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020 8457 4444
Aish UK
London
NW4 3LP
For the past 25 years Aish UK has aimed to inspire a deeper connection to Judaism and to ensure a vibrant future for the Jewish people. Through diverse educational opportunities, immersive experiences and enduring relationships we share the wisdom and beauty of Jewish faith, practice and community – connecting with as many young Jews as we can, whatever their background, from when they are about to leave home until they build their own.
Today, Aish UK operates eight full time branches and provides educational opportunities at over eighteen schools, fifteen universities and six young professional hubs around the country, reaching and impacting thousands of young Jews each year. We also regularly distribute educational and video content through magazine publications,
(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.
020 3355 5368
Arts Therapies for Children
London
NW4 4EE
Since 2016, Arts Therapies for Children has been dedicated to ensuring every child has timely access to effective therapeutic support. Partnering with over 35 Jewish primary schools in London, Hertfordshire, and Manchester, we prioritise creating a safe, caring space within the school environment. Our team of qualified art, play, and child psychotherapists and counsellors delivers various services, including art therapy, play therapy, Integrative counselling, psychotherapy, and counselling, supporting over 180 children each week.
Emphasising the significance of therapeutic interventions in schools, we remain committed to providing essential frontline mental health services to vulnerable children who may not access support elsewhere.
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(0)20 8458 2455
Beit Halochem UK
One Bridge Lane
London
NW11 0EA
Beit Halochem UK is a registered charity which is responsible for raising funds for our four Beit Halochem Rehabilitation Centres in Israel. Beit Halochem is the only official organisation in Israel which looks after the 54,000 wounded IDF veterans and victims of terror. Our facilities provide a blend of exceptional rehabilitative services including physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and chiropractic treatments conducted alongside social and specialised sport options, educational programmes, and a vast range of creative activities.
At the core of Beit Halochem’s mission is the commitment to assisting these extraordinary individuals in reclaiming as much of a normal life as possible after making immense sacrifices to safeguard the State of Israel and its people.
020 3778 2068
Ben Gurion University Foundation
Rutland Gardens
London
SW7 1BX
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), led by President Daniel Chamovitz, is one of Israel’s leading institutions of higher educational learning. A recognised national and global leader in many fields, actively encouraging multi-disciplinary collaborations with government and industry, and nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation in all its forms. Since 2019, BGU has consistently been included in PitchBook’s top half rankings of 100 undergraduate programmes globally that produce the most VC-backed entrepreneurs.
Ingrained in the DNA of BGU is a strong social conscience. Over a third of students volunteer in one of the world’s most developed community action programmes.
Ben-Gurion University Foundation supports and promotes BGU.
(0)20 7604 3991
Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art
108a Boundary Road
London
NW8 0RH
Founded in July 1915 in Whitechapel, Ben Uri has proudly been at the forefront of Yiddish culture and British art for over 100 years. The museum is the oldest cultural institution in the community. Today it is universally acclaimed for its role in protecting, acquiring, educating, and celebrating the artistic achievements of European Jewish artists, and sharing their rich contribution with some 400,000 people a year from across the cultural divides.
The museum has no endowment and no guaranteed income and relies on its own efforts and your generosity and shared vision.
0800 234 3782
British Friends of ADI Israel
London
NW3 7PG
By reimagining rehabilitation, ADI is advancing ability for all – empowering children, adolescents and adults with severe disabilities and providing cutting edge therapeutic and recovery services for anyone touched by disability.
ADI provides its residents and special education students with the individualized growth plans and specialized services they need to grow and thrive, its rehabilitation patients with the inpatient and outpatient treatments and therapies they need to heal and return to their lives, and the community at large with tangible opportunities for encountering disability, raising awareness, and promoting acceptance.
07812 641210
British Friends of Rambam Medical Centre
120 Regents Park Road
London
N3 3HY
British Friends of Rambam was established to support the largest hospital in Northern Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, a 1,100-bed academic hospital serving over 2.5 million residents.
Rambam Healthcare Campus is world-renowned for its vast experience in Oncology, Cardiology, R&D, mental health and treating trauma patients during peacetime and war. As the referral centre for 12 district hospitals and the only Level-1 trauma centre in Northern Israel, Rambam’s patient and staff population is diverse, including Jews, Christians, Muslims and Druze.
Currently prepared for any scenario, Rambam is home to the 2000-bed Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital – a 1,500 space car park in peacetime, which seamlessly converts, within hours, to a fortified hospital protected against missiles and other lethal threats.
+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
(0)20 8387 1221
British Friends of Shalva
Theobald Street
Borehamwood, Herts.
WD6 4PJ
Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, is dedicated to providing transformative care for individuals with disabilities, empowering their families and promoting social inclusion. Non-denominational, Shalva’s programmes provide an all-encompassing range of services for thousands of individuals from infancy to adulthood. Additionally, Shalva supports and enables families to raise their children with disabilities within the family framework. Through more than three decades of award-winning programmes, Shalva partners with various institutions in advocacy efforts and is a leader in inclusion activities.
The Shalva National Centre’s advanced programmes and facilities create new frontiers in disability rehabilitation, research, and inclusion; defining new standards in the field and impacting the world beyond those in Shalva’s direct care. https://www.facebook.com/ShalvaUK
(0)20 3092 4643
British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel
168 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6RA
The British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (BFAMI) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raise funds to support educational programmes run by the Art Museums of Israel. These programmes share the rich artistic culture and history of Israel alongside prominent international contemporary art, with future generations across all strata of society. We focus our fund-raising endeavours to support educational programmes targeted at more vulnerable social groups such as children from deprived backgrounds, terminally ill children in hospitals and new immigrants suffering from negative social stigma to name a few. Together with these we support programmes reaching the gifted and talented, as well as Israeli soldiers.
020 7317 8980
British Friends of the Jaffa Institute
32 Hampstead High Street
London
NW3 1QD
Established in 1982, the Jaffa Institute is at the forefront of poverty alleviation in Israel. Our mission is to achieve a lasting solution to the poverty which has been entrenched within the communities of Jaffa, south Tel Aviv and Bat Yam for generations. In addition to providing educational programming designed to ensure that the children in our care graduate from high school and achieve a good standard of living as adults, our holistic approach also includes emergency and long-term care facilities for at-risk children, the provision of higher education scholarships to disadvantaged youths, musical enrichment programming, food distribution, vocational training courses and therapeutic care. Through over 30 different programmes, our services reach 4,000 Israelis on an annual basis.
020 3823 4650
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel
Lyttelton House, 2 Lyttelton Road,
London
N2 0EF
United Hatzalah is the largest independent, non-profit, Emergency Medical Service in Israel whose service is delivered solely by community-based, trained volunteer medics. It aims to plug the gap between when an emergency call is made and the time an ambulance arrives. Our average response time is just three minutes (90 seconds in some urban areas), providing the fastest emergency medical response across the country and, ultimately, resulting in many more lives being saved.
Our service is funded entirely through donations and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It is free to anyone that needs it, regardless of insurance status, religion or nationality.
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(0)20 8202 9297
Camp Simcha
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ
Camp Simcha is a lifeline to seriously ill Jewish children and their families throughout the UK, whatever their level of observance. We support children with over 50 serious, life-changing and life-threatening medical conditions, including, but not limited to, cancer, degenerative disorders, cardiac conditions, premature and sick babies, serious mental health conditions, rare genetic disorders, chronic illness and serious acute accidents or illnesses.
Camp Simcha provides bespoke practical and therapeutic support, as well as activities designed to bring hope and joy at the darkest of times. We help the whole family: parents, the seriously ill child and siblings, who are often the forgotten sufferer when a child is ill.
+972 545640573
Campus Habayta
Located on Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, Campus “Habayta” opened its doors in August 2018. The goal of Habayta is to give young Orthodox Jewish adults, from all over the globe, a warm and supportive environment to start their lives in Israel.
Programs housed in the campus are:
Jewish Agency and MASA Hebrew Ulpan
Garin Tzabar: Lone soldier housing – during and after their service.
The word ‘Habayta’ means ‘home’. Campus Habayta is just that for so many lone soldiers; a home that embraces these young people, who deserve it.
020 8554 1624
Chabad Lubavitch Centres NE London & Essex
397 Eastern Avenue
IG2 6LR
We are dedicated to serving the wider Jewish communities across Essex and strengthening Jewish life through a range of exciting, religious, social and educational-based services. This includes Chabad Aid Food Drive, now an essential project, supplying meals and food distribution to hundreds of families per month.
Rabbi Aryeh MBE and Devorah Sufrin, Executive Directors, as qualified counsellors, also spearhead addiction and relationship counselling, providing crisis intervention, education and prevention for those in need, with care, empathy and practical support.
Chabad Lubavitch remains at the forefront of Jewish life across Essex, seeking to increase its presence and impact. We currently operate four Centres: Gants Hill, Buckhurst Hill, Epping, Southend-on-Sea and seven dedicated families service these Centres and Chabad’s outreach programme.
(0)20 8202 2211
Chai Cancer Care
London
NW4 1EH
Chai Cancer Care is the community’s cancer support organisation, providing a range of services including counselling for families, individuals and couples; complementary therapies; children, teenage and family services; Chai in Schools; home support services; group activities and support groups and the Chai Medical Clinic. Services are available to cancer patients and their families in the flagship North West London Centre, South London, Essex, Birmingham, Hackney, Southend, South Manchester, North Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Glasgow.
Chairman: Louise Hager; Chief Executive: Lisa Steele.
(0)20 8457 3700
CST (Community Security Trust)
P O Box 35501
London
NW4 2FZ
CST is the charity that protects British Jews from terrorism and antisemitism. It exists to ensure that Jewish people across the UK can lead the lives of their choice. Widely recognised by police and government as a unique model of best practice, CST’s research regularly informs public policy, helps to safeguard wider British society, and supports victims of antisemitism.
CST gained charitable status in 1994, though its origins lie in many decades of Jewish self-defence – both before and after World War Two. CST does not charge for any of its services and is almost entirely dependent on charitable donations to cover its costs.
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(0)20 7790 4965
East End Jewish Clothing Collection Fund
220 Green Lanes
London
N4 2NT
Founded in 1994, the Clothing Collection Fund is a non-profit making organization. Proceeds from the sale of clothes and other donated goods are given to charities. Food parcels are distributed to the elderly and needy in the area. Sedarim are arranged and local projects are supported, helping handicapped children with learning disabilities. Good quality, unwanted clothing, bric-a-brac, toys, office/computer equipment and books are all required and we will be pleased to collect.
07818 964230
Efrat UK
Manchester
M8 9UE
Every day, thousands of Israeli women are asked to decide between paying their bills and having their babies. Over 35,000 women throughout Israel have abortions each year, often due to extreme financial stress. Together, we can change that.
Efrat has been giving hope to thousands of women each year to make sure they can continue their pregnancies and give birth to their babies with joy and dignity. Efrat provides over 3,000 women with all of the basic needs of a new-born including a cot, buggy, baby bath, and the promise of continued monthly support of diapers, baby formula and more, for 24 months after the baby is born.
Help us continue to grow – the cost of saving one child is £120 but any amount can help.
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020 8205 2061
Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations
Kingsbury
NW9 8NL
FJRO was created in1919 and in the last ten years has developed numerous projects in Israel in cooperation with The Jaffa Institute (education for children from problematic backgrounds) and providing food and clothing for deprived families; the Forgotten People Fund (supporting the Ethiopian community with education and equipment), and Karmey Chesed (supporting families in poverty and distributing food parcels). It makes a number of other donations to charities in Israel and England, particularly for Norwood and the Jewish Community Secondary School.
FJRO is supported by the Christadelphian Community for the benefit of ‘The Children of Israel’.
Please consider us when making a donation or writing your Will, so that we can continue to offer these essential services to Jewish
families in the UK and Israel.
Additional phone number: 07930 846135
07968 529609
Foundation for Jewish Heritage
Hendon
London
Middx, NW4 3RR
(0)20 8883 4716
Friends of ALYN
London
N2 OLB
ALYN Hospital, Israel’s ONLY comprehensive paediatric and adolescent rehabilitation centre, is recognized as one of the world’s leading specialists in the active and intensive rehabilitation of physically challenged children and young adults.
ALYN treats patients regardless of religious or ethnic background who suffer from a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions. More than 3,500 children, including some from abroad, are treated at ALYN Hospital every year. The ultimate aim of ALYN Hospital’s multidisciplinary staff is to rehabilitate the youngsters in its care and to return them to their families and to the community as quickly as possible having helped them achieve the highest possible levels of function, mobility and independence.
(0)14 1638 6116
Friends of Lubavitch Scotland
Giffnock
Glasgow
G46 7NR
Lubavitch is the largest Jewish educational institution in Scotland. It is committed to reaching every Jew regardless of age, knowledge or commitment and provides a very wide range of educational and social activities for Jews of all ages. These include Scotland’s only kosher restaurant, Shul in the Park, Monthly Friday night Shabbos Dinners and numerous social activities throughout the year
Counselling and support is given for terminal illness, bereavement, marriage guidance, and against interdating, intermarriage and missionaries, all in the strictest confidence. No person is ever turned away from activities due to financial circumstances. No grants are received from head offices in London or New York. Legacies are required to secure the future of our work.
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0191 477 2616
Gateshead Talmudical College
Gateshead
NE8 1UB
Gateshead Talmudical College, popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, are proud of the 6000+ alumni since its founding in 1929. An iconic landmark in the Jewish world of learning as largest Torah Academy in Europe, Gateshead Yeshiva prepares students for the challenges ahead and has enabled many to take up positions of leadership in Jewish Communities across the Globe as Rabbis, Ministers, Teachers and lay leaders.
With facilities for over 400 students on campus, the Academy continues to provide grounded traditional education adapting to the ever changing challenges of the modern world.
The Academy has traditionally provided full and partial scholarships and will never deny a student the opportunity to shine due to financial constraints.
(0)20 8457 4429
GIFT
London
NW4 3LP
Established in 2004, with bases in London, Manchester and Jerusalem, GIFT’s mission is to inspire and enable lifelong giving. Our schools’ programme sees a curriculum of impactful, thought provoking and practical sessions. Our B’nei Mitzvah giving sessions are fun, hands-on and educational, teaching giving at a crucial age.
Thousands of hours are given each year by GIFT’s volunteers, through the distribution of hundreds of weekly support packages to disadvantaged households. GIFT engages thousands of volunteers in myriad diverse opportunities from tutoring children struggling with school work; cleaning up our parks; offering practical support to families who face daily challenges, through home visits; prescription shopping, and befriending those elderly and living alone.
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(0)20 7222 6822
Holocaust Educational Trust
London
WC1N 3XX
The Holocaust Educational Trust works to ensure that people from every background, across the UK, are educated about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today.
We work in schools, universities and in the community to raise awareness through our Outreach initiatives, Ambassador Programme, Teacher Training programme and educational materials. Since 1999, our Lessons from Auschwitz Project has given over 45,000 post-16 students and teachers the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.
As global antisemitism rises and polarisation and violence escalate, we believe that education remains the key in combatting the world’s oldest hatred. Through our work, we will ensure that ‘Never Again’ is never allowed to ring hollow.
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020 8090 3455
Israel Guide Dog Centre UK
Borehamwood, Herts.
London
WD6 9JE
The Israel Guide Dog Centre (IGDC), established in 1991, offers a beacon of light and hope for people with blindness or PTSD, and families of children with autism. The unique bond between a dog and its partner brings companionship, confidence, and ultimately independence for the partner, helping them cope with day-to-day activities, employment, education, social events, and travel.
We provide guide dogs for people with vision impairment and specially-trained service dogs for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. And we also enable children with autism to have a higher quality of life by providing them with emotional support dogs.
We provide all our services free of charge and rely on charitable donations from donors in Israel and around the world.
07980 451912
Israeli Dance Institute (IDI)
116 Ballards Lane
London
N3 2DN
The Israeli Dance Institute (IDI) is a UK educational charity which nurtures the flame of Jewish identity with Israel at its heart, through Israeli dance. We develop special programmes, train teachers and youth leaders, and run classes for new and experienced dancers. We work with teachers in some 30 schools working with over 4,000 children in the UK. We run a major summer course, Machol Europa, which brings teachers and enthusiasts from around the world. More than 18,000 children worldwide, in Jewish communities emerging or distressed, benefit from this programme. We also have four performing groups, from children to adults, which represent the community at communal and interfaith events.
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(0)20 8458 2223
Jami
Gould Way, Deansbrook Road
Edgware
HA8 9GL
Jami is here for when mental illness and distress make everyday life a struggle. In April 2024, Jami integrated with Jewish Care to tackle the community’s unprecedented mental health challenge. Together we are better equipped to respond to the mental health needs of people in secondary school through to people in later life.
Through expert support, provided by people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, Jami guides people through their mental health recovery, supports families and carers, and educates community leaders.
Our life-changing services, offered by qualified social workers, counsellors, occupational therapists, mental health practitioners, peer support workers and volunteers, provide a safe space to talk, social connection, access to work and volunteering opportunities, advice and advocacy, and much more.
020 7009 9649
Jerusalem Foundation
London
W1U 8HA
Founded by legendary Mayor Teddy Kollek over fifty years ago the Jerusalem Foundation’s mission is to shape a modern, unified and vibrant city by creating opportunities for all of Jerusalem’s population groups. Identifying and funding projects to aid and promote communal strength, arts and culture, future leadership and education, and heritage preservation. The Foundation builds philanthropic partnerships and matches donors to worthy projects, preserving the city’s past and laying the groundwork for a dynamic future.
The Jerusalem Foundation – Your share in Jerusalem.
(0)20 8371 6611
Jewish Blind & Disabled (JBD)
Bittacy Hill, Mill Hill East
London
NW7 1GT
Jewish Blind & Disabled transforms the lives of Jewish adults, aged 18 upwards, who have a physical disability and / or vision impairment through independent living and support. This is provided through our specially adapted mobility apartments located in one of our 7 unique, supportive developments or within their own home, through our Independent Living Advisory Service.
Demand for our unique offering has significantly increased since Covid and we expect this will continue for many years. As an independent charity that does not receive any government funding, it is only with the support of legacies and donations that we can continue to protect and support people that need us.
(0)20 8922 2222
Jewish Care
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ
Jewish Care is the leading health and social care charity serving the Jewish community in London and the South East. Our vital services touch the lives of 10,000 people every week. We provide specialist services for older people, people with mental health needs, individuals with physical and sensory disabilities, Holocaust survivors, people who are living with dementia and for those who are caring for others. Most of Jewish Care’s services receive no government funding and rely completely on the generosity of our community.
Jewish Care – making later life better.
For details of Jewish Care services, contact Jewish Care’s Helpline on 020 8922 2222.
(0)20 8446 8804
Jewish Child’s Day
Arcadia Avenue
London
N3 2JU
Jewish Child’s Day (JCD) is the UK’s leading grant giving Jewish charity. We have been transforming the lives of over 1.5 million children in need, worldwide, for 76 years.
We use grant funding to support organisations who help us to ensure that NO Jewish child should live in hardship, need, pain or suffering — anywhere. Each year, over 25,000 Jewish children rely upon us to save them from deprivation, disadvantage, abuse and neglect. We are there to nurture them and offer them a better, brighter future.
With your help, Jewish Child’s Day, will continue to support dozens of organisations providing medical, educational, therapeutic and humanitarian aid, respite care, protection, and poverty relief to children in need in the UK, Israel and worldwide!
(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.
(0)20 8446 0502
Jewish Deaf Association
Woodside Park Road
London
N12 8RP
JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION (JDA)
Contact: Susan Cipin OBE, Chief Executive
Julius Newman House, Woodside Park Road, London N12 8RP
Tel: 020 8446 0502 / Textphone: 020 8446 4037 Email: mail@jdeaf.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 1105845
Most of us will eventually face the trauma of hearing loss, or already have a loved one who is. With your help we can:
• Support families – from the devastating diagnosis of their baby’s deafness – and enable a new generation of deaf children to fulfil their potential and flourish
• Rescue older people living in care homes from isolation and loneliness and enable them to chat, join in activities and enjoy their final years
• Give lifelong care and support to vulnerable deaf and deafblind people
• Help more people to adapt to traumatic changes as they lose their hearing.
JDA enables people living with deafness to cope with whatever challenges life brings – as no other organisation can. We receive no statutory funding and depend on legacies and donations to provide a lifeline for the Jewish community and beyond.
Please find out more by visiting http://www.jdeaf.org.uk
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.
020 8457 2123
Jewish Futures
London
NW4 3LP
Our considered response to the ever growing challenge of Jewish engagement is Jewish Futures: a singular strategic platform that creates and unites diverse educational organisations and initiatives, propelling each to ensure a future where every single Jew is meaningfully engaged.
To date and through our combined efforts, we continue to make a measurable and real impact on the shape of the Jewish community in the UK. Built upon decades of Jewish educational experience, Jewish Futures organizations represent a broad portfolio of dynamic and innovative initiatives and programmes. Each organization has a proud record of success in attracting, educating and inspiring young Jewish people.
A charitable investment in Jewish Futures is a palpable contribution to Jewish continuity that ensures bright Jewish futures.
020 8458 4588
Jewish Learning Exchange
London
NW11 8HE
The Jewish Learning Exchange in the heart of Golders Green has now enthused the hearts and minds of thousands of young Jews for over 30 years! Our educational approach is to share a deeper meaning and greater relevance of Judaism in a way which creates a lasting impression in the everyday lives of our students. Our vision is to continue to inspire Young Jews across the UK through learning and education making Judaism relevant and meaningful in the 21st Century.
Our programmes in schools, on campus and with young professionals continue to make a meaningful difference to thousands of Jewish lives. Your support will ensure we can affect thousands more for many years to come!
020 7284 7384
Jewish Museum London
Albert Street, London
NW1 7NB
The Jewish Museum London has an important mission – to surprise, delight and engage all people, irrespective of background or faith, in the history, identity and culture of Jews in Britain. We achieve this through exhibitions, our collections and award-winning learning programmes, drawing on the Jewish experience as a focus for exploring ideas in our multicultural society.
Celebrating cultural difference and the vast contribution of migrants in Britain more widely, our schools programme promotes tolerance and celebrates diversity, with the museum welcoming around 20,000 school children annually.
We need your support to realise the museum’s vision of a world free from antisemitism, where cultural diversity and the contribution of minority communities are explored, valued and celebrated for the enrichment of society as a whole.
020 7898 4307
Jewish Music Institute
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square,
London
WC1H 0XG
We are the Jewish Music Institute. We curate, educate and celebrate — bringing to life this rich seam in world culture. Our mission encompasses the music of the Jewish people wherever they are and wherever they have been, preserving and developing this great genre for the benefit of present and future generations.
We are an independent arts organisation that began in 1983 and moved to our current home at SOAS, University of London in March 2000. JMI brings Jewish music to the mainstream British and international cultural arena for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures. In recognition of the value if its work, JMI has been included in the Arts Council England National Portfolio since 2023
(0)20 8203 6427 Ext 3
Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN)
44a Albert Road
London
NW4 2SJ
The Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) is the only organisation in the Jewish community where people find a whole range of year-round volunteering opportunities within our community and beyond.
It doesn’t matter if you are looking for regular long-term, short-term, or one-off volunteering events, JVN offers opportunities across the volunteering spectrum.
JVN also provides critical volunteering support to many partner charities, offering training and management forums throughout the year.
JVN plays a crucial role enabling prospective volunteers to find the opportunity that best suits them from the range available on their website. There is also a support team available for those people that need additional help in finding the right volunteering role.
CONNECTING VOLUNTEERS | SUPPORTING CHARITIES.
(0)20 8445 8060
Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA)
London
N3 9EG
Jewish Women’s Aid is the only specialist organisation in the UK supporting Jewish women and girls affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. No Jewish woman should have to face abuse alone. JWA is here to help.
We deliver specialist practical and emotional support through our professional advocacy service. This includes:
• Safety planning and risk reduction
• Access to legal guidance and support
• Specialist therapy for women and children
• Benefits advice and access to emergency welfare grants
• Religious and cultural support
Our Outreach and Prevention Education Programmes promote awareness of healthy relationships, understanding consent, and recognising signs of abuse. We train Jewish professionals about domestic abuse and non-Jewish professionals about additional obstacles to reporting domestic abuse for Jewish women.
(0)20 8732 6100
JNF UK
London
NW4 4FE
For 120 years, JNF UK has played an integral part in Israel’s development, strengthening every aspect of Israeli life in the peripheries – from investing in infrastructure projects and employment opportunities to empowering the less able and underprivileged. We have built educational institutions, helped youth programmes, provided for people with special needs and brought life to remote desert towns. None of this would be possible without the ongoing support of the Jewish community for both Israel and JNF UK.
020 8457 2121
JRoots
London
NW4 3LP
In this generation, Jewish continuity, engagement and commitment cannot be taken for granted. Studies have shown that immersive Jewish educational experiences have enduring impact on the life choices of young people.
Jroots exists in order to facilitate impactful Jewish travel experiences to places of historic significance worldwide. Jroots has a track record of success in engendering a powerful sense of Jewish pride and communal responsibility amongst its students. The flagship Jroots Poland trip has been adopted by schools, student groups and communities nationwide as the gold standard of Jewish informal educational experiences. Over 70 groups each year participate on such life-changing journeys, often involving subsidies of over £500 per student.
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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.
At the heart of all our services lie our Jewish values. We are committed to meeting unique religious and cultural needs, fostering an inclusive environment, and enabling the people that we support to realise their ambitions and aspirations.
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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.
(0)20 7242 8300 / 07305 018022
League of Jewish Women
Herman Hill
Wanstead, London
E11 1UL
The League of Jewish Women is a long established charity founded in 1943. Our aims are to give service to the communities we live in, and to give hands-on help where there is a need, irrespective of ethnic grouping, gender or religion. We provide volunteer help in many diverse places such as schools, prisons, hospices and day centres. We work with other organizations such as Macmillan nurses, Witness and Victim Support and Jewish Care. We are the UK affiliate of the International Council of Jewish Women and therefore have worldwide links and are also affiliated to other national women’s organizations.
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLJWcharity
Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LJW
01132 218 848
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
311 Stonegate Road
Leeds
LS17 6AZ
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board aims to support people to live independent, active and fulfilled lives.
At the Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Community Centre we offer a full timetable of activities, a fully supervised Kosher restaurant and café as well as conference and event spaces. You can also visit our charity shop based at Moortown Corner, LS17.
Registered Care & Community Support Services include physical and mental wellbeing support, one to one support, children’s groups, a domiciliary care service (Moorcare) and residential homes for people with learning disabilities.
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(0)20 8457 2333
Maccabi GB
Shaftesbury Avenue,
London
HA3 0RD
Maccabi GB’s vision is for a healthy, active and proud Jewish community integrated within British society.
Our mission is to create inclusive sporting, community and educational experiences that strengthen Jewish identity, enhance wellbeing and inspire engagement in the Jewish community, Israel and beyond by:
Creating sporting opportunities that support health and wellbeing and Jewish identity.
Facilitating leadership, educational and cohesion-building activities, within the Jewish community and beyond.
Strengthening connections across the Jewish community and Israel, by creating community-wide experiences bringing people together.
Creating safe spaces where people feel confident and have the tools to address discrimination, criticism, harassment or other emotional or physical harm.
Engaging with our affiliates and partners at home and in Israel as part of the international Maccabi movement.
(0)20 8201 5900
Magen David Adom UK
2 Dollis Park
London
N3 1HF
Magen David Adom is the Red Shield that protects Israel 24/7/365
Magen David Adom is Israel’s only national blood and medical emergency service, which was established long before Israel itself. For 75 years, Magen David Adom UK has raised funds to support this life-saving organisation which benefits ALL of Israel’s citizens during times of peace and war.
Magen David Adom’s Blood Service is considered one of the most advanced blood services in the world. The blood services team is responsible for the collection, processing and distribution of Israel’s national blood supply, amounting to approximately 400,000 units a year, keeping the country fully stocked and, in doing so, saving thousands of lives each year.
020 3637 4245
Malki Foundation UK
London
N20 9HR
The Malki Foundation supports hundreds of Israeli families who care at home for a child with severe disabilities. We provide them with the means to obtain paramedical therapy sessions, (physical, occupational, speech, hydrotherapy and therapeutic horse riding) which are essential for the children’s development, allowing them to acquire vital skills and independence and encourage their integration into everyday life activities, when funding from the Israeli government is unavailable.
For families in Israel’s peripheral communities where therapists are scarce and travelling distances are a hardship on the parents, our supervised therapists travel directly to the child’s home. The therapies we provide enable families to keep their child with severe special needs at home rather than succumb to institutionalisation for lack of realistic alternatives.
07985 511475
MANNA – UK Branch of Meir Panim
2 Dollis Park
London
N3 1HF
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 7724 2266
New Israel Fund
104 Grafton Road
London
NW5 4BA
The New Israel Fund UK stands for a just, safe and equal Israel. We partner with and fund Israeli organisations that strengthen democracy and deliver a fairer society for all.
Through our work we:
• Empower minorities and marginalised people
• Defend human rights for Israelis and Palestinians
• Advance partnership between Arabs and Jews
Since October 7th we have provided immediate assistance and mental health support to over 30,000 evacuees and the most vulnerable, prevented violence in Mixed Cities and we are now working to build a different future, to train leaders who will bring about solutions for a democratic and shared future.
We hope you will consider joining our growing UK and global community built on support for Israel and dedication to our shared values.
020 8673 3495
Nightingale Hammerson
105 Nightingale Lane
London
SW12 8NB
Compassionate Care for Older People
Nightingale Hammerson has provided exceptional residential, nursing, dementia, respite and palliative care for 185 years at Nightingale House (Clapham) and at Hammerson House (Hampstead). Our in-house services include specialists in care, GP, pharmacy technician, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology, dietitian and speech & language therapy.
Each year, we rely on donations to bridge the gap between local authority funding and our actual care costs. A third of our Residents require subsidised fees, creating a £3.1 million annual shortfall. Your support will ensure no one is left without care.
To donate or leave a legacy, please email fundraising@nightingalehammerson.org
(0)20 8809 8809
Norwood
80-82 The Broadway
Stanmore
Middx, HA7 4HB
Norwood is the UK’s oldest Jewish charity providing a lifeline to children and families facing challenges due to learning difficulties, mental health or wellbeing issues and lifelong support for people of any age with learning disabilities or autism. We are dedicated to enabling them to live fulfilling and active lives, taking their rightful place as valued members of society.
Every year, Norwood transforms more than 2,500 lives. When we talk about “Taking on life together”, this is both a promise and a reality – Norwood’s support is for the whole of life and the whole of the family. The services we provide cost £32m to deliver each year, £12m of which is raised through voluntary donation.
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen.
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(0)20 7446 8520
ORT UK
147 Arlington Road
London
NW1 7HP
ORT UK is part of the ORT global network, which has been transforming lives through education since 1880. From its origins, teaching impoverished Russian Jews essential trades, ORT has evolved to provide 21st century skills to empower people and strengthen communities. The ORT network reaches over 200,000 people a year in more than 40 countries through schools and training programmes.
ORT UK was founded in 1921 to fundraise for ORT’s international projects and teach skilled trades to Jewish communities trapped in poverty.
Today, ORT UK supports global projects through fundraising events. ORT UK is also bridging the gap between school and the workplace through its career-related programmes including the ORT JUMP Mentoring Programme and the ORT JUMP Employability Skills Programmes.
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020 8346 4000
Resource
London
N12 9RH
With over 32 years’ experience, Resource is the first port of call for anyone in the Jewish community looking for support as they embark on the search for a new role. Resource’s dedicated, experienced team works with over 1000 clients each year. Resource provides 1-to-1 advisor support, CV development, interview preparation, networking contacts, LinkedIn and AI training, and more.
So, whether you are just starting out in the job market, looking for a change, or have concerns about the future, landing your perfect job – well that’s our job.
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01442 234255
Save A Child’s Heart
London
N12 2GD
Save A Child’s Heart is an Israeli based international humanitarian charity providing lifesaving heart surgery and follow-up care for children from developing countries, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality or financial status. To date we have carried out almost 7000 lifesaving surgeries on children from over 70 countries at no cost to the patients. We also train medical personnel from developing countries in paediatric cardiology:140 to date.
With the opening of our new hospital, we will now be able to increase the number of children treated and doctors and clinicians trained.
Winners of the UN Population Award 2018. Mending Hearts – Building Bridges
(0)20 8201 8933
Shaare Zedek UK
Theobald Street
Borehamwood
WD6 4RN
Opening our doors in 1902, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre has been treating and caring for patients for over 120 years. With advanced medicine and compassionate care, Shaare Zedek is known as much for the dedication and commitment of its medical teams as it is for its internationally acclaimed centres of medical excellence.
Patients have nicknamed Shaare Zedek the ‘Hospital with a Heart. With close to 100 departments serving more than half a million patients annually, it is the fastest growing hospital in the region and continues to respond to the needs of Jerusalem’s uniquely diverse population. Shaare Zedek’s friends in the UK play a crucial role in enabling the hospital to maintain and develop its ‘innovative medicine in the heart of Jerusalem’.
020 8732 6145
SmartGiving
London
NW4 4FE
Make your money work smarter and harder. SmartGiving™ is a tax efficient way of managing all charitable giving for individuals, companies, philanthropists, charities and fundraisers. SmartGiving™ can help with choosing the right charity, keeping track of how much you’re giving and making sure your donations are tax-effective.
With a SmartGiving™ Charity Account you can set aside funds so you can make a difference when you want to. It’s simple and stress-free.
SmartGiving™ also offers a HMRC approved Payroll Giving service and can support companies to set up CSR programmes enabling employees to raise money that can be matched through corporation tax profits.
When you give through SmartGiving™, you’re making a difference to causes that you care about.
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020 7446 8790
Tel Aviv University Trust
Crewys Road
London
NW2 2GD
Tel Aviv University Trust (TAU Trust) supports Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel’s most prestigious and comprehensive institution of higher learning. TAU represents Israel at its best- dynamic, innovative, and forward-looking. With some 30,000 students, TAU offers 128 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, humanities, and arts together with Israel’s biggest and most influential medical teaching and research complex. The University’s senior faculty, 1,000 strong, conducts over 3,500 projects annually, at 400 laboratories.
TAU is recognised internationally for creating an innovation and entrepreneurship culture on campus that has spawned a great deal of inventions, start-ups, and economic and social development in Israel. TAU ranks an impressive 7th in the world for producing graduates that found successful VC-backed companies (Pitchbook 2023).
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(0)20 7424 6431
UJIA
London
NW5 2RZ
For over 100 years UJIA has been building meaningful connections between young Jews in the UK and the people of Israel.
Our programmes impact thousands of young British Jews every year, helping ignite the spark of curiosity and ensuring that the next generation is informed and motivated to learn even more about their Jewish identity and Israel.
UJIA’s work in Israel is focused on reducing disadvantage and inequality and increasing social mobility for the most disadvantaged communities. We support and nurture children at-risk and help lift families out of poverty through employment – ultimately strengthening Israel.
Since 7th October we have been working unceasingly to support those affected by the horrific attacks. Now we are beginning our rebuilding work in kibbutzim in the south and those communities that were evacuated for over a year.
020 7078 0304/020 8450 4533
UK Toremet
70-78 West Hendon Broadway
London
NW9 7BT
UK Toremet encourages and simplifies donations to UK, Israeli and other overseas charities. We help donors support the causes that THEY believe in, handling all compliance issues in accordance with UK charity and tax law.
UK Toremet’s Charity Account Management Platform enables rapid and cost-effective donation to qualifying local and overseas charities, including charities listed in the Jewish Charity Guide – if you make your donation by using the DONATE button on the Jewish Charity Guide website, UKT will take care of the rest.
In addition to our activities in the UK, UK Toremet is the driving force behind Giving Ltd (CC), an Israeli charitable initiative working to promote and facilitate a culture of philanthropic giving among Israel’s population.
UK Toremet – facilitating YOUR philanthropy.
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(0)20 7424 6860
Weizmann UK
1a Frognal
London
NW3 6AL
Weizmann UK supports and raises awareness of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. It is one of the world’s highest ranking multidisciplinary scientific research institutes. Its dedicated scientists are working on over 1000 projects ranging from Alzheimer’s to astrophysics, from cancer to computer science, from nutrition to nanotechology. They are following their curiosity to make discoveries that aim to solve humanity’s greatest challenges.
Our role at Weizmann UK is to fundraise to support the Institute’s invaluable work and communicate its scientific breakthroughs. We promote collaboration between the Institute and UK Universities and we encourage sixth-form students to take part in the Institute’s educational programmes. We host events to fundraise for and show-case the extraordinary work of the Weizmann Institute.
(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.
020 8371 3280
Work Avenue
Redbourne Avenue
London
N3 2BS
Work Avenue assists people in earning a living either through helping people into work or assisting businesses to develop and flourish. We create opportunities for everyone, at any life stage, in any situation and provide people with essential lifelong skills, enabling them to become financially independent to support themselves and their families.
Employment Support: enabling people to make informed career choices; training in employability and workplace skills; offering one-to-one information, advice and guidance, group workshops and larger events.
Business Support: supporting entrepreneurs to increase the long-term sustainability of their businesses through one-to-one advice and guidance, group workshops and larger events; access to start up loans; mentoring, and co-working space.
(0)20 8736 1250
World Jewish Relief
54 Crewys Road
London
NW2 2AD
We are the Jewish community’s humanitarian agency.
Inspired by our Jewish values, we save, support and empower people in crisis.
Founded in 1933 and proud to have rescued over 65,000 Jews fleeing the Nazis, World Jewish Relief today supports vulnerable people from marginalised Jewish communities and beyond, suffering the consequences of conflict and disaster to survive and thrive.
We work in 19 disaster affected countries and 23 towns in the UK. From conflict stricken eastern Ukraine to Afghan refugees in Bradford, and from climate migrants in Nepal to young women in Rwanda, our impact is simultaneously global and local.
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(0)20 8187 9881
Yad Vashem UK Foundation
London
NW4 2SG
Yad Vashem UK Foundation supports the educational and memorialisation resources of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre.
We annually sponsor 20 UK educators from Jewish schools and organisations to attend the International School of Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem for their Teachers’ Seminar to enhance their skills at teaching the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem UK raises awareness through its Guardian of the Memory project, ensuring that every named Jewish victim has a memorial candle lit in their memory on HMD and Yom HaShoah.
Our successful Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Twinning programmes ensure meaningful and well researched links are made between those who can celebrate these important Jewish life cycle events and young Jewish victims who tragically died in the Holocaust.
(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
(0)20 8371 1580
Youth Aliyah Child Rescue
London
N3 3LF
In Israel today, there are over 400,000 children who are deemed ‘at risk’ and who do not have a family that can care for them adequately. Youth Aliyah Child Rescue is stepping up for vulnerable young people by providing a ladder of opportunity that enables them to climb from a life of poverty, neglect and violence, up towards a bright, successful future as contributing members of society.
Through our five youth villages and pioneering educational methodology, the ‘Village Way’, we enable thousands of at risk children – including immigrants and children of immigrants from Ethiopia, the former Soviet Union and around the world – to live in safety, heal from their traumatic pasts and make the climb from survival to leadership.
