Charity & Appeals Directory 2017

140 Pages·2016·9.03 MB·English

CHARITY & APPEALS
DIRECTORY 2017
The funeral director’s guide to legacies
and donations in memoriam
Over 1,300 charities listed inside
Published by
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Welcome to the 2017
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Volunteering your time, helping a stranger and giving money to a good /

cause; these are the three criteria the CAF World Giving Index uses to rank IN
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generosity. Despite a falling Global GDP, over the last four years the amount D
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donated to good causes has been on the rise. For the first time, over half of the X
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people surveyed by the Index had also helped a stranger in the month prior
Editorial Assistant to interview. The UK in particular stands out for its open handed approach
Domonique Wilsher to giving. Of the 140 counties surveyed, we ranked among the eight most
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Production Assistant The hundreds of organisations listed within the 2017 Charity & Appeals
Emily Clarke Directory are a sign of the public’s determination to support vital causes.
[email protected] Throughout the following pages you will find outstanding organisations.
These groups work hard to alleviate suffering and support those in need within
Senior Account Manager multiple sectors. Many receive no government assistance and are reliant upon
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Our simple guide helps you to search for charities by category. The 21
chapters are colour coded for ease of use, allowing you to quickly turn to the
specification of your choice. From medical research to animal welfare, we hope
you manage to locate the causes with a special meaning to yourself and your
clients.
Thank you for the help and support you show to the charities listed within
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our pages and around the globe.
Charity & Appeals Directory
is published annually by:
The Charity & Appeals Directory team
Mulberry Publications Ltd.
*Statistics from the CAF World Giving Index 2016.
London Office:
14 Rosebery Avenue,
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T: 020 3598 4630
Arts, culture & leisure 4

Birds & animals 8
Colchester Office:
Blind & visually impaired 22
Wellington House, Butt Road, Care for the elderly 24
Colchester, Essex CO3 3DA Children & young people 32
T: 020 3598 4630 Community support 42
Ecology & heritage 48
www.funeralservicetimes.co.uk Education & learning support 52
Employment 57
Hospitals & hospices 58 C
Housing & homelessness 70 H
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International aid 72 R
Learning disabilities & mental health 77 IT
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Physical disabilities 111
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Religion 113 L
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Actors’ Children’s Trust
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
58 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1R 3QT
2 Seldown Lane, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UF
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Awards for Young Musicians
Brighton Dome And Festival Ltd
21a Pavilion Buildings, Castle Square,
PO Box 2754, Bristol BS4 9DA
Brighton, BN1 1EE
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Email: [email protected]
Bristol Old Vic And Theatre Royal
Web: www.a-y-m.org.uk
Trust Limited
Awards for Young Musicians is a charity working across Orchard Court, Orchard Lane, Bristol BS1 5WS
the UK. We believe that all musically talented young Tel: [phone]
people should have the opportunity to develop that talent,
not just those from well off families. That’s why we’re here British Association for Music
to help young people with exceptional ability from lower
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income backgrounds. Many of these young musicians are

struggling to meet the prohibitive costs of funding their
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gift. Our programmes help ensure that they can continue
to make music by providing vital financial backing and
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also helping supply the opportunities that give them the
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confidence to progress.
Web: www.bamt.org
Ballet Rambert Limited
BAMT is a national charity committed to promoting
99 Upper Ground, SE1 9PP and raising awareness of music therapy. Music touches
Tel: [phone] the lives of everybody. The charity needs more support to
help improve access and availability to music therapy for
Baltic Flour Mills Visual Arts Trust people of all ages, whose lives have been affected by injury,
7 Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, NE8 3BA illness or disability through supporting their psychological,
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Birmingham B1 2LF &
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Trust Limited
Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP E
Tel: [phone] N302, Westminister Business Square,
1-45 Durham Street, London SE11 5JH
The Clore Duffield Foundation Tel: [phone]
Unit 3, Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street,
Edinburgh International Festival
London SW3 5SR
Tel: [phone] Cafe Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE
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Compton Verney House Trust
The English Concert
Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ
Tel: [phone] Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
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The Concertina Charitable Trust
Bodfach Hall, Llanfyllin, Powys SY22 5HS English National Ballet
Tel: [phone] Markova House, 39 Jay Mews, London SW7 2ES
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Coventry Heritage And Arts Trust
The Herbert, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP English National Opera
Tel: [phone]
London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4ES
Tel: [phone]
Crafts Council
44a Pentonville Road, Islington, London N1 9BY Francis Bacon Research Trust
Tel: [phone]
Old Rick Barn, Mill Lane, Shenington,
Banbury OX15 6NB
Creative And Cultural Industries Tel: [phone]
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Garsington Opera Limited
High House Production Park, Vellacott Close,
Off Purfleet Bypass, Purfleet RM19 1AS Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch, London HP14 3YG
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Cutty Sark Trust Hampstead Theatre Limited
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Pegasus Theatre Trust
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road,
Limited Oxford OX4 1RE
Tel: [phone]
Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7TP
Tel: [phone] Philharmonia Ltd
124 Sharps Lane, Ruislip HA4 7JB
Mary Rose Trust Tel: [phone]
HM Naval Base Building 1/10, College Road,
Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3LX Polka Theatre
Tel: [phone] The Broadway, Wimbledon,
London SW19 1SB
Midlands Arts Centre Tel: [phone]
Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Tel: [phone] Pro Corda - National School for
Young Chamber Music Players
Musicians Benevolent Fund
Leiston Abbey House, Theberton Road,
7-11 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JS Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4TD
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
National Art Collections Fund The Queen’s Hall
2 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4BH 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
National Coal Mining Museum Royal Academy Of Music
for England Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT
Tel: [phone]
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton,
Wakefield WF4 4RH
Tel: [phone] Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund
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Eastney Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ U
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RSA (The Royal Society For
The Encouragement Of Arts,
Manufactures And Commerce)
8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ
Tel: [phone]
Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Museums Sheffield, Leader House, Surrey Street, Sheffield
S1 2LH
Sheffield Theatres Crucible Trust
55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA
Tel: [phone]
Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP
Tel: [phone]
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Tel: [phone]
Tate
Millbank, London SWP 4RG
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The Tricycle Theatre
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Animal Aid Disease and injury are the greatest threats to our much
loved companion animals and no charity works more
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effectively to tackle these problems than the Animal
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Health Trust.
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As well as saving the lives of tens of thousands of
individual animals, we develop new vaccines, pioneer
Animal Care
new diagnostic and surgical techniques, and devise new
Blea Tarn Rd, Scotforth, Lancaster, LA2 0RD DNA tests for inherited conditions. By making regular
Tel: [phone] breakthroughs and by passing on new knowledge to the
veterinary profession in the UK and abroad, the AHT
Animal Care in Egypt Limited benefits cats, dogs and horses throughout the world.
For the sake of the animals that so enrich our lives, please
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consider helping through a donation, in-memoriam
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collection, or gift in will.
Animal Concern Cumbria
Registered Charity No: 209642
The Mary Irwin Centre, Marlborough, Lonning,
Egremont CA22 2UA
Animals in Distress Sanctuary
Tel: [phone]
55 Silver Street, Irlam,
Greater Manchester M44 6HT
Animal Defenders
Tel: [phone]
International
Animals in Need (Northamptonshire)
Millbank Tower, Millbank,
Pine Tree Farm, London Road, Little Irchester,
London SW1P 4QP
Northamptonshire NN8 2EH
Tel: [phone]
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Animal Rescue Cumbria
Animal Defenders International (ADI) is a world leader in
animal protection, lobbying governments on issues such (The Wainwright Shelter)
as the use of animals in entertainment, the worldwide Kapellan, Grayrigg, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 9BS
traffic in endangered species and alternatives to the use of Tel: [phone]
animals in research. Recent campaign successes include the
introduction of a ban on the use of all animals in circuses
The Aspinall Foundation
in Bolivia and of wild animals in Peru and Colombia.
Port Lymnne Wild Animal Park, Lympne,

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