Professions Charities That specialise in Healthcare workers

THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT ITS OBJECTIVE. WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES, HEALTH FAIRS, CULTURAL EVENINGS AND DINNER & DANCE. WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECTS BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS. WE OFFER GRANTS AND BURSARIES TO INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY PROJECT.

General transportation - snow/flood (supporting palliative care) staff - paramedics, nurses etc Meals on Wheels Accidents / Incidents RTA support clearing of roads of stranded vehicles /trees provision of goods (blankets/food/water) Flooding evacuation of people (flooding . disasters, trains etc) remote access sandbags Fire Towing / moving equipment clearing vegetation

The Charity advances the education of members by providing grants and bursaries to further their nursing education in their areas of practice, as well as providing grants to undertake research.The Charity provides a professional network for members.The Charity also provides grants, items and services for members in need and suffering financial hardship.

We provide a support service to those diagnosed with Dementia and their carers and families. Primarily we cover the Wendover area.We are a team of volunteers that bring together different knowledge, skills and experiences. Our team includes two retired GPs, a palliative care nurse and bereavement specialist, a frailty care co-ordinator and a Dementia Champion who is experienced dementia care

Zimbabwe Life Project is a group of mental health nurses, doctors and therapists in the UK who have come together with one aim, to develop a skills exchange program with mental health professionals in Zimbabwe which will be marked by participatory exchanges of knowledge, skills and experiences.

Dementia Friendly Honiton supports people in Honiton & the surrounding parishes to live better with dementia. We achieve this by: running Honiton Memory Cafe a social group for people with dementia & their families, run awareness sessions and promote living well with dementia on our social media, & through fundraising we support Honiton Admiral Nurse along with all our other activities

Iain Rennie Hospice at Home is part of RGHC which provides palliative care for adults and children who have been diagnosed with cancer or another life limiting illness in Herts & Bucks. Through our 24/7 responsive hospice at home service, our specialist nurses give patients the choice to be cared for at home. We also offer support services for families and, in Herts, a range of day services.

The principle activity of the company is the study of disease of the skin and post graduate education of doctors, scientists and nurses.

Field Nurse is a health signposting service

We employ Parish Nurses who offer holistic (including spiritual) care. They refer clients to other agencies where appropriate, make health assessments, give advice, provide advocacy, offer support in times of illness and stress, and help people make sense of medical information. We also provide post-operative care, bereavement support, leg care and chair-based exercise classes run by volunteers.

Flat Friends supports ladies who have had, or are facing mastectomy and who live or are considering living without reconstruction. We support online and in face to face groups. We also liaise with Breast nurses and other professionals to advise them of our services to their patients. We also work to raise awareness among the wider public, to try and change the stigma of living without one, or both

Jaya Mental Health's strategy focuses on advancing the education of nurses, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals in low and middle income countries, and ensuring the continuous professional development and expertise of these professionals, and of those individuals filling the gaps in communities where health services are limited or not available.

Assisting the emergency services and local communities in the Wessex region (Wiltshire, Dorset, Avon and Somerset) by providing logistical support. Volunteer drivers donate their time and vehicles to assist in times of need. We provide critical transport when contingency plans fail - such as the transport of nurses through snow to get to patients.We are able to transport people or equipment.

To provide a scholarship to be called the 'Morriston Davies Scholarship' to be awarded annually to a doctor or nurse for the furtherance of research into the prevention, treatment and cure of tuberculosis and other respiratory desease. The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charity Act 2006 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

Fund raising assistance to Newquay Hospital

We teach Western Medical Acupuncture to doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. We look to businesses and other donors to assist by paying the fees of nurses who are keen to expand their knowledge for the good of sick patients. Some of our nurses use acupuncture in the NHS and help patients by easing the symptoms of illness and can clear the patients entirely from the condition they present with.

The aim of the Medway Hindu Mandir is to promote Santana Dharma (Hinduism). To teach and remind values of Hindu religious & Indian culture, regardless of caste, creed, colour, sex, disability, nationality and be open for all to come together - all inter faiths welcome. Serving the local Medway community and nearby NHS staff and nurses with food and any other amenities feasible.

During the financial year items bought for the benefit of patients included replacement syringe drivers; a suction pump; a mechanical hoist; and a special mattress. Assistance towards the cost of palliative care training and related conferances was agreed for 9 staff members of the establishments supported.

The principal objects of the charity are to promote and further multi-disciplinary best practice in the prevention, treatment and management of wounds and the advancement of education of nurses and other persons involved in the treament of persons with skin wounds and of the public generally in relation to wound care and tissue viability. The charity operates across the United Kingdom.

The London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group (LNNM) works to improve health care for all patients experiencing homelessness or otherwise excluded by providing a forum for the sharing of best practice and knowledge, and skills within homeless and inclusion healthcare and supporting staff working in this area.

Vimba channels its energy and funds on Child Feeding and Education Centres. Children receive :One guaranteed nutritional meal a day, Informal education, Regular medical checks by a nurse. Vimba is also working with a primary school of 270 pupils regenerating their existing derelict buildings and resources, providing them with running water and electricity as well as one meal a day for all pupils.

The Middlesex Hospital Nurses Benevolent Fund was established in 1933 to enable Middlesex nurses to keep in touch with each other. One of the primary purposes however is to maintain a benevolent fund to help Middlesex nurses and all trained nurses who have served on the Middlesex staff who are in need through sickness or adverse circumstances. There is also an education bursary.

We award grants to relieve the needs of residents in Gloucestershire who are sick, convalescent, mentally or physically disabled or infirm. The grants cover the costs of items, services etc. which alleviate their suffering or assist their recovery. We also make training grants to health care professionals engaged in community healthcare in Gloucestershire.

The Charity makes grants to individuals to promote and encourage the continuing education and training in medicine of doctors, nurses and midwives working in the area and of others concerned with the treatment of patients within the area. To promote medical research and its dissemination.

Helping elderly nurses, whether registered or enrolled, of giving grants to nurses taking Post Registration or Enrolment courses and by providing aid to any nurse in distress who has worked in the qualifying area for a reasonable period