Jewish Care

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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. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has 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." [1]

In the 2004-5 financial year, its expenditure was £55 million, and it employed 1060 full-time equivalent staff. [2] The organisation cares for nearly 7,000 clients each week, and has roughly 2500 volunteers. [3] Lord Levy is the President of the Board of Trustees.

1 Constituent charities
2 Patrons
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 Sugar and Lady Sugar, Sir David Garrard, Sir Ronald Cohen, Sir Bernard and Lady Schreier, Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly, Jonathan Levy and Charles Rifkind. ^[1]