Product Description
"Charities Digest" contains over 5000 regional and national charities and voluntary organisations. This handbook is designed to provide information on where to go for specific help and grants. In addition to aid information, the book also provides contact details, bank details and registration numbers for finding a direct contact and to donate to a specific charity more easily. The charity listing contains a specialisation "Objects" index, which provides key information about the type of aid and benefits each charity offers. Some areas covered in the object index include: grants and benefits (for companies and/or individuals); advice, counselling, information; medical treatment, nursing; pensions, benefits and scholarships; workshops and other employment; housing; children and young people; residential care; and adoption, fostering. In addition to the charities listing, the digest also includes listings for local organisations such as: free legal advice; citizen advice bureaux; local associations of and for disabled people; voluntary organisations for blind and partially sighted people; and hospice services.