.

The provision of sporting and recreational facilities for the blind and partially-sighted

The principal activities of the social enterprise are an artisan bakery, bicycle workshop and light manufacturing. This work provides time limited (usually 3 months) trainee placements for men and women who suffer from mental ill health and forms a part of their recovery and social inclusion. The aim of the enterprise is a move on of trainees to employment or further training.

We are predominately involved with the production of educational literature regarding the affects of alcohol in health for medical students.The charity is also involved with assisting medical colleagues with alcohol related problems as well as responding to a large number of enquiries from the media and from patients and relatives about alcohol and its affects.

Our aim is to raise awareness of visual impairment through training packages. The package product gives a simulation of various eye conditions and the difficulties faced by visual impaired people in their everyday living. We also aim to assist visually impaired people living in the North East of England by awarding grants twice a year.