Hanseatic Union is a charity in King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Its main work is to promote community cohesion and support those who are disadvantaged, particularly the area’s growing migrant population. The charity runs various ESOL classes at community venues in the town, which benefit around 40 people each year. It also helps people with an […]
This organisation takes its name from a police investigation into rape and abuse in the south west in the 1990s. Operation Emotion began as a self-help group and now provides specialist services and support to men who have been sexually abused. It currently runs a weekly support group and a learning programme called Education Recovery […]
The PeerTalk Charitable Foundation’s overall aims are to provide support to individuals, and their families, who live with depression. It does this through establishing a network of facilitated peer support groups across the UK. PeerTalk assists groups to set-up, offers training, resources and on-going support to the volunteers running the groups to ensure best practice. […]
This charity works to provide community based services for older people in the Neath Port Talbot area of south Wales. Each year on average it supports 8,500 people – helping with the provision of information and advice, and offering various activities, outreach projects and support schemes. Overall the charity aims to support and enable older […]
This Project aims to befriend and support asylum seekers and refugees in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. It operates from a community venue on three days each week, and offers various activities, projects, trips and events, and also helps with food parcels and specific support to people who are destitute. A befriending scheme works on a one-to-one […]
Based in Nottingham, the Wainman Trust runs two clubs for older people,including those with early-stage dementia. These run weekly in the Clifton and Arnold areas of Nottingham and in the last year have benefitted 44 individuals. At the clubs, people share a healthy meal and take part in activities as well as occasional outings. Outcomes […]
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers aims to “promote rights and justice for Gypsy Roma and Traveller minorities who face the most severe forms of racism”. It provides a key role in briefing parliamentarians and policy makers in issues affecting GRT communities in order to advocate for legislation and policies that […]
Migrant Action is an Advocacy and Rights based organisation. It operates as an independently constituted organisation under the umbrella of the Leeds Christian Community Trust. Migrant Action’s work is mainly with migrants who do not fit into the ‘neat’ categories of migration including those who have fallen through the cracks of the system or are […]
Integrate Scotland works with offenders and ex-offenders with the overall aim of reducing re-offending and bringing about sustained lasting changes to people’s lives. Based in Aberdeen, it provides support to individuals both within the local community, and also to those held in HMP Grampian. The Community Chaplaincy Service helps people with a variety of assistance […]
York Travellers Trust has been working with, and supporting, the Gypsy and Traveller communities in and around York for more than 30 years. Its main aims are to empower Gypsies and Travellers; to improve their quality of life; and to enable them to become actively involved citizens. The charity’s core work is to provide essential […]