The Directory

Additional Needs Training Information and Support (ANTIS) is a small local charity based in Castleford, providing training information and support to those who are responsible for the care of people with additional needs, and to health and education specialists.

Beat Autism is a not for profit community interest group that offers parent/carer support and learn groups to families who have children waiting to be diagnosed or have a diagnosis of Autism. It also offers evening activities for the whole family (Autistic child, parents and siblings).

Change, Grow, Live is the young persons' drug and alcohol service in Wakefield.

CLIC Sargent is the UK's leading cancer charity for children, young people and their families. Its care teams have been providing specialist support across the UK for years. CLIC Sargent knows that for young lives, when the doctor says cancer, normal life stops. Cancer affects every part of life – relationships, confidence, money, school, work. CLIC Sargent care teams will fight tirelessly to limit the damage cancer causes. It will listen, and ask the right questions, so it can provide the right support, tailored to each young person and family. This might mean arranging a CLIC Sargent grant or helping young people and families get the benefits they are entitled to. Coordinating care so that some medical procedures can happen at home, or arranging free accommodation in a CLIC Sargent Home from Home. Or helping young cancer patients and families keep in touch with school, college or work to keep life as normal as possible.

Community and Local Mental Health Project is a mental health drop in centre for people who suffer from mental health problems and need support. Its Vision is to be an enlightening strength based project helping people feel better - make changes - be resilient - regain control of their lives. The project will provide friendship, staffed by people who have live experience of living with poor mental health. Volunteering opportunities - programmes to help with recovery, peer support, health and wellness programmes and employability. The project meets on Tuesdays 7pm to 8.30pm by appointment only and on a Friday 12.30pm to 2.30pm.

Crigglestone Day Care Limited is an Industrial and Provident Society (Social Enterprise) providing year-round childcare for children aged 0-5.

Families and Babies Breastfeeding Support (FAB) provides breastfeeding support and education from the antenatal period and throughout the breastfeeding journey. Support is available at home, in breastfeeding groups and on maternity wards at Pinderfields. FAB also offers a 24 hour breastfeeding helpline.

Forget Me Not Children's Hospice supports children with life-shortening conditions – plus their entire families. Forget Me Not Children's Hospice helps hundreds of wonderful children, and their equally wonderful families, through its Hospice at Home service and at its fantastic hospice building at Russell House in Huddersfield.

Pact Futures works with offenders and their families to provide support services in a number of Criminal Justice settings.

Tiny Hands Baby Bank Yorkshire is a voluntary run organisation that distributes essential baby items to families in need.

Wakefield and District Down's Syndrome Support Group provides activities and events which enable families to have fun and develop friendships and, ultimately, to support each other. It aims to improve understanding and positive awareness of down's syndrome in the community through social media, training for families and schools.

The main aim of Wakefield Breastfeeding Voices is to give a voice to the breastfeeding women of Wakefield and look at what support is on offer for them, give feedback to different services and hopefully improve women's breastfeeding experiences.