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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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(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.
(0)20 8922 2222
Jewish Care
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ
Jewish Care is the largest health and social care organisation serving the Jewish community in London and the South East, with services touching the lives of 12,000 people each week.
Our care homes provide personal, nursing, end-of-life and respite care and retirement living schemes enable older people to live independently, with support. Our community centres and centres for people living with dementia, support many older people living alone, including services for Holocaust survivors and refugees, helping to combat loneliness and isolation by ensuring they stay connected to the community and in a warm, stimulating and sociable environment.
Our services now extend to mental health care through Jami, the Jewish communities mental health service for those aged 11 or upwards.
(0)20 7100 5097
Jewish Children’s Holidays Fund
Enfield
EN1 9SH
For over 125 years we have worked closely with other Jewish organisations to provide summer holidays for needy and underprivileged Jewish children who would otherwise go without.
During two weeks full of fun and friendship at a residential or local holiday camp they can take part in activities that include outings, quizzes, sports and swimming, whilst they socialise with other children and possibly gain respite from difficult family or personal circumstances.
The camps are strictly Kosher and Shabbat observant. We include camps with children who have disabilities. Subsidies are available and no child is turned away for financial reasons.
Please help us to support the many Jewish children who desperately need and deserve a holiday that many of us take for granted.
0208 209 1117 / 07444 417668
Jewish Family Centre
London
NW11 0LR
Jewish Family Centre – Strengthening the Family and the Community
JFC is a grass roots charity, offering:
• Child, adult and family therapies and counselling
• Advocacy with schools, police; social services intervention; legal advocacy
• The Centre is NACCC registered, providing supervised and supported contact and handovers for parents who do not live with their child.
Working community-wide and in partnership with Jewish and non-Jewish organisations, we aim to achieve the best outcomes for families. The JFC runs Early Years developmental programmes – Well Baby Clinic with a Midwife, Nutrition and Lactation Specialists; Music and Movement groups; Art and Messy play; Baby Yoga. The Stay and Play, Fundays, pottery painting and holiday activities for families with children of primary school age are ongoing.
(0)20 8445 8060
Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA)
London
N3 9EG
At Jewish Women’s Aid, we support and empower Jewish women and girls who are experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violence. We provide:
- Emotional and practical support
- Helpline
- Webchat
- Counselling
- Children’s therapy
- Access to emergency housing
- Legal and welfare support
Our national free, confidential, culturally sensitive advocacy service aims to enable and empower women to take back control of their lives by providing relevant information, advice, and support. We work in the community and with schools, youth movements, and students to educate on understanding healthy relationships and consent and recognising the signs of abuse.
No Jewish woman affected by domestic violence or sexual violence should have to face this alone. We are here to help.
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020 8201 6111
Laniado Hospital
Harmony Way
London
NW4 2BZ
The founder of the Laniado hospital in Netanya, was R’ Y Halberstam, the Klausenberger Rebbe Z’tl. Following his experiences in the holocaust he decided to build a hospital that works along the principles that kindness, hope, compassion and courage are common threads within humanity that we can use to bind us all.
The hospital treats 100,000 patients annually, irrespective of race or religion; we do not ask our patient’s background – rather how we can best help them.
Over 700 babies are born every month at Laniado’s newly refurbished maternity centre, one of the leading maternity centres in the country. It is difficult to think of a more fitting testament to the greatness of the Jewish people and Jewish survival than this.
01132 218 848
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
311 Stonegate Road
Leeds
LS17 6AZ
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board – positively changing lives for 148 years
For nearly a century and a half, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board has stood at the heart of our community, offering care, connection and compassion to everyone who walks through our doors. Today, more than 1,200 people benefit from our support every single week. Whether it’s practical help, social engagement or specialist care, our mission remains the same: to enhance quality of life and ensure no one feels alone.
Our wide range of services reflects the diverse needs of the people we serve. From essential community support services to our welcoming community centre, we provide safe, inclusive spaces for all ages. Our varied activity programme fosters friendships, wellbeing and a sense of belonging. We also proudly operate three learning disability homes, offering person-centred residential support, and a trusted homecare service that helps individuals maintain independence and dignity in their own homes.
Food is central to community life, and our café and restaurant—along with an extensive selection of kosher food options—bring people together over fresh meals, conversation and warmth.
Often, support begins with something simple: a cup of tea and a chat – if you or someone you love could benefit from support, friendship, guidance or practical assistance, we are here to help.
Please visit our website to access: Facebook Instagram @ljwbleeds
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07940 131540
MANNA – UK Branch of Meir Panim
Edgware
London
HA8 4YD
Since 7th October Manna Meir Panim has been on the front lines, working tirelessly day and night, to help Israel by cooking over 1,000,000 meals for people in need and evacuated families.
We support 2,000 displaced families with accommodation, furniture, food, clothing, household goods, and toys. Together with providing 6,000 meals for soldiers and for evacuated families EVERY DAY.
Our centres distribute 250,000 essential care packages for soldiers and much more.
Hopefully very soon we can reopen our After School Clubs in Sderot.
Patrons: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Senior Rabbi, The Sephardi Community.
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(0)20 8809 8809
Norwood
80-82 The Broadway
Stanmore
Middx, HA7 4HB
Founded in 1795, Norwood is the oldest Jewish charity in the UK and has been privileged to receive Royal Patronage since 1815. We support neurodivergent children and adults, their families and people with neurodevelopmental disabilities. The way we work continually evolves but our motivation remains the same: to do everything we can to empower people to live their best possible lives.
We provide a comprehensive range of services for neurodivergent children and their families facing social or mental health challenges. These include whole family support, parenting programmes and peer support groups for siblings and parents of children with learning disabilities and autism.
Our adult services offer registered care and supported living homes for neurodivergent adults and people with neurodevelopmental disabilities in NW London, Hertfordshire, Essex and Berkshire.
Running Norwood’s life-enhancing services costs £32m annually, with £12m having to be funded through voluntary donations. To learn more or get involved— whether by donating, volunteering, or joining one of our iconic Challenge events—visit norwood.org.uk or call 020 8809 8809.
Patron: HM King Charles lll
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(0)20 7319 9169
WIZO
108 – 110 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JJ
WIZO has been changing lives and building futures for over 100 years. As the largest social welfare organization in Israel, with over 800 projects and programmes, WIZO helps vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens, at every stage of life, regardless of race or religion, to become self-sufficient and the best they can be.
WIZO enables 50,000 children to attend day care centres and after-school clubs. 12,650 women benefit from our wide range of services including women’s shelters and legal advice, and 13,500 teenagers participate in life-changing programmes.
Over the past decade, legacy donations to WIZO have funded life-changing projects worth £2.5 million. Thanks to your support, WIZO can continue to provide for children at risk, vulnerable teenagers, and victims of domestic abuse.
