FIND A CAUSE // OLDER PERSONS ORGANISATIONS

Action for Elders was formed to provide solutions to the major health challenges of an ageing society. In particular mobility and social isolation (loneliness), our Balanced Lives programme which tackles mobility, social exclusion and health prevention seeks to address this. To date our solution which allows for older people to live active independent lives for longer in their homes has also dramatically reduced visits to the G.P., lessened hospital admissions and in a number of cases even reduced physical joint and bone pain.

Currently, we are a small charity wishing to grow and run more sustainable programmes. With the outcomes we have already achieved in the lives of older people it is our responsibility to do more.

We need to run more programmes across the UK and keep older people fit, healthy and independent for as long as possible.

We want to effect real sustainable change in the health of older people. We can only do this with your help.

Please add 'life' to later life and support us. If you do all of us could be winners!

Age Connected is committed to its Mission Statement:

Working for the well-being of older people throughout the Borough of Great Yarmouth and to help make life a more fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Our friendly welcoming centre is focused in helping to relieve feelings of loneliness and isolation to over 50’s living in the Borough of Great Yarmouth.

Promoting independence and well being is at the heart of what we do and having lots of fun and laughter too. With your support we can continue making a visible difference every day to the lives of many.

Age UK Cheshire is a local charity that is dedicated to later life.

We co-produce excellent services, make opportunities, connect people meaningfully and influence positive change.

Because of our work, people love later life in Cheshire.

Help us support the independence and wellbeing of older people in Cheshire East. All funds raised will help local people. Age UK Cheshire East is a small, independent charity that relies on your generous support.

You will help provide support and services that tackle loneliness, help local older people and improve later life in the Mid Mersey area.

By playing our lottery, you can help us reduce loneliness and support the independence of older people in Milton Keynes.

Age UK Milton Keynes is a local, independent charity that has been active since 1978, working to improve the wellbeing and quality of life for older people in our community.

All proceeds from playing our lottery will help us to continue our vital work.

Good luck and thank you for your support.

Age UK Solihull is a local charity and we have been committed to providing the best support to older people across the borough for 40 years. If you’re worried about yourself or an older person you know, we are here to help.

Help us support the independence and wellbeing of older people in Southampton. All funds raised will help local people. Age Concern Southampton is a small, independent charity that relies on your generous support.

By playing our lottery, you can help us reduce loneliness, isolation and poverty, and support the independence of older people in Teesside.

Age UK Teesside is a small, local, independent charity that has been active since 1979, working to improve the wellbeing and quality of life for older people living in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland.

All proceeds from playing our lottery will help us to continue our vital work and most importantly, every penny we receive will stay in Teesside and benefit local people.

Good luck and thank you for your support.

For a yearly membership of £25, clients have full access to all our services:
Introduction to self-employed carers, domestics, gardeners, shoppers and handymen at excellent rates.

A community car service for medical appointments and funerals anywhere in the south east for a suggested donation.

A Dial-A-Ride minibus with tail lift to take clients anywhere in Bexhill (shopping, lunch, visiting friends) and for a suggested donation (escort goes free), monthly day trips out of town.

Two Day Centres for the elderly including transport to and from the Day Centre, refreshments, two course hot lunch, activities, entertainment and occasional trips out.

We hire out wheelchairs and sell other medical equipment such as zimmer frames, commodes, 3 and 4 wheel walkers etc.

A free Home Library Service for the housebound delivering books every two weeks, volunteer befrienders, help with filling out Attendance Allowance and Blue Badge forms, access to mobile hairdressers, manicurists and pedicurists, a free annual electric blanket testing service and at Christmas we distribute food hampers to those who have little at this special time of year.

We also do talks to local groups about the work of our charity.

Brendoncare is a registered charity with almost 40 years’ experience in providing excellent care and support for older people across the south of England.

Kindness, dignity and respect are at the heart of everything we do. Our community services help those living in their own homes to always feel welcomed and connected at one of our in person or online clubs or offer a friendly voice over the phone. Extra Care Housing, also known as assisted living, offers independent living for older people in their own property but with the reassurance of help being on hand if needed. For those needing more support, we offer residential, nursing, dementia, and end of life care at our care homes.

Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care and support for older people in the South West. Founded during the Bristol Blitz in 1941, we have been supporting people to make the most of every moment for over 80 years. As a charity, we support over 2,000 customers across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Somerset.

We provide care in people’s own homes, specialist care homes, and reablement facilities, with recognition for our expertise in caring for people living with dementia. Housing is provided by 1,000 properties across 33 sites, three extra care housing sites and a retirement village.

As a charity, we do not pay dividends to shareholders. Any profit we make is reinvested back into the services we provide.

There are an estimated 18,000 unpaid carers in West Cumbria, caring for family members and friends who would not be able to manage otherwise.

Carers range from as young as 5 years old! Your donation will enable us to provide information and advice to carers in the form of benefits clinics, training courses, telephone support, activities/days out and other general advice.

Our work revolves around five main themes, homelessness, older people, disability, refugees and children and families. All of our services and projects reflect at least one of these key themes.

Our work takes place throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is there to support, advise and care for individuals and families, who are experiencing a difficult time in their lives.

By supporting our Lottery you are helping to make a real difference to everyone who we support.

Furness Carers is the only generic Carers support organisation within the Furness area which supports unpaid Carers of all ages. Carers are family, friends or neighbours who help support someone with aspects of daily living due to illness, frailty or physical/mental health problems.

We offer a range of FREE support, information and advice services for Carers of all ages from age 5 (Adults and Young Carers), these include weekly and school holidays, Young Carers activities programmes, weekly Carers Cafes, Yoga and Mindfulness sessions.

Each Carer is offered an individual and confidential assessment so we can offer the appropriate advice, information or support.

We are the Jubilee Sailing Trust, a charity that changes lives through adventure and exploration onboard our tall ship, Tenacious. Tenacious is the only sea-going tall ship in the world designed, built and sailed by a mixed-ability crew.

Our voyages are for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, giving everyone the opportunity to explore their potential through inclusive adventures at sea.

Because we’re a charity we rely on the support of others. It’s critical we can continue our work. Our voyages build confidence and resilience in those who sail with us. They bring people together in diverse teams where differences disappear. Voyage Crew tell us their perceptions change and they are able to achieve things they previously did not think possible.

These experiences change lives, and we’d love you to join us. By joining the JST Community Lottery you will have the chance to win £25,000 every week. Plus you’ll be helping to fund our life changing voyages.
Support us now. Join the adventure.

MAECare supports older people in Alwoodley, Moortown and Shadwell to live well by providing groups and activities (ranging from Art to Zumba), trips out and one to one support. We help them to stay active and healthy, socially connected and to make new friends. Playing our lottery will make a real difference to the lives of local older people.

Set up in 1995, MAECare is an independent charity working across the LS17 area of North Leeds to...

• Prevent older people from being socially isolated by offering a wide range of social activities as well as friendly visiting and telephone support
• Help older people stay healthy by offering opportunities for exercise through various classes and support older people's emotional well being through supportive groups
• Provide information and advice to our service users
• Involve our members in community life including volunteering opportunities

Horsfall House deliver outstanding care for both the physically infirm and those living with dementia and severe memory problems as well as offering Palliative Care, Respite and Short Breaks. Every area of our home has been designed and built with residents and visitors in mind, with the aim of making the transition into care as easy and stress free as possible.

Through our Day Centre and Home Care facility we offer a number of services for those still living at home, including a unique Meals on Wheels service in Minchinhampton.

All of our care is administered by highly trained staff with an ongoing commitment to training and personal development, an important aspect of Horsfall House.

Horsfall House is a unique and wonderful centre set in the beautiful Cotswold village of Minchinhampton, where residents and visitors, clients and family are received with a warm smile and open arms..

NEDCare is an award-winning community initiative that was set-up by local people in 2016, in response to a dire lack of regulated ‘care at home’ services in North East Dartmoor.

The situation was leaving many vulnerable older people struggling behind closed doors, without the essential care and support they needed to maintain their independence and to live safe and well at home in this rural area. Families, friends and those seeking care were often at breaking point when trying to access local services.

As a charity NEDCare’s vision is of ‘care for everyone who needs it, where and when they need it.’
Because the eligibility threshold for support from local authorities has been rising for years, many older people now struggle to pay for the care they need, often having to decide between food, heat or much needed support.

For this reason, we subsidise the cost of care for those least able to pay and most of the proceeds from our lottery will go towards supporting these most vulnerable people.

We also need to double the size of our care team in order to meet local demand – we estimate up to 15 people are waiting for much needed care in our area, at any time. For this reason, a small proportion of proceeds will go in to the ever-challenging task of finding and recruiting outstanding carers to join our team.

NEDCare looked after my mother for 18 months, before she passed away at home, as she wanted. I do not know how I would have managed without NEDCare.

Our mission is;
• To provide reliable, high quality, person-centred care which empowers people to live safely and happily in their own homes.
• To support our well-trained, professional and friendly carers to build excellent relationships with those they support, helping them to remain as independent as possible within their own homes.
• To maintain an open and excellent organisational culture of continuous learning and improvement for all within the service.
NED Care visit me every evening to prepare my supper and complete other household jobs that I can’t do myself. The Carers provide company and reassurance, and they help me to feel safe in my own home. They look after me and my dog (Sam) very well.

For further information please visit https://www.nedcare.org/

Good luck! And thank you for your support.

Omega is a registered charity dedicated to reducing social isolation and loneliness.

We offer Chatterbox, a free telephone befriending service and Letterbox, a free penpal befriending service.

Although Omega was founded as a specialist end of life care charity in 2007, our work has gradually refocused over the years, to reflect the needs of our clients. We discovered that while not all of them are dealing with end of life issues, the one thing that unites them is a daily struggle with feelings of isolation and loneliness.

We now offer our services to anyone aged 18 or over, living in the UK.

Omega is run from a small head office in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, but our services are open to clients throughout the UK. Our work is made possible by an ever-growing team of generous and varied volunteers.

As we get older, our social circles diminish, and we find ourselves with fewer and fewer people to turn to. Imagine realising one day that all your friends and family have gone from your life. Loneliness can be cruel, and it affects millions of people aged 75 and over who live in social isolation.

By playing the Re-engage lottery, you can help make life less lonely for thousands of older people every year. Every entry helps older people to meet new people in-person through our social groups, or over the phone through our telephone befriending service, providing them with regular meaningful companionship and letting them know they're not
alone.

This regular contact has been shown to improve physical and mental wellbeing, and older people tell us that our volunteer-led activities make them happier and more able to trust others.

"Having someone to talk to - just about small unimportant things - makes all the difference. Unless you've felt lonely you can't know what it's like. The days are long and it's so hard having no-one to talk to."

Thank you for helping to relieve the misery of loneliness for older people, by playing the Re-engage lottery.

We are helping people where the need is greatest all over Britain. In our busy, pressurised NHS hospitals our volunteers are at work, helping create more time to care, and in the community they are giving life-changing support to vulnerable people – people like Paula, who found herself gripped by depression and loneliness after her husband died.

With the help of our kind supporters, we were able to send Stewart, one of our caring volunteers, to help Paula. Stewart took Paula out to one of our Royal Voluntary Service lunch clubs twice a week, where she could meet new people.

“I’ve known Stewart since last year and he has been such a huge help to me, I don’t know what I would do without him.”
We want to create happier, healthier communities for more people like Paula – and by signing up to take part in our lottery, you’ll be helping to do just that.

Search is a small charity working to make the lives of older people in the west of Newcastle better. Search offers invaluable advice and information services around money, health and wellbeing. It also provides a range of activities for health and friendship including walking groups, local history workshops, arts and crafts, music and exercise classes.

Alongside the vital services Search offers, we also run Chain Reaction. Chain Reaction is a new service that supports older people (55+) to live independently and overcome loneliness and is a new approach to day care services.

Chain Reaction helps people one to one and in groups to lead happier, healthier lives. It supports and sustains friendships and increases a person's good sense of emotional health and wellbeing.

The Excelcare Lottery helps to fundraise for The Excelcare Foundation, a registered charity which has been set up to provide support to our team members and their families who face life-changing circumstances, such as a terminal illness.

At Excelcare, our team members are truly at the heart of everything we do and without them, we wouldn’t be the award-winning care provider we are today, so The Excelcare Foundation helps to give back to our caring teams and their families when they need it the most.

The Silver Line is the UK's only free, confidential, 24-hour helpline specifically for vulnerable and isolated older people offering information, friendship, and advice every single day of the year.

Launched in November 2013, the helpline has received more than 2.5 million calls from older people, over half have no one else to turn to, some call just to say “goodnight”.

West House is West Cumbria's leading care and support provider for children and adults with learning disabilities; at home, in the community and in the workplace hundreds of people are supported to live meaningful, rewarding lives every day.

Focussing on the importance of dignity and independence, West House support people to make their own decisions, take control of their lifestyles and take responsibility for themselves.

We know all too well the capabilities our amazing community have, and we work hard daily to make sure that everyone realises their potential and can hold their head high in their community.