This charity is based in Hull and is a user-led service with a focus on people with mental health issues. Overall aims are to provide support, information and assistance, through the provision of a high quality independent advocacy service. Outcomes of the work are that beneficiaries will become more empowered, with the tools to self-advocate […]
Solva Care is a community interest organisation in the village of Solva, in Pembrokeshire. It was established specifically to address the needs of the older people in the area following a detailed community survey which found a significant lack of person centred help and support. Solva Care ran a two-year pilot which included training volunteers, […]
La Dolce Vita means ‘The Good Life’ – and is a charity based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It’s main aim is to empower, improve, support and make a lasting difference to the lives of people impacted by domestic and sexual abuse/violence, and works with both women and men. It offers a range of services including […]
The Mediation Service is a registered charity which helps with mediating neighbour disputes, and operates across East Kent. Much of its work is in partnership with prisons, police, schools, probation and local authorities in housing and environmental health. It works with individuals and also provides training. The Foundation offered a single grant of £4,871 in […]
Get Hooked on Positive Activities is a social enterprise based in Grimsby in north east Lincolnshire. Over the past ten years it has worked with various groups and organisations to deliver a range of activities, including archery, fishing, golf, photography, walking and bushcraft. It uses trained coaches and volunteers to facilitate sessions and has benefitted […]
The Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA) is a membership coalition currently working with 120 organisations from across the country, up from 70 two years ago. A registered charity founded in 2007, it campaigns for ways of diverting people from crime, delivering fairer justice, reducing reliance on imprisonment and improving rehabilitation. In consultation with its members, it aims to intervene pragmatically, and brings the […]
Based in Rugby, Futures Unlocked is a community chaplaincy which works across Warwickshire and has been in existence since 2006. It aims to increase safety, reduce re-offending, and strengthen communities through its mentoring work both within prisons, and through-the-gate work into communities. It hopes to create opportunities for people whilst in prison, and on release, […]
This organisation has been running for more than 20 years, and quite recently became a registered charity. It operates a transport service in several villages in around the Burghfield and Mortimer area of West Berkshire. The area in which it operates is rural, and has limited public transport. The service benefits 95 older people currently, […]
Good Morning Down offers a free caring/befriending telephone support service to people in Downpatrick, in County Down, Northern Ireland. A registered charity, it has been supporting people for over ten years. It targets people living in rural isolation, the elderly, people who are lonely, and others who have mental health issues, or who are bereaved. […]
Plot 22 is a registered charity running a community allotment which “offers a place of relaxation, recovery, acceptance and belonging to people who may be experiencing difficulty in their lives”. It aims to improve people’s wellbeing through involvement in therapeutic gardening; working together with others on positive, healthy and outdoor projects; and growing, cooking, and […]