Bikur Cholim in the UK & Europe: The Directory

Jewish patient support in Europe is strong where the communities are — and this list tells you exactly where. Verified June 2026.

• Bikur Cholim (UK) — London (Stamford Hill). home-based care and nursing for sick/disabled children · family support workers · respite care · advocacy and signposting · support for elderly and chronically ill. ☎ 020 8800 7575. Registered charity 1085965 (Bikur Cholim Limited). Serves the Charedi community in Hackney/Haringey; ~40 staff plus volunteer network. Phone as published on ChesedSpot/Haringey Council directories.
• North London Bikur Cholim — London (Stamford Hill). practical and emotional support for the sick, elderly and disabled · volunteer visiting · family support during illness. Established 1955; registered charity 1085469. Based at 97 Stamford Hill, London N16. Separate organization from Bikur Cholim Limited.
• Ezra Umarpeh — London. free loan of medical equipment · respite rooms in eight London hospitals · patient transport to/from hospital · Yom Tov support for patients. ☎ 020 8211 7999. Registered charity 1081176. Head office 16 Manor Road N16; NW London branch on Granville Road NW2 (020 8211 1010). 20+ years serving sick and disabled patients at home and in hospital.
• Camp Simcha UK — London (also Manchester, Leeds, Gateshead, Glasgow). bespoke practical/emotional/therapeutic support for families of seriously ill children · hospital outreach programme · 23 support services incl. respite, crisis meals, sibling support. ☎ 020 8202 9297. Supports 1,200+ family members UK-wide covering 50+ serious childhood conditions; reaches ~12,000 children via hospital outreach.
• Jewish Visiting (United Synagogue Chaplaincy) — London. Jewish hospital chaplaincy · volunteer hospital visiting for any Jewish patient · covers most hospitals in Greater London and Home Counties. Providing Jewish hospital chaplaincy in Greater London since 1875; cross-communal, administered by the United Synagogue Chesed department; visits any patient who identifies as Jewish, member or not.
• Chai Cancer Care — London (Hendon HQ; 11 centres UK-wide). cancer counselling for patients and families · complementary and physical therapies · advocacy and advice · home support service · children/teen support from age 3. ☎ 0808 808 4567. The UK Jewish community's national cancer support organisation. Freephone helpline published on site. All services free of charge; flagship centre at 142-146 Great North Way, Hendon NW4.
• Chana — London. confidential fertility helpline · emotional/medical/financial support for fertility challenges and baby loss · access to panel of 28 UK reproductive-health specialists · halachic-framework guidance. ☎ 020 8201 5774. UK Jewish community's fertility support charity since 1992 (registered 1998). Helpline number published on its website.
• Bedside Kosher — London (serves UK-wide). fresh kosher meals and snacks for Jewish hospital patients and their visitors, free of charge · serves 72 hospitals across 56 areas of the UK. ☎ 020 3988 6906. Phone published on its website. Registered office in London N4.
• Revive (Hospital Kosher Meals Service) — London. supplies kosher hospital meals to the NHS · patient support in hospitals and healthcare institutions across the UK, particularly London. Established 70+ years ago as Hospital Kosher Meals Service (registered charity 1025601), now operating as Revive.
• Kosher Care — Manchester. fresh kosher meals for Jewish hospital patients and visitors across North West England · special dietary needs and Yom Tov meals. ☎ 0161 823 5599. Based at Rear of 30b Bury New Road, Manchester M25. Phone published on its website.
• The Fed (Federation of Jewish Services) — Manchester (Prestwich). community social-care services for people living at home · adult social work and mental-health support · residential/nursing/end-of-life care at Heathlands Village · carers' and volunteer support. Leading social-care charity for Greater Manchester's Jewish community (registered charity 1117126); supports 1 in 7 Jewish households in the region — the anchor referral point for patient/family support in Manchester.
• Jewish Community Council of Gateshead (JCCG) — Gateshead. hospital chaplaincy · health & wellbeing education and awareness · welfare guidance and advocacy · mother & baby support. Registered charity 1080339; the anchor body for Gateshead's Orthodox community — runs the hospital chaplaincy/patient-liaison function locally. Kosher patient food available at Newcastle hospitals via community arrangements.
• Antwerpse Bikur Cholim (ABC — Joodse Welzijn en Ziekenzorg) — Antwerp. 7 kosher hospital respite rooms · Beis Chaya house for families near Leuven hospital · Rechev medical transport and local rides · daily elderly care (Altersheim support) · volunteer sick visiting. ☎ +32 3 233 34 35. The central Jewish welfare and patient-care organization of Antwerp (Jacob Jacobsstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp); hundreds of community members use its services weekly. Publishes a Guide for the Jewish Hospital Patient in Belgium.
• Aumônerie Israélite des Hôpitaux (Consistoire de Paris) — Paris. Jewish hospital chaplaincy across Paris hospitals · support for patients and families · facilitating religious practice in hospital · national chaplaincy network since 2010. Official hospital chaplaincy of the Consistoire; the Consistoire Central created the national Jewish hospital chaplaincy in July 2010 with bikour holim (visiting the sick) as its core mission.
• OSE — Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants — Paris. community health centre (24,000+ consultations/year) · CMPP medico-psycho-pedagogical centre for ages 0-20 · disability and elder-care services incl. Alzheimer's and Shoah-survivor support · 37 establishments across Île-de-France, Oise and Alsace. Founded 1912, recognized of public utility 1951; France's historic Jewish medico-social network operating in respect of Jewish tradition.
• ICZ Sozialressort & Hospital Chaplaincy (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich) — Zurich. social counselling and support for individuals and families · hospital chaplain incl. training nursing staff on Jewish patients' needs · Kescher volunteer visiting of less-mobile members · kosher meal options arranged at greater-Zurich hospitals. Switzerland's largest Jewish community (2,500+ members); its social department is the address for Jewish patient support in Zurich.
• ESRA — Psychosoziales Zentrum — Vienna. medical, psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and nursing care · social-work counselling · trauma treatment for Shoah survivors and descendants · care for children, youth, families and elderly — free or via health insurance. Founded 1994 by the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien and the City of Vienna; the Jewish community's health and psychosocial centre in Leopoldstadt.
• JMW — Joods Maatschappelijk Werk — Amsterdam (national). psychosocial support and counselling · home-care desk · conversation groups and socio-cultural activities · advice and referral for Jews across the Netherlands. ☎ +31 88 165 22 00. National Jewish welfare organization since 1946; HQ in Amsterdam with regional offices. Phone published on national Sociale Kaart directory.
• Joods Hospice Immanuel — Amsterdam. residential palliative-terminal care (8 beds) · pain management · emotional and spiritual support · counselling for patients and families. ☎ +31 20 442 0676. Founded 1994; the only Jewish hospice in Europe (Amstelveenseweg 665, Amsterdam). Phone published on its contact page.
• ZWST — Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland — Frankfurt am Main. umbrella Jewish welfare body for Germany · Bikkur Cholim volunteer training programme (patient visiting groups in communities) · seminars on health, psychosocial patient care and community social work. One of Germany's six recognized free welfare associations; its long-running Bikkur Cholim seminar series builds volunteer sick-visiting groups in Jewish communities nationwide.
• Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin — Sozialabteilung — Berlin. social-work counselling in German, English, Russian and Hebrew · advisory centre for elderly and people with disabilities · coordination of care for sick and care-dependent members · Sozialwerk ambulatory nursing service. ☎ +49 30 88028-137. Official social department of Berlin's Jewish community (Oranienburger Str. 29); listed in the Berlin Senate care directory. Community Bikur Cholim visiting operates alongside the Chevra Kadisha tradition.

Part of The Worldwide Bikur Cholim Directory. Every listing was verified against the organization's own website or an established communal directory (June 2026). Run an organization that belongs here, or see something to correct? Tell us — listings are free.

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