MoneySavingExpert.com Charity Fund Nominate a Charity June 08

melissafay

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a. Operation Imprezza
b. www.operation-imprezza.org
c. It enables disadvantaged students to recieve an education.
d. This is a small, local run charity, which has provided a lifeline to students, mainly orphans from Kibera Sulm, by enabling them to obtain a successful primary and secondary education, and also the chance to go on to university. They were based in Nairobi, but due to the recent troubles during last years elections, had to leave at short notice and have now based in Western Province. The old school and all its contents in Nairobi have been lost in the rioting, and the charity is having to help build everything from scratch. Not only have the remaining staff taken on around 40 orphans from the original school, but now have under their care many primary aged children from a local orphanage, who have either been abandoned or parents have died through HIV. The area is extreamly poor, which means that the chances for the children to gain an education and so break out of the poverty trap are almost impossible. Currently the classrooms are a bugalow and mud hut, with no equipment. A new school and accommodation are urgently needed and this can only be achieved by fund raising. We desperately need your help.

melissafay

Thankyou Operatio Imprezza

INSPIRED

a. VETAID

b. http://www.vetaid.org/home.asp

c. Sustainable futures for East Africa’s poorest rural communities.

d. In rural East Africa, where 50p is an average daily income, VETAID’s sustainable solutions alleviate poverty, hunger and disease. It trains, educates, and implements self-sustaining programmes that endure. Dryland farming techniques allow land that provided only livestock fodder to also produce food for people. HIV/AIDS widows and orphans face greater life expectancy, brighter futures, and income through training in small animal and kitchen garden husbandry. Animal health-workers, recruited from local communities, are trained to minimise the impact of disease on livestock that is critical for protein and income.

These and similar projects initiate the ascent from poverty and improve income, while many benefit from creating community banks, controlled by and for the people. Weekly 50p deposits are matched initially by VETAID, who provide basic business training, before small low-interest loans are granted. So far, all borrowers have repaid, profited and reinvested. For them, becoming “MSEs” really is for life.

milosmum_2

a. Simon Says.

b. http://www.simonsays.org.uk/index.html

c. Supporting children who have been bereaved or have a relative who is dying.

d. Last year my husband died unexpectedly, leaving me to support my 11 year old son. Simon Says offers advice and support for both parents and children. Above all children meet others who are in their position, who are after all, the only ones who know what it is like to lose a parent or sibling so young. Instead of feeling only sadness, the meetings encouraged children to remember happy or positive memories. When this happens you don't know what to do to make the pain go away for your child. Simon Says helps start that process. Please support them.

Kath Lloyd

lizzzibizzzi

a. OCD Action Registered Charity No: 1035213

b. http://www.ocdaction.org.uk

c. Informing/supporting people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

d. OCD Action are the leading National charity for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. They provide information and support, promoting recovery from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and the related disorders of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP), Trichotillomania (TTM).

OCD is the fourth most common mental health disorder, with an estimated 1-3% of the UK population affected (approx. 1.8 million people), and is listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 disabling conditions (including physical ailments) in the world. In spite of this, it still takes on average eight years from the onset of symptoms to be diagnosed, and even longer to receive treatment.

OCD Action provide free information packs, have help and information lines and respond to email queries. They also participated in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for treating OCD and BDD.

Valmarder

a) Harvest Help

b) www.harvesthelp.org

c) Helping families in rural Africa out of poverty

d) Harvest Help works with local organisations in rural Africa to provide practical support to families by:

• Helping people to grow enough food to feed their families using natural resources in a sustainable way
• Helping them earn income through small businesses like bee-keeping, sunflower oil production or fish-farming.
• Supporting micro credit facilities in communities that have no access to finance
• Building the capacity of local partners and community based organisations to manage their own development
• Trying to influence major donors and Governments so help reaches those who need it most.
• Providing access to clean water where it will aid the development of communities
• Working with people affected by HIV/AIDS so they can grow enough food to provide a suitable diet as a way of keeping healthy

Harvest Help has programmes in Zambia, Malawi, Ghana and Togo, working with 145,000 people (26,000 families) a year.

Kim_Davis_2

a) Name of the Charity: The Griffins Society


b) Griffins Society Website: www.thegriffinssociety.org


c)Eight word description of our work: Supporting female (ex)offenders to become productive, lawful citizens.


d) Charity statement

Our project (Transitions: Volunteering Into Work) places female (ex)offenders in voluntary work in order to help them become more work-ready, come off benefits, and avoid re-offending.

Central to this project is the four-week skills-development programme prior to their placement, containing modules to help women make positive changes in their lives eg: CV writing, interview skills and presentation, career planning, etc. A core module is ‘Finance, Debt, and Budgeting’. Many women in prison have never worked and have few money-management skills - we strongly believe that helping women into work and teaching them how to take control of their finances will help prevent future offending. The government recognises ‘finance and debt’ as one of the key Pathways (contributing factors) to preventing reoffending.

Any contribution towards this project would be gratefully received: either a grant and/or help with the money-management module.

BeccaEm

a. Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire

b. www.gdd.org.uk

c. Passionate about positive social and environmental change

d. GDD aims to create an environment that is rich in biodiversity and accessible to all, that supports healthy and vibrant communities.

If selected as an MSE charity we would use the funding to support our “Grow Great Grub” project which works with communities to help people learn the skills to grow and cook their own food at home. Participants take on the challenge to renovate a community food growing area and, over a ten week course, learn about seed sowing, propagation techniques, container growing and bringing rough ground into production.

The project culminates in a ‘cook off’ where participants learn recipes to cook the produce grown. Benefits include healthier eating, increased physical activity through gardening and families learning together. This approach also complements the ethos of MSE, empowering consumers to save money through growing and cooking home-grown food.

Vic_Villas

a) Cruse Bereavement Care
b) www.cruse.org.uk
c) The UK's largest national charity providing free bereavement support

d) Cruse Bereavement Care is the only nationwide charity in the UK that is dedicated to helping anyone who has been bereaved through death. Its services are delivered through a national helpline and over 5,000 Bereavement Support Volunteers working in the heart of local communities throughout Britain. Cruse offers its services completely free of charge to those that need them.

Bereavement is a difficult subject and Cruse finds it very difficult to fundraise. Currently Cruse needs funding for the continuation of its RD4U project which provides bereavement support to children and young people. Please visit www.rd4u.org.uk for further details.

July84

a) CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for Children

b) www.clicsargent.org.uk

c) Caring for children and young people with cancer


d) Every day, 10 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia. The devastation that such news brings to the whole family is immeasurable. CLIC Sargent provides a wide variety of services tailored to meeting the needs of children and young people with cancer and their families; we are there for them every step of the way.When your child is diagnosed with cancer, money may not seem like your biggest concern. But cancer has a financial impact too – often one parent has to give up work to become a full time carer and there are increased accommodation and travel costs. Special dietary requirements, car repairs, phone bills and specialist equipment, such as a bath lift, all add up. CLIC Sargent’s services include helping families with their finances, through financial assistance grants and advice.