Social welfare Charities That specialise in Loneliness

AVSED is a local charity working to prevent social isolation & loneliness for Aireborough (LS19 & 20) seniors by supporting happy, healthy & independent living. We provide activities (physical exercise, social & friendship, health groups inc dementia, inclusion & lunch club and trips) alongside services (transport, needs assessment, handyman, befriending, digital & home support).

The objectives of the Persimmon Charitable Foundation are for the public benefit to further such charitable purposes as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular (but not limited to) making grants to charities or organisations furthering charitable purposes that promote urban regeneration in areas of economic and social deprivation.

Cotswold Friends provides transport, carer respite and befriending services, and lunch clubs to elderly, disabled and isolated residents of the Cotswolds.

Meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend by offering a safe confidential environment in which bereaved people can share their experiences and feelings, consequently giving and gaining support from each other. To promote greater awareness for professionals to help them recognise the specific support required for those bereaved by suicide

Be Free Young Carers supports young carers aged 8 to 17 years old, by providing 1 21 emotional support, respite activities, 13 plus Youth Club, bespoke befriending service and offering training in practical skills, all of which helps reduce the anxiety and stress so many young carers experience and increases mental health.

The company is a charity striving to relieve poverty, disadvantage and social exclusion among vulnerable Irish people locally in Brent and across Britain. To achieve this BIAS provides a range of advice, information, support, recreational and welfare facilities, as well as contributing to local and national developments affecting the client group.

HOME-START OFFERS FREE SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE WHO MAY BE UNDERGOING PRESSURES SUCH AS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, DEPRESSION OR SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. FAMILIES ARE VISITED REGULARLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTING AND KNOW HOW HARD THINGS CAN BE.

Support for marginalised people across Sheffield across the areas of legal advice, education, employability, community cohesion, social inclusion and reducing isolation. FCH works with people of all backgrounds, but has specialisms in working with BME communities - particularly those of Pakistani and Roma origin.

We deliver high standards of arts education within the community and encourage craftsmanship by supporting local arts groups, fostering lifelong learning and enhancing skills and comprehension. We foster social inclusion for the greater good, utilising the arts to prevent social exclusion and help individuals to integrate into society.

Our Mission is to bring together and lead the community, providing opportunities and resources that value and empower all. Our objectives include:1. Developing a sustainable organisation.2. Tackling isolation and improving wellbeing of disadvantaged residents. 3. Engaging and empowering young people to participate, grow and achieve.4. Strengthening the community through collaborations.

To assist in bringing the Christian faith to the community and to help those who want to grow in their faith. To work alongside all age groups in nurturing and sustaining a relationship between them and God. To assist and walk alongside those in need, which includes establishing and promoting community projects and providing practical help for the disadvantaged, socially excluded and marginalised.

To promote the mental moral and physical development and improvement of young people within the North East Essex community ( in particular those who are socially excluded or at risk of becoming socially excluded) by working with them and their families to enable them to become responsible members of society so that their condition of life and that of their community be improved.

Community Sight Support Service: An outreach service for blind and visually impaired people residing in the 12 inner London boroughs to alleviate social isolation and provide practical support Also: Telephone Support and Community ProjectsShare London Project - volunteers facilitate social outings in LondonSmall grants for aids and equipment to facilitate independent living

Through providing opportunities to learn English, SAVTE aims to; * Reduce the isolation of the most exclided members of our community * Encourage their participation in local activities * Build and strengthen Communities * Break down barriers between communities

Barchester Healthcare Foundation helps older people as well as working age adults with a learning or physical disability or mental health issue across England, Scotland and Wales. We give grants to help reduce isolation and loneliness, promote group activities and generally improve people's mobility and quality of life. We help individuals, small community groups and small local charities.

Brixham Does Care is a registered befriending charity founded in 1978, which attempts combat loneliness & isolation. We offer support to people of all ages & client groups in Brixham & surrounding communities. Our offices in Brixham Town Hall are open 10am to 4pm. We provide a home visiting service, day centre, support, help with forms, groups & activities, charity shop and a low cost cafe.

Living It Up is committed to offering a range of empowering and skill-building services for people who have a learning disability and/or autism. We have a range of services and are continuing to develop services to enable people to have similar opportunities to others, to reduce social isolation and offer further opportunities that enhance life and can develop skills. We are based in Bedfordshire.

Entraide (Mutual Aid) supports asylum seekers and refugees in Solihull and the West Midlands. We help them to access benefits, housing, education, training and employment as well as providing befriending and other social activities. We also work to reduce poverty in Africa (especially in Dem Rep of Congo) in the fields of education, health, livelihoods, agriculture, etc.

3Pillars Project works to prevent ex-offenders and young people vulnerable to crime from social exclusion and assists them to rehabilitate and integrate back into society. Through sports based mentoring, in custody and the community, we strive to transform the long term employment prospects of ex-prisoners, through structured apprenticeship programmes, paid work and support to gain qualifications.

PASIC provide practical, financial and social support to the families of children and young people living with cancer. Our family support workers help families build support networks to reduce isolation. We also offer financial assistance and organise activities such as parties, trips and other events so that families can spend quality time together away from the stresses of the hospital.

Manna House works for the benefit of the public in South Lakeland providing advice, advocacy and a drop-in support centre for those who are homeless, vulnerably housed, lonely or needing help. The Charity also offers a range of activities to develop life and employment skills to enable service users to become active members of the local community.

Lunch Clubs, Information & Advice, Footcare, Computers at Home, Waterside Goodneighbours and Befriending, Telephone Buddying

Through the provision of volunteer befrienders, BEfriend aims to alleviate the social isolation experienced by people with physical, sensory, psychological or cognitive impairment living within the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. Volunteers provide weekly visits either in the home, or to support their client to go out into the community.

Working with people in the Borough of Sutton.Partnering with churches in the borough who support our projects which include Food Bank, Foodshop, Street Pastors & School Pastors, a befriending scheme and working with those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness through our accommodation projects and supporting those in Temporary Accommodation.

DFYC, open to all young without discrimination, supports socially excluded young people in Bermondsey and around, enabling them to fulfil their potential through a structured and varied programme of activities, which the staff actively supervise and join in during all sessions. Based on Christian principles, young people discover meaning to their lives and contribute to their local communities.