Charities we support
​In 2021, we were proud to support a wide range of causes from funding research projects learning programmes to hospital equipment, outings and respite for terminally ill children and residential care for the elderly. Here is a cross section of the charities we supported last year; you can read about some of the projects we supported below, but if you want the full list of charities we supported last year, please email us.

Chai Cancer Care

​  Heartfelt thanks for your grant which has gone towards Chai’s Home Support Service. This has helped to ensure that when clients are unable to come into one of our 11 centres across the UK, for example after surgery, during treatment, or in the latter stages, our counsellors and therapists can go to them.
Lisa Steele – Chief Executive Officer

Food lifeline

​​  All Aboard has partnered in bringing relief to over 2400 families struggling with food provision. Your contribution enabled us to upgrade the training of our 50 volunteers and expand our kosher food distributions during the Passover and the High Holy Days. Food Lifeline has become a front line service provider in response to COVID-19. 
Miriam Weinberger, Volunteer Co-ordinator 

Gesher School

  ​A HUGE Thank you to All Aboard for your generous donations which included an array of Shabbat and Havdallah items and IT equipment. The students at Gesher have an immense enthusiasm to learn about Judaism, and these donations provide opportunities for our children to learn through an immersive and interactive curriculum bringing Judaism to life!”
Shoshie Greenbaum, Jewish Studies Teacher​

heart cells foundation

  The support from All Aboard allows HCF to continue to change the lives of patients with heart failure.  It helps fund the research of a revolutionary life saving treatment that uses a patient’s own stem cells to repair their damaged hearts - treating patients in our Compassionate Unit at Barts Hospital.
Jenifer Rosenberg OBE, Chair

holocaust education trust

 A huge thank you to All Aboard for your support of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Ambassador Programme. Over the last year, your generosity has helped us to reach our community of over 32,000 young Ambassadors from right across the United Kingdom, deepening their knowledge of the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance.
Charlotte Agran, Ambassador Programme Manager

JBCS

 After my Dad died, I was devastated and so were my mum and sisters. I have ADHD which became so much worse when Dad passed away. When an experienced counsellor from the Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service come to visit me in my home and talk to me, this was enormously helpful especially as none of my friends understood what I was feeling.”
As told to Trisha Curtis, JBCS Manager, by an anonymous client aged 14

Jewish blind & disabled

 We are hugely grateful for the support from All Aboard over the years which has enabled Jewish Blind & Disabled to continue to provide mobility apartments and a 24/7 House Manager service for people with physical disabilities or impaired vision.
Rachel Barres, Director of Fundraising

Jewish Care

 Currently Memory Way Cafes are not able to meet in person. Thanks to Zoom, couples continue to meet to maintain vital social contact. We have delivered 52 sessions since May, supporting 25 families. Familiar faces of staff and volunteers gives continuity to members while relieving isolation and providing an activity to enjoy.
Susan Dawson, Community Dementia Projects Lead

Jewish Child's Day

 Jewish Child’s Day exists to benefit Jewish children who suffer from physical and emotional disabilities, neglect, abuse and financial hardship in Israel, the UK and other small communities around the world. We would like to thank All Aboard for their support which allow us to benefit the lives of even more Jewish children each year, paving the way to a brighter future. For us, it is all about the children.
Anthea Jackson, Executive Director

jewish music institute

 With the generous support of All Aboard Shops, the JMI Youth Big Band were able to realise their dream of recording a debut single 'Stronger Together' at JW3. The experience was transformational for all of the young musicians who took part and set the benchmark for all of the bands' subsequent achievements to date.
Raphael Knapp, Education & Development Manager

jewish woman's aid

 The grant from All Aboard has helped us bring our prevention education to schools and universities, ensuring young Jewish people have the chance to have vital conversations about what makes a healthy relationship.
Julia Kay, Fundraiser

maccabi gb

  Each year, through over 250 targeted projects, programmes and events, Maccabi GB reaches over 50,000 people nationally. Without the guidance and support of All Aboard, Maccabi GB wouldn’t have the tools to deliver, reach and engage with schools across the country, delivering sports tournaments and programmes all year round.
Ashley Lerner, Chief Executive Officer

moorfields eye charity

  Thanks to the generosity of All Aboard Shops, Moorfields Eye Charity was able to support the purchase of a next-generation surgical simulator machine at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Ultimately, the simulator has contributed to better quality training for Moorfields’ trainees that will help them to deliver sight restoring operations, enabling Moorfields to continue providing the best care possible for its patients.
Rachel Jones, Director of Development

Nightingale hammerson

  All Aboard has been a supporter of Nightingale Hammerson for over 20 years. The grants we have received have supported our stimulating activities programme where we are able to offer all of our residents the opportunity to participate in arts and crafts, baking and cooking and our many clubs such as Bridge, Gardening and Poetry.
Russell Brody, Head of Individual Giving

outreach

 All Aboard’s generous donations have helped us to run our weekly Leisure Groups and Drop In Centre for learning disabled service users. Being able to run these groups gives service users opportunities to be creative and try different activities, to get together, socialise, and to meet and make new friends.
Bev Shaw, Quality & Staff Development Manager

PJ Library

 Thank you All Aboard for helping us reach families raising Jewish children across the UK with our books and programme. If you know someone who is aged eight years and under and would like a free Jewish book each month, sign them up at www.pjlibrary.org.uk 
Lauren Hamburger, Director

salford's ceremonial mayor charity appeal

​ Luckily we had been actively fundraising from the beginning of 2019 and accrued enough to award each of the charities a small amount of money as their own funds were being depleted because of Shutdown. Happily in a position to say each continue offering a service to individuals in Salford.
Cllr McIntyre, Ceremonial Mayor of Salford 

Seed

 Thanks to All Aboard’s generosity, Seed is able to provide adult and family Jewish educational opportunities to thousands of people across the UK. We strengthen families through positive Jewish encounters and by sharing the richness of Jewish life, learning and values via a wide range of face-to-face and online programmes.
​Jessica Boxer, Head of Fundraising & Communications

small acts of kindness

 Many older people struggle to keep warm in their home, particularly during the winter. Some face the almost unimaginable choice between heating their home and eating. The grant that we received from All Aboard enabled us to ensure that we were able to provide a Warm in Winter gift bag containing essential keep warm items to every older person who requested one.
Lynne Misner, Chief Executive Officer

Spread a smile

 Spread a Smile’s mission is to distract seriously & terminally ill children from the monotony of long hospital stays by spreading joy, laughter and positive memories. Our core service provides in-hospital entertainment and play activities aimed at distracting children from the pain of treatment, alleviating boredom and encouraging interaction with their families and peers. 
Heidi Nathan, Head of Funds

the anne frank trust

 Support from All Aboard is invaluable to us at the Anne Frank Trust. It is just what we need to sustain and build our work empowering young people to welcome and celebrate our differences.
Tim Robertson, Chief Executive Officer