Somerset Wildlife Trust is a conservation charity that stands up for wildlife in Somerset, dedicated to restoring our battered eco-systems by creating living landscapes for wildlife and people to enjoy.

Through their medical expertise, nursing skills and specialist support services, St Margaret's Somerset Hospice provide physical, emotional and spiritual care to over 5,000 patients and their families each year. They put our patients at the heart of all they do; treating symptoms, controlling pain and caring for their emotional, psychological and spiritual needs. They support the whole family through a wide range of services such as intensive care in their inpatient units, care at home, outpatient care, complimentary therapies and bereavement support for those who need it. They also support a wide range of carers, young and old with care and support for families and friends for as long as they need them.

St Margaret's rely on over 1,200 volunteers to help deliver care. Hospices are normally associated with cancer - they care for anyone with a life-limiting illness including motor-neurone disease, cardiac failure, renal failure, chronic respiratory disease and more and provide services for free. St Margaret’s is a charity – they are not part of the NHS and their income comes from the NHS and charitable sources from our local community. It costs over £7.5m each year to run their service.

Exmoor Search & Rescue Team is a voluntary Mountain Rescue Team, accredited to Mountain Rescue England and Wales, providing independent or integrated specialist search and rescue capabilities in all-weather, all-season, mountain, moorland and in-land water rescue environments in support of the emergency services in Devon and Somerset. Our volunteer Team Members are on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist both Devon & Cornwall Police and Avon & Somerset Police in locating lost or missing persons, and alongside South Western Ambulance Service and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, recover the injured or ill from remote locations.

Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue is an Emergency Service staffed by volunteers.

Land and steep ground emergency search and rescue specialists
– any terrain

Technical cliff and building emergency access and rescue specialist
– any structure (above ground)

“On Standby” 365 days a year, 24 hours a day
– any weather, night or day

Avon and Somerset Police force chosen external search and rescue resource, covering 1855sq miles
– the whole of Avon and Somerset

Currently ASSAR’s operating area is approximately 1,800 km2. They fall entirely under the
direction of Avon and Somerset Constabulary (ASC), who are the Category 1 Responder. They
also work with South West Ambulance Service, Hazard Area Response Teams, Devon and
Somerset Fire and Rescue DSFR), Coastguard and other Mountain Rescue teams including
Exmoor MR, various South Wales teams Mendip Cave Rescue and Severn Area Rescue
Association. They are part of the wider Avon Local Resilience Forum.

A charity funded by donation, staffed and run by unpaid dedicated volunteers - saving lives since 1975

Stand Against Violence (SAV) was established in 2005 by Adam Fouracre in response to the murder of his brother, 17-year-old Lloyd Fouracre, who was beaten to death in Taunton, Somerset, one day before his 18th birthday. They work with those most at risk of being a victim or perpetrator of violence to help young people make the right choices, stay clear of potentially violent situations and affect their future in a positive way ultimately reducing violence in our communities.

SAV is now a leading provider in evidence-based violence prevention programmes and have been awarded the Queens Award for the Voluntary Sector in 2014 in recognition of their societal impact and The Charity Times Award in celebration of their best practice approach.