UK Charity Directory

The day to day provision, cleaning and maintenance of Station Road public toilets, for the public benefit.

AP

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

APF raises awareness and understanding of pulmonary fibrosis with patients, families, the general public and the medical profession. We advocate for patients nationally to improve treatment and care. We support patients by assisting in setting up patient support groups, hold information events and by personal contact. We offer study sessions for health professionals and offer research grants.

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Action for Race Equality

The charity's aims are to increase education attainment, employment and entrepreneurship rates for BAME people to the national average; to ensure that BAME communities and individuals contribute to the economic growth of their communities; to work with individuals and communities to improve integration and cohesion.

AFRIL aims to relieve the poverty of refugees, asylum-seekers and vulnerable migrants, advance their education and advocate for their rights. We work with our service users by providing them with the tools they need to improve their own lives and fulfil their potential as members of the community and society.

- Obesity prevention and keep-fit activities for children and young people;- Weekend and evening supplementary education for children and young people;- Coffee morning, light group exercise and befriending service for the elderly(over 55s); - Employability training and career advice for young people and the unemployed;- Welfare benefit advice sessions, signposting and referral services.

Campaigning & Advocacy work this lies at the core of what we do. We support local actors in southern Africa and lobby key stakeholders in the UK to push for change and secure rights, equality and development for the region.Advancing education of the public on Southern Africa, by highlighting the causes of underdevelopment, poverty and conflict and exposing the destructive legacies of apartheid

Action For Sport is a charity dedicated to promoting sport, preventing barriers to sport and to protecting the environment. The charity is dedicated to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate in sport. We are based in Yorkshire and are proud to support both our local communities and communities all around the UK.

We provide a free specialist assessment service to children and young adults who stammer from any part of the UK and a full training programme for therapists.

The ASC Foundation supports some of the poorest communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. We bring expertise, enthusiasm and funding assistance to support community-based initiatives focusing on four sectors, as follows: fostering health, protecting the environment, promoting education and developing local skills.

To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments of the catchments comprising the River Kennet and its tributaries including adjacent river catchments, estuarine and coastal areas.

ACTIVIES FOR YEAR 07/08 INCLUDED FLY TYING COURSE AND PLANTING OF A FRUIT AND NUT HEDGE TO PROVIDE A WILD-LIFE HABITAT AND ALSO A WILLOW ARBOUR BENCH FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON WALKING LEAFLETS TO PROVIDE BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS WITH CIRCULAR ROUTES THEY MAY WISH TO TAKE THROUGH OUR COUNTRYSIDE. WE ALSO HELD A BREATHING PLACES OPEN DAY AND TOOK PART IN THE VILLAGE GALA DAY

Action for Wellbeing exists to reduce the number of suicides in South Cumbria and North Lancashire and to provide support to suicide attempters and to those affected by suicide.

We support asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants in the North East of England to lead lives that are safe, independent and fulfilled, by providing supported accommodation and free English language and employment classes. Our ?Skills for Life? English language classes are delivered from our classrooms in Newcastle and Sunderland, as well as in other centres through our community partnerships.

provide advice and support services such as welfare advice. employment and training advice, business adive etc

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Guinea Bissau by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.

AH

Action Homeless (Leicester) Limited

The vision is to empower homeless people to transform their lives. Action Homeless is committed to ensuring that the range of services that it provides, from prevention through supported accommodation to resettlement, places the clients at the centre of all activity. This activity will ensure that the resources and funding are utilised to achieve an improvement in the quality of lives.

Our charitable activities focus on tenancy sustainment and the move to resettlement and independence for our client group. Support is provided to individuals within their own communities by allocating individually assessed contact hour packages of housing related support. Assessments are done using a multi-agency approach. Services are adapted to meet need.

Sponsoring of education for those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. This ranges from kindergarten to university. Promotion of healthcare and economic development.

We deliver items, goods or services to people in need who apply to the charity. We operate in an area centred on Chester, Cheshire. We look to promote and encourage acts of kindness. We look to promote the charity through word of mouth, social media, printed material and a website.

Action is a human resourcing organisation, both in the UK and internationally, engaged in religious activities, education and training and community social support and development programmes.

For the public benefit:1. To relieve sickness and to preserve the health of the patients of Kibogora Hospital at Kibogora Rwanda2. To advance the education of students at Kibogora Polytechnic at Kibogora RwandaIn each case by providing grants for the provision of facilities, support services and equipment.

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Action Medical Research

Action Medical Research is a charity whose objects are to promote medical research into the prevention, management and cure of disabling diseases and conditions. We are a UK-wide charity saving and changing children's lives through medical research. We fund a broad range of cutting-edge medical research most likely to deliver real benefit to babies, children and young people.

To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of women in (but not solely) Warwickshire who are experiencing a difficult peri menopause and menopause, through the provision of practical support, advice and education to raise awareness about the effects and impacts of the often debilitating symptoms that affect many women at this time.

Provision of Education and Employment Training, Home work and After school club, trips, art, Interpreting and translating, Drop in advice on health matters, housing, social welfare, capacity building etc...