Voluntary Organisation - Unit 4

Question 1

The examples of voluntary organisation needed to know?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is Marie Curies care dedicated to?

Answer 2

Terminal cancer and other illnesses

Question 3

What does Marie Curie provide for patients?

Answer 3

Expert care and best quality of life

Question 4

How many Marie Curie nurses?

Answer 4

2,000

Question 5

What does Marie Curie campaign for?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Services are free

Question 7

What is action cancer mainly about?

Answer 7

Cancer

Question 8

When was action cancer established?

Answer 8

1973

Question 9

What is Action Cancers mission?

Answer 9

Save lives and support people

Question 10

What services does Action Cancer provide?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is Age NI combining?

Answer 11

Age Concern NI and Help the Aged in NI

Question 12

What is Age NI mission?

Answer 12

Enhance and improve lives of older people

Question 13

What services so Age Ni provide?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What support does Age Ni bring?

Answer 14

Free and confidential and independent

Question 15

How does Age NI improve quality of life?

Answer 15

Fundraise and influence decision makes and run day centres

Question 16

What type of charity is Chest Heart and Stroke?

Answer 16

Its a medical charity

Question 17

What does CHS work for the prevention of?

Answer 17

chest, heart and stroke illnesses

Question 18

What does CHS fund?

Answer 18

Programmes of research in their local hospitals and unis

Question 19

What services does CHS provide?

Answer 19

Support groups
Education and training
Activities to build confidence

Question 20

What does CHS campaign for?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Who is Mencap the leading voice for?

Answer 21

People with learning disabilities

Question 22

How does Mencap support people with learning disabilities?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What does Mencap offer advice on?

Answer 23

Respite care
Individual Budgets
Transport services

Question 24

Why does Mencap run residential/day care services?

Answer 24

Support people with learning disabilities to be part of local community

Question 25

Why does Mencap lobby the government?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What does the NSPCC provide?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What does Samaritans take action for?

Answer 27

Prevent crisis and in the moment of crisis

Question 28

What does Samaritans give people?

Answer 28

Ways to cope and skills to be there for others

Question 29

What does Samaritans offer?

Answer 29

Listening and support to people and communities in times of need

Question 30

What is disability action?

Answer 30

Largest NI wide pan-disability organisation