Mind Active is a registered charity based in Bedlington, and works across this part of Northumberland. It aims to support and run social inclusion activities for older, disabled, or highly dependent people, as well as those with mental health difficulties. The charity works in residential care and nursing homes, as well as in the community […]
Omega, the National Association for End of Life Care (Omega care for life) is based in Shrewsbury and works across a large part of the West Midlands. The charity intensively supports around 400 people each year who suffer from social isolation following bereavement, life-limiting illness or caring in later life. The majority of those helped […]
This charity operates across all three of the prisons in Northern Ireland, through a range of services. It operates a visiting regime, offering practical, mental health and emotional support to prisoners, and runs the Sycamore Tree restorative justice programme involving both prisoners and victims. It also works with families of prisoners in the community, supporting […]
Kintyre Link Club operates as a mental health drop-in five days a week from a community centre in Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula. It has been running for 20 years, and offers a range of activities and groups. The Club helps to lessen people’s isolation, promote welfare and feelings of wellbeing, and improve people’s self-esteem. […]
The Night Shelter is based in Coventry, and provides emergency overnight shelter, food and other basic necessities for asylum seekers and other migrants with no recourse to public funds. It also provides practical and emotional support, to help people tackle their problems and move forward in their lives. Around 75 individuals benefit each year. They […]
This organisation is based within a furniture workshop and office in Chelmsford, Essex and has been running for more than 25 years. It offers services including the repair and restoration of antique and modern furniture and upholstery, and runs classes and training in these skills. Millrace also provides a safe, supportive work environment for people […]
Amma Birth Companions is a relatively new constituted voluntary group based in Glasgow. It was established to support asylum seeker and refugee women through pregnancy, birth, and becoming new mothers. The group will offer focused one-to-one supported, complemented by an open-ended social, user-led peer support group. Referrals will come from partner organisations including refugee projects, […]
A Living Tradition is a Community Interest Company (CIC), and has been running for eight years. The company uses the human rights history of the Northeast of England as an inspiration to encourage the development of the values of solidarity, tolerance and fairness today. Based in Newcastle and Gateshead, its main focus is on supporting […]
This organisation offers new skills and possible employment opportunities to prisoners within a number of prisons in the north of England. It also runs projects in local communities for vulnerable people, and for specific groups. The focus of the work is on renewing and repairing bikes or wheelchairs, which are then either sold in the […]
Town Break is a registered charity which operates from Stirling and covers the mainly rural area of Stirlingshire. It provides bespoke support to people living with dementia, particularly providing early intervention after diagnosis of dementia. It aims to reduce the isolation and loneliness of individuals and to increase their health and wellbeing. A range of […]