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Voluntary Organisation - Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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The examples of voluntary organisation needed to know?

A

Marie Curie Cancer Care
Action Cancer
Age NI
Chest Heart and Stroke
Mencap
NSPCC
Samaritans
Disability Action

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What is Marie Curies care dedicated to?

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Terminal cancer and other illnesses

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What does Marie Curie provide for patients?

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Expert care and best quality of life

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How many Marie Curie nurses?

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2,000

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What does Marie Curie campaign for?

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More patients to be able to be cared for and die in place of choice

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What is it about Marie Curies services due to generous public?

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Services are free

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What is action cancer mainly about?

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Cancer

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When was action cancer established?

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1973

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What is Action Cancers mission?

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Save lives and support people

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What services does Action Cancer provide?

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Early detection services such as breast screening, counselling and support services, cancer prevention and health promotion education

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What is Age NI combining?

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Age Concern NI and Help the Aged in NI

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What is Age NI mission?

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Enhance and improve lives of older people

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What services so Age Ni provide?

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Care services which involve routine household tasks in and out of home

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What support does Age Ni bring?

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Free and confidential and independent

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How does Age NI improve quality of life?

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Fundraise and influence decision makes and run day centres

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What type of charity is Chest Heart and Stroke?

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Its a medical charity

17
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What does CHS work for the prevention of?

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chest, heart and stroke illnesses

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What does CHS fund?

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Programmes of research in their local hospitals and unis

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What services does CHS provide?

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Support groups
Education and training
Activities to build confidence

20
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What does CHS campaign for?

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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

21
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Who is Mencap the leading voice for?

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People with learning disabilities

22
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How does Mencap support people with learning disabilities?

A

Getting a job or taking a college course or help find their own place to live

23
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What does Mencap offer advice on?

A

Respite care
Individual Budgets
Transport services

24
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Why does Mencap run residential/day care services?

A

Support people with learning disabilities to be part of local community

25
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Why does Mencap lobby the government?

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To change laws so that more and more people with a learning disability can control their own lives

26
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What does the NSPCC provide?

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Therapeutic services to help children move on from abuse, as supporting parents and families in caring for their children

27
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What does Samaritans take action for?

A

Prevent crisis and in the moment of crisis

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What does Samaritans give people?

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Ways to cope and skills to be there for others

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What does Samaritans offer?

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Listening and support to people and communities in times of need

30
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What is disability action?

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Largest NI wide pan-disability organisation

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