Loneliness SW106¶
Loneliness is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Social welfare category.
3,239 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 1.59% of all charities.
Keywords to find charities¶
UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.
The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:
\b(loneliness|befriending|social(ly)? (deprivation|isolat(ion|ed)|exclu(sion|ded)|contact)|lonely|isolation)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 771 | 1.08% |
| £10k - £100k | 993 | 1.41% |
| £100k - £250k | 459 | 2.06% |
| £250k - £500k | 280 | 2.57% |
| £500k - £1m | 153 | 2.23% |
| £1m - £10m | 160 | 1.76% |
| Over £10m | 18 | 0.81% |
| Total | 2,834 | 1.47% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 2,276 | 1.33% |
| oscr | 704 | 2.84% |
| ccni | 259 | 3.60% |
| Total | 3,239 | 1.59% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| CHANGE, GROW, LIVE [Charity number: 1079327] CGL provides a range of services to support individuals, families and communities whose lives are adversely affected by crime, substance misuse, homelessness, anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, social deprivation and lack of opportunity.The Charity works with challenging service users with complex needs, including those with entrenched drug habits and offending behaviour. |
£339,714,761 |
| Culture and Sport Glasgow [Charity number: SC037844] 4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance education. 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion. 4.4 To advance health. 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment. 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest. (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, scientific/research programmes and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the provision of library and archive services. (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider participation in healthy exercise).(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity) |
£151,659,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY [Charity number: 296645] Alzheimer's Society staff and volunteers provide services to people affected by dementia, including day care and home care, support and befriending services across England, Wales, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. We provide information and training, and every year we invest in research. We campaign for the rights of people with dementia and those who care for them. |
£143,833,000 |
| DOGS TRUST [Charity number: 1167663] Dogs Trust operates a network of rehoming centres across the UK; each provides dog accommodation, puppy houses, isolation blocks and treatment rooms. Dogs Trust provides financial assistance to allow owners in genuine need to have their dogs neutered through participating veterinary practices. Dogs Trust provides dog training and educational material on responsible dog ownership. |
£143,067,945 |
| AGE UK [Charity number: 1128267] Age UK aims to create a world where older people can live their lives free from poverty, isolation and neglect. It raises awareness of issues affecting older people in the UK and overseas, researches and campaigns for changes in policy and practice, and offers practical support to disadvantaged older people. It is funded by individuals, companies and trusts. |
£131,786,000 |
| DOGS TRUST LEGACY [Charity number: 227523] Dogs Trust operates a network of rehoming centres across the UK; each provides dog accomodation, puppy houses, isolation blocks and treatment rooms.Dogs Trust provides financial assistance to allow owners in genuine need to have their dogs neutered through participating veterinary practices.Dogs Trust provides dog training and educational material on responsible dog ownership. |
£67,323,001 |
| Al-Khair Foundation [Charity number: SC042234] 3.1.1 The advancement of general and religious education including but not restricted to the study, promotion and support of: (i) primary, secondary, college and university education. (ii) knowledge and understanding of Muslims and the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and of any other useful knowledge. (iii) good parenting skills and the protection of women, children and young people. (iv) comparative religion and interfaith dialogue with the aim of securing mutual understanding, tolerance, harmony and peace between Muslims and those who hold different or similar beliefs and follow different or similar ways of life. (vi) art and culture. (vii) enhancing, improving and strengthening local communities by means of promoting community cohesion in particular and supporting community regeneration in general. (viii) the deterrence and prevention of any form of discrimination including but not restricted to racial, religious, disability and gender discrimination. (ix) the prevention of alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (x) the prevention of gambling and debt. (xi) the prevention of crime including any form of terrorism. (xii) the promotion of Islamic Shari'a compliant finance. (xiii) the observance and maintenance of human rights in accordance with the rule of law. 3.1.2 The relief of poverty, sickness, distress and suffering of any persons who are in need including orphans, refugees , disabled and displaced people irrespective of their nationality, race, ethnic origin and religious beliefs including but not restricted to the relief of those who are the victims of : (i) natural disasters including droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, fires, hurricane and goods. (ii) man-made disasters including industrial accidents, social conflict and wars. (iii) racial, religious, disability or gender discrimination. (iv) alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (v) gambling and debt. (vi) economic and social deprivation. (vii) crime including any form of terrorism. |
£60,980,930 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY [Charity number: 226064] The charity offers residential, nursing and dementia care to older people in care homes on seven sites across England. We operate day care centres and a free-to-access grants service for individuals, and work to combat the devastating effects of loneliness among older people. Our vision is for a society in which all older people have the opportunity to live fulfilled lives. |
£22,049,000 |
| SPRING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED [Charity number: 1163098] We work to the following aims:To provide high quality accommodation for people in housing need.To prevent and reduce homelessnessTo assist people on a journey away from housing need towards a future of stability, happiness and independence.To create long term prosperity by investing to prevent homelessness, poverty and social isolation and to inspire and unlock peoples potential. |
£21,364,135 |
| Community Lifestyles Ltd [Charity number: SC028041] The Charity’s objects are: To provide services which support disabled people to live in the community as full citizens with the same rights and opportunities as others. Services shall include (but may not be limited to): • The provision of flexible, person centred social care support for daily living activities • Creating, facilitating and supporting leisure, learning and employment activities • Promoting, building and encouraging relationships and peer support that reduce social isolation |
£20,944,677 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY RELIEF FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1188104] Reconnecting the Community, an inter-generational project, bringing together the elderly and lonely with the young people in the community. The project aims to inspire young people to support the elderly by providing both a waitress and entertainment service at a sit down Sunday roast dinner. CRF also plans to set up a range of community projects bringing vulnerable groups together. |
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| OPPORTUNITIES R UN LIMITED [Charity number: 1162465] The main activity of the charity is the promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing adults with learning difficulties and/or additional needs including mental health from becoming socially excluded from society, relieving their needs and helping them to integrate in to society. We work with a variety of day and home care providers to offer opportunities every day.. |
£31,906 |
| LONDON IRISH PENSIONERS CHOIR [Charity number: 1213173] The Irish Pensioners Choir brings together older Irish people, most of whom are in their 70s and 80s. We use Irish music, culture and song to enrich the lives of older people, building friendships, laughter and prolonged independence. We promote wellbeing, movement and good health and tackle isolation, loneliness and distress. |
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| BURNTWOOD BE A FRIEND [Charity number: 1200409] Reduce the amount of food going into landfill whilst at the same time trying to combat food poverty within our local community.Reduce isolation/loneliness by promoting positive mental health & well-being.Promote self-reliance through the use of our community store and hubForge strong connections with local, regional & national organisationsOffer numerous & varied volunteering opportunities |
£90,300 |
| AGE CONCERN,ST JUST/PENDEEN [Charity number: 267861] We are a small local Charity running a Charity Shop to raise funds to support the elderly in St Just and Pendeen. We were closed for some months due to the Covid lockdowns and are now open again on reduced hours. The regular monthly free lunches had to be suspended during the pandemic but hope to resume again in 2022. Our buildings are used by local groups for a small fee. |
£27,588 |
| SAHARA Women's Group (SWG) [Charity number: SC053696] To prevent and relieve poverty for the diverse EM women through initiating and facilitating support programs to empower local women. This is paired with advancing and delivering initiatives and programs that facilitate equal engagement and participation of the diverse EM women and their families in the community while ensuring responsive care needs are secured and delivered equally to the diverse women: employing community advocacy support, culture and art programmes, community care initiatives, tackling isolation, and exclusion and deploying a community learning and development approach to equal involvement and empowerment. which help advance equality, inclusion and community cohesion. To promote equality and diversity through enabling the diverse EM women and encouraging collaboration and shared learning, and to deliver responsive inclusive programs including cultural and volunteering activities that safeguard equal opportunities and care for these diverse women in society at various levels while assisting in removing barriers that hinder and disadvantage these diverse EM women from acting as equal citizens. The advancement of community health (including mental health) through developing and delivering community social care awareness programs including welfare and wellbeing advocacy surgeries, social clubs, community culture and art educational workshops, social clubs, volunteering programs and physical activities and advocacy support, etc. via working in partnerships with health and community stakeholders in support of these diverse women at several levels. |
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| Veterans Contact Hub [Charity number: SC051033] The organisations purposes are: 4.1 The relief of those in need 4.2 The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are: (i) Primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, or (ii) Available to members of the public at large or to male or female members of the public at large Primarily by providing services and activities that upskill veterans and other members of the community to increase their knowledge and give them more self-esteem. It will also help tackle loneliness and hope to give them confidence in their own health with wellbeing. We will also signpost those in need to support services where appropriate |
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| Cloughmills Cultural & Historical Society [Charity number: NI103128] Our group has been working in the village since 2005 and we have been involved in many varied projects including securing a major upgrade to the local Orange Hall, which now provides a base for local groups, including ourselves, to meet and hold their activities. Some of the training we have delivered in the local community includes first-aid, computer classes, media awareness, fire safety awareness, craft and good relations training, amongst others. We have co-operated with other groups to deliver music tuition including flute, accordion, drum, fife and lambeg drum. The wide range of activities appeals to the entire community and all age groups, meaning people can come together to share mutual interests and learning in a safe, inviting environment and build relationships which are carried over into community life. In developing our activity programmes we endeavour to address needs identified by the community and involve everyone, especially people from the rural community who are at increased risk of social isolation. There is an increased sense of community pride and confidence within the village and surrounding areas, with more people coming forward all the time to take part in activities. |
£11,280 |
| Asexual Network Scotland [Charity number: SC054329] 1. Provide support to members of the asexual (ace) community in Scotland. 1.a. The association supports persons of the ace community, who experience little or no sexual attraction. 1.b. The ace community includes anyone who fits into one or more of the following categories: 1.b.i. People who do not experience sexual attraction or a desire for partnered sex to the same degree or to the same frequency as most people around them do. 1.b.ii. People who do not consider themselves inherently sexual beings or as inherently sexual as most other people around them. 1.b.iii. People who are less interested in engaging in most or all sexual activities compared to other people around them. 1.b.iv. People who relate to the experiences and feelings of other people in the wider ace community. 1.b.v. People who do not relate to the experiences and feelings of sexual people, or who cannot connect with the sexual portion of the world around them. 1.b.vi. People who are questioning their sexual orientation and feel comfortable within the ace spectrum. 2. Enhance visibility of the ace community to other ace people, to the LGBTQIA+ community, and the wider public. 3. The promotion of equality for the ace community within the LGBTQIA+ community and the wider public. 4. The promotion of diversity within the ace community. 5. The advancement of education of the public in the issues of the ace community which is recognised as a community subject to social exclusion, marginalisation and disadvantage. 6. The establishment of further in-person ace meetup groups. 7. Connecting ace people with the wider ace community. |
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| TOUBA TAWFEEX BIRMINGHAM CHARITY [Charity number: 1193576] Advance the Islamic religion and Mouridism in Birmingham, promote social inclusion for the benefit of people who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin. religion belief. |
£46,071 |
