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(0)20 8954 2772
Akim
Stanmore
Middx
HA7 2PP
AKIM is the national charity providing services for over 30,000 Israeli children and adults with learning difficulties plus over 120,000 family members needing backup and support. AKIM protects the rights of people with learning difficulties, ensuring their equal rights to education, housing and employment.
AKIM provides day care centres for children and adults, around 50 residential homes, hostels and apartments in the community, employment and job placement programmes. Regional branches throughout Israel are mostly run by volunteers or parents of children with learning difficulties and they need our support now. Please help us to ensure that those who might end up living on the edge of society can be included and reach their full potential.
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+972 50 8288208
British Friends of Sarah Herzog Hospital – Jerusalem
Elstree
WD6 3PW
Herzog Medical Centre, established in 1894 is Israel’s foremost centre for geriatric, rehabilitation, respiratory, mental health and psychotrauma care, treatment and research. Since the war started we have received close to 100 patients from hospitals in the South in order to make more beds available at hospitals in those regions. Our 160-bed sheltered emergency underground hospital has been activated.
We have dramatically expanded all of our mental health and psychotrauma services to help the thousands of people affected emotionally by the war. We are working with the soldiers, survivors of the massacre on October 7, and families evacuated from their homes, to assist them to begin to deal with the short-term and long-term mental health challenges they face.
Trustees: Jonathan Lauffer, Stephen Forman, Rachelle Goldberg, Michael Fertleman
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(0)20 8800 7494
Chizuk
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(0)20 8458 2223
Jami
Gould Way, Deansbrook Road
Edgware
HA8 9GL
Jami is here for when mental illness and distress make everyday life a struggle. In April 2024, Jami integrated with Jewish Care to tackle the community’s unprecedented mental health challenge. Together we are better equipped to respond to the mental health needs of people in secondary school through to people in later life.
Through expert support, provided by people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, Jami guides people through their mental health recovery, supports families and carers, and educates community leaders.
Our life-changing services, offered by qualified social workers, counsellors, occupational therapists, mental health practitioners, peer support workers and volunteers, provide a safe space to talk, social connection, access to work and volunteering opportunities, advice and advocacy, and much more.
020 8203 6311
Jewish Marriage Council
0161 850 3330 / 07572 171264
JSense
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020 3209 1160
Kisharon Langdon
333 Edgware Road
London
NW9 6TD
Kisharon Langdon offers education, opportunity and support for people within the Jewish learning disability and autism community, and their families, throughout life’s journey. Kisharon Langdon’s supported living and education services, together with our community programming and employment support services, enable everyone we support to thrive.
At the heart of all our services lie our Jewish values. We are committed to meeting unique religious and cultural needs, fostering an inclusive environment, and enabling the people that we support to realise their ambitions and aspirations.
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020 8905 6333
Larches Community
(020) 8209 0526
Legadel
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020 8673 3495
Nightingale Hammerson
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0800 234 6236
Raphael – The Jewish Counselling Service
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00 972 2 640 50010
Seeach Sod
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07947 695136
UK Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua (now known as British Friends of)
+972 52 6633 766
UK Friends of Natal
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(0)20 8802 8899
Yad Voezer
London
N16 5DH
Yad Voezer is a helping hand for people with learning disabilities and their families. It manages:
• Two Registered Residential Care Homes
• Three Supported Housing projects
• A Day Programme in our purpose-built day centre
• Clubs & leisure activities
• Family Support
• Sweet Factory