This charity exists to provide support for people experiencing mental health issues of a medium term or enduring nature, who are often isolated. Based in Morpeth, its remit is to cover south-east Northumberland. It offers a range of services including counselling, social interaction, discussion groups, activities and groups such as creative writing, crafts, mindfulness, and […]
Based in Skelmersdale in West Lancashire, this organisation works to support a growing refugee and asylum seeker community. It offers a variety of classes, such as English language, online driving theory, CV development, food safety and more. It is filling a gap for asylum seekers and refugees to access ESOL classes locally. Between 130 and […]
This charity has been providing support to disadvantaged and vulnerable families for over 20 years from its base in Newhaven. It delivers two main services: a volunteer home visiting services; and a domestic violence service. In the June 2019 Trustee meeting, the Foundation has offered a grant towards the costs of offering support to women […]
The Centre is run by the South West Surrey Association for Mental Health and is based in Guildford. It was founded in 1981. It is open three days a week and providing a safe space where everyone is welcomed as a person – not a diagnosis. It offers a timetable of activities including occupational therapy, […]
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. […]
This registered charity was established in 2013 as a direct response to a lack of support for people who had been sexually abused. It is based in Forfar, and covers the largely rural area of Angus on the east of Scotland. Hear Me states its aims are to ‘provide free and confidential specialised trauma specific […]
In2Out is a registered charity based at HMYOI Wetherby, West Yorkshire. It aims to reduce reoffending amongst children and young people leaving custody and returning to communities across the north of England. In2Out provides one-to-one mentoring to help young people with a whole range of practical issues such as with housing, money, substance abuse, health […]