Approved charities

Autus Cumbria work locally with Individuals with ASD

We provide and deliver a comprehensive military based training syllabus to children aged 12 -18. Subjects include first aid, weapon handling and shooting, Navigation, military knowledge, Drill and all aspects of field craft. We also provide Duke of Edinburgh awards and BTEC qualifications.

We are a heritage and educational small charity to support Furness Abbey. We raise funds and awareness of this very important historical building

We are a youth group in Askam which runs on a Thursday evening. We have about 60 -80 children attending.

Support group for people who have suffered strokes.

Coniston Cricket Club is a voluntary organisation which provides individuals, both children and adults from Coniston and the surrounding area the opportunity for socialising and recreation through the sport. We currently have 2 mens' teams who play in the Westmorland Cricket League, with games played once or twice a week and also training midweek.

We are a group of parents and running enthusiasts training together for track, fell and cross country. We encourage our members of all ages (8-60+) to work hard together to stay fit, healthy and competitive. Our kids are shown how to improve their skills and contribute to the community. We train in Barrow (track), Ulverston (fell) and Haverthwaite (xcountry) to maximise community accesss and reach. We support each other in races and events whatever the level and actively seek to share the positive benefits of running for everyone's physical and mental we'll being.

We are a newly formed group of parents, teachers and friends of our lovely primary school. We are trying to raise funds to help enhance the experiences and education our children have whilst part of the school.

A small charity which supports refugees who have resettled in to our communities in Furness.
We provide volunteers to befriend families, support community integration, learn English, attend appointments, create a home etc.

Friends of Pennington School is made up of a diverse range of members who all give up their free time. We fundraise throughout the year, organising events for the children. All monies raised go back into the school to support the growth and development of the students.

Orphans Home of Grace was founded in 1999 by Mrs Carmel Lammon, an Australian lady who came to Kenya with a vision of reaching out to vulnerable and disadvantaged children. They receive no government funding, and rely totally on charitable donations.
The Home provides a safe environment for the children aged 3 to 18, and offers shelter, good nutrition, education and medical care in order to improve their standard of living as well as their future prospects. Some children have complex health needs, ie HIV/Aids or recurrent malaria. They need to pay for medical care, school fees and all the other needs of the children.

PTA group which raises money for the school. Currently fundraising to redevelop the school playground after it was destroyed by significant building work.

PAVE is a service which provides support and opportunities to vulnerable adults within the community.
Many of the people they support have multiple disabilities and would not be able to access the activities which are provided on their own.
This service gives people the chance to have experiences in the community and this breaks down isolation and social barriers.

set up in 2015 we are a local cancer support and fundraising group . we accept nominations from local families suffering from cancer and donate up to £200 per family
( a maximum of 3 per month). This can be used for a family treat , helping to cover day to day bills or to make memories .
all the ladies who run the group either have cancer or have had cancer previously.

Newbarns Primary and Nursery School is committed to providing the best in resources for the children. Additional funding is spent subsidising trips out of school, visiting artists, authors and theatre groups, as well as extra play equipment for all children to enjoy.

We aim to help digital photographers make the most of their skills and equipment in a friendly and sociable way.

Local swimming club for the physically disabled of all ages. Exercising in the pool enables members to have a freedom of movement which many struggle with otherwise.

Friends of Burlington take the traditional role of the PTA for Burlington Primary School and Nursery. We play an important role in the school children’s education by:

• raising money to provide educational extras for the children to make learning fun;
• bridging the link between school and home;
• and creating a social community that both parents and children can be a part of.

We are a small village school with parents interested in raising money to support the school. We are raising money for a variety of resources to use throughout the school.

We are a Community First Responder's Group operating in South Cumbria and Crake Valley. Community First Responders are equipped and trained community based volunteers who are paged out from Ambulance Control to provide critical care of patients and situations pending the Ambulance arrival. Other activities include promoting Public Access Defibrillators and assisting CPR Training.

Secondary School providing educational, stimulating and resourceful provisions for local students

Not for profit organisation ran by parent carers of disabled children who make affordable weighted therapy & sensory items. We also create meaningful activities for the disability community in the form of workshops & work experience to aid independence/ self esteem

We are the home for women and girls cricket in Furness and the south Lakes

The Circles Group is a club that is run for a selection of our more socially vulnerable SEN students on a Tuesday night after school. The aim of Circles is to build confidence and self-esteem within the student and to challenge them to cope with new social situations, with support. This allows them to develop strategies and understanding of how to deal and live in the wider community and move forward in their day to day lives.

Some of the activities that we do with the students include visits to a local coffee shops, the cinema, Conishead Priory and Ford Park. In school we do Yoga with a local instructor, craft and cooking activities, Sign Language, team sport activities and lots more.

At the end of the summer term we finish the year with a one night residential at a local Outdoor Residential Educational centre. This visit allows the students to be involved in activities which involve teambuilding interaction and trying new opportunities to build their own self esteem in a safe and secure environment suited to their individual needs.

Sandside Lodge is an Ulverston based school, which has a catchment which currently stretches from Grange, to Windermere, to Millom. Our students have a large range of complex needs. We have recently moved into our brand new school, which is very exciting and a wonderful resource for both our pupils and our staff! We are very proud of it. We need your help to keep it furnished with the kind of equipment that our pupils need and deserve. Please consider donating to our school. To find out more, visit our website www.sandside.org.uk. Thank you very much.

Our aim is to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) by supporting local sporting activities, events and teams in memory of our dear friend Peter Fell.
FellysFund was created to raise money for Felly to support him and his family when he was diagnosed with MND. Sadly, in August 2019, aged 58, Felly lost his fight with this horrendous disease.

PTA at a small school in Dalton-In-Furness.

We are a charter standard football club in Ulverston. A self funded club too. We cater for all from the ages of 16 upto the president who is 72. At present we have 62 members in the senior section but in the next 12 months we aim to add another team to the ranks to add hopefully another 20 members. Everyone within the club is a volunteer and give up there own time for this sport as a hobby. This year is out 75th year in existence and hopefully we want to make this one to remember for all the good reasons.

Ulverston Orienteering Club is the Orienteering Club which was formerly run by UVHS. It is a Club for young people up to the age of 19 who want to progress with the sport of Orienteering. The Club sends teams to the Cumbria Schools and British Schools Orienteering Championships every year and every two years has had members selected for the World Schools Orienteering Championships - the most recent of those competitions was in April 2017 where 12 members of the Club were selected to represent England in the WSOC in Palermo, Sicily. The Club fund raises to provide training, kit and competition costs for its members.

Ulverston Tri Club is a triathlon based in Ulverston offering triathlon training sessions and events to all abilities at locations in Ulverston and Barrow.

Bluebirds Trust works to support disadvantaged groups in the local community and connect them through Barrow AFC. For example, we raise funds to provide match tickets for people who otherwise may not be able to afford attend a match. In the last few years this has extended to over a thousand people in the Furness Area. Organisations supported have included The Well Project, Furness Carers, Love Barrow, families whose children attend local primary schools.

In the urban heart of Ulverston, you will find Ford Park – 8 acres of beautiful green space with playing fields, playpark, a café, walled garden and volunteer programme.The result of an incredible level of effort and dedication from the Ford Park Community Group – a registered charity initially set up in 1998 to secure the future of the park for the local community.
Following a council announcement to sell Ford Park, the charity came together to rent the land and develop plans for its restoration, before eventually securing a loan from the Architectural Heritage Fund to buy Ford Park from the council in 2005.We are now debt free, working to secure a sustainable future – and continuing to offer so much more than just a park.

We provide opportunities to play cricket for men, women, boys and girls in Lindal and Low Furness

Cadas was established in 1980 and is a well-respected and registered charity. We have helped thousands of people and their families over the last 38 years offering holistic and strengths based approaches supporting individuals in recovery. Our approach is underpinned by the Asset-Based Community Development Model (ABCD). Our core service comprises of individual and group support, volunteering, peer mentoring and mutual aid via peer led support groups, programmes and workshops of educative and preventative initiatives.
Cadas offers a range of support primarily delivered by trained volunteers to enable people in recovery improve their emotional, physical and mental health.

Drop Zone Youth Projects works with young people across the Furness area to realise their aspirations. We provide support, guidance and advice on all issues which affect young people.

Our Motto is "WE SERVE".
We help the elderly, youth organisations, disabled and support the local hospital and hospice. In general terms we help people who are less fortunate than ourselves.

Our aims & objectives

The Cumbria-Rungwe Community Link was established in 1987 with the aim of linking two rural communities from West Cumbria in the UK and the Rungwe district in Tanzania. Our principle objective is to promote awareness and understanding between what may appear to be two very different cultures. Through a process of experiencing something of each other’s lives we seek to promote friendship and a realisation of what people have in common.

The Cumbria-Rungwe community link is a unique charity based in West Cumbria. It was established in 1987 with the aim of linking our rural community with that of the rural community of Rungwe District in Tanzania. The idea was for both communities to share and understand both the similarities and differences of their respective cultures.

We are a charity dedicated to the training of dogs to search for lost people mainly in the mountain environment of the lake district.

We have operated in the Barrow area for 40 years, Taking ALL the stray dogs that come into the council pound and finding them new homes.We also take in,care for and rehome stray and abandoned cats.We have a scheme to Trap, Neuter and release feral cats too.

the club has been running for 26 years and has grown into a good and friendly club. since i took over as secretary for the past 10 years plus my main aim is to get enough money from organizations such as yourselves to provide them with 6 free trips a year which has so far been successful. we meet every week and have tea & biscuits and a game of bingo.

Pennington Nursery has been providing nursery care in the Swarthmoor/Pennington/Ulverston area since 1993, mainly for children under statutory school age. It started off, many years before this as a parent and toddlers group in Pennington Reading Rooms. Over the years, due to increasing need and demand, we became a registered Charity, developed a board of Trustees and also became the provider of breakfast and after school clubs for Pennington Infants and Junior School. On average each week, we look after 20 – 2 year olds, 30 pre-school children and 50 children attending Afterschool and Breakfast Club, different children on different days. We are a vibrant and busy Nursery with great staff and a happy, caring atmosphere for local children and their families.

PSPA supports those living with PSP and CBD, two degenerative brain diseases that affects between 3,000 - possibly 10,000 poeple in the UK. We strive to create much-needed awareness plus raise sufficient funds to support the work we carry out such as research into treatments and possibly a cure, funding local support groups, and funding our helpline that offers emotional and practical support to those living with PSP and CBD and their families.

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia through our world-class Admiral Nurses. We work hand in hand with families, helping them cope with the fear, uncertainty and difficult everyday reality of dementia. In providing the compassionate, expert support families need every step of the way, we help them to live more positively with dementia in the present; and to face the challenges of tomorrow with more confidence, and less fear.

The Cri du Chat Syndrome Support Group was founded in the mid 1980s by Ann Wilson, a parent of a child with Cri du Chat Syndrome, after discovering there was no support group specifically for this syndrome.

A steering group was formed in 1991, and the group became a registered charity (#1044942) in 1993.

The support group is made up of families and relatives of those with CdCS, as well as research members who have expressed an interest in this condition. However, the group is open to anyone with an interest or need, whether in the UK or abroad.

The group provides information, advice and support through its Clinical Advisory Group, formed by members of the committee and outside professionals.

We receive no government funding and are funded by individual and corporate donations as well as fundraising activities.

The Christie charity provides enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds. Gifts from the public make a huge difference to the care and treatment that The Christie is able to provide to our patients and their families.

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is the UK charity that supports those affected by conditions that can cause young sudden cardiac death. CRY provides bereavement support and funds fast -track expert pathology investigations at the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology. CRY raises awareness of signs and symptoms of cardiac conditions and supports young people diagnosed with life-threatening conditions through the myheart Network. CRY funds medical research and operates a nationwide cardiac screening programme for any person between the age of 14 and 35. CRY funds fast -track expert medical services at the CRY Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions and Sports Cardiology.

LUPUS UK is the only National Registered charity supporting people with Lupus, supporting research projects and welfare fund.

Anchor Trust Seymour Court provides sheltered retirement housing in Barrow in Furness, and supports residents in leading a more active independent living with social activities.

11th Barrow Scout Group, with over 50 children, comprising of Beavers, Cubs & Scouts of ages 6 - 15, and adult leaders.

We run a Playgroup for 2,3 and 4 Year old children

Around seven young people aged between 13 and 24 are diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. They need expert treatment and support from the moment they hear the word ‘cancer.’ We’re the only charity dedicated to making this happen.

Raising money to support our school and our children

Barrow Community Basketball and Sports Association Ltd provides basketball coaching and playing opportunities to boys and girls from school year 1. We also provide the same service for men and women. We organise and deliver school basketball leagues during the season including primary, senior and college teams. We are the home to Barrow Thorns basketball club which again provides coaching and playing opportunities to both junior and senior age groups. The club teams play in National Leagues all over the Country.

Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK but it shouldn't be. Bowel cancer is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. As the UK's leading bowel cancer charity, we're determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer.

For more information on how we can support you every step of the way, please visit our website at www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk, contact the Events team on 020 7940 1769 or email events@bowelcanceruk.org.uk.

Tomorrow can't wait. Join our team and help us stop people dying of bowel cancer today.

St Joseph’s PTFA is a voluntary group which organises many events over the school year to raise money to be spent helping to support the children’s learning and environment.

Kids Out was formed over 25 years ago to help under privileged children. The help is usually in the form of a special day out. Assistance is provided through Local Rotary Clubs who raise the funding. On 12 June 2019 2 coaches will take 80 Children plus Teachers & careers to Lakes Aquarium, then on the Ferry to Fell Foot. Here everyone will receive a packed lunch. The coaches will pick us up &back to Barrow for 15.30. We would request a donation of £800.
Your assistance for £800 would be appreciated.

Our vision
Everyone who needs it should receive first aid from those around them. No one should suffer for the lack of trained first aiders.
Our mission:
Is to:
• provide an effective and efficient charitable first aid service to local communities
• provide training and products to satisfy first aid and related health and safety needs for all of society
• encourage personal development for people of all ages, through training and by volunteering within our organisation.

Citizens Advice Copeland - The aim of our service is to provide the advice and support people need to deal with the problems they face. We are an independent charity who provide a free, independent and confidential service across the borough of Copeland. A team of 12 paid staff and 40 volunteers deliver advice services on issues including debt, welfare benefits, housing, employment, energy, relationship and family problems.

making essential walk in available eye care to remote and deprived countries

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans helps all serving and ex-Service men and women who have lost limbs, or lost the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support. Our programmes allow Members and their families to face the challenges ahead with renewed confidence and self-belief.
We work tirelessly for our Members when the conflicts that have affected their lives are no longer a focal point in the nation’s media. Since 1932, we have been the only national Service charity that supports limbless veterans for the duration of their lives. Our Members range from the youngest amputee veterans to those who fought in WWII.

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. We’ve already saved millions of lives by discovering new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
Every year more people in the UK die from cancer than any other disease and sadly, 1 in 2 people develop cancer at some point in their lives.
Over the last forty years survival rates have doubled, which means two in four people are living for 10 years or more after being diagnosed. We hope to accelerate progress and see three quarters of patients surviving 10 years or more in the next 20 years.
We take our learning’s from the lab right to the patient’s bedside and work to diagnose, treat and prevent cancer – so at Cancer Research UK we really are tackling cancer on every front. What’s more, we are the only charity with the knowledge and expertise to tackle all 200 types of cancer.

We fly three air ambulance helicopters across the North-East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. We bring pioneering pre-hospital care to the scene, rescuing hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year.

Our charity supports the health and well-being of local communities through the provision of hydrotherapy services at Sandgate Hydrotherapy Pool in Kendal. The Pool caters for people from across our region with short term needs (e.g. recovering from accidents or surgery) as well as those with long-term disabilities, providing a valuable service in what is recognised as a centre of excellence in this field.

Our children's centres in Barrow aim to provide a range of quality services for children and their families. We offer support and advice to disadvantaged children esp under 5's. We know that parents are fundamental in all aspects of their child's development and sometimes all they need is some extra support to get them started or on track again. We offer the timely and tailored support which can make all the difference . The local community we serve has some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country, so it can sometimes be a challenge to provide our services to all who need them

Epilepsy Research UK supports ground-breaking independent research into the causes, treatment and prevention of epilepsy to help transform the lives of the 1 in 103 people living with epilepsy in the UK today.

Alkaptonuria, also known as AKU or Black Bone Disease, is an extremely rare genetic condition, which can cause significant damage to the bones, cartilage and tissues of those affected. AKU normally only affects one in every 250,000 people worldwide. AKU is a recessive condition that is caused by a mutation of one chromosome, this means that if two people carry the faulty gene, their child still only has a 25% chance of developing AKU.

It causes a build-up of toxic acid in the body that eats away at the patient's bones, cartilage and tissue, turning them black and brittle – a process called ochronosis. This leads to a variety of life-changing disabilities. Patients develop early onset osteoarthritis, which leads to joint replacements and extreme pain.

We fund and promote research with the aim of bringing about treatments and a cure for ataxia by 2020. We want a cure for this generation. Until this is achieved, we will do all that we can to provide support services to the families and carers of people with ataxia to enable those with the condition to have the highest possible quality of life.

We save the lives and rehome lost and abandoned dogs due to die in council pounds because they have not been reclaimed by their owners or received any offers from other rescues. We take dogs regardless of age, breed or veterinary condition. We have rescued over 15,000 to date. 100% of donations spent on the dogs, all unpaid volunteers, on call 365 days per year.

We provide facilities and activities for recreational community and leisure occupation in the interest of social welfare for people who have need by reason of their youth, age, or social and economic circumstances, with the object of improving their conditions of life on Walney in Barrow in Furness. To relieve people who are in conditions of hardship, struggling with addictions, family breakdown, youth pressures, or who are aged or sick, to relieve the distress caused

SMA Support UK is the only charity providing emotional and practical support to families and individuals affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy across the UK. We also fund research into treatments and an eventual cure.

We are a Parent Carer Association offering support and advice to other parent carers and financial support to Mill Lane Day Opportunities for over 30 years which is a day service offering a variety of opportunities to adults with moderate to profound learning disabilities. Our financial support has enabled the development of outside activity areas, a soft play area and a sensory room. We also provide support in areas such as funding actors and musicians to perform within the building to allow those with more profound needs to access entertainment within an accessible environment. We aim to offer to provide help, support and advice to parents, carers and adults with learning disabilities within the Furness and wider area.

The charity preschool nursery is at the heart of Ulverston, providing care for children aged 2-4 for over 25 years. The preschool is run by a committee and the long serving staff work tirelessly to support all the children in giving them the best start in their early childhood. We are continually raising money to provide the children with the best resources and opportunities possible.

Children First Derby believes that every child matters. Our goal is to provide a positive environment for children in which they can develop healthy relationships with their families so that they can ultimately become adults contributing to the community and the society which they inherit.

The charity was established was founded 42 years ago in 1974 by local Derby resident Milly Wigley after reading about the death of a neglected child. Originally called “Concern Association Derby” it acted as a meeting place for parents to attend and discuss any issues they may have been facing.

The charity opened its Family Support Centre at 13 Leopold Street in 1987. It provided the charity offices, a day nursery for children and facilities for parents.

The charity continues to operate from its premises on Leopold Street in inner city Derby providing supervised contact, family support and mentoring services.

Our founding aim is to relieve the distress and suffering experienced by families and children. In particular, those who have suffered from, or are likely to suffer from, violence or maltreatment in their homes.
Our charity works to benefit children, young people and families to make life improvements by:
Responding to the needs of children where stress within the home may adversely affect their welfare or development
Providing support for children who are regarded as vulnerable and who may be at risk of social exclusion
Delivering community services designed to foster the general wellbeing of families with children
Providing services for parents which will enable them to better respond to the personal needs and financial support of their children

RAISING FUNDS FOR CHRISTIAN YOUTH ACTIVITIES

We support young carers aged 5-18. A young carer supports someone at home who has an illness or disability. The care provided can range from emotional support through to personal care e.g. help with bathing.

Sunbeams is a Community Music Charity in Cumbria for people with disabilities of all ages. The Charity was founded in 1992 by Cumbrian born Harpist and Singer Annie Mawson MBE. Every month Sunbeams delivers over 100 live Community Music sessions in Music For Life® and Music For Dignity® Programmes to 1,458 disabled and disadvantaged people of all ages in 52 different venues across the County of Cumbria and at their new bespoke Centre outside Penrith. Sunbeams is reliant upon donations, fundraising and grants to keep the charity going and in order to provide their services free of charge .

There are an estimated 18,000 unpaid carers in West Cumbria, caring for family members and friends who would not be able to manage without their support. Carers like 15 year old Kate who cares for her Mum who has depression and liver damage from alcohol abuse. Kate has to look after her young siblings and is struggling with her exams. Kate would like to go to university but is worried about leaving her family behind. Carers like Alan, who is 76 and cares for his wife Julie, who has dementia. Alan has arthritis and worries about leaving Julie alone to attend medical appointments. We support carers like Kate and Alan by providing breaks away from their caring roles. The money we receive from donations is used to fund trips and breaks for our carers. We organise activities such as ice skating for young carers and relaxation courses for adult carers. We are able to provide information and advice to carers in the form of benefits clinics, informal training courses and other general advice.

We are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of individuals who self harm and to those who support them. Our primary goal is to empower the individual to take responsibility for their own lives by offering counselling and trusting support.
Also we seek to eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with self harm by creating greater awareness through training and education.

The Steve Prescott Foundation (SPF) is the legacy of former professional rugby league player Steve Prescott MBE who passed away in 2013. The SPF supports The Christie, The Rugby League Benevolent Fund and The SPF Special causes fund. The SPF fund allows those hospitals, researchers and surgeons who deal in Pseudomyxoma related conditions and multi visceral transplantation to apply for grants to the Trustees of the SPF who will ensure that the money will have a direct and significant effect on people's lives. The donations we receive really do make a difference to people’s lives.

Every year we raise thousands of pounds to support local children who suffer abuse or neglect, are disabled and have special needs or who simply need extra care or guidance. CFM Cash for Kids distribute money to registered charities, to individuals to pay for specialist equipment, to sports organisations and to specialist projects for schools & playgroups; Projects must be for the benefit of young people under the age of 18; who are disabled and have special needs or who come from underprivileged backgrounds.
Every penny raised, stays locally in Cumbria and South West Scotland to help thousands of children in our communities each year.

We work in partnership with the Episcopal Church of South Sudan to provide scholarships to young people so that they can train as clinical officers, nurses, midwives, teachers and pastors. We help fund Primary Health care services and help to improve primary education by constructing new school classrooms.

The Rotary Club of Furness raises money through various fund raising activities, Street /Shop Collections ,Concerts, Raffles ,The Tour d Furness Bike Ride, Marshalling at events , etc, and then distributes it within the community by supporting local charities, projects and other needy causes .As part of a national and international organisation our charity work reaches across the globe

Over 8,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year
in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Effective treatment remains a priority within the NHS but it is expensive and there is little left over for non-essential items and facilities that may make all the difference to a patient's experience of the treatment process.

The Rosemere Cancer Foundation exists to provide those
‘extras’ wherever possible in both the Rosemere Cancer
Centre and the local Cancer Units across the region.

Wherever you live, you can be sure that by supporting
the Rosemere Cancer Foundation you will be helping to make a real difference to cancer patients in your local area.

THE BLUEBELL FOUNDATION
The loss of a pregnancy, death of a baby, infant or child, or the struggle to conceive can have a real impact on the families involved.
The Bluebell Foundation provides support for people experiencing grief associated with loss during pregnancy, death of a baby, child or young person, those with fertility issues and families where a child has life-limiting or life-threatening illness.
We also provide support for children and young people up to the age of 18 who are grieving through the death or anticipated death of someone important to them.
We hope to enable families to begin to understand their grief. We cannot replace the life lost but we can try to help people cope with the loss.
The Bluebell Foundation was formed in 2007 by a group of people who have been through a similar or the same experiences. They felt setting up this charity would help people through such a traumatic time, and help them talk to other people who have suffered the same or similar loss.
Bluebell provide support to families and individuals when they are ready. You do not need to wait a set amount of time. We are available for you when you feel the time is right

The Royal Marines Charity is the Corps Charity. Chosen by Royal Marines and here to support Royal Marines and their families. It has among the widest purposes of any service charity in that it looks after both serving and retired Royal Marines, and their dependents – this converts into some 125,000 potential beneficiaries.

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children & young people who have lost a parent whilst serving in the British Armed Forces.

Inspired by the experience of Army widow Nikki Scott following the death of her husband Cpl Lee Scott in Afghanistan in 2009, the charity is currently providing assistance to hundreds of bereaved Forces children around the UK.

Support offered to the children includes fun activities such as holiday breaks and group events, personal development assistance through educational grants and access to professional bereavement counselling

Our mission is to #HelpTheirChildrenSmile.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society Furness Group offers completely free of charge therapies to all of it's members living in the Furness area. These therapies are; Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Chiropody, Reflexology and Counselling. We have a 24 hour support line which is manned by volunteers and we run social outigs for those who are less able to get out and about.

The charity supports patients and their families with renal disease ranging from pre-dialysis, through the various dialysis options, through possible kidney transplant and beyond. Our area covers most of Morecambe Bay and especially South Cumbria and North Lancashire.

Narcolepsy is a rare neurological condition that affects the brain's ability to regulate the normal sleep-wake cycle. Narcolepsy is estimated to affect about 1 person in 2,500. That means that in the UK there are approximately 30,000 people who have narcolepsy, though it is believed that the majority have not been diagnosed.

Normal sleep takes the form of a regular pattern of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and non-REM stages. During a fully night's sleep, every 90 minutes or so a normal sleeper experiences several minutes of REM sleep, during which dreaming occurs, before switching back to non-REM sleep.

We are the voice of the disabled and elderly people of the community of South Cumbria.

We fight for their rights, and entitlements, issues that effect their entrances into public buildings, on to buses and trains.

Representing them for benefit assessments or tribunals, help filling in their forms.

We approach authorities and represent and submit their issues.

Campaign for dropped kerbs, parking spaces, home walk-in-showers, stair lifts, grab bars, ramps, the same within public buildings.

We need to provide a meeting place for monthly meetings, which will provide a safe environment, and access

We offer to be a third party for complaints against police treatment and hate crimes

ABF The Soldiers' Charity is the Army's National charity and we exist to help soldiers, veterans and their immediate families in times of need.

The Pulmonary Fibrosis trust is a UK charity run entirely by patients and carers to provide practical emotional and financial support to people living with PF.

MLD Support Association UK was founded to support and help families suffering from Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD), a terminal, genetic neuro-degenerative disease

Who Are We And What Do We Do..
I started the Birkett-Smith Animal Sanctuary six years ago on my smallholding in Dorset and formalised as a registered Charity two years after that in 2013. We are now the largest Sanctuary and Rehabilitation centre of it's kind in the UK. Here at The Sanctuary we provide forever homes for domestic, farm and wildlife animals. Most have behavioural issues, are aggressive, old, disabled, human scared etc. So we basically take in the animals that stand little or no chance of gaining homes let alone the security of a forever home and our experience now encompasses neurological disability and dysfunction, deafness, blindness and partial paralysis. Our 200 animals include dogs, cats, pigs, sheep, horses, all farm birds, emus and even a seagull! We are also one of the the very few UK sanctuaries that will take aggressive and fear aggressive dogs as we have a no kill policy full stop. We rehabilitate these animals as much as we can over time to enable them to achieve a happy life here at the sanctuary. I'm not classed as a rescue but I am a rescuer and that is the other side of our sanctuary.

At the end of 2014 I noticed that there was a huge gap in the system, dogs needed somewhere to recover. The poundies and the failed rescue dogs needed another option for another chance and in most cases a last chance. They needed a chance at living, a chance at rehab in order to be able to go into a home, some for the first time, some to start over and this is where the idea for SOS Havens was born. I had the space, I had the ability and the passion and I was already rehabilitating our sanctuary dogs so I extended my reach and opened the sanctuary to UK rescues. The SOS Havens give them a place of safety and a place where whatever their reactions they are accepted. A place where whatever their issues they are given time, time to link in and to enable them to face the world again but a new world under the protection of their rescues with lifetime RBU after rehab.

There are few dogs that can't be re-homed in time, there are some that could be but are safer due to their strength or issues to not go back into a domestic environment simply because thier safety can't be guaranteed but there are many more that can safely move into foster after rehab and continue their journey to their forever sofa. Unfortunately most of these dogs are beyond the remit of normal rescues and sadly many of them are put to sleep before they get the chance to mend. I work with these damaged dogs, along side my own sanctuary dogs to install faith in them and glue them all back together with love and care until they are whole again and to show the world that it is possible to undo what others have done to them. They leave here with new skills and thier rescues gain the knowledge needed to help them move onto the next step in thier journey. The SOS Havens have become a last chance for many, the final hope.

Due to the nature of the animals we have, their care can be intensive and very costly and it all takes time and volunteers and without our Birkett - Smith Family this would not be possible. So please support us in any way you can as we continue to grow and save lives and join us with our fundraising and projects as slowly one by one we take in animals to safety.

Joy Keys xx

Furness Mental Health Trust (FMHT) is unique in the Furness Area in being a Service User and Carer Led and Run Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO/ULO), registered with the Charity Commission and members of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Cumbria CVS, Cumbria Action for Health (A4H) and Cumbria Mental Health Provider Forum (CMHPF).

FMHT aims to promote emotional wellbeing, improve Mental Health, and reduce the impact of poverty in the Furness and South Lakes area, which includes some of the most impoverished wards in the North West of England, by providing the opportunity people and their families have to access support sessions and group personal development activities and services as described in our Objects, Aims and Activities.

Objects:
(1) The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people with Mental Health problems and their families in particular but not exclusively by the promotion of Mental Health services in the Furness area of Cumbria.
(2) To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to Mental Health problems.

Aims and Activities:
The promotion of Mental Health and related services within the Furness area of Cumbria in particular but not exclusively by:
(1) Supporting people with Mental Health problems overcome Social Exclusion, Poverty, Stigma and to build resilience and coping strategies etc.
(2) Providing access to Leisure and Social Activities.
(3) Providing access to/loan of Computer Equipment and provide Training in the use of such equipment.
(4) Providing help with/access to appropriate Housing.

Invest in ME Research (IiMER) was set up with the objectives of making a change in how ME is perceived and treated in the media, by health departments and by healthcare professionals. We aim to do this by identifying the three key areas to concentrate our efforts on - funding for biomedical research, education and lobbying. Invest in ME Research aims to collaborate and coordinate events and activities in these areas in order to provide the focus and funding to allow biomedical research to be carried out.

Invest in ME Research want to establish a national strategy of biomedical research into ME and establish a UK and European Centre of Excellence for biomedical research into ME. Please help make ME an illness which is properly understood and where adequate funding is provided for biomedical research into ME allowing treatments and cures to be found.

We are a local Preschool and Toddler group based in Lindal in Furness and have been running for almost 50 years. We provide a nurturing, caring and educational environment for local children, aged 2 to 5 years from a rural community as well as a stimulating breakfast and after school club for Lindal and Marton Primary school.

Women's Community Matters is a one stop shop for women specific services. We offer a range of courses, activities, groups and one to one support to women aged 14 and over in the area. We deliver our services with love, care, compassion and kindness. We stand alongside women as they make decisions for themselves about any changes they may want to make in their own lives.

St John’s Hospice has been providing care and support to patients and their families across North Lancashire, the South Lakes and parts of North Yorkshire since 1986. We care for and support adults with life limiting conditions. The hospice is dedicated to ensuring that every patient enjoys the highest quality of daily life and to ensure we put local patients and families at the heart of everything we do to ensure that on the journey towards end of life we provide the right care in the right place at the right time.
We aim to achieve the best possible quality of care for patients with an advanced progressive illness and we do this through the provision of our three main services; In Patient Unit, Day Hospice and are Hospice @ Home community nurses.
Unfortunately to provide this care St John's hospice currently has to raise over 5.2 million pounds a year of which only 1/3rd is provided by the NHS leaving a shortfall of 3.4 million pounds.