Social welfare Charities That specialise in Loneliness

Recruit and train volunteers to visit families within Telford & Wrekin at home weekly, supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability or who are finding parenting a struggle. Volunteers provide non-judgemental, practical and emotional support and help build family confidence. Provision of family groups and self esteem courses.

Organising educational public conferences, seminars for Youth to stay away from extremism as well as providing sports club for them, befriending and providing advice and support for disadvantaged women, work with the elderly and disabled in isolation, advice and advocacy for refugees, cooperation with women's groups and human rights bodies, highlighting situations and cases of human rights abuses.

The primary activity is to bring together Muslims from Black African Communities to hold prayers and celebrate religious festivals as a community. It also supports members to address issues of concern like social exclusion, community cohesion, employment, and other social economic issues linked with immigrant communities, through support groups, workshops, seminars, training & pastoral care.

We are a charity run by one paid co-ordinator and six and volunteers with an overall executive committee. We provide 2 drop in advice surgeries, an English Language Befriending project and an annual Summer outing, a women's social group and other social activitiesWe also provide regular website updates for our contacts and our service users.

Open 79 hours per week over 7 days, providing a welcoming place for 450 individuals, groups and local residents of all ages to access a wide range of recreational and leisure activities, projects and supportive interventions each week. We make a practical and positive difference by addressing the root causes of multiple deprivation and work towards overcoming social exclusion.

(1) Youth and Children: Create opportunities, improve social welfare, overcome barriers using arts, creativity, education/training to raise leaders who affect social changes. (2) Community: Fortifying cohesion in community through cultural, heritage, physical/mental health and job search activities. (3) Women and vulnerable adults: tackling loneliness, mentoring, improving services' access.

To support parents with young families in the Boroughs of Woking & Runnymede who are struggling to cope. Reasons may include physical or mental illness, isolation, bereavement or multiple births. Home visiting volunteers provide non-judgemental, practical and emotional support and help to build the family's confidence and ability to cope.

To further the religious and other charitable works of Christian churches in India with particular reference to the spiritual and material needs of the poor, the sick and those suffering from other forms of social deprivation, and in the training of ministers to serve those in need.Please look at our website for further details www.hopegardensindia.org

Our aim is to ensure no-one in our community is lonely, hungry or frightened.We have a team of around 190 volunteers who offer services such as shopping, prescription collectionand other small errands for people who cannot leave the house to do these things for themselves. SinceMarch 2020 we have supported over 160 people who have contacted us or have been referred to us forassistance.

Project 229 is a pro-active community centre for ages 0 to 99 and beyond with a whole family approach. Project 229, alongside partner organisations, provides opportunities through which people are empowered to counter isolation, build relationships, develop life-skills, be supported/support others, improve resilience, grow in self-esteem and make positive changes.

BASIS provides emotional and practical support to visually impaired people in South Essex. We do this through equipment demonstration at our Resource Centre, home visit assessments, befriending services, social activity groups and providing support at the local eye clinic.

Tending Eldercare provides services and care to the most vulnerable elderly residents via our eldercare Day Centre in the district of Tendring. We especially support those who suffer with loneliness and those with dementia and in need of respite care.

Aims & Activities.Communicating the life changing message of Jesus Christ and therefore carry out initiatives to address the needs of the socially and economically disadvantaged in the community such as a Soup Kitchen and Laundry/shower services for the homeless, a friendship cafe for the lonely, Singing & Art groups, Mental health wellbeing Forums and Widow's forum & promoting local festivals.

Bless offers daily activities which universally aim to reduce isolation and loneliness across a diverse range of ages, backgrounds, health and abilities. We currently deliver our services from our two bases: Upton and North Elmsall Village Hall and our centre in Hemsworth. Many of our activities centre around a creative, physical or educational theme to help people re-engage with their community.

Dog A.I.D. (Assistance in Disability) empowers physically disabled people throughout the UK to train their own pet dogs, supported by professional dog trainers as volunteers, to qualify as Assistance Dogs. Our highly skilled volunteers develop the training to meet individual needs. Dog A.I.D. partnerships build independence, wellbeing and confidence, reduce isolation and need for constant care.

To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Bradford BD3. To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds in BD3. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded in BD3.

BRASS supports asylum seekers and refugees in Bolton with a range of support including an advice service covering immigration/settlement issues, rights & responsibilities/citizenship, accessing services and employment. We also provide activities designed to improve language, confidence and employability skills as well as providing advocacy, befriending and volunteering opportunities.

The Society offers a Social Centre, Home Visiting Scheme, Shopping Escort Service, Luncheon Club, Telephone Befriending Service, Equipment and Information Home Visiting Service, and Outings.

Volunteering in Health is a social prescribing health and wellbeing charity based in the local hospital. We support lonely, isolated people in Teignmouth, Dawlish and Chudleigh in South Devon mainly through 1:1 home visits to help empower people to take more control over their own health and wellbeing. Our volunteers support with transport to medical appointments, administration and befriending.

We create and maintain natural landscapes which build biodiversity and provide opportunities for employment, volunteering, education and engagement in order to reduce loneliness, isolation and improve health and well-being.

HOPE enables older people (60+) in the Halton Moor, Osmondthorpe & Sutton Park areas of Leeds to retain their independence by providing practical help/advice/support. We work to address the isolation, poverty, fear of crime & poor health which impact negatively on their lives. We provide outreach, advocacy, medical appoinment support and group sessions to relieve isolation and lonliness.

Using music, art, exercise and beauty/holistic therapies as a vehicle to engage with adults living with mental health issues and those who are isolated and/or lonely in the community. We provide: music lessons, group singing, art and creative writing groups, film club, holistic beauty, Thai Chi and Pilates classes as well as a live music event aimed at those living with or at risk from dementia

Just42 is the only charity delivering children's and youth work in this rural part of Suffolk. We work with about 300 children every week in 14 locations, at 19 clubs based in Woodbridge and 8 outlying villages. The young people we support deal with: rural isolation, bullying, low self esteem, special educational needs and complex family issues.

We have a community gym, roller skating, hire space for sports, run exercise and wellbeing classes. We have sessions aimed at different groups such as parent and babies, older people, and social activities to reduce isolation.

MORABE Rural Music exists to democratize music education. We believe that the transformative power of music is a catalyst for social mobility, creating communities in which every child can realise their true potential, regardless of social background or rural isolation.