Saving of lives Charities

Development of personal Skills, active support for foreign aid workers, emergency relief support.

We work primarily with the Portuguese speaking community in the UK, by offering pastoral and spiritual support and care.We support newly arrived immigrants by assisting in their settling down and offering English language lessons. We are also involved in charity work in the UK as well as abroad through financial, humanitarian aid and social projects in partnership with churches or charities.

The charity, also known as RAYNET, is the national organisation coordinating and supporting local groups across the UK who assist user services and other organisations involved in rescue services in protecting human life and property in the event of a local or national emergency by supplementing existing communications or providing alternative forms of communications.

- Provide facilities for the repair reconstruction conservation and berthing of vessels; and of buildings/structures, artefacts, records, art and music connected with vessels or their construction or use at sea or on inland water- Promote initiatives that will demonstrate the benefit of maritime heritage both socially and economically- Co-operate with any organisation with similar objects.

A community choir which holds three concerts each year.Soloist parts are sung by students from the major music schools and musicians from music schools play instruments.Collections are made for worthy charities including Teenage Cancer Trust,Children with Leukaemia,Surrey Air Ambulance,Headway Surrey , Aspire ( for spinal injuries). Dementia UK,Cancer Research , Heart Research UK .

Collections in Tavistock at Christmas, at Goose Fair annually, most years a Golf tournament at Tavistock Golf Club in May.The Shelterbox Trust is supported, there is an annual dinner for senior citizens,supporting dementia campaign,organising "Youth Speaks" for local schools etc, help afforded when possible to local good causes and overseas disasters.

The Trustees make distributions pro-actively and do not respond to enquiries/requests for funding.The purpose of the Trust is to provide grants to other charities/ voluntary bodies and individuals for general charitable purposes and operating in the following areas; the relief of poverty, overseas aid/ famine relief and the promotion of the Christian religion.

To provide help & assistance of all kinds to the local community. To support other charities at home & abroad to react to natural & man made disasters in UK & abroad. To help the young & old sectors of the community. To assist those with physical & mental health problems in any way possible. To further education, research & the arts. To encourage sport. To help the poor and needy.

To assist in the Search and Rescue of persons missing or in difficulties in inhospitable terrain and open country particularly in Wales

Home Nursing - including terminal careFunding Student CounsellingLunch ClubsVolunteer Drivers SchemeFunding Foot ClinicFunding First Responders GroupDrug CollectionFunding Memory ClubFamily Respite Funding

To provide financial support firstly to local registered charities and secondly to assist national charities especially those nominated by our National Association (RIBI), thirdly to provide aid to disaster areas worldwide channelled through the Rotary International and lastly to support the Rotary Foundation.

The raising of money for local & rotary international charities (such as Polio Plus and disaster aid); the funding of courses to help young people to raise aspirations or aquire leadership skills and support the local learning disability community as well as schools and community projects in Nepal.

General Chaitable PurposesOverseas aid and famine relief

Formed 1987, this is an umbrella organisation embracing other cultural & sporting organisations. It promotes a village Festival in May each year, raising awareness and finances and works closely with the Community Council in all matters including the administration of our local Community Hall, Neighbourhood Watch and Police PACT.

Lions voluteer their time to humanitarian causes helping those less fortunate than themselves. They particularly focus on their local community in the belief that those who live in a community are in the best position to know who needs help and why. Wherever there is suffering from natural, or man made, disasters you can count on Lions Club members to provide help. Our motto is "WE SERVE".

To encourage best practice and theoretical instruction and practical application of fire prevention, fire safety, extinction and first aid to the injured. Providing a central organisation for fire and rescue services and generally to do things as may from time to time be necessary to elevate the status of the wider service for the benefit of the community at large.

Ashgate Hospice - Aqua Boxes for disasters. Rainbow Hospice for children - Rotary Foundation. Mercy Ships - Rotary Polio Plus. Old folks Xmas Party. Kids out for disabled children. Young Chef. Breast Cancer. Heart Foundation , Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice, Sight Support Derbyshire, Chesterfield Kidney Association, Sand Dams, Help for Heroes, McMillian, small donations to local people.

Provision of humanitarian aid including relief of poverty and education throughout the world. Also promotion of the Christian Gospel in UK and throughout the world by making donations to such Charitable Institutions and providing grants to individuals at such time or times and in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.

To assist financially or otherwise, those personnel, or former, or retired personnel and theiri mmediate dependants, who by virtue of illness or premature retirement, or any other reason are in need.

Raising monies from Christmas collections - donations made to local charities and good causes.Raising monies from other events - donations to Rotary Foundation ,specific overseas projects and world disasters.Utilisation of members organisation skills and participation in various projects of a charitable nature.

RAISE MONIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL NEEDY GROUPS SUCH AS MENTALLY ANDPHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED,SCHOOLS,AGED,CHURCH AND YOUTH IN LOCAL AREA.ALSO TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIAL HELP TO AREAS ABROAD FOLLOWING DISASTERS,AND TO HELP SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES .

The Trust continues in being active in Christian agencies working in the developing world, being engaged in work as widely varied as transport, emergency relief aid, education and the support of expatriate staff involved in long term mission and development

Advancement of Education, relief of poverty, advancement of religion, relief in sickness, aid to elderly persons, aid for social, recreational, aesthetic, architectural, historical & scientific matters, medical research, probationers, visually impaired and emergency or disasters & other charitable organisations

To give donations to General Charitable Purposes including animal welfare in the UK. Also Overseas aid and famine relief.

Humanitarian Aid to Children with special needs