Abbey National Charitable Tust

1BIGD Reference number: 2158

General information

Address:
PO Box 911
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 1AD (Multimap)

Opening times:
Monday 10.00am-2.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am-2.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am-2.00pm
Thursday 10.00am-2.00pm
Friday 10.00am-2.00pm

Telephone: 0870 608 0104

Website: http://www.aboutabbey.com

Email: communitypartnership@abbey.com

Ages services offered to: NA

Contact person: Alan Eagle

Type of organisation: Charity/Community

Aims: Abbey's Charitable Trust was set up in 1990 to provide a focus for our activities with the voluntary sector. The Trust is funded partly from annual grants from Abbey and partly from income from endowment funds given by the company to the Trust.

To date the Trust has given more than

Waiting list: Not applicable
NA

Areas of support offered

Education and Training: Exclusion; Life skills; Skills for Work

Relationships and Emotions: Bereavement; Carers; Depression; Family Relationships; Mental health; Relationship breakdown / Divorce

Money Matters: Benefits/Welfare Rights; Cooking on a budget; Debt and bills; Loans and grants; Unemployment

Families: Care leavers; Lone Parent Families; Teenage parenting; Young carers

Minority Issues: African; Asylum and immigration; Bangladeshi; Caribbean; Chinese; Indian; Irish; Language not English; Other; Pakistani; Travelling communities; Other faith groups; Somali

Homes and Housing: Furniture; Homelessness; Housing benefits; Housing projects; Leaving home

Disability, Special Needs and Additional Needs: Dyslexia and perceptual difficulties; Hearing Impairments; Learning Disability; Physical Impairments; Sight Impairments; Speech and Communication Impairments; Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Crime and Offending: Adult offenders; Victims of crime; Young offenders; Prisoners

Health Issues: Aids and HIV; Alcohol; Eating disorders; Healthy Eating; Mental and Emotional Health

Employment and Jobs: Job applications and CVs; Unemployment; Volunteering Placements

Equal Opportunities: Age; Black and other Minority Ethnic issues; Disability; Gender

Geographical Areas Covered

The whole of England: Yes

The South West Region: Yes

Locally (Bath and NE Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire): No

Bath & North East Somerset: The whole of the area

Bristol: The whole of the area

South Gloucestershire: The whole of the area

Disability and Access Issues

Bus stops nearby: No

Car park nearby: No

Parking for disabled drivers: No

Pedestrian route: No

Automatic external doors: No
Will doors easily open from a wheelchair: No

Glass doors clearly marked at the centre for safety: No

Doors 900mm or more wide, with flat thresholds: No

Doors light and non sprung: No

External ramps: No

External steps: No

Lobby/porch area: No

Interior of premises bright and well lit: No

Interior automatic doors: No
Wide doors: No
Wheelchair friendly doors: No

Door frames and handles clearly visible: No

Wide unobstructed corridors (min 1200mm): No

Lift for Wheelchair users: No

Internal ramps: No

Internal steps: No

Visual fire alarm: No

Floor contrast colouring for entrances and exits: No

Able to provide on request individuals who can:
– offer general assistance: No
– assist visually impaired people: No
– sign in BSL and/or MAKATON: No
– do lip speaking: No

Loop system for hearing aid users: No

Public telephone: No

Inductive coupler for hearing aid users: No

Provide pamphlets/leaflets: No

Provision for assistance dogs: No

Toilets that disabled people can access: No


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