Charities

SSIA was formed during the Covid-19 pandemic and has evolved since. Our initiative was driven by the compassion of local people to support others at a time of unprecedented challenges and uncertainty. We are a positive, supportive and sympathetic group of kind and giving local people. We offer 1-1 support, group sessions and activities to the vulnerable (18+) and offer our support in North Yorkshire; Skipton Town and surrounding villages, including Bradley, Cononley, Farnhill, Carleton, Cowling, Crosshills, Glusburn, Draughton, Embsay, Gargrave, Sutton and Thornton in Craven.

Sky Sharma Foundation (SSF) is a Non-Government Organisation founded by Mr Dinesh Kumar and Mrs Neelam Sharma on 29th September 2015. This organisation is formed in loving memory of their beloved son Akash (Sky) Sharma who passed away on 28-09-15. The grave loss of their only son led the grieving parents and family members to start this organisation with a view to help others in need. Sky’s defined quality in his 21 years of age consisted of helping and providing support to individuals in need; whether it be emotional, physical or financial. He was always optimistic about being able to comfort people in their time of need; this bought him immense joy by way of which SKY touched lives of many. When helping, Sky would never differentiate between people and saw everyone as equal, not giving importance to race or religions but to Humanity, as he would often quote “my religion is HUMAN”. This charity looks to take forward what Sky had initiated and to help in bettering lives of people regardless of age, ethnicity, and gender. Our Moto is to help and assist deprived individuals who are suffering physically, mentally and support groups and so on. Sky (Akash) is the foundation for this charity and we aim to continue his legacy by establishing Sky Sharma Foundation (SSF) and taking it forward by helping people all around the UK.

Founded in 1996 we are a patient support charity run mainly by volunteer patients. We work to improve the lives of sleep apnoea patients, their partners and families. Funded by sleep apnoea patients, we are completely independent and are becoming known as THE PATIENT’S VOICE. Our goals are to achieve increased awareness of sleep apnoea, to assist research and development, to educate and to strive for improvements in patient care. Details of how we do this are to be found on our recently redesigned website.

Sleep Scotland promotes healthy sleep for all children and young people across the UK, Ireland & beyond, including those with additional and complex needs, through sleep counselling, training, education, and by raising sleep awareness.

Smalls for All® is a charity that collects and distributes underwear to people in Africa and the UK who can’t afford or can’t get any. Giving pants and bras may seem like a small thing, but it can make a life-changing difference. For example, many teenage girls miss out on valuable days of schooling each month, and women miss days of work, because having no pants means they're forced to stay at home during their period. Men need pants too of course, with requests coming from, for example, homeless charities in the UK and hospitals in Africa. So every pair of brand new pants we’re able to provide is guaranteed to help give someone back their dignity at the very least. In Africa, we help those living in orphanages, slums, IDP (internally displaced persons) camps and schools, as well as those in hospitals suffering from medical conditions like obstetric fistula or who need to be fitted with prosthetics or orthotics. In the UK we help charities that support the homeless as well as, for example, refuges and school uniform banks.

At Smart Works, we dress and train women for interview. We see you when you have a confirmed job interview lined up, and help you look great, feel confident and get the job. We have offices in London, Reading, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh. Each appointment last about 2 hours. In that time, we will give you a complete outfit (yours to keep) chosen especially for you, and one to one advice and training. In the last year we dressed 2000 women from every Borough in London, and 59% got the job.