RAPHAEL Jewish Counselling Service
Contact: Ruth Barnett, Clinical Director
PO Box 172, Stanmore HA7 3WB
Tel: 0800 234 6236
E-mail: info@raphaeljewishcounselling.org
Registered Charity No. 278522

Established 1979. Raphael professional counselling is offered to anyone seeking Jewish counselling in the London and surrounding area without regard to their affiliation. Initial consultations are offered to callers making contact through a 24-hour answer phone and then, where appropriate, 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. All counsellors, who are unpaid, receive high quality (paid) supervision. Our Clinical Director is supported by an experienced Intake Team and Administrator. Some clients are seen in counsellor's own homes, others in rooms rented by Raphael. A small group of Friends arrange fundraising functions and awareness programmes. Donations and grants from individuals and trusts, as well as legacies, enable us to continue this important 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, Rishon is affiliated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain. As the only charity exclusively devoted to assisting Jewish persons diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, it is effectively the Jewish MS Society. Monthly meetings provide opportunities for sufferers to have social contact with each other, whilst enjoying speakers, musical or other entertainments and refreshments. Funds are applied for practical help to make life easier for Jewish MS sufferers and for annual holidays for members in a suitable venue - enabling the carer, usually the spouse, to have some relief from the day-to-day difficulties with which they have to cope. Rishon also discharges the Jewish Community's responsibility in contributing 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.

ROWLEY LANE MACCABI RECREATIONAL TRUST
Contact: Rowley Lane
Maccabi Sports Association, Rowley Lane, Arkley, Barnet, Herts, EN5 3HW
Tel: 020-8441 6051 Fax: 020-8441 6319
Email: info@rowleylane.org.uk
Registered office: Rowley Lane Maccabi Recreational Trust, Unit
201, Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, N1 0QH
Registered Charity No: 1095196

Rowley Lane Maccabi Recreational Trust provides quality sports and recreational facilities and opportunities for all. The 50-acre site includes three tennis courts, one netball court, a bowls green, a cricket square and five football pitches. Our all-weather pitch and floodlights will be completed by October 2008. Recently a Lionesses Netball Team and a dance school started and Noah's Ark Nursery School re-located to us from Mill Hill Synagogue. With monthly youth clubs, holiday schemes attracting 100 kids a day and London Lions fielding 22 youth football teams, Rowley Lane Maccabi is already the number one destination for Jewish youth in the UK. The vision is to build a centre for the community. We hope to build on the strong foundations laid, improving our facilities, adding to our activities and training our own leaders. We actively fundraise, but any donations are greatly appreciated.

SEED
Contact: Rabbi Malcolm Herman, Educational Programmes Director
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

Established in 1980, seed holds weekly One to One study sessions, lectures and classes across London and the regions. Weekend residential seminars include Raising a Jewish Family (relationships and parenting from a Torah perspective); Challenge (fundamental concepts of Judaism); Generation to Generation (transmission process); With All My Soul (prayer); Knowledge (further concepts); and Graduate (for those with a good knowledge of Judaism). seed works with parents of children in schools to promote and deliver a programme of adult education. seed uses its HQ for one-off events and for ongoing projects, eg. Babies and Bagels (for new mothers) and Splash (Sunday morning children's group). seed relies solely on donations and has a budget in excess of £900,000 per annum.

SHAARE ZEDEK UK
Contact: Rhoda Goodman
766 Finchley Road, London NW11 7TH
Tel: 020-8201 8933 Fax: 020-8201 8935
E-mail: office@shaarezedek.org.uk Website: www.shaarezedekuk.org
Registered Charity No. 262870

Shaare Zedek is the most centrally located, major hospital in Jerusalem. Amongst the many thousands of patients it treats every year are 50,000 children. The current paediatric department of Shaare Zedek was built almost 30 years ago and, with an increasing population, the facility is extremely overcrowded and outdated. To meet the needs of Jerusalem's young patients, Shaare Zedek is building the first dedicated Children's Hospital in Jerusalem. With no government funding for new equipment or development, this hospital can only be built with the help of Shaare Zedek's friends from around the world. Call 020 8201 8933 for more information or visit: www.buildingblocksappeal.org.uk.

SIDNEY GOLD COMMUNITY TRUST FUND
Contact: Daniel Carmel-Brown c/o
Sinclair House, Woodford Bridge Road, Ilford, Essex IG4 5LN
Tel: 020-8551 0017 Fax: 020-8551 9027
E-mail: DCarmel-Brown@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 organisations and projects. Extra funds will enable more worthy young people to be assisted.

THE SPIRO ARK
Contact: Robin Spiro
25-26 Enford Street, London W1H 1DW
Tel: 020-7723 9991 Fax: 020-7723 8191
Email: spiroark@aol.com Website: www.spiroark.org
Registered Charity No. 1070926

The Spiros initially devised an Oxford and Cambridge A/O Level syllabus in Modern Jewish history in the late 1970s, which was introduced into many leading public schools. Very soon there was great demand from the wider public so they developed the Spiro Institute over the next two decades. This development included groundbreaking adult education programmes in many Jewish historical and cultural fields. The Spiros are widely admired for their innovative courses, cultural events, film festivals, symposia, discussions, lectures, concerts, Ulpans in Hebrew and Yiddish and national and international tours of Jewish interest. Their pioneering work continues in The Spiro Ark and other organizations. The Spiro Ark programme brings the Jewish experience to many Jews who otherwise have little contact with their roots and also to non-Jews who wish to understand the Jewish Enigma.

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.

STREETWISE - A partnership between CST and Maccabi GB
Contact: Jessica Overlander-Kaye, Project Manager
Shield House, Harmony Way, Hendon, London, NW4 2BZ
Tel: (London Office) 020-8457 2331
(Manchester Office) 0161-705 7080
Email: info@streetwisegb.org Website: www.streetwisegb.org
Maccabi GB & CST Registered Charity Nos. 1098206 & 1042391

Streetwise works with Jewish schools and Community organisations, enhancing the personal safety and personal development of young Jewish people to support their safe, physical, and emotional wellbeing. Every year Streetwise works with over 10,000 10 - 22 year olds, offering an informal, safe environment where young Jewish people can share problems and develop social relationships. Streetwise youth workers encourage young people to gain practical skills and give them information to make informed decisions and the confidence to say no.

SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL'S DEPENDANTS
Contact: Michael Gross, Trustee
11 Bryanston Square, London W1H 2DQ
Tel: 020-7724 7434 Fax: 020-7724 8118
E-mail: group144@aol.com
Registered Charity No. 1112009

Supporters of Israel's Dependants was formed to help underprivileged members of Israeli society of all ages. As an organisation, with expertise built over many years, we endeavour to ensure that 100% of all funds received directly reach those who are urgently in need of assistance to improve their lives and wellbeing. With attention focused on education, employment, housing, recreational activities, care and counselling together with constant involvement with children and young adults without parents or family, through consultation with schools, universities, the army and other such organisations we provide help where it is most needed. Without any hesitation on our part we can categorically state that your donations will make a real difference.

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
Contact: Douglas Krikler, Chief Executive UJIA,
Balfour House, 741 High Road, London, N12 0BQ
Tel: 020-8369 5000 Fax: 020-8369 5001
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/whatwedo

UK FRIENDS OF MEIR PANIM
Contact: David Margulies
1 Island House, 47 - 51 Portland Avenue, London N16 6HD
Tel: 020-8800 9899 Fax: 020-8880 8664
E-mail: ukoffice@meirpanim.org Website: www.meirpanim.org
Registered Charity No. 1113173

If you find it unbelievable that 1.7 million Israelis live beneath the poverty line, the statistics say otherwise. 800,000 children go to bed hungry and 24% of the elderly - many Holocaust survivors - lack the basic necessities of life. Meir Panim offers an ever-expanding range of programmes to help them break out of the devastating cycle of poverty - from soup kitchens, meals on wheels, and meals and after-school activities for schoolchildren, to vocational training programmes for young adults, battered women and people with mental health problems, day centres for the elderly and food cards for essential groceries to help low income families. Please help us to give Israel's poorest sections of the community a dignified and consistent step up to a brighter future by making a donation today and remembering us in your will.

UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY
Contact: Nena Blake
P O Box 47824, London NW11 9YA
Tel: 020-8731 7471
Email: office@jchaplaincy.org Website: www.jchaplaincy.org
Registered Charity No. 261324

A difficult time for Jewish Students on campus! With threats like academic boycotts, Israel Apartheid Weeks, Holocaust denial, increased financial stress and all the other pressures that students face, our work has never been more urgent. Our chaplaincy couples work as husband and wife teams providing a Jewish home away from home as well as practical, spiritual and welfare support in a professional and confidential manner. Students, at their formative stage of life, depend on our members of staff living and working in nine campus regions across the country. We depend on your support to maintain this service and fulfil plans for crucial expansion.