Approved charities

Provide affordable bookings for classes, meetings and events. Main base at Lowick bridge for K2B on day of walk.

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

Marie Curie provide specialist support and care for people living with a terminal illness and their families

We are a group of motorcycling enthusiasts who meet up once a month to talk bikes and raise money for the Air Ambulance (of whoch marshalling at the K2B is one of our fundraising activities)

Millom National Children's Choir of Great Britain Group has been created to help 8 local families raise funds so their talented children can attend the prestigious Choir of Great Britain events.

Here is their story told by Head Teacher of Millom St James RC School Nerissa Nicholas.

This group of eight children are all pupils, or former pupils, at my school and have sung with me in my school choir since they were 5 years old. They are really exceptionally talented children and an absolute pleasure to work with. They have performed with me in the South Cumbria Music Festival every year and won numerous trophies, both as individuals and as a choir. They also perform throughout the year at numerous concerts and fundraising events for charities and groups in the town. They bring a huge amount of pleasure to many people.

They attended auditions in Manchester to join the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain. They were all successful in being offered places in this prestigious choir and this now gives them the opportunity to work with the very best choral teachers and conductors in the country as well as singing with other talented children from all over the country. This is a huge achievement for them and such a wonderful opportunity. I was personally contacted by the organiser of the committee to tell me how impressed the audition panel had been with the group and how unusual it was to have seven children accepted all from one school!

However, the expectation is that they will now attend two residential weeks in Shrewsbury at a cost of £655 per child per week, a total of £1310 per child and an overall cost of £10,480 for the full group without the additional cost of travel to and from Shrewsbury and Birmingham, which from our isolated area will be quite a cost on its own!

Unfortunately, it is unlikely that all of them will be able to take part unless we are able to secure some help with the financial aspect and this would be such a shame!

Enabling these children to take part in this National choir would help to show them and other children in the local area that they can achieve their goals and hopefully help to raise aspirations for the future.

To provide or to assist in providing facilities for recreation, physical
education or other leisure time occupation in or in connection with the town
of Millom and its neighbourhood.
To organise, promote, manage, and conduct all kinds of recreation
And leisure activities including the provision of indoor and outdoor sports and
Games facilities, Gymnastics Club and Youth Provision

Millom Striders is a running club set up to encourage people to start running but also to improve their running. Millom Striders are the driving force behind an initiative to create a community track which will be accessible to all and will enable the community to run or cycle in safety.

We're Mind in West Cumbria; your local Mind Charity. We believe that no one should have to face a mental health problem alone. We're on your doorstep, on the end of a phone or online. We'll listen, give you support, advice and fight your corner.

From our office base in Workington, we offer a variety of services to support the local residents suffering from mental health issues.

Raising money to support our school and our children

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is dedicated to supporting people affected by MND in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, improving care, promoting research and campaigning to raise awareness.

We’re the MS Society – since 1953, a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, volunteers and fundraisers.

We understand what life’s like with MS, and we support each other through the highs, lows and everything in between.

And we’re driving research into more – and better – treatments. For everyone.

Together, we are strong enough to stop MS.

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.

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.

A newly formed PTA which supports the new Headteacher at North Walney Primary School and its bid to provide all of the children with experiences and visits beyond what they are normally involved with.
The groups is made up of parents and staff members and is well supported by the local community.

A huge thank you for choosing to raise money for your North West Air Ambulance Charity.

In a split second unexpected things can happen that will change your life forever. It is in these moments that our crew of pilots and HEMS paramedics and doctors will be at the right place at the right time delivering vital pre-hospital care to the patient, reducing the risk of long term injury and saving lives.

Just as many critically injured patients would not survive without the service, your North West Air Ambulance Charity would not be here without you.

Our lifesaving service is funded by the generosity of people like you through donations, fundraising activity, lottery membership and through our network of retail outlets.

As a charity we need to raise more than £8 million each year to stay operational.
• £9 could fund one minute of a North West Air Ambulance mission.
• £250 could supply a primary response bag that carries the drugs and medical equipment our medical team needs to treat patients in major trauma incidents.
• £2000 could fund a year's supply of foil medical blankets, designed to retain body heat for patients in shock.
• £13,500 could fuel one of our aircraft for a month.

Welcome to Team NWAA, together we can make a lifesaving difference to people across the North West.

Old Hutton Home School Association (or PTA) is made up of a committee of parents, teachers and friends of Old Hutton C of E School, just outside Kendal. We like to put the "fun" in fundraising, with cake stalls, movie nights and secret gift stalls, in order to contribute towards school trip transport costs, the annual Christmas party, and other fun things not covered by the school budget.

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

Over The Wall is a national charity providing free Therapeutic Recreation camps for children aged 8-17 across the UK whose lives have been affected by serious illness, as well as their siblings and families.

Our residential activity camps boost the children’s confidence, giving them access to a range of activities, whilst making friends and building up a support network with other children who have been denied the right to a healthy and care-free childhood.

“I have been searching for so long for the therapeutic, fun environment you offered my son. He has come home Calm, relaxed and happy. His self-esteem has grown beyond belief.” - Camper Parent

We are support group who try to help people with Parkinson. We hold monthly meeting and we as having a therapy clinic at the medical centre in Ulverston once a month. We are trying to encourage more people with Parkinson to come along to our meetings.

The PCD Family Support Group was formed in 1991 to:
Provide support to patients and their carers who have, or are suspected of having, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) - a rare genetic lung disease
Bring PCD to the attention of medics who may come across PCD and continue to provide an up to date information service for them and the general public
To promote research to aid diagnosis and treatment of patients with PCD
Support the NHS and other bodies to ensure patients have access to diagnostic services and on-going care
Fundraise to support the above activities

We are a registered charity which is run by a committee of volunteer trustees. We are also supported by the PCD Medical Board which is a group of clinicians with an interest in PCD. This group is chaired on a rotational basis by Professor Andy Bush, Professor Chris O’Callaghan , Professor Claire Hogg and Professor Jane Lucas.

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.

We are a local charity that helps children with Cerebral Palsy and other brain related injuries to access Conductive Education therapy on the Cumbria area. This therapy provides them with essential skills to lead more active, independent and fulfilled lives.

We are a Bowling Club, we have been established since 1991. We have over 100 members (male and female). Roose Community Bowling Club provides facilities for Crown Green Bowling for its members and adjacent communities of Roose and Holbeck. We have two greens and provide opportunities for men and women of all ages to participate in both organised league bowling and social bowling. We have twelve teams including senior citizens, ladies and gents, playing most days and nights, training sessions are held for juniors on Saturday mornings. Round Robins sessions for social bowlers are held on Sundays.

The Volunteer crews and lifeguards of the RNLI continue their lifesaving work of saving lives at sea. It is a lifeline to thousands of people who need us at sea and around the coast and return them safely to their family. Last year the RNLI come to the rescue of an average of 22 people a day who were in difficulty in or around the water.

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity is the principal charity of the Royal Navy. It exists to support sailors, marines and their families, for life.

Its Group of charities includes the Royal Marines Charity, the Royal Navy Officers’ Charity and the Naval Service Sports Charity.

Since 2007, it has funded projects and facilities that boost morale for those who serve today. It also distributes millions of pounds annually to military charities which care for the children, families and veterans of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

In August 2009, Ryan aged 1 year old from Lancaster was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Alper’s Syndrome. Ryan sadly passed away aged 6 years 10 months on 23rd June 2015.

Alper’s Syndrome is a genetic disorder which affects both the brain and the liver. It causes progressive loss of developmental milestones and severe epilepsy. This terminal illness is extremely rare and little information is known about it.

Ryan suffered from uncontrollable seizures, was fed directly into his stomach, had extremely low muscle tone and could not support his own head or make any controlled movement himself.

The Ryan Stanford Appeal is raising money to fund research specifically on Alper’s Syndrome in the hope that cures or treatment can be sought.

Samaritans Of Barrow, Furness, and South Lakes provides a listening service for people who are in distress, despair or suicidal. By providing a warm , empathic , confidential and non judgemental listening service, Samaritans aims to reduce distress and help callers talk through their difficulties and the options available to them. By doing this through telephone calls, emails, text and face to face calls in branch, Samaritans aim is to reduce the numbers of people who die by suicide.

Sarcoma UK is a national charity that funds vital research, offers support for anyone affected by sarcoma cancer and campaigns for better treatments. It is the only cancer charity in the UK focusing on all types of sarcoma.

Our mission is to ensure everyone affected by sarcoma receives the best treatment, care, information and support available and to create the treatments of the future.

Save the Children works in more than 120 countries, including the UK. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.

Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

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

We are a small local charity which hires wheelchairs and mobility scooters to day hirers and yearly members to promote independence and allow people access to shops doctors etc

We are a local charity that gives disadvantaged young people of all ages the chance to learn, get qualifications and gain confidence by learning how to make films. Films made by our participants have won awards and have helped dozens of local young people express themselves creatively and to grow their self esteem and potential. We provide a unique place in our isolated area, where disaffected and creatively-inclined youngsters gain life-changing experiences which help them to progress to further education and work. Dozens of our alumni have gone on to work in creative and film-related jobs which would have been outside their grasp without the activities we provide with the kind support of our donors.

Advance the education of pupils in the school by
-developing effective relationships between staff, parents and others associated with the school.
-engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.

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, THIS REQUIRES FUNDING WHICH WE TRY AND FULFILL, BUT IT HAS ITS LIMITATIONS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING LIKE THIS TO HELP US OUT

South Cumbria Pupil Referral Unit is a school providing education for some of the most complex and vulnerable students in the County.

We provide counselling (indoor and outdoor) , peer support (individual and group) and massage for relaxation therapy to anyone who is living with mental health problems.

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

We are a church on Abbey Road, and soon to be at Salthouse Pavilion on Roose Road, Barrow-in-Furness, working with and in the community.

SSAFA provides lifelong support to anyone who is currently serving or has ever served in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army or the Royal Air Force.

We're ready to help you and your family, whenever and wherever you need us.

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.

We are the UK’s leading charity dedicated to conquering stroke. We rely on your support to provide vital services, campaign for better stroke care and to find better treatments.

There are over 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK with 100,000 strokes happening in the UK each year. That’s one stroke every five minutes.

Even though you are now twice as likely to survive a stroke compared to 20 years ago, stroke is still the fourth single largest cause of death in the UK.

We know we need to change how people think about stroke and challenge the myths surrounding it. We push for greater awareness of stroke and its warning signs and campaign for better stroke care.

We believe:
-strokes can and should be prevented
-everyone has the right to make the best recovery they can after stroke
-research has the power to save lives and ensure people make the best recovery they can.

These beliefs drive us forward to change the world for people affected by stroke.

We fund and support local and national service and ex service charities and improve the lives of ex service families locally.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

The Daisy Garland is a family-run, national Children's charity working exclusively for children with drug resistant epilepsy. It was set up in September 2004 in memory of our daughter, Daisy, who died in her sleep from SUDEP (sudden unexpected Death in epilepsy patients) when she was 6 years old. We provide active support to some of the 18,000 children in the UK suffering from drug resistant epilepsy and their families. Our two main projects are to fund specially trained Daisy Garland Ketogenic Dietitians to work within NHS hospitals successfully treating children with drug resistant epilepsy. We also provide grants for night-time breathing monitors for use in the home keeping children with epilepsy safe at night while they sleep. For more information about the vital work that we do please visit our website at www.thedaisygarland.org.uk.

The Trust was established in 1980 in memory of Eric Twiname, a renowned Cumbrian dinghy sailor, journalist and author. Eric started his sailing career at Bassenthwaite Sailing Club. Its aims are to perpetuate Eric’s diverse sailing interests, principally those that arose out of his teaching and coaching of young dinghy sailors. To that effect its primary objective is for the provision of funding or equipment that will assist those in full-time education at schools and universities in the United Kingdom to sail or yacht race, the emphasis being directed towards youth. The trust has provided funding to Sailin Clubs throughout the Lake District.

Money raised is split between asthma uk and local youth groups,including swarthmoor jfc

The Lullaby Trust provides emotional support for bereaved families, promotes expert advice on safer baby sleep and raises awareness of sudden infant death.

Working with the NHS, we run a national health-visitor led service for bereaved parents, Care of Next Infant (CONI) programme, which supports families before and after the birth of their new baby.

We are committed to supporting research to understand why so many babies a year die suddenly and unexpectedly in the UK and to find out more about how to prevent these tragic deaths.

The Lullaby Trust operates nationwide across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We run an information line for parents and professionals (0808 802 6869) and a dedicated line for bereaved families (0808 802 6868). Both are free to call from landlines and mobiles.

We campaign tirelessly, lobbying government to keep sudden infant death on the public health agenda. Since we formed as The Foundation for the Study of Sudden Infant Deaths (FSID) in 1971 we have played a key role in the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by over 80%.

The Rescue and Rehabilitation of Owls, Education to the public with a Unique hands on experiance to all.

The concept of The Porthole is to provide a Music and Arts and Community Venue environment for community groups, groups of isolated older people, groups of vulnerable young people and Youth Clubs with a Drop-in Cafe with affordable meals and place to meet up.

The inspiring public spaces on offer where community groups can take place will be used to reduce isolation and loneliness and encourage greater community participation.

One of our objectives is to help secure the future of the building for the enjoyment of the community of Barrow Island and the wider Furness area.

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

Every day, children are diagnosed with serious and life-threatening illnesses or have terrible accidents that leave them fighting for their life. Often transferred to hospitals far from home, life for the whole family is thrown into complete turmoil. The Sick Children's Trust keeps families together by providing free, high-quality 'Home from Home' accommodation to relieve just some of the emotional, practical and financial strains at a traumatic and stressful time.

The Woodland Trust is the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. Established from humble beginnings in 1972 by our founder Kenneth Watkins OBE, we now have over 500,000 members and supporters and more than 1,000 sites covering over 26,000 hectares, all over the UK and all open for free public access. We protect and campaign on behalf of this country’s woods, plant trees, and restore ancient woodland for the benefit of wildlife and people. Our vision is a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. In Cumbria we have been working across the landscape to build partnerships with landowners large and small, helping them to plant trees and hedgerows to make the landscape more resilient in the face of climate change, flooding and species loss.

Trinity Hospice has been at the heart of the Fylde Coast for more than 30 years, providing exceptional care and support for people on the journey towards the end of life. Each year, our specialist nursing teams touch the lives of thousands - and we know more will call on us for help in the years to come.

We are a hospice without walls - helping people in their own homes as much as we do at our specialist facility in Bispham. Our family of services includes our In-Patient Unit, Day Therapy Unit, Hospice at Home, Clinical Nurse Specialist at home ad in the hospital, bereavement support through the Linden Centre and Brian House Children's Hospice.

Trinity is a charity and can only meet the needs of all who need us because of the generous help from our supporters. We get just a third of our total running costs from the government to help run our hospice services, which means we must fundraise to meet the £8 million we need each and every year.

TVSDA is a small educational charity which has been working in the Ciskei - one of the old apartheid-era 'homelands' in SA for 14 years. All our funds are spent in SA; visiting volunteers and committee members pay their own expenses. We run English and IT courses for the 30 small schools and twice yearly residential study camps for primary school children and school leavers. We believe we are making progress on improving school certificate results and increasing opportunities for youngsters in this remote area, burdened with high HIV, TB and poverty rates, with few job opportunities and minimal public services.

The object of the Society is to educate the public in the dramatic and
operatic arts to further the development of public appreciation and
taste in the said arts (to assist and further such charitable
institutions and charitable purposes as the General committee shall from
time to time determine); and in furtherance of this object, but not
otherwise, the Society through its General Committee shall have the
following powers:

a) To promote plays, drama, comedies, operas, operettas and other
dramatic and operatic works of educative value.

b) To purchase, acquire and obtain interests in the copyright of or the
right to perform or show any such dramatic or operatic works.

c) To purchase or otherwise acquire plant, machinery, furniture,
fixtures, fittings, scenery and all other necessary effects.

d) To raise funds and invite and receive contributions from any person
or persons whatsoever by way of subscription, donation and otherwise;
provided that the Society shall not undertake any permanent trading
activities in raising funds.

e) To do all such other things as shall further the objects of the
Society

We are a newly formed charity offering a varied programme of paddlesport (kayaking, canoeing and sea kayaking) activities to the community on the Furness peninsula and further afield. We are working with Sport England, Active Cumbria and British Canoeing to particularly encourage young people, females and others facing challenges in accessing our sport to join us (these groups being targeted by Sport England) and with local Wildlife and Rivers Trusts to encourage engagement with and respect for our incredible environment.

To provide an effective Rescue Service for any human,animal or boat in peril on the sea or sands of Morecambe Bay. To search for missing persons. To provide emergency support for events. To assist emergency services as requested to do so. To help residents in times of flooding.

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.

Unique Kidz & Co, founded in 2009 by two mums, is an OFSTED registered childcare service for disabled children, young adults and their families. Unable to find suitable childcare for their own disabled children, Jane & Denise created the charity which originally provided afterschool and holiday clubs for children aged 5-18. The charity has now extended it's services to include '4Ever Unique', which provides daytime support for young adults aged 16-25 and runs from its own building in Morecambe.
It is our mission to provide children with disabilities with the same opportunities as other children in a fun, friendly and stimulating environment.

Urswick Playground Association maintain the village playground, pay annual insurance and for safety checks and fund raise for new equipment.

VOLAAF is a parent led charity based in the West of Scotland Autism and Aspergers Centre, Station St, Renton.
We are a support service for families/carers with children who have been diagnosed with ASD or are going through the process.

We run youth clubs for the children including siblings and run support services for the parents. We have a very knowledgable committee who are available to help and offer advice on a wide range of topics. In addition we also run training events, outings and holiday playschemes.

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

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

On 22 May 2017 a bomb exploded at Manchester Arena killing 22 people and injuring many more. Following the attack people from all around the world donated money to show their love, support and solidarity.

The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund was established on 26 May 2017 to coordinate, administer and distribute the various monies donated in response to the attack. On 30 May 2017, the Fund formally became a registered charity (Charity Number 1173260) with the Charity Commission.

The objectives of the fund are:

• To relieve financial need among the victims and survivors of the disaster including families and dependants of those killed or injured

• To relieve sickness or disability whether physical or mental of victims of the disaster and their dependants

• To support such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall consider appropriate.

Red squirrel conservation in SE Cumbria, including removing threats to their survival and public education in the need for urgent action to prevent their extinction.

The charity grants wishes for children with life threatening and terminal illnesses. These range from family holidays, meeting celebrities, and of course, seeing the real Santa!

we provide our wounded warriors with the skills to achieve an exciting rewarding and sustainable future for many years to come in civil aviation

Our Aim
The aim of Scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

Our Vision
To be the explorer scout unit that delivers a challenging and exciting programme to meet the requirements of the Chief Scout Awards, Queen Scout Award and Explorer Belt and provides its members with the opportunity to experience local national and international events.