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Jewish community

Mr. Joel was Jewish and his wish was to benefit charities which promote the Jewish faith and to help Jewish people in need. We consider applications from Jewish charities that help the elderly, disabled adults as well as children and young people.

Please note grants will only be considered from charities within the geographical area we support.

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Jewish Charities

Arts Therapies for Children

Arts Therapies for Children provides affordable and accessible arts therapies to Jewish primary school children who are struggling with their mental health and wellbeing. Some of our children are victims of abuse (physical, emotional and sexual); others are dealing with grief, SEN/learning difficulties and physical disabilities. One of the main causes of our referrals is anxiety and emotional dysregulation/behaviour issues. Our safe spaces, trusted support and creative outlets allow children to process difficult thoughts and feelings (which can be too painful or retraumatising to say out loud), prevent periods of lost learning and social development, reduce loneliness and isolation, and address issues before they escalate. Currently we offer weekly arts therapies to nearly 250 children across a network of 37 primary schools in London, Hertfordshire and Manchester.

Without Arts Therapies for Children’s approach and The Childwick Trust engagement, such special mental health support would be beyond reach for many of the children we help. We are hugely grateful to The Childwick Trust for their warm and genuine support, which has gifted children help, hope and healing.

Jewish Deaf Association

Thanks to The Childwick Trust, older, isolated Deaf and Deafblind sign language users – many frail, with reduced mobility and/or dementia – can enjoy hot, nutritious lunches at our warm and friendly weekly Day Centre, whilst joining in a range of accessible, fun, stimulating activities, alongside friends they can communicate with.

The Childwick Trust enables JDA to maintain excellent catering standards and provide these vulnerable older people with delicious meals to suit all tastes and medical/dietary needs. Many of our clients live alone and are unable to cook for themselves. Only at their much-loved JDA can they benefit from fresh, healthy food, where lunch is often the highlight of their week.

We also support

In addition to Jewish charities, we also support charities in the following areas