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Medical and health charities: Mental health
These charities support people with mental health problems and learning disabilities, campaign for their rights, fund research and develop community projects.

Registered charity
No. 702687
42nd Street - Supporting Young People Under Stress

42ND Street provides free support and advice services to young people under stress aged 13 to 25 across Manchester, Salford & Trafford. As well as counselling and individual support, 42nd Street offers a wide range of youth work interventions including drop-ins, groups, self-help resources and a Participation Programme.


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Registered charity
No. 281428
Acting Up (Matchbox Theatre Trust Project)

Multi-media for a change! Acting Up helps people with communication difficulties take greater control of their lives. Isolated older people, people with learning difficulties, mental health service users and others use the power of multi-media to get involved and make community care services more aware and more responsive to their needs.<p> If you would like more information, please visit our website: http://www.acting-up.org.uk


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Registered charity
No. 291705
Alcohol Concern

Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse. We work to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol-related harm and to increase the range and qualityof services available to people with alcohol-related problems and their families.


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Registered charity
No. SC022315
Alzheimer Scotland

Alzheimer Scotland provides a range of services around Scotland including specialist day care, help in the home, befriending, carer support, counselling and a confidential 24-hour Helpline.


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Registered charity
No. 1014834
Alzheimer's Concern Ealing

Alzheimer's Concern Ealing is a local organisation that provides emotional support and practical services to meet the changing needs of people with dementia and their carers.


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Registered charity
No. 296645
Alzheimer's Society

The Alzheimer's Society is the leading UK care and research charity for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, their families and carers. To find out more about fundraising for the Society log on to www.alzheimers.org.uk/events


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Registered charity
No. 296645
Alzheimer's Society - Brighton and Hove

The Brighton &amp; Hove branch of the Alzheimer's Society is concerned with providing information and practical and emotional support to people in the City of Brighton &amp; Hove living with, or affected by dementia, including carers, working to improve their quality of life.


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Registered charity
No. 1048314
Alzheimer's Support

Alzheimer's Support supports people suffering with Alzheimers and other dementias and their families through a range of flexible specialist services to maintain as much independence and control over their lives as possible


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Registered charity
No. SC028353
Amica Pregnancy Crisis Centre

Support for men and women facing unplanned pregnancy, abortion or miscarriage.


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Registered charity
No. 1039094
Andover Mind

It supports people who experience mental ill health from the age of 18 to 65+. It provides support services on an individual basis, both in its day centre and out in the wider community. Its goal is to enable people to achieve their potential and participate in society.


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Registered charity
No. 1052219
ASSIST Trauma Care

Provides support and evidence-based therapy for those suffering the effects of psychological trauma, in particular Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).


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Registered charity
No. 702632
Autism Initiatives UK

Autism Initiatives supports people with autism across the UK. The Number 6 project specifically works with adults with Asperger Syndrome in the Lothians (Scotland), providing a mix of one-to-one support (for things like employment, benefits, housing) and social groups.


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Registered charity
No. 1117657
The Autism Trust

It is focused on the creation of new communities to provide a future for the increasing number of children with autism. These new environments will provide adults with autism a home for life: where they can work, live and improve their skills and talents in a creative and supportive environment.


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Registered charity
No. XR/11534
Aware Defeat Depression

Aware Defeat Depression works in N.I. for people with the devastating illness of depression, cited in 75% of suicides.In 2007, 5 people a week took their life in N.I. Many of them were young &amp; should have had a long &amp; happy life. Instead they felt unable to ask for help when they needed it. Donations to the charity will save lives &amp; help people to lead fulfilling lives again.


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Registered charity
No. 326194
B.I.R.D Charity

B.I.R.D. helps children & adults with brain injury and learning difficulty achieve their potential through 'developmental reflexive rehabilitation'.


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Registered charity
No. 1083272
Barchester Healthcare Foundation

It's aim is to make a difference to the lives of older people and adults with a disability and to support practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity, by making grants to individuals and organisations, with identified health and social care needs which cannot be met by the statutory public sector.


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Registered charity
No. 281029
Basildon Saturday Club

This is a club that meets every Saturday for activities and days out for children and young people with special needs. This, in turn, also offers respite to parents and carers.


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Registered charity
No. 1057635
BIBIC - British Institute for Brain Injured Children

BIBIC exists to maximise the potential of children with conditions affecting their sensory, social, communication, motor and learning abilities including autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy and developmental delay.The charity works with children and their families to enable the child to develop and attain its true potential, whatever that may be. Individually tailored therapy programmes are devised and families are invited back at regular intervals.


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Registered charity
No. SC003198
Birchwood Highland

Birchwood Highland is a charity dedicated to support some of the Highland's most vulnerable adults and young people. It aims to improve the quality of life of people with mental health issues and complex needs by promoting recovery, inclusion and independence. It provides residential and outreach support covering Inverness, Easter Ross, Lochaber and Caithness.


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Registered charity
No. 297965
BRACE - Alzheimer's Research

BRACE (Bristol Research into Alzheimer’s and Care of the Elderly) was set up to support the work of the Bristol Dementia Research Group through an endowment fund. The group is recognised by the research community as a major centre for Alzheimer's disease and dementia research.


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Registered charity
No. 263064
The Brain Research Trust

The Brain Research Trust is the main fund raising arm of the world-renowned neurological research centre, the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. It funds research into diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone, and disabling neurological conditions such as brain tumours, epilepsy, stroke, and migraine.


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Registered charity
No. 1011435
Brent Mind (Association For Mental Health)

As the leading independent mental health organisation in Brent, Brent Mind offer high quality services to local residents seeking mental health information and support.


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Registered charity
No. 1092299
Bristol Crisis Service For Women

Bristol Crisis Service for Women helps girls and women who self-injure. It provides a helpline service Text and email support coming soon. It also provides information leaflets and booklets, and training for professional who work with people who self-injure. Please see the website for more information: www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk


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Registered charity
No. 1082972
Bromley Mind

One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives. Bromley Mind is a small local charity with a large remit to help local residents recover from mental ill health and support people suffering from dementia and their carers in LB Bromley


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Registered charity
No. 1097723
Carers Network Westminster

Carers Network Westminster is a voluntary organisation working with carers within Westminster. our work includes outreach to identify carers, information and advice to help carers access services and general support services to help carers cope.


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Registered charity
No. 1057737
Caris (Islington)

It helps bereaved adults and children in Islington by offering free confidential counselling visits to anyone bereaved and runs a cold weather shelter for homeless people during the winter months, offering a warm venue, a hot meal and a bed for the night.


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Registered charity
No. 245698
Carr-Gomm

Carr-Gomm provides high quality housing, care, and support and for some of the most disadvantaged people in England. Whether vulnerable through mental ill-health, disability, substance misuse, or escaping violence in the home or as a refugee, Carr-Gomm enables individuals to create a valued future of their choice.


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Registered charity
No. N/A
Central & Cecil

Central &amp; Cecil is dedicated to providing quality homes care and support that contribute to the health and vitality of communities in and around London. Central &amp; Cecil is a not-for-profit organisation. Central &amp; Cecil's key client groups are homeless men and women, frail and active older people and people with mental health support needs.


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Registered charity
No. 1057920
Challenge Adventure Charities

For over 10 years Challenge Adventure Charities has organised charity bike rides, mainly in France. The Charity has raised over 2 million pounds for mainly medical and children's charities, but also for lots of other extremely worthwhile causes.


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Registered charity
No. 1109984
The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust

Founded by his family to commemorate Charlie Waller, CWMT aims to raise awareness of the nature and dangers of depression, reduce stigma, provide training to primary care staff and encourage those who may be depressed to seek help. Please see www.cwmt.org for further details.


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Registered charity
No. 1058934
Chinese Mental Health Association

CMHA is an organization that specialises in community mental health work. Our services include counselling, a telephone helpline and raising the profile of mental health issues within the Chinese community in Britain and beyond.


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Registered charity
No. 283329
City And Hackney Mind

It advances the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health challenges. It challenges discrimination and promotes inclusion. It influences policy and promotes equal rights through campaigning, education and the development of innovative and quality services.


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Registered charity
No. 1085595
The Clive Project

The Clive Project provides active support and care to people under 65 with dementia, and their families and friends. Individually tailored support enables the person to pursue activities they enjoy and value.


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Registered charity
No. 299228
The Cog-wheel Trust

The Cog-wheel Trust (established in 1988) offers individual counselling and family and play therapy with a sliding scale of fees to enable disadvantaged people to access services in Cambridge, Soham and Sawston . It offered 3554 sessions in 2007 and its annual fund-raising challenge is at least 70,000.


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Registered charity
No. 1064231
Cooltan Arts

CoolTan arts exist to inspire the well-being, creativity and participation of a diverse range of people with mental distress through the production of quality art.


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Registered charity
No. 1114649
CornerHouse

CornerHouse is a local venue for the provision of mental health services by a wide range of non-statutory and voluntary sector organisations in the Woking area. CornerHouse actively encourages and fosters the creation of voluntary groups. It assists them in their activities by providing advice, support and a place where meetings and social events can be held.


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Registered charity
No. SCO13208
Cosgrove Care

Cosgrove Care provides services for people and families affected by learning disabilities and complex needs. For adults, these include registered accommodation, supported independent living, volunteer befriending, employment, further education, supported employment and recreational activities. For children and young people, Cosgrove provides developmental training after-school and during holidays.


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Registered charity
No. SC011353
CrossReach, Church of Scotland Social Care

CrossReach is one of the biggest care providers in Scotland. Each day we help support over 4000 of the most vulnerable people in Scotland. We have 80 different services providing care and support in these areas: Addictions, Children & Families, Counselling & Support, Criminal Justice, Homelessness, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Older People.


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Registered charity
No. 1039404
Dementia Relief Trust

for dementia supports the carers and families of people with all forms of dementia, both informal and professional. It provides Admiral Nurses for carers and training for care workers.


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Registered charity
No. 1096741
Depression Alliance

Depression Alliance is the leading UK charity for people with depression. It works to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information, support and understanding to those who are affected by it. It also campaigns to raise awareness amongst the general public about the realities of depression.


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Registered charity
No. 1061474
Down's Syndrome Association

Two babies are born every day with Down's syndrome. Through information and support for people with Down's syndrome, their families and professionals, the Down's Syndrome Association helps these people live full and rewarding lives.


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Registered charity
No. 278552
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow Samaritans

Samaritans provides confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those with suicidal thoughts. Money is raised to support telephone, face-to-face, email and text-message support as well as outreach and education activities. The Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow branch has around 120 volunteers and answers over 20,000 calls annually.


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Registered charity
No. 1003061
East Suffolk Mind

A committed organisation to ensuring that people with experience of mental ill health are able to fully participate in the communities in which they live and in the services, which they receive. East Suffolk Mind seeks to ensure that a full and varied range of resources and services are available to meet the needs of such people.


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Registered charity
No. 1117177
Equilibrium - The Bipolar Foundation

Equilibrium aims to become the foremost international partnership organisation working to advance the understanding, treatment and deal with the stigma and prejudice around bipolar disorder.


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Registered charity
No. 1045025
Family Care Trust

The Family Care Trust is dedicated to helping care for people of all ages whilst developing peoples' choices, independence and dignity. It has been established for ten years and works with people who are suffering with problems ranging from learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical disabilities and confusional illnesses.


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Registered charity
No. 506814
Family Contact Line

FCL helps anyone under stress by means of a telephone helpline staffed by trained volunteers, face to face counselling, and a Family Centre offering support to local parents and pre school children.


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Registered charity
No. 1077906
Focus12

It provides structured day care, therapy and support to clients with drug and alcohol problems. It also provides Aftercare, Family Support and Parenting Groups. It is an abstinence based facility with 8 quasi-residential beds available.


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Registered charity
No. 1045352
The Fortune Centre Of Riding Therapy

The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy is a specialist further education college for horse-motivated young people with special needs. A three year residential Further Education Through Horsemastership Course enables students to relate more successfully to others and to have greater and more appropriate control over their own lives.


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Registered charity
No. SC026824
Galgael Trust

We are a community based organisation helpiong marginalised people to reclaim their heritage and training them in the lost skill of traditional boatbuilding


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Registered charity
No. 1119786
Gardening Leave Limited

It helps provide relief by means of therapeutic services to men and women (serving or formerly serving in H M Armed Forces)who are suffering mental health problems.


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Registered charity
No. 1000889
Gofal Cymru

Mental Illness affects one in four of us and the numbers are rising. Suicide continues to be the biggest killer of young men in the UK. We cant afford to do nothing. Gofal Cymru supports people to recover, challenges stigma and campaigns for change. Help us afford to do more.


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