2011 Charities
Life Education Programme
Educating children about the effects and risks associated with the use of drugs, including alcohol and tobacco. The health education programme is targeted at 4 – 11 year-olds and aims to help them make healthy lifestyle choices.
Canal Boat Adventure Project
Provides residential service for young people 7- 21 years old and can include training, educational and social opportunities. The CBAP addresses social inclusion by offering opportunities for children and young people in organising, in partnership with adults, residential or day projects: these cover group work, training and support based on identified needs e.g. children's rights, sexual health, citizenship, self-esteem/confidence etc
Active Hope
Warrington based charity which is committed to giving children and young people from all circumstances and backgrounds access to fantastic Outdoor and Adventurous Activities provided by a dedicated team of Christian instructors and volunteers. Many of those catered for are often those who have been excluded and are socially disadvantaged. Although they are Christian based the project is open to and caters for all backgrounds.
St Josephs Family Centre
Family support services including: Family Contact Facility, Counselling,
Marriage Care, Support Programme for Children, Support for Divorced / Separated Parties, Bereavement Care, Parenting Skills Courses, Anger Management Courses, Family Home Visits, Material Help (Emergency Only), Spiritual Help, Complementary Therapies.
Raising the Roof for Ghana
International project of the Canal Boat Adventure Project to work together with the people in the village in Ghana to provide an IT Resource Centre
Music in Hospitals
There is recognition in the healthcare profession that exposure to high quality live music produces clear and measurable benefits to patients, residents and clients with a wide range of conditions.
Music in Hospitals engages professional musicians whose high standard of musicianship and communication skills aid the healing process and bring warmth into the lives of sick and disabled adults and children.
St Rocco's Hospice
The Hospice has been established in Warrington for 25 years and provides specialist care for patients with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Our aim is to help everyone have the best quality of life by providing care and support in a friendly, relaxed environment.
St. Rocco’s is an independent Hospice and Registered Charity and takes patients from the Warrington and surrounding areas – population around 200,000.
Narayan Seva Sansthan
Narayan Seva Sansthan has been working for the “service of suffering humanity” rendering its services to physically, economically and socially needy people. The organization helps the physically challenged, especially the polio afflicted and those born with disabilities. The help is not only medical, but goes beyond it to ensure that the people are made self-dependent via employment.
Since 1985, over 95000 polio afflicted people have been able to stand on their legs after getting successfully operated under Sansthan’s move towards self-dependence of the handicapped. Besides free distribution of clothes, medicines, food grains etc. to the tribal in remote areas, it also provides free vocational training to the physically disabled and economically weaker sections of the society. It has provided facilities for the training of these people in wood craft, carpentry, black-smith trade, leather work etc. supplying the necessary tools and raw materials to begin with.
The organization has also been running an orphanage taking care of children who become orphan due to ‘Nata-Pratha’ – a social evil prevailing in this region of the country in which after the death of the husband, the wife goes away to stay with some other man leaving the children behind . Over 600 children have been taken care of and sent back to the main social stream.
Newchurch Community Primary School
The school is raising funds to improve the Infant school playground as well as to create some games pitches. They need at least £20,000 to carry out the improvements.
Warrington Society for Deaf People
Provides social and recreational facilities for deaf people. Acts as agent of social services providing welfare services. Promotes and supports deaf aids, teaches deaf sign language and provides aids. Meetings held every evening and Wednesday afternoons at the Deaf Sports and Social Club, 13 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington
Grappenhall Youth & Community Centre
The Grappenhall Community Centre combines The Bellhouse Club and The Grappenhall Youth and Community Association (GYCA), a registered Charity.
Many exciting events are organized throughout the year, including our well known and extremely popular Beer Festival which is now in its 15th Year, Quiz Nights, Wine Tasting, Halloween Party, Burns Night and many more. See details on our What’s On Calendar.
The majority of the facilities at Grappenhall Community Centre are available for hire. Our function rooms that can accommodate from 2 to 250 people.