Voluntary Organisation - Unit 4 Flashcards
The examples of voluntary organisation needed to know?
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Action Cancer
Age NI
Chest Heart and Stroke
Mencap
NSPCC
Samaritans
Disability Action
What is Marie Curies care dedicated to?
Terminal cancer and other illnesses
What does Marie Curie provide for patients?
Expert care and best quality of life
How many Marie Curie nurses?
2,000
What does Marie Curie campaign for?
More patients to be able to be cared for and die in place of choice
What is it about Marie Curies services due to generous public?
Services are free
What is action cancer mainly about?
Cancer
When was action cancer established?
1973
What is Action Cancers mission?
Save lives and support people
What services does Action Cancer provide?
Early detection services such as breast screening, counselling and support services, cancer prevention and health promotion education
What is Age NI combining?
Age Concern NI and Help the Aged in NI
What is Age NI mission?
Enhance and improve lives of older people
What services so Age Ni provide?
Care services which involve routine household tasks in and out of home
What support does Age Ni bring?
Free and confidential and independent
How does Age NI improve quality of life?
Fundraise and influence decision makes and run day centres
What type of charity is Chest Heart and Stroke?
Its a medical charity
What does CHS work for the prevention of?
chest, heart and stroke illnesses
What does CHS fund?
Programmes of research in their local hospitals and unis
What services does CHS provide?
Support groups
Education and training
Activities to build confidence
What does CHS campaign for?
To protect future and current generations from these illnesses and easier access to cardiac surgery, administration to stroke units and more effective treatment for respiratory diseases
Who is Mencap the leading voice for?
People with learning disabilities
How does Mencap support people with learning disabilities?
Getting a job or taking a college course or help find their own place to live
What does Mencap offer advice on?
Respite care
Individual Budgets
Transport services
Why does Mencap run residential/day care services?
Support people with learning disabilities to be part of local community
Why does Mencap lobby the government?
To change laws so that more and more people with a learning disability can control their own lives
What does the NSPCC provide?
Therapeutic services to help children move on from abuse, as supporting parents and families in caring for their children
What does Samaritans take action for?
Prevent crisis and in the moment of crisis
What does Samaritans give people?
Ways to cope and skills to be there for others
What does Samaritans offer?
Listening and support to people and communities in times of need
What is disability action?
Largest NI wide pan-disability organisation
