Health & Wellbeing: Dementia & Alzheimers

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

Ireland

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland is Ireland's leading dementia specific service provider with over 100 services across the country to include.

• Home Care Service: Offers dementia specific, person centred care and our trained staff work with clients to ensure that we meet your needs.
• Dementia Advisers: Work with people with dementia, their families and carers to provide a highly responsive and individualised information and signposting service. 
• The Alzheimer Society of Ireland National Helpline: For practical information and emotional support or information on our supports and services contact which is open six days a week. The National Helpline is expanding with a new free call-back service which offers people with dementia and family carers the opportunity to book a 1:1 session with a Dementia Nurse or a Dementia Adviser during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
• Online courses
• Online Support Group: For Family Carers of People with Dementia to help alleviate the increasing pressure points on family carers during Covid-19. 
• Alternative Activity Therapy: This is a new temporary service for people living with dementia and their family carers during the COVID-19 crisis. Due to the necessary temporary closure of our day services we wanted to extend our reach to those who availed of our day care services nationally. At the moment within this project, the team are only offering the Social calls/Activity Engagement Calls and the Activity packs to those who availed of Day Care pre-Covid 19. 

Support: Family & Relationships • Legal Issues • General Social Issues

Health & Wellbeing: Physical, Mental and Emotional Issues

The Better Days for Men Foundation

UK: Scotland

We provide support for all men of any age going through any form of difficulty or hardship. We recognise that certain issues in life can adversely affect men and place them at a disadvantage. We seek to raise awareness of these issues and help to address them. We are here to provide a broad platform of support and hope to help affected men overcome their adversity and hardship, and find better days. Areas of focus are: Health & wellbeing, family and relationship issues, legal issues and general social issues. We focus on certain issues within each of these broad categories.

Health & Wellbeing: Testicular Cancer

The Oddballs Foundation

UK

The OddBalls Foundation was set up in 2016 to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer. Through the Foundation we hope to make a difference to male health around the world. Testicular Cancer is around 95% curable so early diagnosis and regular checking is important.  Our aim is to fit as many ‘check yourself ‘ guides into male toilets and changing rooms across the country. This will encourage males to check themselves regularly and in doing so detect any problems early.  We are proud to promote that 100% of all money donated to the Foundation is used to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer. We are generously supported by our volunteers and run with no overheads or costs. 

Health & Wellbeing: Stroke

The Stroke Association

UK

We're here to support people to rebuild their lives after stroke. We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Rebuilding lives after a stroke is a team effort. It takes the determination of stroke survivors and carers, the generosity of supporters and the dedication of the healthcare and research communities to get there. To help in the recovery of stroke survivors we provide information, support and advice. Our support services help hundreds of thousands of people through one of the most frightening experiences of their lives and build a life after stroke. Our support services include but are not limited to emotional support, communication support, exercise-based rehabilitation.