We have 17 in-patient beds and out patient services available from THc Windsor. THc Ascot provides Community Services including THc’s Hospice at Home nursing service. We care for approximately 1000 patients and families a year and work closely with other health providers, e.g. District Nurses, GPs, Consultants and other Specialists Palliative Care teams who may be involved in a patient’s care.

THc is situated in Windsor and Ascot and serves the local surrounding communities of East Berkshire and South Bucks. We have 120 full and part time staff and 490 volunteers working at the Hospices in Windsor and Ascot and in the 16 THc Shops.

Every penny counts.

www.thameshospicecare.org.uk

List of events to sign up for us:

THc Santa Dash, 28^th November 2010.

Contact 01753 848963 for more information

The Foundation’s main objective is to assist girls and young women living in poverty in rural and marginalised areas of Kenya, who have sporting talents which can be developed for the betterment of their and their families’ future.
Developing Sporting Opportunities

Our main aim is to give young women the opportunity to be successful on the world sporting stage, thereby enabling them to break away from the traditional female role in Kenya, become financially independent, and hence improve the lives of their extended families.

Improving Education

A key objective is to further young women’s education in Kenya, particularly where HIV/AIDS is concerned, and to enable them to be involved in their own decision making – something which has traditionally been undertaken by the male.
Our Supporting Objectives:

• To engage in research on issues affecting girl’s education; youth-related activities; and sports in the various cultures prevailing in Kenya.

• To provide technical assistance to the local communities through feasibility studies and design & development programmes for youth-related activities – specifically in the areas of projects assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and report writing.

• To enhance career path awareness in the local communities through training, dissemination of knowledge and by offering guidance and economic support to young people.

• To establish a centre for training, and to assist institutions in providing information on the effects of abortion, child prostitution, sex abuse and alcoholism.

• To identify, gather and disseminate resources for the purposes of promoting youth-related projects.

• To identify young people’s training needs; sponsor places in schools, colleges and other institutions; develop educational curricula, and plan training programmes. In addition, we aim to identify vocational training needs; help set up, and otherwise assist, vocational training institutions to enable young women to engage in gainful entrepreneurial activities such as professional sports.

• To create HIV/ AIDS awareness and support, and to collaborate with other organisations working with young people to combat and reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Kenya.

• To bring together in conference representatives of voluntary organisations, governments, statutory authorities and individuals.

• To collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the above, and exchange such information with other bodies having similar objectives in Africa and overseas.

• To purchase, take on lease, exchange, hire, or otherwise acquire any property and any right and privileges necessary for the promotion of the above-mentioned objectives, and construct, maintain and alter any buildings or erections necessary for the work of the organisation.

• To acquire any movable and immovable property including land, buildings, vehicles and office equipment for the promotion of the organisation’s objectives.

• To do all such things that are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objectives.

CRASH is the construction industries charity for homeless people. We are a practical charity that focuses on improving the buildings used by homeless people. We do this in 3 ways;

*Awarding cash grants
*Providing on-site professional expertise
*Supplying free building materials

CRASH is unique. As an industry charity we encourage our Patron Partners to get directly involved in helping the projects who ask us for assistance. This help can be given through fundraising, time donated providing on-site professional expertise, or by the supply of free materials. Your help can make a difference as an individual or as a company.

Thanks to the continued support and generosity of companies within the construction and property sector, in the last year alone CRASH has been able to help over 80 projects.

The result of this generosity and practical sharing of materials and skills means that much needed renovation and development can be carried out to a far higher standard than would otherwise be possible, providing a safe and welcoming refuge for people in need.

If you’d like to find out more about CRASH and how you might be able to get directly involved in helping CRASH supported projects please visit our website at www.crash.org.uk.

Alternatively you can contact Nicola Baskerville, Projects Administrator on nbaskerville@crash.org.uk or call the CRASH office on 020 8742 0717.
Case study below:

 Companions, volunteers & staff outside Emmaus Greenwich; a homelessness project supported by CRASH

Agency name: Emmaus Community
Project name: Emmaus Greenwich
Project type: Accommodation
Location: Greenwich, London
 

The project:
Emmaus Greenwich is an enterprising and practical project which gives homeless people the opportunity to get off the streets and into a structured life within the Emmaus community.
Emmaus companions are encouraged to utilise the skills they have and to develop new ones during their stay. Some look after the home-making, while others work on restoring and decorating furniture & craft items in the workshops, or help run the shop.  Refurbished items are sold at affordable prices through the Emmaus shop which enables the community to be self-sustaining. On joining the Emmaus community all Companions make a commitment to stop claiming benefits and work to support the community that is helping them.

Reason for development:
Emmaus Greenwich applied to CRASH for help with the development of their shop. If the community can increase the amount of furniture that they refurbish and sell on through their second-hand shop, they will be able to generate more much-needed income. They therefore want to construct a single story extension of the shop.

How CRASH intends to help:
The total cost of this development is £100,000, 50% of which is being raised by Emmaus Greenwich; the other half will be provided by CRASH. CRASH will also give added value to the project through the provision of professional expertise and by supplying materials.

Because early diagnosis is key to survival, our education and health information raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, making sure that women get that vital head start.

Our campaigning work has opened doors in parliament, allowing us to directly influence politicians and policy makers to improve treatment and care for people with breast cancer.

Almost 10 years ago, we opened the first dedicated breast cancer research centre in the UK and it’s here that we’ve developed new drugs and pioneered new treatments. With three new research units in Manchester, Edinburgh and London we are building a network of research excellence into the cause and treatment of breast cancer. At each location, our scientists work alongside clinicians making sure that patients feel the benefits of research findings as soon as possible. The discoveries that are made by these scientists will make a very real difference to how breast cancer affects our lives in the future.

The speed of our progress is tremendous, and to have achieved it with such relatively modest budgets is truly remarkable. But with nearly 46,000 women and 300 men diagnosed each year there is still much more we need to do.

Over the next five years Breakthrough needs £30 million just to keep our existing work moving forward and important new areas of research urgently require a further £1.5 million each year.

We know these are enormous sums, but we also know that Breakthrough has amazing supporters, who understand the future benefits their help will ultimately bring.

When you join the Breakthrough running team you will receive some incredible benefits including a free running vest, fundraising pack, training guides, support from our dedicated running team and advice from our expert celebrity panel. But more importantly, you will be helping us to change futures and save lives.

So please join our team. Because together, we can be the Breakthrough.

Windsor 8k

24 September 2011
Windsor Great Park
Exclusively for women
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