zonzoo and its Charities

zonzoo partners with a number of charitable organisations. All are officially recognised as charities and work within their specialist areas.

Our current partners include:

The Sussex Autistic Society

Kenya Children Centres

Guide Dogs

British Heart Foundation

Marie Curie Cancer Care

CLIC Sargent

Sussex Autistic Society

Promoting Awareness Providing Support
The Society was formed in 1980 by a group of parents whose children had been diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. From these humble beginnings the Society has grown and continues to provide services and support to individuals with autism and their families living within the county of Sussex. The Society Aims To:

• Encourage awareness of autism and the special problems that exist for people on the autistic spectrum.
• Encourage professionals in education, health and social services to be more aware of the needs of people with autism, and to meet those needs with appropriate services.
• Share ideas and examples of good practice with other organisations.

These aims the Society effectively achieves through a number of quality services managed and staffed by trained personnel with an excellent knowledge and experience of working with children, young people and adults with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Services we provide include:

• Outreach service for children, and young people and their families
• Outreach support for adults with autism
• Adult asperger social group
• Support for siblings
• Training services for professionals and families
• Asperger specific youth service
• Family Centres
• Support to schools and colleges

Please phone the office for further details of our services, for advice or support . The Society continues to grow and provide the much needed support and advice to families and associated services across the county. Hopefully, with the strength of the existing services and the future development of others it may long continue to help those families in need of specialist provision.

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Kenya Children Centres

Kenya Children Centres rescues destitute orphan girls and cares for them in a safe and loving environment. The children live in small family units, each with a house mother who looks after them as she would her own children. We provide each child with food, shelter, education, health care and a home that is free from conflict, abuse and exploitation. We have been caring for children since 1999. We have recently moved to a new centre that will eventually have 12 family units. We have almost completed a health clinic alongside, which will provide medical treatment, health education and counselling to girls and young women in the local community.

Kenya Children Centres is a UK based Charity that operates through its Kenya based NGO called "Action for People in Conflict". We have been operating in Kenya since 1999. Kenya Children Centres sets policy and care standards, monitors operations on a daily basis and controls local payments. We organise fund raising with the help of our team of enthusiastic volunteers, find sponsors for the children, raise awareness of poverty and homelessness in Kenya. Local Trustees supervise day to day activities in Kenya and the Children’s Centre manager manages the team of experienced carers that look after the children.

Kenya Children Centres (A Company limited by Guarantee) Company No. 04624555 - Charity No. 1103868

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Guide Dogs

Guide Dogs want a society in which blind and partially-sighted people enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else. We have been providing blind and partially-sighted people with the freedom and independence a guide dog gives for nearly 80 years. 

We support over 4,500 guide dog partnerships in the UK and provide people with a guide dog for as long as they need one. What’s more, the working life of a guide dog is about six-and-a-half years, and many owners have up to seven dogs during their lifetime. The full lifetime “cost of a guide dog” from birth to retirement is around £50,000.

The charity that receives no government funding for the guide dogs service and is entirely dependent on voluntary donations. It’s a big promise that we make and it can literally change someone’s life forever.

© The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association 2009. Guide Dogs is a working name of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, a registered charity in England and Wales (209617) and Scotland (SCO38979)

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British Heart Foundation:

The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives every day through pioneering research, caring for patient and families, campaigning for change and providing vital information to help people care for their own heart health.

To find out more about the work of the BHF visit bhf.org.uk

Registered charity in England & Wales (225971), Scotland (SC039426)

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Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK’s Largest charities. It was established in 1948- the same year as the NHS. Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, they expect to provide care to around 25,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in their hospices this year, along with support for their families.

They mainly care for people with cancer but also care for people with other life limiting illnesses. Their services are always free of charge to patients and their families. The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes.

They have nine hospices across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and two centres for palliative care research. They also run the world-renowned Marie Curie Research Institute, which investigates the causes and treatments of cancer. Since 2004, Marie Curie Cancer Care has been campaigning for more patients to be able to make the choice to be cared for and die at home. Research shows around 70 per cent of people would like to die at home if they had a terminal illness, with a sizeable minority opting for hospice care.

However, more than 50 per cent of cancer deaths still occur in hospital, the place people say they would least like to be. Financially, around 70 per cent of the charity’s income comes from the generous support of thousands of individuals, membership organisations and businesses, with the balance of their funds coming from the NHS. They also depend on an army of volunteers to support their work in both care and fundraising.

The daffodil is the emblem of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Registered Charity No 207994 (England and Wales) SCO 38731 (Scotland)

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CLIC Sargent

Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That’s because they are there every step of the way:
During treatment – providing specialist nurses, play specialists, Homes from Home
In hospital & at home – offering specialist social care and support in the community – services for young people, holidays, grants, helpline
After treatment – helping survivors, supporting those bereaved.
They have one simple aim: to ease the burden of childhood cancer on children, young people and their families.
They help children and young people with cancer and their families with the trauma of diagnosis, the often long journey through treatment… and continue to support them afterwards.
Their values

• They listen and respond in a flexible way to individuals' needs
• They involve children and young people, because they are at the heart of everything Clic Sargent does.
• They get the best results when they work together with their partners
• Clic Sargent are accountable for delivering high quality services and using their resources wisely

Where do we work?
They that operate and deliver care and support both locally and nationally. They have main offices in Bristol and Hammersmith, our Head Office. Around the UK there are regional offices in Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Henley in Arden, Oxford, Bury St Edmunds, Lewes, and Prestwick. They employ and fund care professionals in hopsitals across the UK, including in all of the main children cancer treatment centres.
Registered charity number is 1107328 and registered in Scotland (SC039857)

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