2010 participating charities
CAMP SIMCHA
Camp Simcha works throughout the year to improve the quality of life for Jewish children in the UK with cancer and other life threatening illnesses, as well as their families. With this goal, the charity provides emotional and practical support, special volunteers for each child, a parent and siblings support network, respite and holiday scheme programmes, international resources, parties, outings, a medically equipped summer camp in the USA and a retreat for the whole family.
Our work is carried out by a team of trained staff and volunteers dedicated to giving their time to help these very special children and their families. Camp Simcha's services are provided free of charge to families regardless of Jewish observance or affiliation. Camp Simcha works with all hospitals and is funded entirely from voluntary donations.
Please find out more by visiting www.campsimcha.org.uk
CHAI CANCER CARE
Chai Cancer Care is the Anglo-Jewish Community’s Cancer Support Organisation, enabling both patients and loved ones affected by cancer to cope. A diagnosis of cancer affects not only the patient but has a ripple effect through family and friends. Chai’s expertise and services are for the benefit of everyone involved. Chai believes that nobody has to suffer cancer alone.
The Chai Cancer Support Centre based in Hendon serves as the base for Chai’s services and support programmes. Services range from one to one complementary therapies such as acupuncture and reflexology, group activities such as yoga and pilates, access to expert medical referrals, confidential counselling for individuals and families, a free telephone helpline and legal, financial and spiritual advice plus many more. Every client’s needs are individually and confidentially assessed.
Please find out more by visiting www.chaicancercare.org
CHANA
1 in 6 couples experience infertility; with Chana Charity Trust, they are not alone. The pain of not having one’s own family is particularly acute in the Jewish community where the family is so central. Chana has helped hundreds of couples to better understand and deal with the challenges of infertility and it has supported them every step of the way.
Chana provides specialist medical support and information, individual and couple counselling, a confidential Helpline and events highlighting medical information. The organisation is backed by an expert Medical Advisory Panel, sensitive to the needs of the Jewish community.
Please find out more by visiting www.chana.org.uk
CST
CST is proud of Britain’s diverse and vibrant Jewish community, and seeks to protect its many achievements from the external threats of bigotry, antisemitism and terrorism. CST provides physical security, training and advice for the protection of British Jews.
CST assists victims
of antisemitism and monitors antisemitic activities and incidents.
CST represents British Jewry to Police, Government and media on antisemitism
and security.
CST believes that the fight against antisemitism and terrorism is an integral part of safeguarding our wider democratic British society against extremism and hatred.
Please find out more by visiting www.thecst.org.uk
EMUNAH
Emunah is one of the primary social welfare organisations in Israel. Emunah in the UK is part of World Emunah with 180,000 members in 30 countries. Emunah in the UK funds 32 of the 225 Emunah projects in Israel. Each of our projects is maintained to the highest standard. For the past 75 years Emunah has provided successful solutions to the ever changing needs of Israel’s most deprived and vulnerable children and families, and is now able to offer an immediate response to rescue Israeli children at risk from the physical and sexual abuse many face on a daily basis.
Emunah's most recent project is the Sarah Ronson Crisis and Intervention Centre in Sderot, that provides individual and group counselling to families whose lives have been traumatised by the daily barrage of kassam rockets that land in or around Sderot. Emunah works for our children in Israel.
Please find out more by visiting www.emunah.org.uk
EZER MIZION
Ezer Mizion, the Israel Health Support Organisation, offers an extensive
range of medical and social support services to help Israel's sick, disabled,
elderly and underprivileged populations. Founded in 1979, Ezer Mizion is
now one of the largest non-profit organisations in Israel, benefiting over
650,000 people every year.
Ezer Mizion has branches throughout Israel, with over 11,000 volunteers
and an annual budget of more than $20m. Our diverse line-up of services
includes the world's largest Jewish Bone Marrow Donor Registry and specialised
programs for children with special needs, cancer patients, the elderly,
and terror victims.
Currently, the Ezer Mizion International Jewish Bone Marrow Registry
consists of 526,028 potential donors and is the third largest national
registry in the world. We continue to grow month on month. In 2009 alone
we saved 111 people from certain death. The Registry is a vital resource
for thousands of sick Jews and serves an insurance policy for Jews everywhere.
Please find out more by visiting www.ezermizion.org.uk
GIFT
GIFT (Give It Forward Today) inspire and educate young people in the value of ‘GIVING’.
GIFT find tailor made opportunities for young people in the community including:
Bread and food packing (GIFT volunteers rescue and redistribute surplus food from caterers, restaurants and distribute to over 1000 people in need every week)
Helping Hand – GIFT promotes the free offer of help to others in need - anything from helping single mums with their kids after school to collecting prescriptions and changing a light bulb for the elderly.
Schools – GIFT go into schools and use innovative projects to give young people the opportunity to give and create more goodness in their community, be it giving one of their presents from their birthday/Bar/Bat Mitzvah; making up and delivering to those in need, fruit baskets for Tu-Bishvat, flowers for Shavout etc. In 2009, GIFT facilitated thousands of school children to give over 4000 new toys to children in need in the UK and orphanages abroad.
Group/individual visits to old age homes and elderly people living alone – providing entertainment such as make up/games afternoons, musical entertainment. GIFT helps to brighten up the lives of those elderly people who have few or no family or visitors.
GIFT relies solely on individual donations. Every £1 donation provides the community with over £6 of value. Please help us to help others.
Please find out more by visiting www.jgift.org
THE GM TRUST
The GM Trust was established in May 2007 to raise vital funds and awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a progressive and fatal muscle-wasting disease that currently has a 100% fatality rate. It almost exclusively affects boys, causing them to be wheelchair bound by their teens and fighting for their lives in their early twenties. One in every 3,500 baby boys are born with DMD worldwide. In the UK, 100 boys a year are born with DMD and 2 boys die each week of the disease, making it one of the Worlds biggest genetic killers.
Yet little is known about the disease, how to treat it, or indeed how to cure it. The key objectives of the Trust are to raise awareness and specifically, funds for research into identifying a cure and long-term effective treatments for DMD.
Please find out more by visiting www.thegmtrust.org.
HADASSAH UK
Hadassah UK directly supports the Hadassah Medical Organisation which is a medical centre consisting of two hospitals and five academic medical schools in Jerusalem, Israel. Hadassah was established in 1912 to bring health to the people of Jerusalem, regardless of ethnic origin, when high infant mortality, abject poverty and disease plagued the city. Nearly a century later, we have grown into the largest medical centre in Jerusalem and the biggest nongovernmental employer in the area. Today we are world famous for our ability to take research straight from the lab to the bedside through the integrated approach of our medical and research teams. This allows us to pioneer many new procedures and treatments for diseases such as Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Heart Disease, Diabetes and many more some of may affect people you know.
Please find out more by visiting www.hadassahuk.org.
JAMI
JAMI provides a positive approach to mental health in the Jewish community. JAMI supports those whose lives have been devastated by mental health problems, together with their families and carers. Its work ranges from day services for those with severe and enduring ill health to education for children to ensure they seek help quickly and effectively reducing just such problems. One in four people will experience mental health difficulties at some time. JAMI needs your support to help them to recognise their symptoms and know where and when to seek help.
At JAMI House a range of activities to help members regain confidence and vital skills are provided. For many, it’s where they’ll have the only hot nutritious meal they will eat. The centre provides a lifeline in enabling people to come to a place which is free of judgement, prejudice and stigma. JAMI also offers an outreach service visiting isolated Jewish people, a carers group, a charity shop, a befriending service, an employment project, and training in Mental Health First Aid.
Please find out more by visiting www.jamiuk.org
JCD
JCD, formerly known as Jewish Child’s Day, has been providing support for handicapped, neglected, abused and underprivileged Jewish children in the UK, Israel and Eastern Europe for more than 60 years.
JCD helps pay for life-saving medical equipment and special educational materials for children with psychological problems and learning difficulties. Braille equipment for the blind, hearing stimulus equipment for the deaf, walking aids for the multi-handicapped as well as clothing, toys and games, books, playground equipment and holidays are all paid for with the help of JCD allocations.
Relying entirely on the generosity of the community and receiving no government or statutory funding, JCD grants give Jewish children throughout the world the chance to make a better life for themselves.
Please find out more by visiting www.jcd.uk.com
JEWISH BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING SERVICE (JBCS)
We will all experience a loss or bereavement at some time in our lives and people may experience many different emotions. Some of these emotions may leave people feeling that they are not managing everyday life.
For 30 years, The Jewish Bereavement Counselling
Service has helped thousands of children, adults
and families cope with their bereavement through
the counselling and support of volunteer counsellors.
Please find out more by visiting www.jvisit.org.uk/jbcs
JEWISH BLIND AND DISABLED
Jewish Blind & Disabled is the only Jewish charity providing caring assisted living accommodation for physically disabled and vision impaired people of all ages. Founded in 1969, it transforms the lives of its 320 tenants and their families by offering independence, dignity and security at its six complexes of flats in the heart of the north London community. Tenants range from people in their early 20's and over, and support is available 24hours a day every week of the year.
Jewish Blind and Disabled is a completely independent organisation, not part of any other charity, and its services are increasingly in demand. The charity now looks to the future and new land for its urgently needed next building.
Please find out more by visiting www.jbd.org
JEWISH CARE
Jewish Care is the largest health & social care charity for the Jewish Community, caring directly for over 7,000 people every week. Jewish Care runs 70 centres & specialist services throughout London and the South-East. The organisation provides a wide range of services for older people, people with mental health needs, people with a physical or sensory disability, Holocaust survivors and refugees, as well as people suffering from strokes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Jewish Care also offers support & guidance to families, carers & the bereaved, as well as organising recreational, educational and cultural programmes for children, young people and adults.
Please find out more by visiting www.jewishcare.org
JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION (JDA)
Established in 1951, the JDA is an independent charity providing specialist services for Jewish people with a hearing loss. Support, counselling, information and practical help are provided to those experiencing the anxiety of losing their hearing, the frustrations of tinnitus or the distress of having found out that their newborn baby is deaf.
The JDA’s community centre is a place where deaf and deafblind people can feel at home, socialising and taking part in cultural and educational activities in a relaxed atmosphere, with people who share similar life experiences and culture.
Please find out more by visiting www.jewishdeaf.org.uk
KISHARON
Kisharon provides education, support and loving care for Jewish children and adults with learning difficulties. Hundreds of people with learning difficulties and their families rely on Kisharon for vital support each and every day. Kisharon’s services are delivered in loving Jewish environments at all of its seven sites. The services span every age and life stage - from a nursery and school, right through to residential services and work opportunities. Kisharon strives to provide the support to enable each individual to develop his potential and live and work alongside other members of the community.
Kisharon services include: Tuffkid Nursery; Kisharon Day School; Kisharon Adult Services; Hackney Community Inclusion Project; Asher Loftus Business Centre; Supported Living; Hanna Schwalbe Home; Advice and Support Help Line; Kisharon’s Advocacy Service.
Please find out more by visiting www.kisharon.org.uk
MACCABI GB
Maccabi GB is today one of the country's largest and most innovative Jewish Charities. It aims to deliver a broad range of sporting, educational and social events for the whole of the Jewish community with the ethos of Jewish continuity and the centrality of Israel as its primary motivation.
Maccabi GB has been running programmes in this country for 70 years and as a charity this has been achieved only as a result of the support of a large group of dedicated volunteers and financial support from both the community and government funding. Maccabi GB currently runs over 100 programmes a year.
Please find out more by visiting www.maccabigb.org
MAGEN DAVID ADOM
Magen David Adom saves lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in times of peace and war. MDA receives approximately 500,000 emergency calls every year, whether a terrorist attack or a woman in labour. Much needed funds go towards the training of paramedics and volunteers, maintaining ambulances and replenishing supplies.
Please find out more by visiting www.ukmda.org
NO SURRENDER
The No Surrender Charitable Trust was set up by Jason Boas in 2007 who, at only 33, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The focus for the charity was to support young adults with cancer or other life threatening illness through an on-line social network.
Being a young adult and having cancer is a lonely place. There are limited services within the health system that can cater for the emotional support needed to help a young adult focus on the positive things in life at such a difficult time. Often they are grouped with other patients who, on average over twice their age. The No Surrender Charitable Trust aims to change this, by being able to fund on-line support for the young adults and their families who have suffered from a life threatening disease such as cancer. It hopes to raise funds to help provide an online network of support where patients can be in contact with each other, and share stories and emotions that only they can really understand, as they are the only people who have lived them. At the same time money will also be spent on research to hope prevent diseases robbing not just young adults but anyone of their lives so suddenly.
Despite his situation Jason succeeded in his vision and the No Surrender website continues to bring together young adults to support each other through the emotional distress and upheaval that a life threatening illness brings. With your support our fundraising will continue to honour Jason's vision with the No Surrender Network and also to support important cancer related projects and research.
Please find out more by visiting www.no-surrender.org
NORWOOD
Norwood is the UK's leading charity supporting children, families and adults, coping with disabilities and social disadvantage, in the Jewish community and beyond. Every year it provides thousands of people with vital, specialised support to meet their individual needs. This gives them the opportunity to reach their potential and live life to the full.
Please find out more by visiting www.norwood.org.uk
OASIS OF PEACE
Situated mid-way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam (NSWaS) is a Village where Jews and Palestinian Arabs have chosen to live together. Based on mutual respect and understanding the members of NSWaS demonstrate coexistence between Jews and Palestinians. Today there are 55 families living there - half of whom are Jewish and half Palestinian (all are Israeli citizens).
The Village has three educational institutions: Primary School and Kindergarten, School for Peace and Pluralistic Spiritual Centre.
The British Friends is one of 11 Friends Associations throughout the world all supporting the educational aspects of NSWaS.
Please find out more by visiting www.oasisofpeace.org
UJIA
UJIA is behind you. Ensuring a positive future for young people in the UK and in Israel is at the heart of all that UJIA does.
That's why UJIA is behind numerous school and after school programmes for pupils and teachers. That's why UJIA is behind Jewish youth movements and the UJIA Israel Experience that over half of UK 16 year olds benefit from. And that is why UJIA is behind the Union of Jewish Students and 20,000 young people in the UK, as well as educational initiatives for 30,000 more in Israel, every single week.
In fact UJIA is behind all of this and so much more. The chances are that we're behind you.
Please find out more by visiting www.ujia.org
WIZO.uk
WIZO.uk is one of 50 international Federations supporting World WIZO in Israel through fundraising and awareness. WIZO is the largest provider of social welfare services next to the Israeli Government, assisting some of Israel's most vulnerable children, teenagers and families through its 800 social welfare and educational projects countrywide. WIZO responds to the challenges that arise in Israeli society in order to secure a better future for all its citizens. It enriches the lives of children and youngsters in its day care centres, youth villages, youth clubs and schools.
Essential WIZO services include foster homes, services for children at risk and shelters for victims of domestic violence where women can receive rehabilitative care and legal assistance, mediation and financial aid. The organisation works to ensure the safety and wellbeing of thousands of Israel's disadvantaged citizens every day and has done so for the past 90 years.
Please find out more by visiting www.wizouk.org
YOUTH ALIYAH CHILD RESCUE
Youth Aliyah Child Rescue has given countless children H.O.P.E. With the Happiness, Opportunity, Protection, and world-class Education that Youth Aliyah provides in their five villages, these children grow up to be successful, confident individuals.
Youth Aliyah was born in 1933 to rescue children from the Nazis and bring them safely to Palestine. Today, the organisation has widened its objective to include children who have been traumatized and abandoned by their parents and countries. Filled with a new understanding and empathy for others, graduates prove to the world that violence and hatred don’t stand a chance against love and H.O.P.E.
Please find out more by visiting www.youthaliyah.org.uk
ZAKA
British Friends of ZAKA provides essential equipment and supplies for ZAKA, Israel’s dominant non-governmental lifesaving, rescue and recovery organisation, whose 1500 volunteers are on call 24/7 to respond to terror attacks, accidents and disasters throughout Israel. The UN-recognised humanitarian volunteer organisation also sends teams to international incidents, eg Mumbai, ensuring a Jewish burial for all victims of unnatural death.
In Israel, ZAKA operates specialist rescue and recovery units, including motorcycle units and specialist diving, canine and rappelling units, ensuring the fastest possible response time to life-threatening incidents, wherever they occur. ZAKA is also active in accident prevention.
Although an integral part of Israel's emergency forces, ZAKA is an all-volunteer organisation that relies on donations for over 90% of its budget, which covers everything from essential communications equipment and vehicles to life-saving medical supplies.
Please find out more by visiting www.zaka.org.uk
ZICHRON MENACHEM
Zichron Menachem brightens the lives of Israeli children with cancer. Zichron Menachem UK works tirelessly to raise much needed funds to help ease the fear, pain and suffering of sick children and their families at its Day Centre in Jerusalem, which provides rehabilitation, counselling and educational and social activities. Volunteers also visit the children in hospital take the burden of caring away from their parents.
The families enjoy fun days and outings and three times a year the children enjoy amazing camps away from home – including visits to London. The children are provided with free human hair wigs to take away the stigma of being bald. The impact that Zichron Menachem has on the lives of Israeli children with cancer is immeasurable and has long-term positive effects on the community.
Please find out more by visiting www.zichronuk.org
