RAPHAEL JEWISH COUNSELLING SERVICE
Contact: Sara Cooper, Head of Clinical Services
PO Box 172, Stanmore HA7 3WB
Tel: 0800 234 6236
E-mail: info@raphaeljewishcounselling.org Website: raphaeljewishcounselling.org
Registered Charity No. 278522

Established in 1979, Raphael offers professional counselling to anyone Jewish in London and surrounding area without regard to their affiliation. Initial consultations are offered to callers making contact through a 24-hour answerphone after which, where appropriate, they will be referred to counsellors for weekly sessions. Clients are expected to pay for sessions according to their means but nobody is turned away for financial reasons. Some clients are seen in counsellors' own homes, others in rooms rented by Raphael. All counsellors receive high quality supervision. Our Head of Clinical Services is supported by an experienced Intake Team and an Administrator.  A small group – Friends - arranges fundraising functions. Donations and grants from individuals and trusts, as well as legacies, enable us to continue our vital and valuable service to the community.

RISHON MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AID GROUP
Contact: Frances Anthony, Chairman
20 Greenhalgh Walk, London N2 ODJ
Tel: 020-8455 9579 Tel/Fax: Harry Bibring, Life President 020-8950 9212
E-mail: bibrings@ntlworld.com
Registered Charity No. 252359

Founded in 1966 and affiliated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, Rishon is the only charity exclusively devoted to assisting Jewish people with MS. Monthly meetings provide them with social contact and entertainments such as speakers and musical performances. Financial contributions pay for practical help to make life easier for Jewish people with MS, for the monthly meetings and for annual holidays in suitable venue for members - enabling the carer, usually the spouse, to have some relief from the day-to-day difficulties with which they have to cope. Rishon also contributes to the research funds of the MS Society, in the hope that a cure is found for this dreadful and debilitating disease. By including the Rishon MS Aid Group among the beneficiaries in your will, you will be helping to alleviate the suffering and bring the cure to MS nearer.

SEED
Contact: Elliott Hambling, Operations Manager
Mowbray House, 58 - 70 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middx. HA8 8DJ
Tel: 020-8958 0820 Fax: 020-8958 0821
E-mail: info@seed.uk.net Website: www.seed.uk.net
Registered Charity No. 281307

Seed provides adult and family Jewish education across the UK through formal study and informal experience.  Seed aims to strengthen the family through positive Jewish encounter and by sharing the richness of Jewish life, learning and values. For almost three decades Seed has been at the forefront of adult education. Seed caters particularly (but not exclusively) for parents of young children. Seed offers a sophisticated, authentic and contemporary knowledge of Judaism, Jewish living and the Jewish family. The curriculum for this year introduces modular courses, run in several venues across the UK including the Seed centre. Of course it is not all formal learning, there are plenty of opportunities for the informal and the experiential. This year Seed have split our programme into three sections: Early Years, Parent Academy and Live and Learn.

SHIKUM ACHER (ALTERNATIVE REHABILIATION)
Contact: myisrael (all cheques to be made out to myisrael)
c/o Redleaf Communications Ltd, 11-33 St Johns Street, London EC1M 4AA
Tel: 020-3004 8994 Fax: 020-7535 2727
Email: info@myisraelcharity.org Website: www.myisraelcharity.org
Registered charity No: 1121960 (myisrael)

Shikum Acher is an Israeli non-profit organization that was established with the aim of aiding people with mental disorders to fully integrate into mainstream society and the job market. Participants in our programmes come with various mental disorders and disabilities and are assisted in gaining practical working skills in a hands-on profession of their choice. They are then accompanied in finding regular employment in their chosen field. Through helping our programme participants attain financial independence; we work to influence society’s attitude towards this sector for the better. Thank you for supporting Shikum Acher!

SIDNEY GOLD COMMUNITY TRUST FUND
Contact: Richard Shone
c/o Redbridge JCC, Woodford Bridge Road, Ilford, Essex IG4 5LN
Tel: 020-8418 2100
E-mail: rshone@jcare.org
Registered Charity No. 292431

The Fund, established in honour of the late Dr I Sidney Gold, first President of the Redbridge Jewish Youth & Community Centre, promotes the Doris and Sidney Gold Scholarships. The driving concerns of Dr Gold's life were young people, Israel and Jewish community service and appropriately these scholarships combine all three elements. Selected young Jewish people in the Redbridge area are assisted in funding a pre-university year on an approved study and training course in Israel with the understanding that they have a commitment to future involvement on their return. The success of the scheme over nearly two decades has been the number of the Scholars who have become deeply involved in a wide number of communal organizations and projects. Extra funds will enable more worthy young people to be assisted.

STAPELY RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING HOME
Contact: Mr T M Johnson, Administrator
North Mossley Hill Road, Liverpool L18 8BR
Tel: 0151-724 3260 Fax: 0151-729 0336
E-mail: stapely@btinternet.com
Registered Charity No. 220797

Stapely was founded 55 years ago to provide residential care for elderly Jewish people. Ten years later a hospital wing was built (now Stapely Nursing Home) offering full medical and minor surgical facilities. Stapely's aim is to continue to provide its residents with the highest standards of care and accommodation in keeping with a true traditional Jewish way of life. It has its own synagogue and a strictly kosher cuisine. Recently both the Residential and Nursing Homes underwent major refurbishment and now provide the residents with the highest possible standard of accommodation and care. In order to meet its annual running costs, Stapely relies heavily on donations, bequests and endowments from within the Jewish community. Only with your help can we maintain our commitment to the care and comfort of our elderly.

TEL AVIV FOUNDATION
Contact: Louise Talisman, UK Co-ordinator
Flat 2, 48 Priory Road, London NW6 4SJ
Tel/Fax: 020-7813 1932
E-mail: louise@telavivfoundation.co.uk Website: www.telavivfoundation.org
Charity No. 293477

The Tel Aviv Foundation was founded in 1977 as an independent foundation working in partnership with the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Priority projects are set by the Mayor of Tel Aviv and the City Council who also provide matching funds (usually dollar for dollar) for capital projects. The Foundation, whose aim is to strengthen, promote and enhance the quality of life of its residents, has established more than 300 projects to date, raising over $300 million worldwide in the following fields: Education, Welfare and Social Services, Art, Culture and Sport, Environment. The Foundation has no endowment and operates through direct giving and for designated and specific projects only.

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY TRUST - GREAT BRITAIN
Contact: Hazel Davis
1 Bentinck Street, London W1V 2EB
Tel: 020-7487 5280 Fax: 020-7224-3908
Email: Tautlondon@aol.com Website: www.tau.ac.il/int-friends/friends-uk.html
Registered Charity No: 314179

Tel Aviv University (TAU) is the world's largest Jewish university and Israel's most comprehensive and influential institution of higher education. TAU has three key missions: to encourage innovative scientific research; to prepare Israel's next generation of researchers, professionals and leaders, and to help develop and strengthen Israeli society at large. TAU promotes a vigorously multidisciplinary approach to a wide range of fields, from nanotechnology to Jewish studies, cancer research to alternative energy. Its graduates are the most sought-after in the country and its community programmes enrich the lives of 90,000 Israeli children annually along with senior citizens, minorities, and other groups. Future priorities include: investment in strategic scientific areas such as biophysics and regenerative medicine; recruitment of young faculty; greater educational opportunities for students from distressed or outlying towns; and helping Israel-Diaspora relationships.

UJIA - UNITED JEWSIH ISRAEL APPEAL
Contact: Douglas Krikler, Chief Executive
37 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 8NX
Tel: 020-7424 6400 Fax: 020-7424 6401
Email: central@ujia.org Website: www.ujia.org
Registered Charity No. 1043047

UJIA invests in young people and education both in Israel and the UK. Our strategy is designed to help guarantee a sustainable and positive future for the people of the Galil, northern Israel and the Jewish community of the UK. Our partnership region of the Galil is where we bring help and opportunity to those most in need. Here in the UK our programmes ensure our future generations grow up with the knowledge and confidence to be proud and participating members of both the Jewish and the wider community. For further information on our work please visit www.ujia.org

UJS HILLEL
Contact: Amanda Hecht
4 Greenland Place, Camden Town, London NW1 0AP
Tel: 020-7424 3288 Fax: 020-7424 3289
Email: Amanda@ujshillel.co.uk Website: www.ujshillel.co.uk
Registered Charity No. 313503

Jewish students face many challenges at university – away from home for the first time, under academic and financial pressure, being bombarded with ideas, not all of them familiar or friendly, in an environment where being Jewish is perceived as simply one option in an open market of religious and secular possibilities. For many Jewish students it’s reassuring to know that UJS Hillel is there to offer support and continuity.

UJS Hillel aims to create meaningful Jewish campus experiences and inspire Jewish students to make an enduring commitment to their Jewish identity, Israel and the community. By providing Friday night meal subsidies, dynamic and attractive Jewish student centres, Kosher accommodation in Hillel houses and welfare grants to students in dire financial need, we help nearly 8,000 Jewish students on 60 university campuses every year.