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(0)20 8954 2772
Akim
Stanmore
Middx
HA7 2PP
AKIM is the national charity providing services for over 30,000 Israeli children and adults with learning difficulties plus over 120,000 family members needing backup and support. AKIM protects the rights of people with learning difficulties, ensuring their equal rights to education, housing and employment.
AKIM provides day care centres for children and adults, around 50 residential homes, hostels and apartments in the community, employment and job placement programmes. Regional branches throughout Israel are mostly run by volunteers or parents of children with learning difficulties and they need our support now. Please help us to ensure that those who might end up living on the edge of society can be included and reach their full potential.
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07947 695136
British Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua
+972 50 8288208
British Friends of Sarah Herzog Hospital – Jerusalem
Elstree
WD6 3PW
Herzog Medical Centre, established in 1894 is Israel’s foremost centre for geriatric, rehabilitation, respiratory, mental health and psychotrauma care, treatment and research. Since the war started we have received close to 100 patients from hospitals in the South in order to make more beds available at hospitals in those regions. Our 160-bed sheltered emergency underground hospital has been activated.
We have dramatically expanded all of our mental health and psychotrauma services to help the thousands of people affected emotionally by the war. We are working with the soldiers, survivors of the massacre on October 7, and families evacuated from their homes, to assist them to begin to deal with the short-term and long-term mental health challenges they face.
Trustees: Jonathan Lauffer, Stephen Forman, Rachelle Goldberg, Michael Fertleman
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(0)20 8800 7494
Chizuk
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(0)20 8458 2223
Jami
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ
Jami, the mental health service for the Jewish community and part of Jewish Care, provides vital services for young people from 11 years old through to those in later life, whose mental illness and distress makes everyday life a struggle. Jami’s lifesaving services give people hope and support their recovery.
These services include one-to-one adult support, talking therapies, support for children and young people, advice and advocacy, support groups for families and carers, volunteer befriending and vocational support, all of which are lifelines for people living with mental illness and distress. The same is true of Jami’s community hubs and social enterprise café, Head Room in Golders Green, which provide vital social connection for people who may have become isolated because of their mental health.
To increase people’s understanding around mental health including how to prevent suicide, we also provide specialist courses to community leaders, including bespoke courses designed to speak to the Jewish community and Mental Health First Aid training.
Our community has come a long way in understanding and supporting people with mental illness, but there is still lots more to do.
020 8203 6311
Jcounselling
0161 850 3330 / 07572 171264
JSense
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020 3209 1160
Kisharon Langdon
333 Edgware Road
London
NW9 6TD
Kisharon Langdon offers education, opportunity and support for people within the Jewish learning disability and autism community, and their families, throughout life’s journey. Kisharon Langdon’s supported living and education services, together with our community programming and employment support services, enable everyone we support to thrive.
Our Jewish values lie at the heart of all our services. We are committed to meeting unique religious and cultural needs, fostering an inclusive environment and enabling the people we support to realise their ambitions and aspirations.
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020 8905 6333
Larches Community
(020) 8209 0526
Legadel
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020 8772 2326.
Nightingale Hammerson
105 Nightingale Lane
London
SW12 8NB
Nightingale Hammerson is an independent charity and a leading specialist in the care for older people. We provide residential, nursing, dementia, respite, rehabilitation, palliative and end-of-life care to over 200 Residents at Nightingale House in Clapham and Hammerson House, Wohl Campus in Hampstead.
The charity has served the community for over 185 years, with exceptional, holistic and person-centred care for older Jewish people. As a leading care provider, we offer life enhancing care for every need and every means in a warm, connected community that feels like family.
Our award-winning and much-loved homes offers the full spectrum of support including those with complex care needs. Nightingale House and Hammerson house are lifelong homes rooted in Jewish heritage and guided by exceptional care. We focus on a relationship-centred care approach, highlighting the importance of meeting the needs of the Resident, whilst also addressing the needs of relatives and care teams. We recognise that quality care only happens when there are strong relationships between everyone involved in a Resident’s care.
We offer a vibrant, connected environment with a plethora of engagement activities where joy, laughter and community are part of everyday life. When you choose Nightingale Hammerson, you join a family. Regardless of your personal financial situation, we will always look after you; the care of our Residents is at the forefront of all that we do, and we remain committed to serving the Jewish community.
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0800 234 6236
Raphael – The Jewish Counselling Service
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(0)20 8802 8899
Yad Voezer
London
N16 5DH
Yad Voezer is a helping hand for people with learning disabilities and their families. It manages:
• Two Registered Residential Care Homes
• Three Supported Housing projects
• A Day Programme in our purpose-built day centre
• Clubs & leisure activities
• Family Support
• Sweet Factory
