Charities
Big Issue North is a weekly magazine that is sold by people who have limited other ways of earning an income in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber. Vendors buy magazines for £1.50 before selling them on the streets for £3, keeping the £1.50 profit they make from each sale. As well as selling the magazine, our vendors are supported by staff with anything from developing their skills or accessing English language courses, to securing housing or new employment, to support with their finances or health and wellbeing, including addiction support.
Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to empowering individuals and families affected by bipolar. Peer support is at the core of our work. This means people affected by bipolar helping others. What we offer? Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to empowering individuals and families affected by bipolar helping others. Our integrated service consists of: More than 85 peer support groups for people affected by bipolar, facilitated by trained and supported volunteers - many groups have now migrated online a moderated eCommunity with over 13,000 active users One-to-one peer support provided by telephone and e-mail, recognising that support groups and a digital service will not be for everyone Information and resources provided on our website which are used by over 360,000 people a year empowering approximately 1,000 people per month to stay well and we have the ambition to reach thousands more. Our advertised phone number is for Support Groups. Users of the service, please e-mail in the first instance.
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, is dedicated to assisting serving and ex-Service men and women who have suffered life-changing injury; limb loss or the loss of use of a limb, an eye or loss of sight or hearing and speech. We support these men and women in their communities throughout the UK and overseas. We work tirelessly for our Members when the conflicts that have affected their lives are no longer a focal point in the nation’s media. Since 1932, we have been the only national Service charity that supports limbless veterans, and their families, for the duration of their lives. Our Members range from the youngest amputee veterans to those who fought in WWII, some having lived with limb loss for more than half a century. Modern medicine transforms the physical injury, but it is a complicated process to treat the emotional trauma and related lifelong health problems. Blesma provides a network where Members not only enjoy support from our professional Welfare Team, but where they have the opportunity to engage with others who have similar injuries and backgrounds to themselves, building an important fellowship with each other to overcome everyday battles.