Other Organisations

Advice and Counselling
Alcohol Counselling and Prevention Services www.acaps.co.uk
Alcohol Concern www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care (counselling for bereaved people) www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Samaritans www.samaritans.org.uk

Carers
www.bettercaring.co.uk (advise on residential care)
Carers UK (is the voice of carers and the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers) www.carersuk.org.uk
Crossroads Association (caring for carers) www.crossroads.org.uk

Children and families
Barnados www.barnardos.org.uk
Break (holidays for children and adults with special needs) www.break_charity.org
Children in Need www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants
Childline www.childline.org.uk
Family Rights Group www.frg.org.uk
Family Welfare Association www.fwa.org.uk
NCH (National Children's Home) www.nch.org.uk
NSPCC www.nspcc.org.uk
Relate www.relate.org.uk

Debt
Consumer Credit Counselling Service -  www.cccs.co.uk
Free debt advice www.fcldebt-management.com
Payplan (advice on coping with debt and making agreement to pay creditors in affordable monthly payments) www.payplan.org.uk

Elderly people
Age Concern www.ageconcern.org.uk
Alzheimers Society (for relatives and carers with sufferers) www.alzheimers.org.uk
Counsel and Care for Older People (elderly people issues) www.counselandcare.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care (counselling for bereaved people) www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Friends of the elderly www.fote.org.uk
Help the Aged www.helptheaged.org.uk
www.housingcare.org (advice on housing for older people)
Warm Front Scheme in England www.direct.gov.uk 

Government departments
Department for Work and Pensions Credit www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits (Benefits agency)
Inland Revenue www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk - tax credits online (for child tax credit or working family tax credits) www.taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/HomeIR.aspx 
www.redundancy.gov.uk (advice on job seeking)

Health/disabilities
Arthritis Care www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Association of Disabled Professionals www.adp.org.uk
British Heart Foundation (range of information, support and practical help) www.bhf.org.uk
British Limbless ex-Servicemen's Association www.blesma.org
British Red Cross (information and loan of equipment for disabled people) www.redcross.org.uk
Cancer BACUP (information, practical advice and support) www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Diabetes UK www.diabetes.org.uk
Dyslexia Advice and Resource Centre www.darc_web.demon.co.uk
John Grooms (care, training, accommodation and holidays for disabled people) www.johngrooms.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire Foundation www.leonard-cheshire.org
Macmillan Cancer Relief (range of information, support and practical help) www.macmillan.org.uk
Marie Curie Cancer Care  (range of information, support and practical help) www.mariecurie.org.uk
Multiple Sclerosis Society (range of information, support and practical help) www.mssociety.org.uk
Parkinson's Disease society (support and information) www.parkinsons.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute of the Deaf (RNID) (for deaf and hard of hearing people) www.rnid.org.uk
Scope (advice, support and information for people with cerebal palsy and their carers) www.scope.org.uk
Spinal Injuries Association www.spinal.co.uk
The Stroke Association (support and information for sufferers and their carers) www.stroke.org.uk
Sue Ryder Care (neurological and specialist hospice care services for people with life shortening illnesses www.suerydercare.org

Mental health
Break (holidays for children and adults with special needs) www.break_charity.org
Mental After Care Association www.maca.org.uk
Mencap (learning disability issues) www.mencap.org.uk
Mind (advise on mental health issues) www.mind.org.uk

Religious organisations
Church Army www.churcharmy.org.uk
Jewish Welfare www.jewishcare.org
Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk

Trades and professions
Chartered Institute of Building Benevolent Fund www.ciob.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers www.cibse.org
Chartered Surveyors' Voluntary Service (assistance with the costs of seeking property advice for those on low income) - access through your local government/CAB office)
Christians in Property (no website) 143 New Bond Street, LONDON, W1S 2TP. Tel: 020 7493 0406. Fax: 020 7493 0436
Civil Services Benevolent Fund www.csbf.org.uk
Elizabeth Finn Trust (help for professional people and their dependants) www.elizabethfinntrust.org.uk
Institution of Civil Engineers' Benevolent Fund www.ice.org.uk
Institution of Structural Engineers' Benevolent Fund www.istructe.org.uk/membership/db/333.asp
Institution of Electrical Engineers' Incorporated Benevolent Fund www.ieebenfund.org.uk
Insitution of Mechanical Engineers' Benevolent Fund www.bfime.org.uk
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution www.rabi.org.uk
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund www.raf-benfund.org.uk
Royal British Legion www.britishlegion.org.uk
Royal Engineers Association www.reahq.org.uk
Royal Naval Association www.royal-naval-association.co.uk
Royal Air Forces Association www.rafa.org.uk
Solicitors Benevolent Association www.sba.org.uk
SSAFA Forces Help www.ssafa.org.uk
Turn 2 Us (to find individuals and professional advisors to fuing grant-makers that match applicants' needs)  www.turn2us.org.uk
Unison Welfare www.unison.org.uk

Miscellaneous
Charity Choice http://www.charitychoice.co.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) www.nacab.org.uk
CWT - Chamber training - http://www.cwtcov.co.uk/
Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - http://www.cw-chamber.co.uk/