Somebody Cares

The Four Charities

When you support Somebody Cares, you know your donation is going to support the frontline projects of the following four charities.

Somebody Cares is the only consortium which helps homeless people, people affected by HIV and AIDS, substance misusers and their families and prisoners abroad. Already we help many thousands of disadvantaged people each year, but there are many more who need our support.

Addaction is a leading drug and alcohol treatment charity. Founded in 1967, the charity aims to ensure that there will be free, accessible and appropriate substance misuse services available to all those who need them.
Addaction works in partnership with young people, schools, the police, prison and probation service, and many others to ensure that we are providing the best possible services. Addaction currently runs 50 projects in 18 counties across the UK.
Addaction helps individuals, communities and the friends and families of drug users to tackle the effects of substance misuse
See www.addaction.org.uk for more information
Registered Charity Number: 1001957

The National AIDS Trust plays an important role in the UK and internationally by keeping HIV high on the policy agenda, and ensuring the continuation of dedicated preventative work and access to proven treatments. In partnership with other organisations, their support extends to people living with HIV and AIDS, to their families and carers, and to children through numerous projects and initiatives.
See www.nat.org.uk for more information.
Registered charity no. 297977.

Homeless Link is the national membership organisation for frontline homelessness agencies in England.

Our mission is to be a catalyst that will help to bring an end to homelessness.

Our two goals are:

To raise standards in the services that support homeless people and tackle homelessness.
To influence the development of policy, strategy and investment at all levels of government.

Our member organisations provide services through: hostels, day centres, outreach and resettlement agencies, housing advice centres, youth projects, health projects, welfare rights groups, regional and sub-regional homelessness networks, refuges, drug and alcohol services and church groups.

We work in close collaboration with our members, partners, allies and with national, regional and local government:

to combat the causes of homelessness
to provide high quality and innovative services to help people move on to settled accommodation and
to work to reduce the risk of new people falling into homelessness.

See www.homelesslink.org.uk for more information
Registered Charity Number: 1089173

Prisoners Abroad provide infomation, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, to their families and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.
See www.prisonersabroad.org.uk for more information.
Registered charity no. 280030.

Your donation will enable these four charities to reach even more people in need of their services and provide more effective support.

Your help is vital! Your contribution will make a real difference to the people we support. To find out more about how to support us through payroll giving, click here.

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