Welfare
Charities that help to care for and support vulnerable people are all eligible to apply for the Awards.
Take a look at our previous Awards winners
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Action for Elders
Action for Elders is a dynamic and growing charity with an innovative solution to the health and social care challenge presented by the growing ...
Action Foundation
We help those at the margins of society to alleviate their exclusion, isolation and poverty by running four projects all with inclusion, support, ...
Arc
Arts for Recovery in the Community, or simply ‘Arc’, is one of the UK’s leading arts & mental health charities. Its vision is one of healthy & ...
Battle Scars
Battle Scars is a 100% survivor led and run charity supporting anyone affected by self-harm. Its vision is to make sure nobody who struggles with ...
Blackburn & Darwen District without Abuse
BDDWA (Blackburn & Darwen District without Abuse) incorporating the Wish Centre is a specialist charity providing support to victims of ...
Bliss Mediation
Bliss offers Community, Family and Work Place Mediation, covering an area from Berwick to Durham across to Hexham. It delivers training in ...
Buzz
Based in South Yorkshire, Buzz provides support for separated families in conflict. It is the only organisation in Sheffield with enhanced ...
Carer Support South Lakes
Carer Support South Lakes was established in 1992 to provide support to unpaid carers of all ages in the South Lakeland area.
The charity ...
Carer's Trust Tyne and Wear
Carer’s Trust Tyne and Wear was established 27 years ago, and offers support to those providing unpaid care to a relative, partner or friend ...
Caring Hands
Caring Hands addresses the needs of local older people and those with disabilities living in the east end of Newcastle. Their services have ...
Cerebral Palsy Sport
Cerebral Palsy Sport is the leading national disability sports charity supporting people with cerebral palsy to reach their sporting potential, ...
Community Solutions North West Ltd
Community Solutions (CS) is a community hub at the heart of the community supporting vulnerable, isolated, and disadvantaged people to improve ...
Crossroads Derbyshire
Crossroads Derbyshire is a domestic abuse service working in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales. It aims to help families to break free from ...
Deaf-initely Women
Deaf-initely Women celebrates all deaf women. The organisation is 100% governed by deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing women delivering services ...
Disability Action Yorkshire
Disability Action Yorkshire works with disabled adults in Harrogate to provide the services and facilities that they want in order to live the ...
Disability Direct
Disability Direct is a user-led organisation run and managed by disabled people for disabled people, providing information, advice, activities and ...
Disability North
Disability North is a user led organisation working to support disabled people throughout the North of England to promote inclusion, independence ...
Eating Distress North East
Eating Distress North East is a specialist mental health organisation working in North East England. Its services support people whose lives are ...
Family Gateway
Family Gateway is an award-winning north-east based charity that aims to improve life chances for children in disadvantaged communities through an ...
Family Help Darlington
Family Help Darlington provide refuge accommodation for women and women with children from all over the UK. It also offers specialist support and ...
Family Support Link
Family Support Link is a small charity based in Northamptonshire which provides support for families and friends affected by someone else’s drug ...
Handcrafted
Handcrafted aims to empower those who have been disadvantaged or faced social exclusion due to crime, alcohol or substance abuse, poor mental or ...
Hijinx Theatre
Hijinx is one of Europe’s leading inclusive theatre companies, striving for equality by making outstanding art with learning disabled and/or ...
The Hinge Centre
Opening Doors of Opportunity, The Hinge Centre provides a number of inter-generational support services to bring residents & young people ...
Home-Start Horizons
Home-Start Horizons has been supporting families since 1973. The charity aims to bring about a society in which every parent has the support they ...
Home Start Trafford and Salford
Home Start Trafford and Salford supports families going through difficult times by providing volunteers who visit them regularly in their own ...
Hope Housing
Hope Housing provides supported accommodation for the homeless. It has shared accommodation, self contained accommodation and destitute ...
Hospice at Home
Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland provides high quality care and support for over 500 adults a year who have palliative and end of life ...
Kairos Women Working Together
Kairos Women Working Together exists to increase the life-chances, choices and wellbeing of women at risk of sexual exploitation in Coventry. This ...
Key Changes
Key Changes is a gender-specific organisation designed to support and tackle social barriers for women who have experienced the criminal justice ...
LD: North East
LD North-East supports people and carers of all ages who have a learning disability. Operating across North Tyneside the charity delivers a range ...
Legacy WM
In 2010 a passionate group of people came together to collect stories and celebrate the life of post-war migrant communities in Birmingham. These ...
Lincolnshire Action Trust
Lincolnshire Action Trust works with people directly and indirectly impacted by the justice system in Lincolnshire and surrounding counties. ...
Liverpool Mencap
Liverpool Mencap is a local charity that promotes equality for people with a learning disability, helping them to discover new opportunities, make ...
Manchester Action on Street Health (MASH)
MASH is the only organisation in Greater Manchester which exists specifically to support women who sex work. Many are working and surviving on the ...
Methodist Action North West Ltd
We provide a holistic suite of mutually supportive but independent services, based primarily around tackling homelessness and reducing the risk of ...
Moving On Durham
Moving On (Durham) established in 1998 supports young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with finding accommodation and / or ...
Music Action International
Music Action International creates life-changing programmes with survivors of war, torture, and persecution to reduce the effects of war-related ...
N-Vision. Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind
N-Vision supports people living with sight loss to enhance their quality of life, empower them to fulfil their potential and aspirations and ...
Nepacs
Nepacs delivers a range of services to help offenders, their families, children and friends when they are impacted by a prison sentence. It ...
Neuro Therapy Centre
Neuro Therapy Centre supports people living with long-term degenerative neurological conditions including MS, Parkinson’s, ME and Fibromyalgia, as ...
NIDAS
NIDAS (Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Services) is a registered charity whose core purpose is quite simply to keep people safe from ...
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum is an independent registered charity set up in 2000 to work with and for refugees and asylum seekers ...
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society (NDS) seeks to empower deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people in order that they enjoy enriched lives. Its vision ...
One Roof Leicester
One Roof Leicester (ORL) provides accommodation and support to single people who are homeless. This includes local individuals, destitute EU ...
The Paul Sartori Foundation
The Paul Sartori Foundation was established in 1981. The Foundation offers free hospice services to people over the age of 18, living in ...
The Peter Pan Centre
The Peter Pan Centre works to give children with special educational needs and disabilities the best start in life and their families the support ...
Phoenix Domestic Abuse Services
Phoenix Domestic Abuse Services is a highly successful registered charity that uses a variety of methods to end all forms of domestic abuse. It ...
Ponthafren
Ponthafren provides a wrap-around service that promotes positive mental health and implements the five ways to well-being. It does this by valuing ...
Project 6
Project 6 in West Yorkshire, works to reduce harm associated with and caused by substance use for individuals, their families and the community by ...
SAFE
SAFE in Greater Manchester, works to prevent human trafficking by educating those at risk and the industries where trafficked people are ...
The Sanctuary Trust
The Sanctuary trust aims to relieve and prevent homelessness, by addressing the many underlining reasons why people become homeless, whilst taking ...
Sefton Women’s and Children’s Aid (SWACA)
SWACA provides emotional and practical support to women and children/young people (and soon to include men) living in Sefton, ...
Serve
Serve promotes the independence of older people and people with disabilities, with the aim to provide a range of services to assist them to live ...
Shropshire Mental Health Support
Shropshire MHS is open 24/7, providing a variety of mental health support services, from telephone support around the clock to outreach services. ...
Sight Advice South Lakes
Sight Advice South Lakes supports blind and partially sighted people across Cumbria to maintain their independence. They support up to 800 people ...
Signpost Stockport for Carers
1 in 6 people are unpaid carers for a friend, relative or partner- supporting loved ones who couldn't manage without help because of illness, age, ...
SNAPS
SNAPS (Special Needs and Parent Support CIO) is a Leeds based charity supporting families and children with additional needs. It works with ...
Sporting Force
Sporting Force is a registered charity that supports ex-service personnel that have been wounded, injured or become sick during their service. It ...
Staffordshire Women's Aid
Staffordshire Women's Aid is a specialist service who have been providing Domestic and Sexual Violence Services since 1976.
Stick n Step
Stick 'n' Step is a charity that works with children with Cerebral Palsy and their families, providing Conductive Education sessions, equipment ...
Stockport Without Abuse
Stockport Without Abuse is an innovative and responsive charitable organisation that aims to meet the changing needs of victims of domestic abuse. ...
Stockport Women’s Centre
Stockport Women’s Centre was set up in 2001 to support women who were experiencing or had experienced domestic/sexual abuse. Although much has ...
Teesside Ability Support Centre
Since 1967, under several different names, Teesside Ability Support Centre has been providing a service for adults with differing abilities. ...
The Boaz Trust
The Boaz Trust was founded in 2004 to provide accommodation and support for people who have fled their home country and become homeless and ...
The Brick (Queen's Hall Action on Poverty)
The Brick is an innovative and award winning homeless charity working with people who are transitioning through homelessness and hardship. It is a ...
Trust House Lancashire
Trust House Lancashire delivers support to individuals of any age and gender that have been subjected to any kind of sexual violence or abuse. The ...
Veterans in Communities
Veterans in Communities (VIC) exists to enable ex-forces personnel, emergency services personnel and their families to be a part of their local ...
Vital
Vital (previously known as Bradford & Airedale Mental Health Advocacy Group) is a user run mental health organisation that provides expert by ...
Welsh Refugee Council (WRC)
For 32 years Welsh Refugee Council has delivered urgent services to sanctuary seekers and refugees; supporting some of the most vulnerable people ...
The Wirral Ark
A provider of frontline services to homeless people and people at risk of homelessness on the Wirral. Wirral Ark delivers crisis and preventative ...
Wirral Mencap
Wirral Mencap offers information, advice, support, training and personal development opportunities for people with a learning disability and those ...
Women Acting in Today’s Society
Women Acting in Today’s Society is a Birmingham charity focusing on providing services to women, primarily those who have experienced domestic ...
Worcestershire Association of Carers
Worcestershire Association of Carers supports adults providing unpaid care, who are caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, ...
YSS
YSS is a charity that helps people to help themselves. It provides a wide variety of community-based support for people and is often described as ...