"of Parents of Backwards Children, the organisation changed its name to The National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children in 1955, becoming The Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults following patronage from Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Elizabeth II in 1981. Fryd had written to ""Nursery World"" magazine inviting other parents to contact her. Many wrote back expressing their anger and sorrow at the lack of services for their children. Since 1969 the Society has been commonly known by the abbreviation ""Mencap"" (presumably from ""Mentally Handicapped"") and, in 2002, its full legal name was shortened to the Royal"
"principal. The current name was adopted in 1975 when the charity extended its interest to the whole of the United Kingdom. National Autistic Society The National Autistic Society (NAS) is a British charity for autistic people. The purpose of the organisation is to improve the lives of autistic people in the United Kingdom. In addition to a wide range of adult and children's services for autistic people located across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the charity has an Autism Helpline open 5 days a week, a range of products for professionals working with autistics and a campaigning function. Sarah"
"Little Foundation The Little Foundation is a London-based charity operating internationally. Named in honour of William Little, the English surgeon who described what became known as 'Little's disease', a spastic paralysis of both lower limbs which then became known as infantile cerebral palsy. The charity, founded in 1990 by the late Ian Dawson-Shepherd, initially focused on funding research into the causes of cerebral palsy but now has broader objectives seeking to fund research into not only the causes and prevention of cerebral palsy but also allied disorders which include autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, deafness and blindness, learning difficulties, and other forms"
"The Ahoy Centre The AHOY Centre is a registered charity based in Deptford, London that helps disadvantaged children and people with disabilities to become involved in watersports and to gain certifications of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) in activities such as sailing, powerboating and first aid. It has been identified as a major cultural project by the Greater London Authority. The name of the AHOY Centre is an acronym of Adventure Help and Opportunities for Youth Centre. It was officially opened in May 2004 by Anne, Princess Royal and, since then, the centre has assisted over 5,000 people to try"
"Thames waterman cutters. The Ahoy Centre The AHOY Centre is a registered charity based in Deptford, London that helps disadvantaged children and people with disabilities to become involved in watersports and to gain certifications of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) in activities such as sailing, powerboating and first aid. It has been identified as a major cultural project by the Greater London Authority. The name of the AHOY Centre is an acronym of Adventure Help and Opportunities for Youth Centre. It was officially opened in May 2004 by Anne, Princess Royal and, since then, the centre has assisted over 5,000"
"to avoid its cumbersome previous name which was commonly abbreviated to the ambiguous ""The Blind Society"" and to honour its greatest benefactor. The charity now provides many services to over 7000 blind and visually impaired people across the County and has offices in Chorley, Penwortham Southport and Morecambe. The Charity has developed an extensive programme of Adult Education and works in partnership with Lancashire College, The Adult College, Lancaster, and Lancashire County Council. The provision of Talking Newspapers and Magazines is another one of its services producing over 3500 USB memory sticks and CDs each week. Current titles include ""Lancashire"
"for people with disabilities. The charity is working in partnership with the Department of Health (United Kingdom) on its Act FAST campaign, which was launched in 2009 and supported by national TV advertisements. The FAST (stroke) campaign informs the public on how to use a test to recognise stroke symptoms quickly. FAST is an acronym for Facial weakness, Arm weakness, Speech problems and Time to call 999. The Stroke Association runs the ""Know Your Blood Pressure"" (KYBP) campaign with its partners Rotary International, the Emergency Medical Services, and St. Andrew's First Aid to offer free blood-pressure testing to members of"
"The Children's Trust The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury. The Children's Trust runs a range of specialist care, education and therapy services for children and young people from across the UK, including the UK's largest rehabilitation centre for children with acquired brain injury (ABI) and has three buildings at its Tadworth Court site, Tadworth, Surrey within the M25 motorway. The Children's Trust's celebrity Ambassadors include David Walliams Richard Hammond, Phil Tufnell, Michael Aspel OBE, Amanda Burton, Dame Joan Collins, Elaine Paige OBE, Holly Valance, Sophia Warner, Nicholas Owen and Jacqueline Gold. In 2012"
"Royal London Society for Blind People The Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) was a UK charity that has existed for 175 years to help blind and partially sighted young people in London and the South East through a blend of sports, education, and creative and developmental services. On 1 January 2017, the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) and Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) joined together to create a charity in England & Wales under the name of the Royal Society for Blind Children. On 12 January 1838, Thomas Lucas established The London Society for Teaching"
"access issues for the greatest number of deaf people. Until 2009 Signature was known by the name CACDP. Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People Signature (legally CACDP and formerly The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People) is a charity in the whose aim is to improve communication between deaf and hearing people in the United Kingdom. Signature offers a portfolio of qualifications in British Sign Language and other forms of communication with deaf and deafblind people. All of Signature's qualifications are accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and appear on the National"
"or carers. Cerebra (British charity) Cerebra is a UK charity dedicated to helping the parents of children with brain related neurological conditions. Their strapline is ""Working Wonders for Children With Brain Conditions"". Cerebra help children with any kind of brain related condition, whether it be one they were born with such as Cerebral Palsy or Autism, or a condition acquired through an injury. Cerebra held a ""Children's Awards"" ceremony in autumn 2008 (10 Downing Street), autumn 2009 (the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff) and autumn 2010 (the Zoological Society, London Zoo). The awards recognise particularly special achievements by children with disabilities or"
"Royal Humane Society The Royal Humane Society is a British charity which promotes lifesaving intervention. It was founded in England in 1774 as the ""Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned"", for the purpose of rendering first aid in cases of near drowning. In 1773, physician William Hawes (1736–1808) began publicising the power of artificial respiration and tobacco smoke enemas to resuscitate people who superficially appeared to have drowned. For a year he paid a reward out of his own pocket to any one bringing him a body rescued from the water within a reasonable time of immersion. Thomas"
"Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance UK The Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance UK, commonly referred to as NCCA UK, is a UK charity that helps children and families affected by neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. The charity helps families by helping them to access and fundraise for their child's treatment abroad when no treatment is available in the UK, offering support and funding research into the condition. The charity was set up in April 2006 as the 2Simple Trust. The charity initially had broad aims, but the trustees decided to focus on helping children with neuroblastoma after learning about the potential"
"of Chatsworth House. Blunkett continued to represent the constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. He is a Vice President of the Royal National Institute of Blind People and a vice president of the National Alzheimer’s Society, and has close links with a range of other charities (local to Sheffield and nationally) including those relating to substance abuse and breast cancer, and is a Patron of the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei). He is also a long-standing Patron of The Micro & Anophthalmic Children's Society – the UK's only charity supporting families of children born without eyes or with"
"the Royal National Institute for Deaf People but kept the initials RNID. June 2011 saw Centenary Celebrations to celebrate 100 years of the RNID and a new change of name - Action on Hearing Loss. 'Action on Hearing Loss' was chosen because it better describes the breadth of help and support they provide for people with all types of hearing loss – from people who are profoundly deaf, to people who are losing their hearing. They trade under the new name 'Action on Hearing Loss', but like a lot of other charities who have changed their names, they will be"
"Potential Plus UK Potential Plus UK, officially the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an association in the United Kingdom for gifted and talented children, and their parents. It is a registered charity under English law. NAGC is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the social, emotional and learning needs of children with high learning potential of all ages and backgrounds. This includes children who have been identified as gifted and talented; children who have the potential to achieve through a wide range of abilities in academic subjects, sport, the arts and leadership; those who are twice exceptional (giftedness coupled"
"criminal justice system. A new look and logo were subsequently introduced in 2007 to accompany this change in focus. The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, provided the Centre's core funding each year from 1985 until 2009, when it announced that it would begin to spend out its funds, its annual grant to the Centre ceasing the following year. A final grant covering three years was then announced by the foundation in the summer of 2010. The charity has since been known as the Centre of Mental Health. General: Centre for Mental Health The Centre for"
"Cerebra (British charity) Cerebra is a UK charity dedicated to helping the parents of children with brain related neurological conditions. Their strapline is ""Working Wonders for Children With Brain Conditions"". Cerebra help children with any kind of brain related condition, whether it be one they were born with such as Cerebral Palsy or Autism, or a condition acquired through an injury. Cerebra held a ""Children's Awards"" ceremony in autumn 2008 (10 Downing Street), autumn 2009 (the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff) and autumn 2010 (the Zoological Society, London Zoo). The awards recognise particularly special achievements by children with disabilities or their parents"
"and local levels. Potential Plus UK Potential Plus UK, officially the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an association in the United Kingdom for gifted and talented children, and their parents. It is a registered charity under English law. NAGC is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the social, emotional and learning needs of children with high learning potential of all ages and backgrounds. This includes children who have been identified as gifted and talented; children who have the potential to achieve through a wide range of abilities in academic subjects, sport, the arts and leadership; those who are twice"
"ARC Association for Real Change ARC Association for Real Change is a UK membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability. ARC was founded in 1976 as the Association of Residential Communities for the Retarded. For a brief period of time it looked as if 'mental retardation' would come over from the United States as the new terminology to replace 'mental handicap' which was unpopular. However, that did not happen and the term 'learning disability' was adopted by the Department of Health (after much debate and some disagreement which continues to today because the term"
"planned to raise £100, but quickly raised £10,000. A book, ""Jack Draws Anything"", was published in October 2011. After 3 years the fundraising total exceeded £64,000 and the project was brought to an end in June 2014. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh The Royal Hospital for Sick Children is a hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, specialising in paediatric healthcare. Locally, it is commonly referred to simply as the ""Sick Kids"". The hospital provides care for children from birth to around 13 years of age, including a specialist Accident and Emergency facility. The hospital is located on Sciennes Road in the"
"the £20,000 prize donation. Acorns Children's Hospice Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is a registered charity, offering a network of care and support to life-limited and life-threatened children and their families across the heart of England. Acorns has three hospices, situated in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester as well as a Community Team that offer support to families in their homes. The catchment area for the Hospices comprises the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire as well as parts of Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands. Acorns provide a network of specialist palliative nursing care and support for babies, children and young"
"Rethink Mental Illness Rethink Mental Illness is a mental health charity in England. The organisation was founded in 1972 by John Pringle whose son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, the charity was set up after an article was published written by Pringle on May 9th 1970. The operating name of 'Rethink' was adopted in 2002, and expanded to 'Rethink' Mental Illness' (to be more self-explanatory) in 2011, but the charity remains registered as the National Schizophrenia Fellowship, although it no longer focuses only on schizophrenia. Rethink Mental Illness now has over 8,300 members, who receive a regular magazine called ""Your Voice""."
"of neurodevelopmental disorder. On 4 November 2009, Lord Hameed, the charity's president, tabled a motion in the House of Lords asking the Government what measures have been taken to prevent cerebral palsy which now costs the NHS £4 billion every year. The total annual cost of brain disorders (covering 19 groups of disorders) has been estimated to be €798 billion for the EU alone. The charity's most recent research projects include: Little Foundation The Little Foundation is a London-based charity operating internationally. Named in honour of William Little, the English surgeon who described what became known as 'Little's disease', a"
"describes the attribute of spasticity in spastic cerebral palsy and was originally an acceptable and common term to use in both self-description and in description by others, it has since gained more notoriety as a pejorative, in particular when used in pop culture to insult able-bodied people when they seem overly anxious or unskilled in sports (see also the article ""spazz""). In 1952, a UK charitable organization with a membership mainly of those with spastic CP was formed; this organization called itself ""The Spastics Society"". However, the charity changed its name to Scope in 1994 due to the term spastics"
"National Autistic Society The National Autistic Society (NAS) is a British charity for autistic people. The purpose of the organisation is to improve the lives of autistic people in the United Kingdom. In addition to a wide range of adult and children's services for autistic people located across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the charity has an Autism Helpline open 5 days a week, a range of products for professionals working with autistics and a campaigning function. Sarah Lambert, the head of policy at the National Autistic society is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism."
"permitted to accept sponsorship or donations from pharmaceutical companies for their own events, or for fees or expenses for attending conferences. In July 2015, Mind worked closely with Ofcom on the regulator’s UK Calling campaign to make sure communications were clear and easy to understand. General: Mind (charity) Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales. Founded in 1946 as the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH), it celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf. It also works to"
"Autism Plus Autism Plus is charity in England, United Kingdom. An Autism specialist charity, they offer support to adults and young people with autism autistic, learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Autism Plus support includes residential and supported living, adult learning, community outreach, employment support and social enterprises. Autism Plus is an autism specialist, but understanding many people with Autism often have another condition, they changed their name to recognise this, the 'Plus' in the name signifies they support people with autism and other complex conditions. Autism Plus was started in 1986 by a group of parents with autistic children"
"of support and specialist services. Advisory committees for medical matters and education are composed of professionals from the relevant fields who offer guidance for ASBAH’s services. Shine’s work is financed by voluntary donations, trading activities and grants from charitable and corporate trusts. Conductor and spina bifida sufferer Jeffrey Tate, CBE, has been their president since 1989. Footballer Danny Mills is a patron. Shine (charity) Shine (a name derived from Spina bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking and Equality) (formerly known as ASBAH) is a UK registered charity providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus to individuals, families and carers. Their"
"Transplants In Mind Transplants in Mind was a charity in the United Kingdom (Registered charity 1095611) set up to promote the positive benefits of organ and tissue donation for transplantation. It changed its name to 'The Transplant Trust' in 2008, before closing in 2009 due to apparent financial difficulty. They were responsible for running National Transplant Week, Donor Days, the Donor Bus and events throughout the year in order to encourage people to talk to their family about their wish to donate, and to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. National Transplant Week is now run by NHS"
"Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, in Putney, South West London, is an independent medical charity that provides rehabilitation and long term care to people with complex neurological disabilities caused by damage to the brain or other parts of the nervous system. This damage is often caused by traffic accidents and progressive neurological conditions such as Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis. The chief executive is Paul Allen. The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) was established in July 1854 at a meeting held at the Mansion House, chaired by the Lord Mayor of London. The hospital's founder, Andrew"
"Ambitious about Autism Ambitious about Autism is a UK national charity dedicated to improving opportunities for young people on the Autistic Spectrum, including those with autism or Asperger syndrome. Originally established in 1997 as the TreeHouse Trust, the charity was founded by a group of parents – including author Nick Hornby – whose first child had been diagnosed with autism. Their mission has been described as being to ""help children and young people with autism to learn, thrive and achieve – making the ordinary possible."" It is known for operating TreeHouse School in Muswell Hill, north London, Ambitious College which"
"Thomas Coram Foundation for Children The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children is a large children's charity in London which uses the working name Coram (formerly Coram Family). It is one of England's oldest children's charities, established by royal charter in 1739 as the Foundling Hospital. Coram is structured as an umbrella group of charities working with vulnerable children in different areas. Coram's headquarters are at Brunswick Square in London, but they work with children and young people across the UK and beyond. Coram Adoption is an independent adoption service working in London, the East Midlands and Cambridgeshire. They also work"