As well as Hourglass, there are a number of other useful organisations that can provide advice, assistance, and information for those seeking help for a variety of different situations.
Terrence Higgins Trust
NHS or Health Organisations
HIV testing, information & advice, therapy, support
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England
Test Valley CAB
Legal Support Organisations
Provides advice, information, and advocacy on a number of subjects.
N/A
England
Tewkesbury Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
Voucher needed
Tue & Fri, 9.30 - 12.30
England
Thame Senior Friendship Centre
Age Related Organisations
Social interaction, for frail and or socially isolated older people, providing help and support to vulnerable older adults. A hot two course meal is provided. Activities include: quizzes, bingo, entertainment, speakers, outings, summer garden party & a Christmas lunch. Open three days per week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 50 weeks of the year.
N/A
England
Thames Ditton Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
The administration and management of 12 almshouses in Thames Ditton, Surrey.
N/A
England
Thames Hospice
Care and Nursing Homes (see CQC website)
Free therapies, carer support, counselling, day centre and live in hospice
N/A
England
Thames Reach
Homelessness Organisation
Works with homeless and vulnerable adults to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Specialise in supporting people with complex needs, like poor mental health and substance misuse. Services include street outreach, hostels, specialist supported housing, prevention work, health initiatives and a range of employment and education schemes.
N/A
England
Thaw
Financial Services
Fuel costs and kindling
N/A
Scotland
The Bedwyns Link Scheme
Financial Services
Neighbour scheme which mainly enables our clients to reach local facilities like shops, post office, doctor's surgery and local hospitals. A small number of other activities such as home visits are also undertaken.
N/A
England
The 55 Plus Club
Age Related Organisations
The Club offers twice weekly meetings throughout the year for people aged 50 and over to stay in touch, maintain connections and to meet new friends. The Club arranges speakers on issues relevant to the members, including health (cancer/stroke/heart awareness, etc) and well being (emotional and mental health promotion); home safety and security; PSNI, Fire and Rescue and pharmacy advice).
Northern Ireland
The Abbeyfield Fulwood Society Limited
Age Related Organisations
Provides support for elderly people - receiving 2 main meals each day. Independent residents. Trips out and armchair aerobics. Security and peace of mind provided by the Abbeyfield society.
N/A
England
The Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited
Adult Safeguarding Organisations
Care home for the elderly.
N/A
England
The Advocacy People
Mental Health Organisation
For people with learning disabilities. Advocacy, care, support
N/A
England
The Almshouse Charity Of Ann Darwin
Housing Advice Organisations
The Almshouse Charity of Ann Darwin is responsible for 4 self contained, single storey, one bedroom "cottages" that occupy a single building in Elston Village. The terms of the charity states that they are for "poor persons of good character who reside in the Parish of Elston and the surrounding area with a preference being given to poor widows." They have recently been completely refurbished.
N/A
England
The Almshouse Charity Of William Ruddock
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of housing for the poor and needy.
N/A
England
The Arks trust
Mental Health Organisation
Learning disabilities. Activities, radio station, social, support, festival, carer support, information & advice
N/A
England
The Armstrong Home
Care and Nursing Homes (see CQC website)
Principal activity is the provision of accommodation for the elderly.
N/A
England
The Ash Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Accommodation for housing elderly people, including Almshouses.
N/A
England
The Austin Memorial Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of low cost housing for the elderly.
N/A
England
The Autism Directory
Disability Support Organisations
The Autism Directory is a registered charity working to support autistic individuals and their families at a grass roots level in the community.
Wales
The Ballymena Club For The Hard Of Hearing
Deaf Support Organisations
Provision of monthly social and informative meetings from September to May held in Ballymena. Provision of weekly Lip Reading classes with a qualified ATLA Tutor in Ballymena on Saturday mornings from September to June. Organising and providing transport for one full day social outing during the summer months. Checking that loop systems are working in churches, public buildings, banks, etc and reporting to management of same if not working. Providing speakers for local community groups thus informing the general public of the problems faced by hard of hearing people and how these can be alleviated.
Northern Ireland
The Banstead & District Club For The Blind & Partially Sighted
Blind Support Organisations
Social group for blind and partially sighted people. Monthly meetings with tea and entertainment.
N/A
England
The Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
Provides recordings of the local newspaper for visually impaired people in the borough. Helps those with disabilities and those that are elderly and losing vision to keep up to date with the world.
N/A
England
The Bay Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
The Bay Foodbank provides assistance, primarily in the form of emergency food parcels, to those in need in North Tyneside, responding to referrals from social and health services, churches, and other organisations.
N/A
England
The Beddington and Wallington Senior Citizens Club
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
A social club for the elderly of Croydon.
N/A
England
The Bede Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
Provision of food parcels for people in crisis.
N/A
England
The Berrow Cottage Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of social housing by way of almshouses.
N/A
England
The Berwick Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Almshouses.
N/A
England
The Bevan Foundation
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Wales' most innovative and influential think tank - developing lasting solutions to Wales' most challenging problems.
Wales
The Birmingham Royal Institution For The Blind
Blind Support Organisations
The education and welfare of blind people or those people significantly handicapped by defective vision or threatened by blindness by securing the provision of assistance and support in the greater Birmingham area.
N/A
England
The Bishop's Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of Almshouse accommodation at Leasingham. Currently the accommodation comprises three adjoining ground floor flats, two of which are occupied by a single resident each and one by a couple.
N/A
England
The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society For The Deaf
Deaf Support Organisations
The society promotes any charitable purpose for the benefit of deaf persons in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre area, providing residential accommodation for deaf persons from inside or outside the area, access to information and services and sign communication support.
N/A
England
The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society For The Deaf
Deaf Support Organisations
The society promotes any charitable purpose for the benefit of deaf persons in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre area, providing residential accommodation for deaf persons from inside or outside the area, access to information and services and sign communication support.
N/A
England
The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society For The Deaf
Deaf Support Organisations
The society promotes any charitable purpose for the benefit of deaf persons in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre area, providing residential accommodation for deaf persons from inside or outside the area, access to information and services and sign communication support.
N/A
England
The Blackpool Ladies' Sick Poor Association
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Provides financial assistance in the form of food vouchers to the sick and poor in Blackpool. Provides practical support (domestic equipment etc) to similar people.
N/A
England
The Blind And Partially Sighted Club
Blind Support Organisations
Monthly social meetings, mostly at Box Gardens. Activities include Guest speakers, Fire and Rescue Service on safety in the home, Pets as Therapy, quiz night, evenings with local guide group. Musical Memories, Christmas mince pies and wine and A.G.M. with cheese and wine. Membership open to registered visually impaired people and their escorts/partners.
N/A
England
The Bobby Scheme
Age Related Organisations
Fits security devices and alarms for older people, victims of crime and domestic abuse victims
N/A
England
The Bookham And District Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
Recording and provision of tapes/cds of information extracted from local newpapers and read by volunteers for the benefit of blind or partially sighted people in the area of Ashtead, Bookham, Effingham, East Horsley and Leatherhead in Surrey.
N/A
England
The Borrowell Clergy Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Support for retired Anglican clergy and partners.
N/A
England
The Boston and South Holland Talking Newspaper Association
Blind Support Organisations
Records and sends out talking newspapers for Boston and South Holland for the blind or partially sighted, or those who have difficulty in reading the written word.
N/A
England
The Bracken Trust
NHS or Health Organisations
The Bracken Trust is here to support anyone affected by cancer. This includes patients, families/carers and bereaved relatives.
Wales
The Bradford Soup Run
Blind Support Organisations
Offers food, clothing and bedding and encouragement to the homeless in Bradford.
N/A
England
The Bradford Talking Telegraph For The Visually Impaired
Age Related Organisations
A weekly talking news service on Memory Sticks containing articles from the Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
N/A
England
The Brandon Trust
Disability Support Organisations
Brandon Trust exists to improve lifestyles, opportunities and deliver greater independence for people with learning disabilities.
N/A
England
The Briars
Care and Nursing Homes (see CQC website)
Dementia care home, respite
spaces available 1/2/20
England
The Bridge
Rape and Sexual Abuse Response Services
Sexual assault referral centre. Medical, support, legal advice, counselling
N/A
England
The Bridgwater Memorial Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Housing for the elderly.
N/A
England
The Broadway Cottages Trust
Housing Advice Organisations
Providing housing for people of limited means at rents within their means and making charitable donations to charitable institutions, principally in the Kettering area, and occasionally to needy persons.
N/A
England
The Bureau
Local Authority/ Local Government/ Social Service Organisations
Charity for local people that arranges services including befriending, support, live at home, transport, social, counselling, carer support, information & advice, domestic abuse support and food.
Forms online you fill in with what you need, then you will be contacted with various support options.
England