Among the charities we have funded are:
MOSAC
www.mosac.org.uk
Mosac is a voluntary organisation supporting all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused. It provides advocacy, information and advice, befriending, counselling, play therapy and support groups following alleged child sexual abuse.
Mosac seeks to enable parents/carers to rebuild confidence, alleviate isolation and to assist both parents/carers and their children to achieve an improved quality of life.
Mosac aims to raise awareness of the needs of the families affected by sexual abuse by liaising within the community and with voluntary and statutory agencies involved with families.
A grant was awarded to help fund the salary of the Co-ordinator.
Addaction, London
www.addaction.org.uk
Addaction is Britain's largest specialist drug and alcohol treatment agency, and can offer help and advice to anyone affected by drug and alcohol misuse. The charity was originally started by concerned parents as a family response to drug problems and today it is still campaigning for family work to be recognised as an essential part of treatment and prevention.
A grant was requested to provide training for Addaction teams working with drug addicts and their families to change the emphasis from focussing on the individual to dealing with the impact upon the family circle.
Hill’s Trust Home School Community Project, Glasgow
Hill’s Trust Home School Community Project is a family education support project based in Hill’s Trust Primary School in Govan. The Project promotes parental involvement at all levels throughout the school and works directly with parents/carers and pupils. It offers support with issues such as attendance, behaviour and family issues, as well as a range of other services. The School is working with Glasgow City council to share its good practice with the aim of expanding the model to all Glasgow Schools.
Funding was awarded to assist with the project running costs.
Westminster Befriend A Family
www.befriendafamily.co.uk
Westminster Befriend a Family recruits, trains and supports volunteers to befriend individual families under stress and visit them regularly in their homes. The charity’s volunteers can help families where a parent is disabled or has mental health problems, or a child has special needs. It works in particular with families who are homeless or in temporary accommodation and refugees and asylum seekers.
It was awarded a grant towards the salary of their Office Manager.
FAIR (Family Action In our Region), Rushden
www.fairproject.org.uk
FAIR was established in 1999 to tackle some of the social problems in Rushden, reduce isolation and reach those families most vulnerable and at risk, often where one member is in prison. Supporting children and families is of utmost importance to staff and volunteers, and the charity works with parents, children and community groups.
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust awarded a grant to part-fund the salary of the Senior Contact Co-ordinator whose work involves the difficult area of working with fractured families.
Carefree Kids, London
www.carefreekids.org
Carefree Kids aims to help improve the emotional well-being of babies, children, young people and their parents/carers. Run by local people in non-bureaucratic ways, and using volunteers, the charity provides play therapy, arts therapies, training for school and other staff, study days and conferences.
Play therapy is delivered by a playbus, or mobile therapy room, which travels to schools and offers a safe environment for children to interact with counsellors through play activity. This is followed up where appropriate with home working with the parents.
Carefree Kids were granted funding for salary support.
