Following a cancer diagnosis last year, Claire Stewart (Director of The Crafty Creatives) established a support group dedicated to providing assistance for individuals affected by cancer through providing weekly craft sessions specifically designed for this purpose. These sessions are open to beginners, making it accessible to anyone without prior experience. The group fosters a welcoming and friendly environment, where participants can engage in various crafts and activities.
The primary objective of the support group is to offer individuals diagnosed with cancer or those affected by it an opportunity to acquire new skills and engage in enjoyable and diverse activities each week. To ensure a more personalized experience, the group size is intentionally kept small, accommodating individuals who may experience anxiety in larger group settings. Due to the high demand for participation, we operate on a booking system to effectively manage the group dynamics and ensure everyone receives the necessary attention and support.
28a Supported Living Ltd supports vulnerable adults in the local community. It provides supported housing and an individual support package tailored to the individual, and a drop in service. 28a Supported Living Ltd's outcome is obtaining secure tenancy with local authority housing or similar and for the service user to be able to manage their own tenancy and to be able to live more empowered in mainstream.
5 Towns Veterans Support Hub is a volunteer group of Armed Forces Veterans who meet to offer friendship and signposting to various agencies that offer help to veterans and their families who are suffering with PTSD, housing issues, DWP etc. They currently offer drop in services in Castleford and Featherstone.
A Future in Sport provides opportunities to become involved in multi-sport activities for players, coaches and volunteers. It also provides training and education opportunities for anyone with an interest in involvement in sport and/or associated skills.
Afemai Children's Trust (ACT) is a registered charity that works with children in the Afemai area of Edo State, Nigeria, and children living in Yorkshire, United Kingdom.Our goal is to give children the opportunity to better themselves, their families and their communities. Every child has enormous potential to do great things. Their minds are the key to a brighter future for themselves and for everyone around them. Afemai Children's Trust is passionate, committed and determined to make a "real" difference to the children of Afemai and Yorkshire.Through our workshops and events, we are broadening the minds of Yorkshire's children, and making a real difference in their lives. Whether it be through cooking, art or leadership training for example, we are introducing them to other cultures and a world of possibilities.
The objects of the African United Society in Wakefield are: a) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. b) To advance the education of the public in the subject of African culture and heritage.
Agbrigg Muslim Association provides education to children from the age 5-16 years old, as well as education to females. They provide prayer facilities, and are a meeting place, for the local Muslim community.
Agbrigg and Belle Vue Community Association is a voluntary group set up to improve the lives of the people in the Agbrigg and Belle Vue area. It has an eco-building on an allotment site which is used by groups with different health needs using gardening as therapy.
The Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit support 32 Methodist schools and a Methodist primary school in the Wakefield Metropolitan District and part of Leeds. It also supports a range of local community projects run by the churches.
Airedale Baby and Children's Bank helps struggling families in our community with baby and children's items from birth to young adults. They work closely with the local food bank so that families in need can receive food parcels and supplies for children. They also work with other local baby banks in Wakefield and share surplus stock.
Airedale Boxing Club is a boxing club that provides training regimes for competitive amateur boxers and those aspiring to box competitively and provides exercise and fitness sessions for persons of all ages seeking to improve their health.
Airedale Neighbourhood Management Board has been a voluntary group since 2008. It works with Wakefield District partners to improve the area for the people of Airedale, Fryston, Ferry Fryston and Townville in Castleford. It manages a social enterprise community cafe.
Andrea's Angelic Healing Centre CIC is in the process of establishing a palliative care and end-of-life holistic center, aiming to expand their existing work in grief support within the community. Their mission is to provide compassionate care to individuals seeking to transition to the afterlife in the comfort of their homes, supported by a dedicated team. The center aspires to be the primary destination for those facing terminal diagnoses, offering comprehensive support throughout their journey. While Andrea's Angelic Healing Centre CIC incorporates spiritual elements, such as working with the spirit world and angels, they emphasise that support for grief is available to individuals of all beliefs. The team is qualified in both spiritual and traditional grief support, with a focus on helping individuals navigate overwhelming emotions and find strength and support from the very first session.
Aphasia Support help people with their speech when no other speech therapy is available. It aims to help people to gain confidence, lose their feeling of isolation and get back into the wider community.
Appletree Community Group is a constituted group at Appletree Allotment & Community Garden - A place to learn, meet, grow and dig deep. Everyone is welcome - learn some new growing skills or share what you know! Give a little of your time and share the great fresh produce.
Aspire-igen is a Yorkshire based social enterprise committed to changing lives for the better through learning and work. For the past 25 years, it has successfully helped people and communities to be the best they can be. Its aspire2work programme offers free vocational study programmes for 16 to 19 year olds, these qualifications will help kick-start their future! Accelerate is a programme for young people aged 15 to 24 years old who are not in; education, employment or training or at risk of disengaging from education, employment and training, creating career pathways for young people through regulated and non-regulated learning, employability skills training and work experience.
Aspire2b deliver I Media to young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable as well as delivering sports and business enterprise. Its specialism is working with NEETs and vulnerable adults or families.
Autism Plus is a registered charity that provides a range of services to adults with autism. Its services include supported living, residential care, day provision, social enterprises as well as employment support. It currently delivers a project supporting adults with autism across Wakefield District into employment called Step Forward.
BHA for equality teams are located in Manchester Leeds and Wakefield. The services we have available in Wakefield are HIV support and prevention. We offer 121, group and peer support as well as HIV training to all people living with HIV in Wakefield. We also offer free rapid HIV testing, HIV prevention and Sexual health sessions, free condoms, HIV & Sexual Health knowledge and awareness training.
Be True To You Recovery CIC provide a holistic health and wellbeing service to those with mental health conditions and/or fibromyalgia. This is delivered by a recovery coach on a 1:1 basis and a team of practitioners in a group setting. They have support groups, therapies and 1:1, including a Freedom From Fibromyalgia course that they deliver via the NHS Wakefield Recovery and Wellbeing College. Be True To You Recovery CIC are a Recovery focused service.
Beat Autism is a not for profit community interest group that offers parent/carer support and learn groups to families who have children waiting to be diagnosed or have a diagnosis of Autism. It also offers evening activities for the whole family (Autistic child, parents and siblings).
Bethany House Healing Centre provides a safe place where people over 18 going through emotionally difficult times in their lives can find help and refuge from the pressures of life in a loving, supportive and peaceful environment.
Bevan Healthcare work in Wakefield District providing primary healthcare to vulnerable groups, particularly asylum seekers. They are commissioned by the Wakefield District Health & Care Partnership (ICB).
Bilal Community Association promotes inter-cultural dialogue between communities, building trust and understanding and empowering communities to engage peacefully with each other. It provides help to communities which have been affected by cultural conflict.
Brass Bands England works with a wide range of partners in strategic, tactical and informal ways to help share the fun, challenges and rewards of being involved with a brass band. It promotes and shares the brass band story and encourages the support of bands across the country. It is a voice for its bands and its players and it shouts about the life-enhancing benefits of this vital part of its culture.
Bridge-It Housing UK Team Limited provides temporary accommodation for people, particularly ex-offenders, rough sleepers, victims of domestic violence, people with drug and alcohol problems and people with mental health issues.
Brocky's Trust's main purpose is to support children and young people living in deprived areas by developing their physical, mental, and social capabilities through organised sport and physical activities.
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