500 miles aims to provide support and care for amputees and other disabled people in deprived parts of the world through the provision of prosthetic treatment, mobility equipment, community care projects and education. The charity raises money in the UK and provides grants to suitable projects around the world, wherever the need is most great.
It helps disabled and dissadvantaged children and young people to progress in sport. This is done by it buying sports equipment for them to use . It could be something small and simple to something large like a sports wheelchair. Whatever it is the charity wants it to make a difference to that childs life.
ARCOS exists to improve life for children and adults who have communication and/or swallowing problems, their families and others involved. Many clients have complex, life-long disabilities. Its goal is to enable them to benefit from the latest advances in knowledge, understanding, skills and technology.
Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions; to educate medical students, doctors and allied healthcare professionals about arthritis and to provide information to people affected by the condition and to the general public.
Aspire's projects and services have a very simple goal - to provide the practical support needed for people with spinal cord injury, from injury to independence.
Run by volunteers who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, Breast Friends provides practical and emotional help and support to breast cancer patients at home and in hospital.
The British Neurological Research Trust is dedicated to supporting the research of the Spinal Repair Unit, Institute of Neurology, towards the repair of injury in the central nervous system. This research is focused on the translation of newly discovered science for human clinical benefit.
The British Paralympic Association has responsibility for getting Britain's top disabled athletes, in over 20 different sports, to each Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, wherever in the world they are taking place. It has to raise the money to meet all the costs this entails.
The British Polio Fellowship supports people in the UK who have had polio by providing: Information on all aspects of living with polio A variety of support networks Information about the management and treatment of the late effects of polio (Post Polio Syndrome) Campaigns on polio and disability-related issues
Canine Partners aims to transform the lives of people with disabilities by providing them with highly trained assistance dogs which enable them to live more independently.
To help patients and former patients (and their families) of Caroline House who are sick, convalescent, disabled or handicapped and generally to support the work of the unit and support quality of life activities for the residents.
Cerebral Palsy Sport is the sports charity for people with cerebral palsy, providing opportunities to individuals of all ages- from the recreational, through to Paralympic competition. Cerebral Palsy Sport is about having fun and enabling individuals to develop their mobility and self-confidence in a safe and inclusive environment.
Cirencester SCOPE has been an immensely successful voluntary group over its 29 year history and has helped pump-prime important projects that have benefited disabled people, their families and carers. The provision of respite care, a Parent’s Information Contact and Support group and Individual grants help improve user’s quality of life.
CMT United Kingdom is the national support group for people affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, also known as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy. The organisation provides advice, support and information for people with the condition, family, carers and medical professionals.
It provides regular, monthly outings for small groups of isolated elderly people, who share a nice cup of tea and a chat with a volunteer and their family.
Disabled people can learn to drive, have cars adapted in our workshops, chose from a large variety of wheelchairs, shop for special gadgets to help in the home and get advice on disability matters.
In the UK over 10 million people have disabilities. DEMAND designs and makes equipment for individuals, often with profound multiple disabilities, using the skills of experts to fulfil each particular need. DEMAND needs YOUR help to create these little miracles for them. For further information visit www.demand.org.uk
Our mission is to provide Tanzanian communities with vocational education for needy children, access to clean water and other actions based on an intimate and thorough understanding of its social and cultural needs.
Disability Action Yorkshire provides high quality services that enable disabled people to live the lifestyle of their choosing, this includes residential care with training for independent living, work, training for work and support within peoples own homes.
Disability Care Enterprise is a Suffolk charity, supporting people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities of all ages. All money raised goes directly in grants to individuals for equipment to help improve their quality of life, as all administration costs are covered by sponsorship from local Suffolk business people.
Disability Essex (Essex Disabled People's Association Ltd) is a registered charity set up in 1947 to enable people with any disability to control their own lives and enjoy to the full the opportunities which society, the economy and the environment provide. We currently help over 15,000 people each year and continuously strive to find new ways to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities of all ages vulnerable to social exclusion and poverty. Our work is driven by the needs of the people we help, ensuring we are always providing services that make a real difference to our beneficiaries lives.
The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is a national charity helping over 30,000 older and disabled people each year find equipment solutions to enable them to live more independently.
It helps families affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which is a muscle-wasting condition mainly affecting boys. The condition results in decreasing mobility and muscle strength with limited life expectancy (usually mid-20's). It provides helpline, support and social events
The Elifar Foundation aims to help improve the quality of life of disabled children and adults by making grants for specialised equipment, therapies, respite or adaptations, which cannot be funded by statutory means.
It leads in the provision of remedial movement to music for the over 60s and those of any age with special needs or learning difficulties. It achieves this through training 'teachers' to conduct regular classes in community centres and care homes in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Feet First was founded in 2003 by Blackpool Victoria Hospital Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Steve Mannion. It's aims are to treat clubfoot in the developing world. It currently focuses its resources on two countries Malawi in Central Africa, and Laos in South East Asia. Please see the website for more information!
Conductive Education teaches children and adults with physical disabilities (cerebral palsy, dyspraxia, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, stroke and head injury) how to overcome their movement problems to lead more independent, dignified and fulfilled lives. FCE offers direct services for all ages, professional workshops and the BA (Hons) CE degree training conductors
We buy equipment and supply monies for holidays etc. for Children with Special Needs who attend Hillside School.
To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of Guillain Barre Syndrome and associated illnesses in the United Kingdom through the provision of financial assistance, support, education and practical advice.
A local medical charity dedicated to making life better, one step at a time, for the 80,000 people in Gloucestershire with Arthritis.
Help the Aged is an international charity dedicated to creating a world where older people can live their lives free from poverty, isolation and neglect. It raises public awareness, campaigns for changes in policy, and provides practical support to help disadvantaged older people lead independent lives. Help the Aged believes that older people should not be sidelined by society, but should be able to live with dignity as valued, respected and involved members of their communities.
Isle of Wight Society for the Blind, established in 1895, is an independent local registered charity providing support and rehabilitation services to blind and partially sighted residents of all ages resident on the Isle of Wight enabling them to live as indepentently as possible.
Jewish Blind & Disabled is the only Jewish charity providing caring assisted living accommodation for people of all ages with vision impairment and physical disabilities. The charity transforms the lives of blind and disabled people and their families, enabling them to live independently with dignity and choice.
The aims is to promote the nonviolent resolutoin of conflict.By promoting racial justice in all parts of society,including empowering balck and minrity ethinic.To supports the ongoing development of a just and peaceful society in both jurisdictions through enhancing civil liberties and human right
This organisation was founded to address the unmet needs of patients undergoing lengthy specialist orthopaedic treatments at King's College Hospital following complex fractures or for congenital deformities
It provides riding for approximately 50 children from 5 Special Schools in Northamptonshire. It has 36 volunteers and operates two mornings per week in term-time. It takes children on holiday to a Special Riding for the Disabled establishment in Wales. It owns 3 ponies which are kept at livery.
Livability creates choices for disabled people and brings life to local communities. We offer a wide range of services to around 8,000 disabled people and their families, including residential care, supported living, education and accessible holidays. We also provide community organisations with the resources, advice and confidence to transform their neighbourhoods. Livability is a new charity, created by the merger of John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society, two charities which have been hard at work among the UK’s most marginalised people for over 160 years.
It helps anyone affected by Multiple sclerosis by providing financial aid and social activities
helps those injured in horse related accidents.
Melorheostosis is a rare bone disease. it is crippling and dibilitating. On x-rays it can look like dripping candle wax. It is currently being researched in Oxford University, paid for by the charity. It is the only research post in the world of its kind that we know of.
The Cornwall Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Ltd (The Merlin Project) is a proactive charity passionately committed to supporting anyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis. We aim to provide unbiased information and therapy treatments by the provision of a centre at which these objectives can be carried out. We are currently fundraising to build the MS Therapy Centre for Cornwall.
Momentum works in partnership to enable and empower disabled and excluded people throughout Scotland to identify and achieve their goals. It supports people to remain active citizens within their own communities through the provision of mainstream employment and personal support services.
Motability is a national disability charity which helps disabled customers and their families to become mobile through the provision of vehicles and powered wheelchairs. Some Motability customers need extra financial help to pay for suitable cars, adaptations or driving lessons which their allowance alone won't cover. Motability provides a range of grants to help those customers who may otherwise not be able to afford the mobility solution they need.
Motivation works in partnership with a range of organisations to implement projects that enhance the lives of people with mobility disabilities in developing countries. By ensuring that disabled people have the skills to run the programmes that are of benefit to them, the mobility products and services it develops are always tailored to the needs of each community.
MS Research Training and Education raises funds to enable research that will address its aims and further progress in the treatment of MS. In addition the charity will promote and support training and education to further knowledge and involvement of those who live with MS and those who treat it. It encourages volunteers to help in these aims through fundraising and general support duties such as office work, collections or organising an event. It makes appeals to involve persons with MS in the research projects.
Chester MS Support Centre offers practical support, therapies and helpful strategies to manage the symptoms of MS as effectively as possible in a happy, supportive and understanding environment. Individuals are encouraged to take a positive attitude towards the management of their symptoms, allowing them to take control of their lives with MS, rather than MS controlling them.
Muirfield Riding for the Disabled provides therapy and support to around 160 persons with a range of disabilities by giving the opportunity to ride and be with horses on a weekly basis. It is a proven fact that those with disabilities respond to being with horses and their well being and self confidnece are enhanced significantly. We service the whole of the county of East Lothian.
The National umbrella organisation which supports 38 self-help centres throughout the country. Each centre provides a range of therapies to help manage the symptoms experienced, ie oxygen therapy, physiotherapy, reflexology and other complementary therapies, as well as dietary advice, counselling, information and general support. It is entirely self-funded
IT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR ALL AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
MHF is a small charity with a razor-sharp focus – we deliver unforgettable Muscle Dreams designed to help children and young people in the UK whose lives are afflicted by the muscle wasting disease muscular dystrophy (MD), the opportunity to live a dream, or perhaps fulfil a cherished ambition. MD is the single biggest genetic killer of children in our world today. It is a relentless and unforgiving disease. With some 60,000 UK sufferers being robbed of their mobility, independence and finally for those with the most severe type, mainly children, their lives – MHF is in the business of delivering experiences for people directly affected by this debilitating disease. Muscles bind us together universally – they are the engine that our bodies use to turn energy into motion. They allow us to simply move – work with us to leverage your organisations employee, brand and financial muscle, and help MHF deliver more Muscle Dreams.