Berkshire Charities Who Need Help
Below is a list of charities in Berkshire that need help from local businesses and people. If you are a Berkshire business who would like to help, any of them listed below would love to hear from you and discuss how you can work together. We would love to know about any successful 'matches' to enter into our 'Berkshire Hall of Charitable Fame'.
Name of Charity
The Dash Charity
Your Name
Caron Kipping
Your Email
caron@thedashcharity.org.uk
Your charity's website address
www.thedashcharity.org.uk
Your Registered Charity Number
1127126
A contact phone number
01753 549865
Your Website Address
www.thedashcharity.org.uk
Your Social Media Accounts (ALL) - this part is really important please don't miss it off! Please cut and paste the FULL URL in, so people can click on it directly.In one or two sentences describe what your charity does ie Animal Welfare, Hospital Charity, etc
- https://www.facebook.com/TheDashCharity1/
- https://www.instagram.com/_thedashcharity
- https://twitter.com/TheDashCharity
Supporting women, men and children experiencing any kind of abuse from partner (ex) or family members.
The size of your charity (eg 1-5 staff) including volunteers
17 staff and 10 volunteers
What kind of help do you need?Anything else you want to tell us?
- Financial support - Either one-off or ongoing business/Charity partnerships
- Fundraising events - can you put on an event as a fundraiser for us - big or small, support us as your Charity of the Year, sponsor an event or activity or take part in one of our Challenges?
- In Kind skills support - do you have key business skills that could support our leadership team or resources through your business that could help us?
- We are open to all ideas!
Dash offers practical and professional advice at any stage of abuse - whether you are at the point of crisis, experiencing ongoing abuse or needing help to rebuild your life afterwards. We work across Slough, Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead areas. Our dedicated and professional team specialise in supporting victims through their journey, and enable them to become survivors. The team help individuals protect their rights, improve their safety, and gain a feeling of empowerment. All these elements help our clients build on the powers of resilience and work towards achieving an independent and safe future. We provide sanctuary for women and children who need a safe house as a means of escape.
DASH is working closely with schools to break the cycle of abuse, by challenging myths and stereotypes and promoting healthy beliefs and attitudes amongst children. We have developed strong partnerships in the community with emergency services, crisis teams, legal teams and local partner agencies over the last 42 years. We are committed to increasing awareness and promoting zero tolerance of domestic abuse.
We are a small charity passionate about making a difference to those who desperately need our help.
Name of Charity
Adult Dyslexia Centre (Thames Valley)
Your Name
Sue Penton-Voak
Your Email
suepentonvoak@gmail.com
Your charity's website addresss
www.adc.org.uk
Your Registered Charity Number
1109112
A contact phone number
00447745433198
Your Social Media Accounts (ALL) - this part is really important please don't miss it off! Please cut and paste the FULL URL in, so people can click on it directly.
https://www.facebook.com/Adult-Dyslexia-Centre-Thames-Valley-259044450949118/
In one or two sentences describe what your charity does ie Animal Welfare, Hospital Charity, etc
Adult Dyslexia - overcoming barriers to education and employment, and building confidence and a positive attitude
The size of your charity (eg 1-5 staff) including volunteers
8 part time self employed and 10 volunteers
What kind of help d o you need?
All types of help will be welcome - business, financial, marketing, accounting, social media and funding. It would be good to set up a relationship which would be mutually beneficial in raising the profile of our charity and giving an awareness to our partner, of the impact of dyslexia in the workplace and how support can be given.
Use of a meeting room would be helpful especially in the Maidenhead area so we can run our successful Parents' course in 2019 - sponsorship of this would be great.
Anything else you want to tell us?
We have been operating for over 15 years and have given life changing support to many adults allowing them to move on at work and in employment with confidence and positivity. Our services are highly subsidised otherwise our client would be unable to access this support. We are having to restructure and have a plan in place and seek to set up relationships with local businesses.
Name of Charity
Alexander Devine Children's Hospice
Your Name
Zoe Mitton
Your Email
fundraising@alexanderdevine.org
Your charity's website addresss
www.alexanderdevine.org
Your Registered Charity Number
1118947
A contact phone number
01628 822777
Your Website Address
www.alexanderdevine.org
Your Social Media Accounts (ALL) - this part is really important please don't miss it off! Please cut and paste the FULL URL in, so people can click on it directly. ie: https://twitter.com/LBCAGlos
https://twitter.com/alexanderdevine
https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderDevineHospice
https://www.instagram.com/AlexanderDevineHospice/
In one or two sentences describe what your charity does ie Animal Welfare, Hospital Charity, etc
Children's Hospice Service
The size of your charity (eg 1-5 staff) including volunteers
29 staff and over 120 volunteers
What kind of help do you need?
All kinds of help are welcome, but we are particularly interested in the following:
- Financial support, be it regular giving, one off donations or payroll giving.
- Business support: are you a Salesforce wizz or graphic design guru?
- Gifts in Kind: could you help us with printing, promotional materials i.e. banners, or a particular industry contact
- Charity Committee: Do you have a charity committee that could nominate ADCHS as their Charity of the Year?
- Events: Do you want to put on an event for us, or perhaps you have an annual ball that could benefit a charity?
- Become a fundraising volunteer: Could you adopt a collection tin, or help us with a bucket collection?
Anything else you want to tell us?
Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service is an award-winning charity that provides essential support to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families across Berkshire and the surrounding communities.
John and Fiona Devine from Windsor set up the charity in memory of their extraordinary little boy who sadly passed away in 2006 at the age of 8 from a rare brain tumour. Their personal experience, and subsequent extensive research, led them to realise that there was a vital need for a local children’s hospice service and hospice.
Our children’s hospice service means very different things for each child and their family and as such our care is very personal. Whatever and wherever the need, we are dedicated to bringing comfort and care to these families. Our services include: respite care, specialist play, symptom management, family support, end of life care and bereavement support. Care is delivered either at home, in hospital, in schools or within our very own children’s hospice, which was opened in Summer 2018. Designed to complement the community service, the hospice has state-of-the-art facilities such as a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, music room, games room, family accommodation and bereavement suite.
We currently support around 120 children and their families, but we are committed to growing our service and reaching out to every child and their family that needs us. In Berkshire alone we know that there are over 600 children with life-limiting conditions.
Almost all the money we need to deliver our children’s hospice service comes from voluntary donations and every penny raised make a real difference to local families.