Charities in Society And Culture : London : theLondonArea

Bbc Online - Comic Relief Site - Red Nose Day
BBC online site dedicated to Comic Relief, 2001. Gives total collected, and links to Comic Relief site.

West London Community Cohesion Pathfinder
Partnership project working across the public, private and voluntary sectors to strengthen relations between the diverse communities in West London.

London Mobile Christmas Service
The service operates a mobile food, medical and clothing service for London's homeless and vulnerable over the Christmas holiday week. Site contains information for volunteers and sponsors, and homeless London links. Seasonal content.

Food For All
Provides free vegetarian meals for all, as well as free medical help, counselling, alternative therapy and advice.

U Can Do It
Helps blind, deaf and disabled people by providing Computer and Internet training in their own homes at an affordable cost. Charity information, message board, details on becoming a tutor or a student, project news.

Toynbee Hall
Works to relieve need and to address the causes of poverty and distress, with special focus on the East End of London. Charity information and activities, conference programme, employment and volunteer opportunities.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Runs an accommodation centre for parents staying with their sick children, supports research at the Institute of Child Health, and raises funds for medical equipment. Fundraising information, hospital tour, history, and Peter Pan game.

Children With Aids Charity
National UK charity offering support and services for families with children affected by or infected with HIV and AIDS. News and events, information on help offered, FAQs, HIV risks information.

Brick By Brick
Charity fundraises, builds and lets housing to the homeless. Details of projects, accounts and donation form.

The London Legal Support Trust
Supports the work of voluntary legal centres in social welfare law with funds raised from the commercial legal sector.

Alone In London Service
Enables homeless young people under the age of 26 to make positive decisions about their lives. Site contains news, jobs, volunteer opportunities, charity aims and successes.

Young Carers
UK Young Carers’ website providing information and support for carers under 18. Youngcarers.net also has a pre-moderated discussion board, fully supervised chat sessions and a question and answer email service.

London Bereavement Network
A forum for bereavement services throughout the Greater London area. Charity information, contact details, information on bereavement, directory of support services.

Kids Company
Organisation working therapeutically with vulnerable children and young people. Operate support projects within schools and also from their centre in Camberwell.

John Lyon's Charity
Awards grants to registered charities to support education and training for young adults. Includes description of the charity, and details of grant application process and criteria.

St Bartholomew's And The Royal London Charitable Foundation
Information about the work of the Charitable Foundation and how to make a donation, as well as details of the Archives and Museums of Barts and The London NHS Trust.

Brooke Hospital For Animals
A charity for working horses, donkeys and mules in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and India. Provides free veterinary treatments each year and helps owners learn to care for their animals. Based in the UK.

Towards Humanity
Find out about international flautist Wissam Boustany and his charity, Towards Humanity, which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects around the world. Background on the flautist and the charity, projects supported, CD information

Pod For Children
Provides entertainment in children's hospitals across the UK. Details of entertainers, testimonials and contact.

London Narrow Boat Project
Canal boat holidays for schoolchildren and youth organisations. Details of the two 72' narrow boats, routes planning advice, details of assessment and training weekends, information for hirers.

Help A Cat
Rescue charity. Includes overview, FAQ, forum, cat of the month, sponsor and contact.

Renewal
Helps refugees and recent arrivals in the West London Boroughs. With several language options, includes aims, links, funding and bid opportunities.

West London Network
Network of voluntary organisations in West London. Includes a searchable database of training courses offered by community groups, trainers and venues.

The Passage Day And Night Shelter For The Homeless Of London
A Christian organisation caring for London's homeless, providing support for those who would otherwise be sleeping rough. Information on homelessness, services offered, volunteer information, news and financial report.

London Couples
London branch of AME, dedicated to helping all couples to improve and build on their relationships.

Cardinal Hume Centre
Based in the Victoria area of London the Centre helps needy families and young people from the surrounding boroughs, especially with a view to avoiding homelessness.

Christian Aid
Works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice. Web site of their regional office for London and the South-East of England.

London Bat Group
Protects and conserve bats, their roosts, feeding areas and hibernation sites in Greater London. Information on bat detecting, bats species in London, suggestions on where to see bats, and details of bat walks.

The Barbara Melunsky Refugee Youth Agency
A registered charity dedicated to fighting young refugees' alienation by supporting their development, inclusion and integration.

London City Ymca
Christian based organisation whose primary function is working with young people, including housing, youth work, shelter and trading company. Housing details and prices, details of conferencing facilities, contact information.

Body And Soul
Supporting women, heterosexual men, children & families living with or closely affected by HIV and AIDS. Site gives opening times, details of support evenings and open mornings, links, information about services.

Aston-mansfield
Based on the merger between Aston Charities Trust Ltd and Mansfield Settlement, the Aston-Mansfield mission is to develop the community wealth of East London and promote a diverse and inclusive society in which all are free to participate. Site conta

West London Initiative On Single Homelessness
The WISH aims are to provide temporary accommodation, help and support to homeless people in West London. The web site gives details of the charity, and information for volunteers.