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.
West Somerset Advice Bureau
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Established to promote charitable purposes for the community by the advancement of education, the protection fo health and the relief of poverty, distress, sickness, disability, disadvantage and deprivation.
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England
West Somerset Talking Newspaper
Blind Support Organisations
The West Somerset Talking Newspaper provides Partially Sighted & Blind with fortnightly tape or CD of the local newspaper, the West Somerset Free Press. This service was started in 1980 and the recordings are made and posted free of charge to our recipients. In addition, Talking Book Library tapes are available every fortnight and a Magazine tape or CD is produced regularly.
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West Sussex Mind
Disability Support Organisations
Relieves social isolation, enables people to acquire skills for independent life and promotes positive mental health.
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England
West View Advice & Resource Centre
Local Authority/ Local Government/ Social Service Organisations
Benefit & housing advice, tribunal representation, home visits for housebound, financial & debt advice.
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England
West Wales Domestic Abuse Service
Domestic Abuse Prevention Organisations
West Wales Domestic Abuse Service
Wales
West Wight Men's Shed
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Provides support and social interaction for men
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England
Westbrook Housing
Disability Support Organisations
Westbrook Housing provides affordable tenancies to people with disabilities to enable them to live fulfilling lives in the community. Long term objective is to reduce the reliance for some clients on support as they develop the skills to lead independent lives.
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Westbury & District Link Scheme
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Provides Good Neighbour support to elderly and vulnerable people, and those without transport to residents of Westbury, Westbury Leigh, Dilton Marsh, Chapmanslade, Heywood and Hawkeridge
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England
Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre
Rape and Sexual Abuse Response Services
Helpline, support, information, therapies
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Scotland
Western Isles Women's Aid
Domestic Abuse Prevention Organisations
Support, information, benefit & welfare advice, counselling
No refuge on island, but linked to some on the mainland, and have follow up support to those returning
Scotland
Westmeria Counselling Services
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Formed to preserve and protect the physical and mental health of people within the UK by provision of a low cost counselling service for those in need of support and for those of who could not otherwise access such services.
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Westminster Almshouses Foundation
Age Related Organisations
Provision of Almshouses for older people and grants to individuals in need.
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England
Westminster Foodbank
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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Westquater Community Project
Local Authority/ Local Government/ Social Service Organisations
Internet access, photocopying, cafe, information
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Scotland
Westway Community Transport
Other (Please clarify type)
Provide essential transport to groups, older people and disabled people or anyone who can't access public transport easily. Aim is to reduce isolation and alleviate loneliness while encouraging members to live life independently.
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England
Weybridge Old Folks Club
Age Related Organisations
Provision of social activities for the Elderly population of people in the Parish of Weybridge.
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England
Weymouth Gay Group
LGBT Organisations
Social. Meets every Thursday from 6pm. Mainly older members
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England
Whitburn Community
Local Authority/ Local Government/ Social Service Organisations
Community Fridge, welfare officer, projects for older people
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Scotland
Whitby And District Community Transport
Disability Support Organisations
To provide transport for elderly & disabled people, and others in need, throughout the Borough of Scarborough who are unable to use other forms of transport to access essential services in order to maintain an independent lifestyle.
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England
Whitby Merchant Seamen's Hospital Houses
Housing Advice Organisations
Provides accommodation for seafaring families over 60 years of age.
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England
Whitby, Scarborough and Ryedale Disability Action Group
Disability Support Organisations
WhitbyDAG provides information, advice and practical support to enable disabled people to live independently. Runs Welfare benefits, Mobility Equipment Hire, Information and Befriending services and provide supported educational, social, leisure and volunteering activities.
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England
Whitchurch Day Centre Age UK
Age Related Organisations
The objects of the Charity is "to promote the relief of the aged in any manner which now is or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable, within Whitchurch and the surrounding area". The charity holds twice weekly day centre's where the elderly and socially isolated residents meet to chat, play games and enjoy a meal.
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England
Whitchurch Foodbank
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 Trussel Trust.
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England
Whitchurch Senior Citizens Club
Age Related Organisations
Social events for the elderly to improve social relations.
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England
Whitehead Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Rented accommodation, containing 12 living units.
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England
Whittington Health
NHS or Health Organisations
Dementia services and resources, support for older people around the community and for general life, along with links to other branch charities that aid the elderly.
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England
Whittington Senior Citizens Club
Age Related Organisations
Social, sport and recreational activities for the over 50's from the village and surrounding area.
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England
Whittlewood Otherwise Whitlebury Charities
Financial Services
Making donations for the relief of need in individuals or organisations in the parishes of Potterspury and Yardley Gobion.
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England
Whitton Network
Age Related Organisations
Provides lifts, mainly for medical appointments, but also for shopping or recreational activities. Send all clients a newsletter 3 times a year, containing information about the charity but also relevant information useful for the elderly.
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England
Whitworth Men's Shed
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Provides support and social interaction for men
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England
WI Ayr
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Scottish WI
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Scotland
WICCI cancer care
NHS or Health Organisations
Up to 500 pound a year, counselling, social
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Scotland
Widnes and Runcorn Cancer Support Group
NHS or Health Organisations
Emotional support, group, drop in, counselling, activities
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England
Widnes Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
5 locations
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England
Wigan CAB
Legal Support Organisations
Provides advice, information, and advocacy on a number of issues
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England
Wiggin Cottage Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
The trust owns 6 cottages in Birmingham and lets these through a managing agent to residents. Lettings are means tested.
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England
Wight Dash
Female Victim Organisations
Group programmes, addiction, mental health, domestic abuse. NO REFUGE
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England
Wight MS
NHS or Health Organisations
MS centre, shop, cafe, information & advice, drop in
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England
Willats' Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Rents out almshouses to poor people in the community.
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England
William And Julia Elizabeth Chafyn Grove Charity
Disability Support Organisations
Provides accommodation and housing for elderly people in need who are members of the Church of England or as the Trustees decide.
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England
William Barber's Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision and maintenance of Almshouses.
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England
William Booth House
Homelessness Organisation
Accommodation for up to 12 months. Facilities, IT & kitchen training, clothes, drink & drug support
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England
William Buckwell Memorial Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Operating almshouses in Lingfield.
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England
William Gurney
Age Related Organisations
The provision of accommodation for those in need, primarily the elderly.
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England
William Lee
Financial Services
The charity awards small grants to Royston residents in financial difficulty. Applicants must be resident in the town, & a means test is applied. Application forms are available from the contact person, who is clerk to the trustees.
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England
William Lovett's Almshouse Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Providing residences for people over 55 with preference to over 65 who are in need. Preference to local people.
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William Malthus Charity For The Needy
Financial Services
Small grants to older Blewbury villagers.
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England
William Portman Almshouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Accommodation/housing for the elderly and in need.
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England
William Riley Of Leamington Almshouses Charity
Housing Advice Organisations
Almshouses in Leamington Spa/
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England
William Robertson Homes Association
Housing Advice Organisations
The provision of homes as residences for farmers and other agricultural workers in Northumberland, who are incapacitated through old age or infirmity, or who are not less than sixty years of age, who are in need of assistance and who have retired from full employment, and who shall prior to ceasing work have been employed in agriculture in Northumberland for a period of not less than 15 years.
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England