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DGS Mencap supports over two hundred people with learning disabilities in North Kent and Medway. Many people with learning disabilities experience loneliness and a sense of isolation from wider society. DGS Mencap works hard to eliminate this therefore encouraging a fully inclusive community. The charity focuses on enabling people with learning disabilities to develop self fulfilment and independence.
To achieve this, DGS Mencap runs many services and projects. These includes residential care, independent living skills, training, employment, day services, a Community Access Project, drama, music, dance, exercise, leisure and even a nightclub! The charity has exciting volunteer opportunities ranging from helping at a fundraising event to befriending someone with a learning disability. Although an affiliation of National Mencap, DGS Mencap is an entirely separate entity and receives no funding from the national body. In fact many projects are funded entirely by the generosity of donations and grants.
W: www.dgsmencap.org.uk
T:
01322 281833
E:
erica.snow@dgsmencap.org.uk
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The Aspinall Foundation: Many animal species throughout the world are becoming increasingly rare and endangered through loss of natural habitat, poaching and pollution.
The Aspinall Foundation, a registered charity, in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks in Kent , is devoted to the protection and breeding of these animals with the ultimate aim of returning them to protected areas in the wild.
These activities include the management of two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in Congo and Gabon, Central Africa, where we have successfully reintroduced over fifty western lowland gorillas. Forty three of these are wild-born gorillas, orphans of the bush meat trade.
W: www.totallywild.net
T: 01323 492299
E: jeannep@howletts.net |
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Demelza Children's Hospice Services cares for life-limited children and their families across Kent , East Sussex and South London . Demelza provides Hospice at home care, Hospice Care, Planned Short Breaks, Emergency Respite, Therapies, Symptom Control, End of Life Care, and Bereavement Support The services combine Demelza House, an eight-bedded hospice in Kent, Demelza James a hospice-at-home service based in East Sussex and Demelza's Child project in South London .
Demelza currently cares for approximately 450 children and families across Kent, East Sussex and South London, with approximately 300 using the services at Demelza House and approximately 150 using the Demelza James hospice at home service.
With your help Demelza plans to build a new hospice, with over 750 children in the South East London estimated to be affected by life-limiting conditions and requiring residential, hospice-at-home care, end of life care and bereavement services., through our 'Child' project in South London.
Charity Registration No 1039651
W: www.demelza.org.uk
T: 01795 845270
E: donna.wells@demelza.org.uk
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