Charities by Category: Children And Young Adults
020 8457 4444
Aish UK
London
NW4 3LP
Aish UK was created in 1993 to offer inspiring and relevant Jewish education and experiences for young Jews in the UK. We believe that the Jewish tradition is not only deep and fulfilling, but also relevant, engaging and compelling to the young person today.
Over the past 20 years, theory has been born out by practice. The demand for trips, events and courses has grown enormously. Today Aish serves almost every high school with a sizeable Jewish population, and University Jewish Societies from Durham to Bristol. We run young professionals branches and programmes in Manchester, Hampstead, Essex and the City of London.
‘To translate the wisdom, depth and beauty of our heritage to young British Jews.’
07813 946558
Arts Therapies For Children
Edgware
HA8 4TE
ATFC are a UK based charity working in local schools, and we believe that every child with
emotional and/or behavioural difficulties should be entitled to some form of therapeutic
intervention when needed.
Whilst children can go to centers or private therapists outside school hours; we feel that the
best place for a child to receive therapy is within a place and time they are already familiar with
and feel safe in.
Offering therapy at school also provides the therapist with the opportunity to observe children at
play or in class to see how they interact with other children and teachers. Our therapists are also
available to meet with teachers, SENCO’s and parents to provide the best support for each child.
07426 317 496
British Friends of ALEH
London
NW3 7PG
ALEH is Israel’s Largest Network of Care for Children with Severe Multiple Disabilities.
Over 750 children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and medical conditions receive advanced medical, educational and rehabilitative care in ALEH’s four residential facilities. In addition, ALEH provides over 26,000 outpatient treatments annually.
At ALEH, we look beyond the disability to the child within. By nurturing development and enriching quality of life, we enable each child to reach their full potential.
(0)20 8457 2618
British Friends of Ohel Sarah
Hendon
London
NW4 4DJ
At Ohel Sarah, our mission is to enrich the quality of life for over 500 children and adults with cognitive and physical disabilities in Israel by providing comprehensive, ongoing support in the spheres of education, employment and independent living.
Delivering care from age six until end of life, we aim to to help each person grow and acquire crucial skills to enable them to become confident, independent and contributing members of society.
(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.
(0)20 8209 3010
British Friends of Shuvu
Woodstock Road
London
NW11 8QG
Shuvu’s network of kindergartens, elementary and high schools throughout Israel offer students from all backgrounds an outstanding education, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to become independent, successful and productive members of Israeli society.
Starting in 1990 with two schools providing education for Russian immigrant children, Shuvu has now established a network of 74 schools and kindergartens at 21 sites. As well as offering an unrivalled secular education, Shuvu connects children to their Jewish heritage by providing a positive and uplifting Jewish education.
The majority of Shuvu’s students come from immigrant, low-income and/or single-parent families. As well as an excellent education, these children are given hot meals, transport to school and a safe learning environment.
(0)20 3463 8715
British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel
Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road
London
NW1 3DP
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.
(0)20 8349 5757
British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
300 Regents Park Road
London
N3 2JX
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel’s first and foremost University, an acclaimed educational and research institution of the highest calibre that has made an indelible impression both locally and internationally. It is regularly ranked in the world’s top 100. It has played a critical role in the development of the State of Israel and Jewish life, benefiting all citizens whilst reaching out to cure, feed and heal the world. There isn’t a single sphere of activity that has not in some way benefited: science; medicine; water-resourcing; plant, food and veterinary sciences; engineering and high tech; law; the arts, and Jewish studies. Invest in Israel’s most important resource, its brainpower, with a donation or a legacy in your will.
(0)20 3286 4224
British Friends of the Jaffa Institute
76 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 6HJ
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.
(0)20 8371 1500
British Friends of the Rambam Medical Centre
120 Regents Park Road
London
N3 3HY
RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTRE in Haifa aspires to lead in all aspects of medical care on behalf of the two million population living in Northern Israel. Paediatrics is a speciality, as is research to increase knowledge of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases.
An underground emergency hospital in case of terrorist attacks is now fully functional and includes an isolation unit to treat victims of dangerous viruses or chemical weapons. Rambam is now a fully functioning medical campus with a children’s hospital, an Oncology Centre, Cardiovascular Hospital and a Biomedical Discovery Tower.
The British Friends raise funds for every aspect of the hospital, and commemorations, plaques etc. can all be arranged. All donations of any size are appreciated and acknowledged.
(0)16 1721 4418
British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Orphanage Jerusalem
Salford
Manchester
M7 4RR
Tiferet Shlomo provides a safe and loving home for neglected, orphaned and homeless children who originate from all over the world. Life on the streets leaves many disadvantaged youngsters open to juvenile delinquency and crime. Tiferet Shlomo was established to help these youngsters by providing them with comfortable accommodation, as well as religious, secular and vocational education in a stable and happy environment. £150 will support a child for a month at the orphanage. Your donation now, or a bequest in your will, will help to give another Jewish child the chance to begin again with real hope for the future. Contact us now for a leaflet or more information about how you can help.
(0)20 8202 9297
Camp Simcha
12 Queens Road
London
NW4 2TH
Camp Simcha exists to improve the quality of life of children suffering from serious and life threatening illnesses. Our mission is to ensure that no such child, anywhere in the UK, has to suffer without us.
We provide 24/7 support to families who have the heart ache of dealing with an ill child by providing a wide range of services designed to provide both practical and emotional support to parents.
We aim to improve the quality of life, not only of the child but of the whole family, parents, siblings and grandparents; everyone who must shoulder the burden. Our philosophy is that the most effective way to help a sick child is to improve things for the whole family.
020 8203 6066
Emunah
020 8445 6070
Evolve-Community
London
N20 9BU
020 8880 2488
Ezer Leyoldos
2a Northfield Road
London
N16 5RN
Ezer Leyoldos provides services such as postnatal support, crisis intervention, parenting support, counselling, advocacy, home help, child care and free kosher meals for families in times of difficulty.
020 8205 2061
Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations
Kingsbury
NW9 8NL
FJRO was created in 1919 and in the last ten years has developed numerous projects in Israel in cooperation with The Association for Children at Risk (therapeutic aid for autistic children), The Tel Aviv Foundation (projects for disadvantaged children and adults), and The Jaffa Institute (education for children from problematic backgrounds), and provided food and clothing for deprived families.
It has made donations towards a number of projects in England – particularly for Norwood – in addition to many other charities.
FJRO is also 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 contact number: 07930 846135
(0)16 1772 4800
Federation of Jewish Services, Manchester (The Fed)
Prestwich
Manchester
M25 9SB
The Fed is the leading Manchester Jewish social care charity, providing services for people of all ages living in the community including: carers; children with special needs; people with physical disabilities, mental health or emotional difficulties; people who are isolated, abused or living in poverty or crisis. Additionally it offers residential, nursing, specialist dementia and end-of-life care for older people at Heathlands Village.
The Fed is only partially state-funded and relies significantly on the generosity of donors to meet the shortfall in its operating costs.
(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 8211 1023
Friends of Rachashei Lev
(0)20 8457 4429
GIFT
London
NW4 3LP
GIFT’s twin objectives are to teach young people to GIVE and to help those in NEED.
Through GIFT, thousands of young people are being inspired to become GIVERS and to make a difference.
GIFT volunteers are helping almost 2000 people in need each week with food parcels and practical help including tutoring for their children, a helping hand after school, and visiting the elderly and infirm in hospitals and care homes.
GIFT run a food rescue programme – distributing over a tonne of fresh and dry food each week; we offer tailor-made Bnei Mitzvah projects and are active in schools across London, Manchester and Jerusalem, teaching and facilitating ‘giving’ and volunteering in a practical and real way.
(0)20 7222 6822
Holocaust Educational Trust
London
WC1N 3XX
The Holocaust Educational Trust is the leading authority on Holocaust education in the UK, educating people from every background, all over the country. It is our belief that the Holocaust must have a permanent place in our nation’s collective memory.
We work in schools, universities and in the community to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust, providing teacher training, an Outreach programme for schools, teaching aids and resource materials. Since 1999, our Lessons from Auschwitz Project has given over 36,500 post-16 students and teachers the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Today, in an increasingly fragile world, our work is more vital than ever, empowering and equipping young people to stand up against antisemitism, hatred and prejudice in all its forms.
(+972) 3 6918403
I.D.F. Widows & Orphans Organisation
Givat Shmuel
54052
IDF Widows & Orphans (IDFWO) is the sole organization recognised by the State of Israel, representing the widows and orphans of Israel’s fallen soldiers (est. 1991). Working with over 8000 widows and orphans, we strive to be the backbone of support that a lost parent or spouse generally provides, offering emotional, social and financial aid, to bring them light and hope once again.
We show those that have made the ultimate sacrifice for Israel that they will never be alone. We provide them representation to Israeli authorities and a variety of much needed welfare programmes to support them throughout the calendar year and at every milestone in their lives.
(0)20 8209 3155
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.
020 7009 9649
Jerusalem Foundation
London
W1U 8HA
Founded by legendary Mayor Teddy Kollek 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 education, vulnerable populations, dialogue and shared living, arts and culture, and heritage and 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 8446 8804
Jewish Child’s Day
Arcadia Avenue
London
N3 2JU
Jewish Child’s Day has been providing support for disabled, neglected, abused and underprivileged Jewish children in the UK, Israel and worldwide for 70 years.
It provides the tangible items required – wheelchairs, life-saving medical equipment, hearing stimulus and special educational materials to name but a few. Jewish Child’s Day also ensures that Jewish children receive the bare essentials such as food and clothing.
Relying entirely on the generosity of the community and receiving neither government nor statutory funding, Jewish Child’s Day grants provide Jewish children throughout the world the chance to make a better life for themselves.
(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.
020 8457 4404
Jewish Futures Trust
London
NW4 3LP
No longer can a one size fits all approach to Jewish education guarantee either successful engagement or continuity of the younger generation. JFT exists in order to present young people with a diverse range of educational opportunities and experiences from which to choose.
Built upon decades of experience in both formal and informal education, JFT organizations represent a broad portfolio of dynamic and innovative initiatives and approaches, each providing a different yet equally compelling and vibrant opportunity to connect. Each organization has a proud track record of success in attracting, educating and inspiring young Jewish people, whilst promoting best practice and non-duplication of resources.
A charitable investment in JFT is a palpable contribution to Jewish continuity that ensures bright Jewish futures for our younger generation.
(0)20 8989 8990
Jewish Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade
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!
07377 795601
Kisharon
London
NW4 1TP
Kisharon transforms the lives of children and adults with a wide range of learning disabilities. It is the only Jewish organization providing education, supported living and a complement of adult services which include an employment programme, social enterprise opportunities and life skills courses. All of which are offered across the community.
At Kisharon we believe equality is everyone’s right, whichever path they take. We provide a structured yet warm and caring environment that ensures every individual can meet their potential to live as independently as possible whilst integrating within the wider community. Please contact us for further information on how you can help or to make a donation.
0845 600 6562 Ext 5
Langdon
Edgware
Middx, HA8 4GL
Langdon empowers Jewish youth and adults with learning disabilities to live the independent lives they deserve. We do this by providing them with supported living, employment opportunities, education and a vibrant social life, all within a Jewish ethos.
Through Langdon’s supported living houses in London and Manchester, our members live in their own homes, with the appropriate level of support to meet individual needs. This enables them to gain independence in a safe and secure environment, living as a community within a community.
01132 218 848
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
Leeds
LS17 6AZ
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board delivers an outstanding range of registered care and community support services, including three fully supported homes, positively changing lives for people of all ages. The organisation was formed at a meeting held on the 28 February 1878 in Leeds. Known as the Board of Guardians, the object of the organisation was to provide a broad system of relief to those who needed it and in so doing stop the need for door to door begging and to encourage people to embark on earning an honest livelihood.
(020) 8209 0526
Legadel
London
NW11 9HE
At Legadel, we believe that every child deserves to succeed, no matter his/her circumstances. Legadel provides professional support to disadvantaged children in the North West London, Edgware and surrounding Jewish communities that are failing to thrive and succeed at school, and we do this within their school environment.
We offer a pool of resources including speech and language therapy, specialist literacy teaching, specialist maths teaching, occupational therapy and one-to-one key worker support.
Our aim is that these children will be in a better position to fully integrate into school life socially, emotionally and behaviourally; and to see the children thrive as they become able to achieve their full potential!
020 8209 1117
London Jewish Family Centre
London
NW11 8HR
The London Jewish Family Centre is a grassroots organization aimed at improving the lives of Jewish families in London.
As well as the excellent family activities and facilities that are on offer; the LJFC has developed a dedicated Family Support Service helping the most vulnerable in the community.
A legacy, however small, would be a significant difference in providing therapy for a child facing bereavement or divorce; a single mother needing support in Court or with school or Social Services; or a father in prison and a family left bewildered and needing support.
(0)20 8457 2333
Maccabi GB
Harmony Way
Hendon
London, NW4 2BZ
Maccabi GB and its affiliates are Britain’s leading Anglo-Jewish Sports, Health and Wellbeing Charity and has flourished for 80 years. Part of a global movement operating in over 70 countries, our mission is to support the long term future of British Jewry by engaging and developing the entire Jewish Community with a broad range of sporting, educational, social and health and wellbeing activities, whilst promoting Jewish Identity and the centrality of Israel. Each year, through over 250 targeted projects, programmes and events, Maccabi GB reaches over 45,000 people nationally. This is in addition to a range of international sporting events and is achieved by a dedicated team of professionals based in both London and the North.
Maccabi GB continues to deliver a range of international sporting events. We send a team annually to the JCC Maccabi Games in America, biannually to the Maccabi Youth Games in Israel and also larger Delegations to the European Maccabi Games and the Pan-American Maccabi Games every four years. In between, and also every four years, we send over 450 athletes to Israel for the Maccabiah Games. The Jewish Olympics now plays host to over 10,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries. We work with our affiliated clubs, sports leagues and the community by providing quality youth projects such as the Streetwise Leadership Programme and Stand Up! Education Against Discrimination.
(0)20 8441 6051
Maccabi London Brady Recreational Trust
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.
(0)15 1733 2292
Merseyside Jewish Community Care
433 Smithdown Road
Liverpool
Merseyside, L15 3JL
Serving the Merseyside Jewish community for over 140 years, Merseyside Jewish Community Care offers caring services to Jewish people facing a crisis or needing longer-term support, and administrative services to local communal organizations. Providing practical assistance to Jewish parents and children, older people, disabled people, the visually impaired, people with mental health challenges, families on low income and people who have become isolated from the community. We offer advice, befriending, wellbeing activities, daytime activities, carer’s services, hardship and children’s holiday grants, kosher meals services and links and referrals to other caring agencies. The Jewish community’s generosity has traditionally been our main source of income – we rely on legacies to provide a lasting safety net for our work, to help us meet the community’s increasing needs.
01442 234255
Save A Child’s Heart
London
NW3 9WJ
Save A Child’s Heart is an lsraeli based international humanitarian charity providing life-saving heart surgery and follow-up care for children from developing countries, regardless of their race, religion, gender, nationality or financial status. To date we have carried out over 4500 life-saving surgeries on children from 54 countries at no cost to the patients, half of the children are from the PA, lraq, Syria and Afghanistan. We also train medical personnel from developing countries in all facets of paediatric cardiac care – some 117 surgeons and clinicians to date.
Our current project is the construction of the lnternational Paediatric Centre in Holon,
lsrael which, when finished, will allow us to double the surgeries and doctors in training.
Mending Hearts – Building Bridges
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.
(0)20 8418 2100
Sidney Gold Community Trust Fund
Woodford Bridge Road
Ilford
Essex, 1G4 5LN
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/RAGS Scholarships. The driving concerns of his life were young people, Israel and Jewish community service and appropriately these scholarships combine all three elements. Selected Jewish students in the Essex 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 communal involvement. The scheme’s success over nearly two decades has been the number of the Scholars who have become deeply involved in community leadership. Extra funds will enable more worthy young people to be assisted.
020 8802 2362
Step by Step
(0)20 8209 9104
Tikva UK
Lyttelton Road
London
N2 0EF
Tikva’s core mission is to care for the homeless, abandoned and abused Jewish children of Odessa, Ukraine. Tikva provides a loving home, essential social services, a quality education, while revitalising the growing Jewish community of Odessa, and provides an opportunity for a brighter future through immigration to Israel. The lives of more than 3,000 men, women, and children have changed significantly through programmes including the Tikva Boys’ and Girls’ Homes, which cares for 160 children aged six to sixteen, an Infants’ Home for 40 children, a university dormitory catering for 110 students, a Day Care Centre for 125 children and primary and secondary schools, teaching over 750 Jewish children from Tikva’s homes and the Odessa region.
(0)20 7424 6400
UJIA – United Jewish Israel Appeal
London
NW5 2RZ
For nearly 100 years UJIA has been building meaningful connections between the UK Jewish community and the people of Israel. To achieve our vision of a strong British Jewry with a lifelong commitment to Israel, we are active in three key areas: in the UK we deliver and support educational programmes to enhance knowledge about Israel from childhood to adulthood, and we ensure or create immersive experiences to connect British Jewry with the Israel of today.
In Israel itself, our educational and welfare initiatives impact tens of thousands of lives each year, transforming communities, increasing social mobility and building cohesion.
+972 52 6633 766
UK Friends of Natal
020 8953 6474
UK Friends of Schneider Children’s Hospital
020 8343 5678
University Jewish Chaplaincy
London
N12 8GB
University Jewish Chaplaincy is the premier rabbinical campus service in the UK, providing official representation for Jewish students on religious matters in over 100 campuses. Our nineteen chaplains also provide extensive home hospitality, pastoral support on a host of welfare issues, and original Jewish education.
A main part of our charitable organization’s remit involves working collaboratively with local Jewish communities and organizations across the country to plan and develop for the future of Jewish student life.While students come and go, Chaplaincy ensures that the infrastructure is in place year-after-year, providing consistency and stability in the ever-changing university environment.
Our chaplains and chaplaincy couples are there for all Jewish students to provide a warm, non-judgmental, vibrant, inclusive and inspiring Jewish environment on campus.
(0)20 7319 9169
WIZO
108 – 110 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JJ
For almost 100 years, WIZO has been Changing Lives and Building Futures. WIZO is the main agent for change for women, children and youth in Israel and is the largest social welfare organization working with the Israeli Government. WIZO provides essential services for disadvantaged and vulnerable citizens at every stage of life. With over 800 dynamic projects and programmes across Israel, WIZO supports families and individuals with the tools and opportunities to improve their lives irrespective of race or religion. Our projects, such as vocational training schools, day care centres, youth villages, community centres and shelters for women and children, are the building blocks for a stronger and more secure Israel.
(0)20 8809 4303
Yad Voezer
London
N16 5DH
Yad Voezer is a helping hand for people with learning disabilities and their families. It manages:
• Three Registered Residential Care Homes
• Three Supported Housing projects
• A Day Programme
• Clubs & leisure activities
• Family Support
• Soap Workshop
(0)20 8371 1580
Youth Aliyah Child Rescue
34 Arcadia Avenue
London
N3 2JU
YACR provides a nurturing home for children at risk where they can live, learn, and heal together. We transform the lives of vulnerable and at-risk children in Israel and across the world. Children are provided with a warm and supportive home in one of our five youth villages and two leadership programmes. They are given everything they need to live happy, fulfilling and productive lives. Our ‘Village Way’ educational approach has been globally recognised for dramatically improving the lives of children.
Thousands of children from Israel and around the world have benefitted from our life-changing work. Over 400,000 children in Israel have been deemed at-risk by authorities and with decades of experience we can take them ‘from survival to leadership’.
(0)20 8731 8150
Zichron Menachem UK
London
NW11 9NE
Suppose you are a parent whose child has been diagnosed with cancer and your whole world has come to an end. Suppose you are a boy or girl, suddenly in pain and discomfort, being examined and prodded by doctors, living in hospital away from your family and friends. Now relax because there is a loving, caring organization that can bring hope out of despair. The therapeutic effect of all that Zichron Menachem does, including its Jerusalem Day Centre and camps in the UK and Holland has to be seen to be believed. ZM services are available to all Israeli families.
We cannot take the sickness away from the child but Zichron Menachem takes the child away from the sickness.