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.
The Stratford-On-Avon District Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
Talking newspaper for the blind and visually impaired.
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England
The Studholme Bell Foundation
Financial Services
Provides financial help and support to individuals to enable them to be self-sufficient, together with the provision of training and educational facilities.
N/A
England
The Sutton Old People's Welfare Committee
Age Related Organisations
Drop in centre for the older residents of Sutton. Transport for less able members, outings, keep fit and live entertainment. Welcomes all volunteers including those with learning difficulties at our drop in centre.
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England
The Sutton Shopmobility Charity Company
Disability Support Organisations
Sutton Shopmobility provides a loan service for mobility equipment giving easy access to all who need to use a wheelchair, powered scooter or electric wheelchair.
N/A
England
The Swindon And District Talking Newspaper Association
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of recorded tapes or other tactile reading matter for the blind, partially sighted or those temporarilly or permanently incapacitated or disabled to an extent that makes reading a strain.
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England
The Swindon U3a
Blind Support Organisations
Various groups are run for the educational, social and wellbeing of the mature person and other persons eligible for membership due to no longer being in full employment.
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England
The Taunton Deane Audio-News Association
Blind Support Organisations
Provide recorded USB memory sticks of local newspapers to those who may be blind, partially sighted or suffer a disability which makes reading a strain.
N/A
England
The Thomas Watson Cottage Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Provides homes for the elderly if they are in need of housing.
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England
The Trussell Trust
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides emergency food and support to people in poverty, and campaigns for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
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England
The Trussell Trust Abergavenny Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
"As a nation, we don
Open Tuesdays 1PM-4PM and Fridays 10AM-12:30PM
Wales
The Trussell Trust Food Bank
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides three days nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred. Part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust.
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England
The Trussell Trust Monmouth Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
"As a nation, we don
Wales
The Trussell Trust Newport Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
"As a nation, we don
Open Thursdays 2PM-4PM
Wales
The Tuesday Club Malmesbury
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Recreational activities, outings and social interaction for people with special needs and elderly people in the Malmesbury area.
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England
The Tuesday Club Market Lavington
Financial Services
Day care facilities for elderly people in the local area.
N/A
England
The Tynedale Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
Each week, a team of readers records the Hexham Courant, Tyndale's local newspaper, for distribution to blind and partially sighted people, and to other disabled people unable to read a printed newspaper. Recordings are copied onto memory sticks, and posted on Friday evenings. Listeners return the sticks to be re-used for the following week's recording. Normally has around 100 listeners.
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England
The United Sikh Association Day Centre For Elderly
Homelessness Organisation
Day centre activities for the elderly.
N/A
England
The Unity Centre
Black and Ethnic Minority Organisations
For refugees. Offering information, advocacy and support. Next to the Scottish Home Office.
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Scotland
The Victoria Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
The Charity provides almshouses for the accommodation of elderly persons having a "housing need" and a strong association with the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.
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England
The Victoria Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
The Charity provides almshouses for the accommodation of elderly persons having a "housing need" and a strong association with the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.
N/A
England
The Visually Impaired Peoples Friendship Group
Blind Support Organisations
This group was established in 1992 as a self-help group to provide mutual support for vision impaired people and their carers. Mission statement is to make a difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted persons resident in South Tyneside by providing recreational and educational facilities with a view of improving conditions of their life.
N/A
England
The Voluntary Association For Surrey Disabled Limited
Disability Support Organisations
The Association strives to provide high quality services to physically disabled people in Surrey, their families, professionals and others concerned with disability by providing the following: self-catering holiday chalet and bungalows, disability equipment showroom, mail order catalogue and equipment loan.
N/A
England
The Wadham Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of almshouse accommodation for the elderly of Ilton.
N/A
England
The Wallich
Homelessness Organisation
The Wallich operates under three core objectives: getting people off the streets; keeping people off the streets; and creating opportunities for people.
Wales
The Wallich
Homelessness Organisation
The Wallich operates under three core objectives: getting people off the streets; keeping people off the streets; and creating opportunities for people.
Wales
The Wallich
Homelessness Organisation
The Wallich operates under three core objectives: getting people off the streets; keeping people off the streets; and creating opportunities for people.
Wales
The Waterfall
Female Victim Organisations
Female addiction charity. Group, peer support, 1 - 1
Tue - Thur, 9 - 5
England
The Watlington Club Cio
Other Advice and Support Organisations
To provide facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation to improving the conditions of life for the residents of Watlington Parish. To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.
N/A
England
The Wayside Club
Homelessness Organisation
For homeless addicts. Food, clothing, hygiene, medical help
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Scotland
The Wednesbury Fellowship Of The Disabled
Disability Support Organisations
To provide succour and support to all disabled people to provide fellowship and companionship to encourage social interaction with other group members.
N/A
England
The Welcoming
Black and Ethnic Minority Organisations
For people just arrived in Edinburgh / Scotland. English classes, social, skills and information
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Scotland
The Wellington Stroke Club
Other (Please clarify type)
Provide services to members with post strokes. Social activities, meetings, outings, physiotherapy, speech therapy, advice and companionship.
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England
The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
To provide a weekly talking newspaper and a monthly talking magazine service on USB microstick, web site and internet radio, to approximately 300 blind or partially sighted in the West Shropshire area. Our newspaper and magazine last up to 90 minutes.
N/A
England
The Wheen Charitable Trust
Age Related Organisations
Provides facilities for the elderly and people with disabilities.
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England
The Whitby Trust For The Blind
Blind Support Organisations
Assistance to the registered blind of the Whitby area.
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England
The Whiteley Homes Trust
Age Related Organisations
Provision of housing and related services (including, extra-care, residential care and nursing care) to older people of limited means.
N/A
England
The Wigston Relief in Need Charity
Financial Services
Relief in need to persons in the District of Wigston who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grant of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.
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England
The William And Sarah Midgley Almshouses
Financial Services
The charity was established to provide almshouses for persons resident in the neighbourhood of Lees Cum Cross Roads, Keighley, West Yorkshire.
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England
The William And Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of almshouse accommodation.
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England
The William Arnold Homes
Age Related Organisations
Rents out and maintains four bungalows, including gardens, for couples aged 60 years old and over.
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England
The William Nuttall Cottage Homes For Aged Spinsters
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of housing to elderly ladies, formerly resident in Doncaster.
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England
The William Singleton Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
The provision & maintenance of five Almshouse bungalows (single occupancy) in Mansfield.
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England
The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust
Age Related Organisations
The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust provides a free home security and online safety service for elderly and disabled people in Swindon and Wiltshire. We carry out a full home security and fire risk assessment before fitting the appropriate security devices and advise the client on best practice regarding personal, property and online security.
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England
The Woking Talking Newspaper (1988) Association
Blind Support Organisations
To provide a weekly audio recording of local news and information to members of the community who are blind or visually impaired.
N/A
England
The Women's Centre Burnley & District
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Helps women of all ages and backgrounds to access services, training and advice, providing a safe environment for women to ask for help.
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England
The Women's Therapy Centre
Mental Health Organisation
Seeks to provide an accessible psychotherapy service for women with mental health problems who have traditionally not had access to such a service.
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England
The Wriggly Worm
Other (Please clarify type)
Various food based projects including food parcels, training, social
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England
The Wychwoods Day Centre Limited
Age Related Organisations
Elderly persons' day centre.
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England
The Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper Association
Blind Support Organisations
Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper provides weekly audio tapes of extracts from local newspapers in the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire (Kidderminster, Stourport,Bewdley). This service is for blind and visually impaired peoople of the area. It is also for people for whom handling a traditional newspaper is difficult/impossible by reson of some other disability. The service is provided by volunteers.
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England
The Yeovil Day Centre Society
Age Related Organisations
To provide social day care to the elderly and infirm within Yeovil through the provision of hot meals and social activities.
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England