Jewish Care

Jewish Care

Jewish Care is a British charity, working mainly in London and South East England, providing health and social welfare support services for vulnerable members of the Jewish community. Tony Blair, when he was British Prime Minister, said of the charity: "Jewish Care is not just Jewish values in action; it is actually the best of British values in action. You can be really, really proud of the work that you do." [ [http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page9466.asp Number 10] ]

Jewish Care is one of the 100 largest UK charitable organizations ranked by annual expenditure. [ [http://www.charitiesdirect.com/CharitiesSearchTop500.asp?sortby=E Charities Direct: Top 500 Charities - Expenditure] ] In the 2004-5 financial year, its expenditure was £55 million, and it employed 1,060 full-time equivalent staff. [ [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts%5CEnds59%5C0000802559_AC_20050331_001_01_E_C.pdf Charity Commission] ] The organisation cares for nearly 7,000 clients each week, and has roughly 2500 volunteers. [ [http://www.jewishcare.org/about_us/ Jewish Care] ] Lord Levy is the President of the Board of Trustees.

Constituent charities

The charity was formed in 1990 by the merger of:

* Jewish Welfare Board
* Jewish Blind Society

Since then, nine more charities have merged with it, including:

* The Jewish Home and Hospital at Tottenham
* Food for the Jewish Poor (a soup kitchen)
* British Tay-Sachs Foundation
* Clore Manor (Friends of the London Jewish Hospital)
* Hyman Fine house
* Stepney Jewish (B'nai B'rith) Clubs and Settlements
* Sinclair House — Redbridge Jewish Youth and Community Centre

Jewish Care operates in association with:

* Otto Schiff Housing Association
* JAMI (Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill)

Patrons

Notable patrons of the charity include the Investec Private Bank, Lord Alliance of Manchester, Lord and Lady Jacobs, Lord Wolfson of Marylebone and Lady Wolfson, Andrew Rosenfeld, Sir Alan and Lady Sugar, Sir David Garrard, Sir Ronald Cohen, Sir Bernard and Lady Schreier, Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly, Jonathan Levy and Charles Rifkind. [Jewish Care Annual Review 2003-2004.]

References

External links

* [http://www.jewishcare.org/ Jewish Care website]
*UK charity|802559


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