Charities

Taunton & Somerset Breast Friends is a support group for people with a breast cancer diagnosis living in Somerset. We provide support, activities & informative guest speakers at our monthly meetings as well as social & wellbeing events for group members. As a group we raise breast cancer awareness for everyone.

TB Alert is the UK’s national tuberculosis charity. We are the only charity that focuses on TB both in the UK and overseas – in India, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. This gives us a unique perspective in order to address issues around TB that are common both to low incidence countries like the UK and high incidence regions such as Africa and Asia. Our work focuses on: -raising public and professional awareness about TB, addressing barriers to treatment, and providing support to patients during their treatment -bringing together statutory health services, voluntary organisations and people affected by TB to plan and deliver better TB services -advocating for the policies and resources to improve the care of patients and the prevention and control of TB. Our vision is the control and ultimate elimination of TB. Our mission is to increase access to effective treatment for all.”

Techniquest’s mission is to embed science in Welsh culture through interactive engagement. Techniquest provides a range of services to schools and teachers to complement formal education provision in Wales and works extensively with public audiences. Techniquest offers interactive experiences that are accessible to all, and that have been enjoyed in its centre by over 5 million people since its inception in Cardiff in 1986.

Teens+ (Transitional Education Extra Needs Support) is a unique educational service for young people with complex communication needs, autism; and its complexities, and behaviours that challenge services. We offer a lifelong learning and transitional approach to individual learning.