The Directory

The objects of the African United Society in Wakefield are: a) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. b) To advance the education of the public in the subject of African culture and heritage.

Age UK Wakefield District promotes the well-being of all older people and aims to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Airedale Community Workshop is designed to tackle social isolation, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems through none traditional therapy delivered via woodworking workshop sessions.

Alzheimer's Society Wakefield provides services for people with dementia, their families and carers.

Autism Plus is a registered charity that provides a range of services to adults with autism. Its services include supported living, residential care, day provision, social enterprises as well as employment support. It currently delivers a project supporting adults with autism across Wakefield District into employment called Step Forward.

Barnardo's provides support to vulnerable children, young people and their families.

Supporting anybody affected by self-harm by running adult peer support groups, on line support for all ages, discussion groups for family, workshops for under 18's and training for professionals.

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).

To mobilise the power of humanity so that individuals and communities have the capacity to prepare for, deal with and recover from crisis.

Carers Federation is a charity providing services supporting carers, advocacy, mentoring, counselling and community engagement, and is a provider of specialist training services.

Carers Trust is Britain's leading provider of support for carers and the people that they care for. It is a national network of charities working with over 35,000 carers to help them make a life outside caring. As a charity it cares for people not for profit. No-one cares more than Carers Trust, not just in the scale of what it does or in the 35 years' experience that it has, but in the special way that it thinks about care. It is no surprise that the Carers Trust staff builds long and trusted relationships and that more carers and people with care needs turn to Carers Trust for support than to any other social care provider.

Carers Wakefield and District provides support, information, advice and advocacy to unpaid carers.