OUTpatients is the UK’s LGBTIQ+ cancer charity. Proudly patient-led, they exist to shake up the system, advocate for equity, and stand up for every LGBTIQ+ individual navigating the cancer journey. They host peer support, educate healthcare professionals, and help to shape national policy that supports the LGBTIQ+ community.
Peepul Centre, a multi-purpose Community and Arts Centre offers a range of 'Lifestyle and Health & Well Being Activities’: theatre, children's nursery, gym, art spaces, training rooms, function rooms, restaurant and bars. We serve the local community at every stage of life through in-house projects, partnering with organisations and through our wide-ranging tenants.
In December 2020, the Centre with NHS was a regional Covid vaccination hub. The Mental Wellbeing Peepul Crisis Café is running since 2022. NHS and others work at Peepul Centre on health programmes including Weight Management, Diabetes, Covid-rehab and Immunisation. The Centre is fully accessible.
Canal Boat Charity providing day trips and holidays on our attractive local waterways for people living with any disability, elderly, families & children and young people. Providing proven positive health and wellbeing benefits
Reaching People is a ready-made consortium of local Voluntary and Community Sector organisations working across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland aiming to:
- deliver significant, improved, and lasting impact and outcomes for local vulnerable people, and
-- enable the development and provision of high- quality interventions providing significant return on investment.
We facilitate integrated and partnership working across the VCSE and enable the coproduction of solutions to promote equality, alleviate poverty and reduce health inequalities.
We have a track-record of delivering innovative, high-quality solutions improving health & wellbeing, homelessness, access to information, advice and guidance, and learning and training.
Sapcote Memory Hub is a not-for-profit organisation for people with mild to moderate dementia, or memory problems providing cognitive stimulation therapy, activities & social interaction, we also offer advice and support to the families of our group members.
Sessions aim to actively stimulate and engage people with dementia or memory problems, whilst providing an optimal learning environment and the social benefits of a group.
The main focus of the Foundation's work is to ease loneliness and suffering and to offer comfort and support to the elderly and adults of all ages with disabilities, throughout the Leicestershire area.
We support a wide spectrum of ages and needs through educational, support and wellbeing activities
We exist to provide a range of services to support local residents, including an environmental project, social therapeutic gardening project, neighbourhood mental health café and legal and welfare rights advice and advocacy.
The purpose and the charitable objects are:
a) The advancement of education, by providing community education, homework clubs and out of schools education, community awareness raising, life essential training and ESOL classes.
b) The prevention or relief of poverty, people living in the UK and Somalia by providing practical support, services and facilities. We provide advice and assistance to families and their children to improve their living conditions.
c) The provision of facilities for recreation or leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life.
South Asian Health Action ‘Supporting the health and well-being needs of South Asian communities’
Our mission
To achieve greater equality in the quality and cultural appropriateness of healthcare for South Asian communities by brokering critical dialogue and action between these communities and mainstream institutions.
Our vision
South Asian communities will become more integrated into the design and delivery of healthcare leading to more anti-racist, culturally appropriate and, patient and community-led services.
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