Chamber Charities
Liverpool Chamber recognises the unique support and services charities may need from us to help them achieve their goals. That's why our members package for charities has been specially enhanced to provide real value for money and greater exposure for their cause.
Read the full list of charity benefits here.
Find out more about each of our charitable members below.
If you are a Chamber member, a registered charity and would like to be included in this list, please email our webmaster with your details.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Cancer Research UK
Claire House
Clatterbridge Centre For Oncology
COMPASS Counselling
Henshaws Society for Blind People
Local Solutions
Neurosupport
Nugent Care - Chamber Charity of the Year 2009
WIRED
Zoe's Place
C.A.L.M - The Campaign Against Living Miserably
CALM is a campaign targeted at young men aged 15-35 on Merseyside. Many of us can relate to or know of young men who have struggled with life, be it work related stress, depression, a relationship breakdown or something else similar. The biggest killer of this group is suicide; on Merseyside we lose between 30 - 50 young men every year; in the UK we lose 3 young men every day.
We believe that to change this, we need to create a social shift; where young men do not feel ashamed to ask for help or support. We need to destroy the strong-silent-type myth.
Whilst we often see media coverage making men aged 15 -35 look like the source of all problems, we know thousands of young men work hard every day across Merseyside, making regular, creative and positive contributions to their communities and society in general.
CALM works on-the-ground, promoting our free & confidential helpline and great, male-friendly website to local young men. Key to CALM's success is our emphasis on building a credible brand that our audience respects and sees partnering with local nightclubs, music festivals, sports clubs etc. We help hundreds of young men every year and celebrate our 10th Anniversary in 2010 - why not celebrate with us?
If you're a company whose customers are young men, or you employ a lot of them, or you just like the sound of what we do, we'd love to partner with you. Email: simonhowes@thecalmzone.net
Cancer Research UK
Contact:
David Fielding.
Area Volunteer Manager (Merseyside, West Lancs and Isle of Man.)
Cancer Research UK,
National Operations Centre,
Oxford.
OX4 2JZ.
Tel 08701602040
Claire House
Claire House is a Children's Hospice that provides respite, palliative and end of life care to children 0 - 23 years (at no cost to their families). We understand the importance of providing quality of life to both our children and their families. We take children from Merseyside, Cheshire, the Wirral and the Isle of Man.
To enable families a choice in where their child receives care, and indeed to enable us to reach those who need our services the most, we also offer a 'Hospice to Home' service on the Wirral. Statistics have shown 42% of the children who access this service come from Merseyside. As a consequence we are proud to be expanding this service and we are opening an office in Liverpool.
We require £ 2.4 million to sustain Claire House per annum and our services are totally dependent upon voluntary income. It is only with such generous support we are able to meet these costs and provide a life line for families. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to come and offer your support by joining in with our 10th birthday celebrations in 2009. For more information please visit www.claire-house.org.uk or call Helen on 0151 343 0883.
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology is the leading cancer treatment centre for the Merseyside and Cheshire region. Every year more than 7,000 new patients from this area are diagnosed with cancer and referred to our doctors for treatment. We deliver treatment for our patients through our radiotherapy and chemotherapy services, we use state-of-the-art imaging services to detect and plan treatment, and together with supportive care from nursing and health professionals we improve the lives of people affected by cancer and support their families.
Clatterbridge is the only charity that raises funds to directly benefit the hospitals patients and their families. The money we raise helps us to make considerable advances to the facilities we are able to offer patients, along with a level of care and support that goes above and beyond the scope of the NHS.
Contact:
Karen Swale, Senior Fundraiser
0151 482 7565
Karen.swale@ccotrust.nhs.uk
www.ccotrust.nhs.uk/supportyourcentre/fundraising/
COMPASS Counselling
Counselling on Merseyside Pastoral and Supporting Service
COMPASS is a Merseyside based charity that has been providing free counselling for anyone over the age of 18 for over 30 years. All COMPASS counsellors work to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's Ethical Framework for Good Practice.
COMPASS has over 27 years experience providing a counselling service to staff and managers of statutory, voluntary and commercial organisations in the region. Some staff find it difficult to discuss their problems with managers or colleagues, it may be that colleagues are part of the problem. Consequently, many staff struggle alone. Their work performance is impaired and their mental and physical health suffers. There are no retainer fees. You only pay for the counselling that is arranged.
COMPASS also delivers training, both for practising counsellors and for those wishing to train as counsellors. The Intermediate Certificate in Introduction to Counselling Concepts, validated by the AQA(Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) is a 30 hour assessed course, but to maintain the quality of our training and for those who wish to progress to a higher level, COMPASS has expanded the course to 36 hours training by including "A First look at Loss and Grief" as an additional module. This course runs up to 6 times a year both as a day time and as an evening course.
In addition COMPASS offers regular one or two day courses on a variety of topics relevant to practising counsellors or those whose work involves caring/listening.
For further details contact :
COMPASS
25 Hope Street
Liverpool
L1 9BQ
Tel: 0151 708 6688
Fax: 0151 707 8728
Minicom: 0151 709 7907
Email: enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk
or see their website: www.compass-counselling.org.uk
Henshaws Society for Blind People
Henshaws Society for Blind People is a leading charity for blind and visually impaired people across the North of England. We give expert care, advice and training to anyone affected by sight loss, right where it's needed most.
Henshaws Society for Blind People
Wellington Buildings
Liverpool. L2 0PP
Tel 0151 227 1226
Local Solutions is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that has been improving the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people for 35 years.
It offers a diverse portfolio of services throughout the North West including Shopmobility (based at Liverpool One) which aids people with mobility restrictions to access the city centre through the hire of electric scooters. It also provides children's centres, a welfare rights service, domiciliary care, a handyperson service, domestic violence and bullying helplines, and a watersports centre that is based near to the Albert Dock. Work preparation programmes for disabled people are also offered, with Local Solutions having one of the largest not-for-profit training agencies within Merseyside.
The Northern Conference Centre (NCC) is fully accessible and based at Local Solutions' headquarters and is utilised by 10,000 people annually. It offers a professional service plus comfortable accommodation, competitive fees, and a 150-spaced security-patrolled car park. The NCC offers a choice of seven meeting rooms and facilities to suit varying requirements and budgets, with room sizes to accommodate from eight to 60 delegates.
Neurosupport offers non-medical information, support and advice to people affected by a neurological condition or brain injury.
Neurosupport offers information and support, not only to those who suffer from a neurological condition, but also to their families and carers, employers and training providers.
Neurosupport Services include:
- Working Life Service supports employees and employers to obtain and retain employment.
- Our library has a wide range of information - from books on many neurological conditions, to newsletters and leaflets.
- The Neurosupport Centre stands in the heart of Liverpool. It is accessible and central and provides some of the best value for money meeting space in the North West.
For more information on Neurosupport go to our website www.neurosupport.org.uk or telephone 0151 298 2999.
Nugent Care
Nugent Care is one of the oldest, largest and most diverse in the city and specialises in providing care for vulnerable children and adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs and social problems. Its services include support for homeless people, a drug intervention service, volunteering schemes, support for Deaf people and a material aid project supporting people in financial need.
As the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Charity of the Year, Nugent Care will have unrivalled access to the Liverpool business community and will receive the focus of the Chamber's corporate charitable donations.
"W.I.R.E.D. is an organisation of and for disabled people and carers that provides a range of services to people, acts as an umbrella organisation for other local disability groups and promotes the inclusion of disabled people into society.
Our vision is of a society in which disabled people and carers can lead full and independent lives fully participating in society."
Zoe's Place
Zöe's Place is the only Baby Hospice in the UK. The West Derby based Hospice provides 24 hour one-to-one respite and palliative nursing care for infants aged 0-5 with life threatening or life limiting conditions. The Hospice accommodates up to 6 infants at any one time, although we currently have 48 babies on our books in Liverpool.
The Hospice is currently fundraising to re-vamp and extend the existing facility. As such, all funds are currently being focussed towards this purpose. The new facility would vastly improve the facilities that we would be able to offer, increasing the number of families that we would be able to assist and enhancing our care environment.
Zöe's Place employs a specialist Play Leader who works in tandem with our Physiotherapist to ensure that every aspect of the child's development is catered for.
The respite care provided at Zöe's Place is open to babies from all over the country and has proved invaluable to so many of our families' over the 13 years of our existence. We do not receive any central government or NHS funding. Our running costs of £700,000 per annum must be raised purely through public donations. For more information, please call 0151 228 0353 or join us at www.zoesplaceliverpool.org
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