Charities by Category: Disabled
(0)20 9202 2323
AJEX Charitable Foundation
Harmony Way off Victoria Road, Hendon
London
NW4 2BZ
AJEX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Contact: Mr Jacques Weisser
Shield House, Harmony Way, London NW4 2BZ
Tel: 020 8202 2323 Email: headoffice@ajex.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 1082148
The AJEX Charitable Foundation is the only Jewish organisation dedicated to caring for the welfare needs of Jewish ex-Servicemen and Women and their dependants. Wherever possible we aim to preserve the independence and dignity of our veterans at a time that many may be faced by increasing age-related issues or have financial problems. Grants are given to help with extra expenses at Passover, New Year and Chanukah whilst emergency and special grants are also available towards essential household repairs and adaptations as well as for health and mobility aids.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AJEX Twitter: https://twitter.com/@AJEX_UK
Please find out more by visiting http://www.ajex.org.uk
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(0)20 8458 2455
Beit Halochem UK
7 Golders Park Close
London
NW11 7QR
Beit Halochem UK is a registered charity which is responsible for raising funds for the four Beit Halochem Rehabilitation Centres in Israel. Beit Halochem is the only official organisation in Israel which looks after the 51,000 wounded IDF veterans and victims of terror, providing them with medical treatments including physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, sporting facilities such as wheelchair basketball, swimming, tennis, and maritime sports, as well as numerous creative and social activities designed specifically for the wounded veterans and their families. Our aim is to help all our members regain their strength and rebuild their broken bodies and souls.
07426 317 496
British Friends of ALEH
London
NW3 7PG
ALEH is Israel’s leading charity caring for children and young adults with severe multiple disabilities and complex medical conditions.
We provide over 750 children with pioneering and advanced medical, educational and rehabilitative care. At ALEH, we look for the children’s abilities within their disabilities.
By nurturing development, we enable our children, many of whom would otherwise spend their entire lives in a hospital bed, to reach their full potential and live life to the fullest.
(0)20 3866 5741
British Friends of Shalva
15 – 17 HIgh Street
Elstree
WD6 3BY
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 and free of charge,
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 nearly three decades of award-winning programmes, Shalva partners with various institutions in advocacy efforts to create a more inclusive society.
The Shalva National Center’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.
020 8090 3455
British Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Centre for the Blind
Borehamwood, Herts.
London
WD6 9JE
Created in 1991, the Israel Guide Dog Centre for the Blind was established to train and supply guide dogs to an increasing number of blind Israelis who were unable to obtain a dog from an English-speaking centre abroad. Hundreds of partnerships have now been created at our centre that is located not far from Rishon L’Zion at Beit Oved. Each partnership costs some 15,000 for the life long care of the guide dog, training and aftercare. A legacy or gift will help provide another pair of eyes to the growing number of blind persons who ‘look’ to us to help restore their independence and dignity.
(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)20 8371 6611
Jewish Blind & Disabled (JBD)
Bittacy Hill, Mill Hill East
London
NW7 1GT
Jewish Blind & Disabled is celebrating 50 years as the only charity dedicated to enabling people from the age of eighteen upwards, who have physical disabilities or impaired vision, to live independently with the dignity and choice that are so easy to take for granted.
One in five people in the UK faces a diagnosis of disability, and someone goes blind every hour. So Jewish Blind & Disabled is currently planning for the next 50 years of restoring the independence and hope for the future of people in this position, through their specially designed developments of state-of-the-art mobility apartments with resident house managers who are on site and on call round the clock, seven days a week.
As an independent charity that does not receive any government funding, Jewish Blind & Disabled is very grateful for your support.
(0)20 8922 2222
Jewish Care
221 Golders Green Road
London
NW11 9DQ
Jewish Care is the largest social care and health charity for the Jewish community in London and the south-east. Our staff and volunteers touch the lives of over 10,000 people every week through a range of 70 services. Jewish Care wants to make a positive impact on the lives of Jewish people by creating and providing excellent social care that enhances wellbeing and inspires them to stay connected to their community. Our ambition is to work collaboratively, initiate debate, be a catalyst for change, a channel for advancement and a voice across the sector. Jewish Care – promoting meaningful lives for our community.
For details of Jewish Care services, contact Jewish Care’s Helpline on 020 8922 2222.
(0)20 7100 5097
Jewish Children’s Holidays Fund
Enfield
EN1 9SH
The Jewish Children’s Holidays Fund has been providing holidays for Jewish children from disadvantaged homes and for those with special needs for over one hundred years. Today it helps hundreds of children each year enjoy a holiday which would otherwise have been prevented by financial, social or health reasons. More children are enabled to participate in holidays through other Jewish organizations. These include making significant contributions towards holidays for children with special needs. Each holiday provided now costs in excess of £400 and our contributions cover all affiliations. The Fund receives no help from any statutory source and depends on bequests and donations to continue its work.
(0)20 8446 0502
Jewish Deaf Association
Woodside Park Road
London
N12 8RP
Fact: almost everyone who reads this will be confronted with the trauma of hearing loss at some time in their lives – or most certainly have a loved one who will. Deafness can totally isolate people from family, friends and colleagues.
For over 60 years, JDA has provided professional, personalised care and support for everyone with a hearing loss. We support families after the devastating diagnosis of their newborn baby’s deafness; provide invaluable support services to help people of all ages adapt to traumatic changes as they lose their hearing, and give compassionate care to older Deaf and Deafblind people – who may have dementia and are vulnerable to abuse and cruelty – through daily life, illness, hospitalisation, bereavement and end-of-life care.
020 3637 4245
Malki Foundation UK
London
N20 9HR
Malki Foundation uniquely supports thousands 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 horse-riding) when Israel’s government-mandated safety net runs out or when, for bureaucratic reasons that no parent can accept, the system says no.
For families in Israel’s peripheral communities where therapists are scarce, our supervised therapists travel directly to the child’s home. Malki Foundation also provides home-care equipment enabling families to keep a child with severe special needs at home rather than succumb to institutionalization for lack of realistic alternatives.
Founded in 2001 by parents who understand the need, we are passionate, efficient, and effective.
0161 740 0111
Nicky Alliance Centre (The), Manchester
Manchester
M8 4JY
The Nicky Alliance Centre provides a wide range of facilities and activities in a friendly environment, for older members of the community.
The Nicky promotes the independence of our members, some disabled and vulnerable, by offering a modern, fully resourced centre for members to meet and get involved in a wide range of stimulating activities. We have a fully equipped and professionally supervised art room, computer room with tuition, exercise classes and reminiscence sessions. A hot and nutritious kosher lunch is served, followed by live entertainment. Members’ facilities include a convenience shop, hairdressing salon, chiropody and multi-sensory garden.
The Centre also provides a Meals-on-Wheels service for those unable to cater for themselves and transport is available from Manchester, Salford and Bury.
(0)20 8809 8809
Norwood
80-82 The Broadway
Stanmore
Middx, HA7 4HB
Norwood is the UK’s largest Jewish charity supporting vulnerable children and their families, children with special educational needs, and people with learning disabilities and autism. We deliver life-changing services to thousands of people across London and the South East within a warm and caring Jewish setting.
We don’t just consider the individual’s needs but the whole family, giving them the tools they need to live the most fulfilling lives they can. We achieve this through a workforce of over 2,500, made up of 1,250 staff and 1,500 dedicated volunteers. Through our vital services, which cost £34 million a year to run, we support families to overcome the challenges they face, enabling them to thrive and lead brighter lives.
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen.
(0)20 8371 1500
Operation Wheelchairs Committee
1 Opal Court, 120 Regents Park Road
London
N3 3HY
Since 1971, on a completely voluntary basis, the Committee has purchased medical equipment for many hospitals in Israel, including the Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa and the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya. Wonderful hospitals offering the very best in medical care and expertise.
Commemorative plaques can be affixed to equipment and dedication ceremonies arranged.
Why not celebrate that special simcha by asking friends and family to dedicate their gifts for the purchase of life-saving medical equipment and also to help the disabled to regain their mobility, confidence in their lives and self esteem?
Bequests truly welcomed and all donations appreciated and acknowledged.
(0)20 8455 9579
Rishon Multiple Sclerosis Aid Group
020 3397 9837
Shabaton L’menucha
152 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Shabaton L’menucha is an incredible organization geared to children and adults with moderate to severe disabilities. Our aim is to give the disabled participants better chances in life. We do this by running weekend retreats for the beneficiaries several times a year, as well as local events such as concerts, sports and activity sessions.
The disabled participants go through very challenging lives, many of them suffer with chronic pain and ongoing difficulties such as Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, emotional issues and autism.
Shabaton L’menucha provides a weekend break where the disabled people can experience joy and happiness. The 80 volunteers involved, the special activities, trained professionals, gourmet food are all elements that make up the fantastic and unique weekend retreat.