KIND Foundation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 20-5059342

In 2004, KIND was founded with the following mission: do the KIND thing for your body, your taste buds and your world™. To deepen this mission, we created The KIND Foundation to foster kinder and more empathetic communities. Through the Foundation, we will strive to embrace our shared humanity and improve the way we relate to one another. We will continue to place a particular emphasis on celebrating and inspiring kindness. Stay tuned for programming updates and additional grant opportunities. Please note at this time we are not accepting unsolicited grant proposals. To learn more, check out our FAQ here or sign up for our newsletter here.
The KIND Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Volunteers In Asia (VIA)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 94-1622372

For over 50 years, VIA has sought to provide rich, immersive, cross-cultural learning experiences in the US and Asia that transcend boundaries, transform lives, and strengthen our global community. Faced with unprecedented challenges that are at once local and global, humanity must now expand beyond traditional allegiances and identities, and develop the mindset, skills and abilities needed for an interconnected and interdependent world. On all levels of engagement, VIA seeks to strengthen these skills in individuals and enable them to make a positive impact in their communities and in the world.

The result of these efforts is a continually growing network of alumni, partners, and friends of VIA who communicate and collaborate across borders, start their own non-profits, develop grassroots social change projects, and educate and support the growth of future global citizens.

Supershoes
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1163157

Supershoes empower children fighting cancer in the UK, enhancing physical & emotional wellbeing while raising awareness along the way.

Each pair of shoes are designed specifically for a particular child or young person and hand painted by a Super Artist to express the child and all of the things they like. This could be a favourite game, sports team, music, animals or all of the above! In fact, anything that the child holds dear.

Supershoes are as unique as the child or young person that wears them and act as a reminder to that child of who they are, despite their illness, challenges and treatment.

Windrush Foundation
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1066553

Windrush Foundation is a registered charity that designs and delivers heritage projects, programmes and initiatives which highlight African and Caribbean peoples’ contributions to UK public services, the Arts, commerce, and other areas of socio-economic and cultural life in Britain and the Commonwealth. The London-based organisation was established in 1996 to promote good race and community relations, build cohesion, eliminate discrimination and encourage equality of opportunity for all – placing particular emphasis on addressing issues of ‘race’/’ethnicity’, equalities and cultural diversity

The African Caribbean Care Group (ACCG)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1028464

OUR MISSION
The mission of the African Caribbean Care Group is to ensure the wellbeing of members by:

Providing culturally appropriate health and social care.
Creating opportunities and avenues for self-expression of views and opinions.
Supporting equal access to our service.
Involving service users in planning of services to meet individual needs.
Creating a warm, friendly and welcoming service.
Working with young people to enhance their understanding of caring needs of older adults in the community.
Working collaboratively with statutory agencies in the community.

CARE GROUP OBJECTIVES
To provide a caring and supportive service for older people of African Caribbean heritage who are residents of Central /South Manchester, Trafford and surrounding areas.
To provide a meeting place for older adults of African Caribbean heritage to promote social inclusion.
To provide culturally appropriate activities food and promote healthy lifestyles.
To provide a Luncheon Club and meals on wheels service.
To develop community care services which can be delivered to people in their own homes and Day Centre.
To work collaboratively Clinical Commissioning group and other relevant providers of care.
To offer the centre as venue for clinics and other health activities.
To offer advice and support to service users to access welfare benefits and services.
To support the Health and wellbeing of our services users.
To keep up to date with legislation, local and national changes in Health and Social care to deliver high quality care to service users.

Ashinaga
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 320456813

Our Philosophy
The charitable support from the public enable us to provide educational support and emotional care to orphaned students*. We strive to spread this compassionate work all around the globe, and to create a world free from threats to human dignity.

*Defined by Ashinaga as students who have lost one or both parents, or who have at least one parent with a severe disability.

Our Mission
We provide comprehensive support and education to orphaned students so that may become compassionate citizens of the world who have the determination and ability to contribute to the betterment of humankind.

Our Vision
Ashinaga envisions a world in which:

• All orphaned young people have equal access to education.
• All orphaned young people are provided with emotional support.
• Orphaned young people come together and support each other, forming a bond that extends across borders.

Our ethos
A warm heart, an open mind, a proactive attitude, and an international outlook.

Hope for Haiti Foundation (HFHF)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 59-3564329

The mission of Hope for Haiti Foundation is to make an impact on individual Haitians, empowering them to change their own nation. Hope for Haiti Foundation (HFHF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999, incorporated in North Carolina, and a licensed Haiti NGO.

HFHF has volunteers and supporters in the United States and Haiti. The Foundation’s work impacts individual Haitians, empowering them to act and change their own nation. We are equipping a new generation with a vision and the skills to make the dream a reality.

Bees for Development
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1078803

Our work

Bees for Development promotes sustainable beekeeping to combat poverty and to build sustainable, resilient livelihoods. We support beekeepers to maintain environments that are good for bees, for biodiversity, and for people.

Keeping bees can make a real difference – for example in Ethiopia, Tadfie obtained her first honey bee colony with our help. She sold 18 kg of honey in the first year – enabling her to buy seeds for her vegetable garden and school books for her children.

We work with local partners on community-based projects, and we provide a wide-range of information services. Building self-reliance is one of our core values: we avoid interventions which create dependency on expensive inputs. Find out more about our work below:

• Cameroon
• Caribbean
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• India
• Kyrgyzstan
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• Zanzibar

Innocence Project
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 32-0077563

The Innocence Project's mission is to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.

Our Legal & Intake departments work to exonerate the innocent who have been wrongly convicted.

We are a diverse group of people with a deep passion for justice and reforming our legal system.

The Diana Award
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1117288
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC0141915

Our mission is to develop and inspire positive change in the future of young people.

The The Diana Award was established in 1999 by the British Government who wanted continue Princess Diana’s legacy by establishing a formal way to recognise young people who were going above and beyond the expected in their local communities. Too many young voices go unheard; our work strives to help elevate those voices onto a higher platform. Since then, we’ve had quite the journey but our core focus has remained the same, empowering young people to change the world.

In 2006 we became an independent charity, which enabled us to develop into a fully-fledged youth-led movement. Five years later we launched our now world famous Anti-Bullying Programme and later, in 2012, our Mentoring Programme.

Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome - SADS UK
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1113681

The cardiac charity SADS UK aims to save lives, providing information, funding research and medical equipment to prevent premature sudden cardiac death. Working in the areas of Research, Prevention and Emergency Care lives have been saved as a direct result of the work of SADS UK.

SADS UK highlights the fact that young people and even children can be affected by potentially fatal cardiac conditions. SADS UK was granted international affiliate status to the SADS Foundation, Utah in December 2000 and works with SADS organisations overseas.

Halo Foundation
AG Regulator (ABPI) — Charity Number: C220/14

Vision:
"To assist in the alleviation of poverty, illness, neglect, violence and abuse, with respect to victims of all ages, creeds, races and political persuasions in Antigua āand Barbuda and within the wider Caribbean region".

Mission:
"The Halo Foundation, Inc. aims to undertake one major projects per year on behalf of the organisations which fall under the Patronage of Governor General Sir Rodney Williams and Lady Sandra Williams . The Foundation will also seek to fulfill some smaller and more immediate needs of these and other organisations / individuals with demonstrated requests for urgent assistance, as it relates to issues of health, well being, safety and security, and education".

Shumbashaba Community Trust
ZA Regulator (SARS) — Charity Number: 930044412

Objectives:
The objectives of the Trust are to provide comprehensive equine assisted activities and therapy programmes where horses are used to facilitate growth, learning and healing to previously disadvantaged people enabling them to fully embrace opportunities for education, skills development and employment. 

This is done through the establishment and implementation of the following programmmes:

- therapeutic riding programmes for people with disabilities, including integrated sport and recreation programmes
- equine assisted psychotherapy and counselling programmes
- educational programmes utilising horses.

The beneficiaries of the Trust are:
- people with disabilities,
- victims of violence, neglect or trauma
- youth at risk within socio-economically disadvantaged communities.

Society of Genealogists (SoG)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 233701

Our Vision and Mission

VISION. A world in which everyone has convenient, affordable access to records, finding aids, knowledge and skills necessary to conduct authoritative research into family history.

MISSION. To be the leading national learned Society concerned with family history and genealogy and their associated disciplines

1. Promoting recognition of the worth of family history research by:
   1. Influencing academic standards
   2. Providing education, skills and standards for research

2. Assisting members and the public in their research objectives by:

a) Making widely available an expanding Society collection of relevant records, finding aids and other material both

* physically in its library and
* remotely through its publications in any media

b) Providing access through a variety of media to expertise by:

* giving research advice in the library, at external events or remotely
* signposting to material held or published by others

c) Increasing the availability of research material by undertaking projects for:

* transcription and indexing
* digitisation

3. Being an effective voice campaigning for:

a) The integrity and preservation of records relevant to current and future research

b) Optimum access to such records

4. Being the essential contact for appropriate media, commercial and public sector interests

5. Co-operating with and providing support for individuals and organisations effectively contributing to the Society's vision. In particular catalysing, coordinating or contributing to transcription, indexing or other group projects or objectives.

My Cancer My Choices
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1162165

My Cancer My Choices offer complementary therapies to enable and empower people with a diagnosis of cancer to feel and to be the best they can be. We take a holistic view of treatment working at both the emotional and physical level, mind as well as body.

The therapies we currently offer include:

 Acupuncture
 Reflexology
 Massage and Relaxation techniques
 Mindfulness and Meditation
 Tai Chi

We Are Family Foundation (WAFF)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 27-0010229

SINCE 2008, WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION HAS DEDICATED ITS EFFORTS TO CREATING PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE CULTURAL DIVERSITY WHILE NURTURING AND MENTORING THE VISION, TALENTS AND IDEAS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE POSITIVELY CHANGING THE WORLD. 

In 1979 Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote and produced the song “We Are Family” for Sister Sledge which went all the way to #1 on the charts. 

ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, THAT SONG BECAME MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
 
In a very direct way, the traumatic events of September 11, 2001 revitalized a spirit of unity, solidarity and civic pride among U.S. citizens, and it gave legendary songwriter, producer and musician Nile Rodgers, a New Yorker, the idea to re-record his hit song "We Are Family" written for pop group Sister Sledge in 1979 – with a diverse community of artists, actors, personalities, firefighters, policemen and everyday citizens affected by the tragedy.

Over 200 personalities gathered together in just 11 days after the terrorist attacks, all eager to use the song's message and uplifting beat to mobilize the world and commence the healing process.
 
WAFF now teams up with other organisations such as A World of Difference Institute® and schools 
 across Mali, Malawi, Nicaragua and Nepal providing an education to more than 3,698 students.

WAFF's greatest inspiration came with learning of Mattie J.T. Stepanek, an 11-year-old poet and peacemaker with muscular dystrophy and a resume that included 6 New York Times bestsellers, they were struck by his astute observations about human nature and his universal message of hope and peace.
His vision of a global family perfectly aligned with WAFF's mission, and they chose him as the first We Are Family Peacemaker Award honoree because of his significant contributions toward promoting a peaceful society.

Friends of Spice
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1148415

SPICE runs several ability groups which allow members the best opportunity to develop their skating abilities.
In addition to regular skating, SPICE has been teaching ice hockey since 2006. We are also very proud of our very own synchronized skating team, TEAM SPICE!

Starting as an ambitious pilot programme, SPICE members were offered the opportunity to learn to play ice hockey under the watchful eye of two Slough Jets players of the day, Michael Bowman and Paddy Ward as well as ice hockey player and coach, Nicola Bicknell.

BBC Children in Need supported our proposal and we were able to fund essential hockey equipment as well as ice time and tuition costs.

SPICE employs NISA (National Ice Skating Association) coaches who all have gained lots of experience in teaching children and young adults with additional needs over the years. With volunteers on hand to support both our newer members and anyone needing a helping hand, membership is always in demand and we are currently running a waiting list.

SPICE stands for Special People on ICE.

Wounded Warrior Project
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 20-2370934

WHO IS A WARRIOR?
Veterans who served on or after September 11th, 2001, and have pressing needs. You are our focus. You are our mission.

Here, you’re not a member – you’re an alumnus, a valued part of a community that’s been where you’ve been, and understands what you need. Everything we offer is free because there’s no dollar value to finding recovery and no limit to what you can achieve.

480,000 servicemen and women physically injured in recent military conflicts. 400,000 living with invisible wounds, from depression to post-traumatic stress disorder. 320,000 experiencing debilitating brain trauma.

Advancements in technology and medicine save lives – but the quality of those lives might be profoundly altered.

The numbers speak for themselves, because not every warrior can. With the support of our community of donors and team members, we give a voice to those needs and empower our warriors to begin the journey to recovery.

Sickle Cell Society
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1046631

The Sickle Cell Society was first set up as a registered charity in 1979. It was formed by a group of patients, parents and health professionals who were all concerned about the lack of understanding and the inadequacy of treatment for people living with sickle cell disorders.

The Society is managed by a committee of 10 volunteers elected at the Annual General Meeting, and they meet each month. The Management Committee is accountable to the members and works with a small core of paid staff to further the Society’s aims by providing special services and welfare schemes for sickle cell sufferers.

Our vision is to be the most successful sickle cell organisation nationally with a wide network of well-informed, committed and active supporters working at local, national and international levels.

We will be better able to empower and assist people with sickle cell disorders to achieve their full economic and social potential.

A Band of Brothers (BofB)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1122852

What make us different
We have a pretty ambitious vision for one.

One of the key ways in which we are different is that through creating and supporting contemporary rites of passage for adolescents we intend:

• to create community by engaging and training adult men to act as mentors and allies for local young men- thereby bridging the perilous divide that exists between generations of males
• that every adolescent will have the opportunity to be recognised, acknowledged and welcomed into adulthood through a community sponsored rites of passage experience
• to encourage a search for meaning and purpose in life based on the miracles of nature and humanity rather than adherence to any particular religion, thus enabling men from different backgrounds and creeds to connect in a meaningful way
• “Hurt people, hurt people.” We address the hurt carried by men directly, so that they are less likely to hurt others. Cognitive training programmes can be very useful, but all of the employability training in the world cannot enable a young man with chronic anger or self esteem issues to get a job
• to recognise that the “problem” of young men not just a problem with young men but of the wider societal context of their lives

We have an ambitious vision. We want to create centres for working with men outside of urban areas where they can come to connect, to heal and to return from with renewed purpose and vigour. These centres, called “Axis Mundi,” will provide an important antidote to the pressures and frequent toxicity of modern life.

British Humanist Association
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 285987

Humanists are people who shape their own lives in the here and now, because we believe it’s the only life we have. We make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.

At Humanists UK, we work to bring non-religious people together to develop their own views and an understanding of the world around them. Together, our networks of activists are involved in a range of charitable services which help us to create lasting change for a better society, as well as creating spaces for like-minded people to come together and share ideas.

Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1170040

We are the voice of our members

Negotiating with the Government, NHS and more!

NABB is a registered charity, in common with all of the blood bikes groups in the UK. 30 of the 33 groups are members of NABB, agreeing to adhere to our membership standards. Each of the groups needs to have the funds to run the service, and NABB is no different. Funds raised by and donated to NABB go support the national support structures, including subsidies to groups for various items such as uniform and insurance. NABB needs to raise funds to continue to do this. 

In 2015 NABB successfully negotiated on behalf of our members with the UK Government to be included in the Chancellors Budget speech, Blood Bikes were awarded VAT exemption allowing member groups to reclaim VAT saving vital charitible funds.

Being a volunteer for one of the 27 member groups up and down the country can be a very rewarding experience, you don’t need to be able to ride a motorcycle either!

Groups need Drivers, Fundraisers, Call Handlers and General Administration volunteers to help them operate.

Of course there are opportunities for Riders and Drivers too but all the magic doesn’t happen on the road. Watch the video to the left for further information and click the link below to contact a group local to you.

To volunteer pledge your inquiry here: http://www.bloodbikes.org.uk/localcontact/

Hawk Conservancy Trust (HCT)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1092349

Our mission at The Hawk Conservancy Trust is the conservation of birds of prey. As a registered charity, we couldn’t do our work without you and we aim to make your day at the Trust as memorable and as enjoyable as possible.

Whether it’s the thrill of holding one of our rare birds or prey, watching world-class flying displays in one of our three display arenas, or simply meandering through our 22 acre grounds of woodland and wildflower meadow, we want to share with you our love of birds of prey and encourage you to join in our mission to conserve them.

We care for more than 130 birds of prey from owls to eagles and during your visit, we’ll tell you more about each species and our efforts to protect them. Our purpose-built National Bird of Prey Hospital™ is where sick, injured or orphaned raptors are cared for and where you can take a sneaky peek at some of our ongoing rehabilitation work.

Our on-site British Conservation Discovery Centre is home to our Raptor Nest Box Project (RNBP), run by our Conservation Biologist Dr Matt Stevens, for Barn Owls, Tawny Owls, Little Owls and Kestrels. As well as exploring the ecology of nest box use, this project aims to assess how the use of nest boxes impacts the populations of these species.

Led by our Head of Conservation and Research, Dr Campbell Murn, our International Vulture Programme (IVP) is a multi-partner initiative that focuses on the research and conservation of vultures. We’re a core member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Vulture Specialist Group (VSG); a growing global partnership of more than 60 specialists working together towards vulture conservation. As a member of the conservation consortium Save Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE), we’re able to work towards the prevention of the poisoning of vultures and help create Vulture Safe Zones in south Asia.

The Sumba Foundation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 91-2168923

The Sumba Foundation is a private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization under the section 501 (c) (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

The mission of the Sumba Foundation is to alleviate poverty in Sumba by providing: access to potable water, an end to malaria, general health, and education. With these tools, the people of Sumba have the means to lift themselves out of poverty and create sustainable economies to better their own livelihoods.

The Sumba Foundation strives to provide these needs to the people. In so doing we are confident that we will have built the foundation for a better life and a way to end poverty on the island.

Our aid plan is based on more than sixteen years of firsthand knowledge of the island and its people. In those years we have closely observed the way of life of the Sumbanese and we have consulted with them about their most urgent needs and aspirations.

We have also gathered information from anthropologists, foreign volunteers, aid workers and the government. Our aid philosophy is to help the people to help themselves, we do not believe in giving ongoing handouts or spending large sums of money to solve problems. The Sumba Foundation believes that small projects, that are well managed and cost efficient, bring the best results.

Little Rose Shelter (LRS)
VN Regulator (PACCOM - VUFO) — Charity Number: PACCOM AU301/ UB-HĐ

The Little Rose Warm Shelter is a refuge that provides shelter, care, education, and assistance for young girls who are at high-risk for, or are survivors of, sexual abuse or trafficking in Vietnam. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to building a network of local collaborators in preventing school drop-outs, child labor exploitation, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse and human trafficking. Since 1992, Little Rose has helped hundreds of Vietnamese girls build positive futures for themselves by offering them psychological rehabilitation, opportunities to go to school, free healthcare and a supportive, loving environment to grow.

Mission: Through advocacy, capacity building, direct services and political action, the Little Rose Warm Shelter is committed to providing the resources necessary for girls who deal with especially difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City lead safe and happy lives.

Our values: Equality, Children's rights, Professionalism, Sustainability, Commitmen

Little Rose Shelter is supported by the Danish Vienamese Association (DVA) through the Ho Chi Minh City Child Welfare Association

Corazon de Vida
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 33-0707788

THE PROBLEM
The issue of child abuse, neglect and abandonment is a world wide issue. According to the UN over 150 million children are abandoned and living on the streets worldwide. In Northern Baja’s area of Mexico alone, over 6,000 children live on the streets or under dangerous/abusive situations, and thousands more live in extreme poverty. Mexico currently does not have the social programs that we have in the U.S., no foster care programs, no welfare system, so the only way to care and support children in need is through a network of private orphanages, funded entirely through individual and corporate donations.

THE SOLUTION
Corazon de Vida (CDV) is a 20+ year US 501c3 non-profit organization providing life-changing support for orphaned and abandoned children in Baja, Mexico by funding local orphanages, providing quality of life improvement services and investing in the children’s future by funding higher education.

Through our life-sustaining program we provide monthly funding for the orphanages under our care. These orphanages give abandoned children security, nutrition, shelter and access to a reliable education. We also fund scholarships for teens aging out of the orphanage system to continue their education. We provide consistent, monthly support to 10+ orphanages, housing over 700 children. Our university program currently has 45+ past orphanage residents in college or technical school, and serving as role models to their younger ‘siblings’.

OUR MISSION
We are on a mission to break the vicious cycle of poverty from perpetuating child abandonment.

OUR BELIEF
We believe that every child’s life is valued and holds the same potential, excitement and opportunity as any other life. It is up to us to work together to make sure our care transforms into each child’s hope for the future.

Evening Chronicle Sunshine Fund
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1133293

The Chronicle Sunshine Fund provides specialised equipment to children with disabilities in the North East of England, individuals, groups, registered organisations, special and mainstream schools and hospitals can ask for our support to improve the lives of children with disabilities.

The Chronicle Sunshine Fund was founded in 1928 by King George V, he came to Newcastle to open the Tyne Bridge, while he was here he donated £15 to give underprivileged children a day out to the coast, the Chronicle adopted the idea of giving to children in the area and the Chronicle Sunshine Fund was established.

Our office is in the city centre, we are situated within ncjMedia offices on Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne. We have four members of staff and a number of volunteers that help and support our work, we could not manage with out you all, thank you!

Our board of Trustees are seven professionals from the region that steer the charity and dedicate time to make sure the children are supported and provided with specialised equipment.

Roots of Empathy
CA Regulator (CRA) — Charity Number: 896434818RC0001
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 98-1017743

Our Mission
Roots of Empathy’s mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults.

Roots of Empathy strives to break the intergenerational cycle of violence and poor parenting.

The focus of Roots of Empathy in the long term is to build capacity of the next generation for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting. In the short term, Roots of Empathy focuses on raising levels of empathy, resulting in more respectful and caring relationships and reduced levels of bullying and aggression. Part of our success is the universal nature of the program; all students are positively engaged instead of targeting bullies or aggressive children.

Our Goals

• To foster the development of empathy
• To develop emotional literacy
• To reduce levels of bullying, aggression and violence, and promote children’s pro-social behaviours
• To increase knowledge of human development, learning, and infant safety
• To prepare students for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting

Bluesky Trust
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1068701

We are a North East charity providing specialist support to people affected by HIV. Our vision is a society where people living with HIV experience happy, healthy and prosperous lives, free from stigma and discrimination.

Established in 1992, we have earned a reputation for being a safe and confidential organisation which pioneers innovative services in response to local need.

Our Mission is to improve the wellbeing of people living with HIV, tackle HIV stigma and empower young people to enjoy safe and healthy relationships.

Blue Sky Trust is a Christian Charity. The Christian faith acknowledges the value and uniqueness of every human being regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, creed or sexual orientation. It teaches the importance of love and respect.

We Value:

• The Individual: We respect the diversity of the people we work with and recognise the unique value of every individual, by being welcoming, accepting, attentive to their needs and concerns and upholding their dignity. We keep the individual at the centre whilst appreciating their position within families and society. We value individuals’ stories and contributions and recognise their resilience and capabilities.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver services which are safe and of the highest possible quality, underpinned by the latest evidence. We aim to constantly improve through listening, reflection, learning and responding.
• Compassion: We care about our work and the people we work with. We are passionate about nurturing wellbeing, raising aspirations, bringing hope and challenging stigma and injustice. We will not give up on people and will aim to empower them to fulfill their potential.
• Collaboration: We value the cooperation and input of other partner organisations, institutions and individuals. We collaborate in order to improve health and bring purpose and hope to all service users. 
• Integrity: We are open and transparent about the way we work as well as acknowledging our limitations. We are trustworthy and honest while maintaining confidentiality.

Beyond The Surface International
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 27-1617474

Beyond the Surface International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works in solidarity with artisanal fishing communities along the coastlines to ascend as the key stakeholder and skilled advocates for their sustainability and region's biodiversity.

Our mission is to enable youth in coastal communities to be proactive agents of design for their future. Supported by their communities, we believe youth sharing ideas, knowledge, and dreams creates positive impact and enables sustainable change. 

We recognize the danger of telling a single story for marine conservation and climate change adaption, overlooking marginalized communities as key stakeholders. Our goal is to address the ocean’s collapse by humanizing the issue, ushering in fresh perspectives by inviting neglected voices to join the conversation.

Our approach is Coast 2 Coast, a youth-driven movement for social justice, cultural heritage, and ocean stewardship across ancestral fishing villages along the coasts through nonviolent communication that leads to action.

YoungMinds
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1016968

Who We Are
We’re leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges.

Did you know?
3 children in every classroom have a mental health problem. We’re here to put them at the heart of tackling the problem. Our Impact Report

We’re leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges. We’re here to make sure they get the best possible mental health support and have the resilience to overcome life’s difficulties.

The crisis in children and young people’s mental health is real and it is urgent. More children and young people than ever before are reaching out for help with their mental health. But for those who take that brave step, help is much too hard to find.

Together, we are changing this. We’re fighting for young people’s mental health. Join Our Fight

Our vision
We’re leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges.

Our mission
We will make sure all young people get the best possible mental health support and have the resilience to overcome life's challenges.

Our values
We value every voice
Every voice is important and needs to be listened to
We tell it as it is
We are always honest and straightforward

We're all about impact
We work together to make a life-changing difference

Our goals
To keep ourselves focused and on track, we’ve set out 4 key strategic aims:

1. Foster innovation to meet the needs of vulnerable and excluded children and young people.
2. Promote good mental health to more children and young people than ever before.
3. Champion the voices of young people and parents to influence mental health policy and practice.
4. Inspire excellence to achieve transformed, integrated services.

Stonewall
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1101255

We're here to let all lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, here and abroad, know they're not alone.

We believe we're stronger united, so we partner with organisations that help us create real change for the better. We have laid deep foundations across Britain - in some of our greatest institutions - so our communities can continue to find ways to flourish, and individuals can reach their full potential. We’re here to support those who can’t yet be themselves.

But our work is not finished yet. Not until everyone feels free to be who they are, wherever they are.

The Smithsonian Institution
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 53-0206027

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

The Institution was founded in 1846 with funds from the Englishman James Smithson (1765–1829) according to his wishes “under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” We continue to honor this mission and invite you to join us in our quest.

Mission
For the increase and diffusion of knowledge—across the spectrum of human inquiry.

Our History
Learn about our beginning with James Smithson’s bequest to the people of the United States.

Museums and Zoo
The Smithsonian is home to 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoo.

Research Centers
The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities.

Cultural Centers
As a steward and ambassador of cultural connections, the Smithsonian's work helps to build bridges of mutual respect and understanding of the diversity of American and world cultures.

Education
Education is at the core of our mission, from informal education opportunities for all to lesson plans and professional development for teachers.

Collections
Our collections represent our nation's rich heritage, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world.

Smithsonian Global
The Smithsonian is a global organization actively involved in conserving biodiversity, priceless art, and much more.

Tetiaroa Society (TS)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 45-1080688

When Marlon Brando was alive he made a dream purchase on French Polynesia's breathtakingly beautiful private island of Tetiaroa – an atoll composed of a dozen small islands surrounding a sparkling lagoon 30 miles northeast of Tahiti. There he built a unique and luxurious resort called The Brando which was the start of his sustainability plans to provide conservation of the area by starting a project he called 'University of the Sea'.

"It is my hope that the island will serve as an ecological model... not only a tourist preserve but a marine preserve as well a place for all manner of scientific research and investigation..."
- Marlon Brando

The facilities of this project was later donated to theTetiaroa Society (TS) to provide scientic research on how to keep the eco system there and ultimately around the world thriving into the future. It is now there Ecostation and serves as a hub for the scientific and conservation work on Tetiaroa. Designed and built to LEED Platinum standards, it has dormitory rooms, a common social/work area, an indoor lab, and an outdoor wet lab. Situated near The Brando staff village, it is integrated into the Onetahi community and a comfortable place to live and work. It allows immediate access to reef environments, archeological sites, brackish lakes and a direct access to deep ocean water at the Ecostation. Visitors have access to boats, kayaks, diving equipment (pre-booking required), seawater tables, aquarium and dry laboratory space, along with housing and meals.

Tetiaroa Society is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, OUR MISSION is to ensure island and coastal communities have a future as rich as their past – strengthening their resilience to global change, enhancing their ecosystem services, and preserving their culture.

Grounded in our experience and actions on Tetiaroa, OUR VISION is an Island Earth Initiative that weaves enlightened values, traditional wisdom, and scientific understanding into a new fabric for our common island home.

If you are interested in doing research on Tetiaroa or otherwise using our facilities, you will find information here.

Restavek Freedom Foundation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 20-8334578

Restavek is a form of modern-day child slavery that persists in Haiti, affecting one in every 15 children.

Typically born into poor rural families, restavek children are often given to relatives or strangers.

In their new homes, they become domestic slaves, performing menial tasks for no pay.

TOMORROW MORNING IN HAITI, many children will wake up to cook food they will never eat and wash clothes they will never wear.

They will fetch food from the market and water from the well, all for a family that isn’t theirs, that will probably never treat them as one of their own.

A child living this way in Haiti is like more than 300,000 other children in Haiti, a Restavek.

We are dedicated to ending child slavery in Haiti in our lifetime. Right now there are children in Haiti desperate for freedom. These children are called “restavek” and far too many are isolated, exploited and abused. But there is hope. Together we can end this system so that every child can experience love, hope, and freedom!

Restavek Freedom was founded in 2007 and we now have over 30 employees in two main locations in Haiti – Port-au-Prince and South Haiti – and a small support staff in the US in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Girls Not Brides
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1154230

Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 900 civil society organisations from over 95 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their potential.

Members are based throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. We share the conviction that every girl has the right to lead the life that she chooses and that, by ending child marriage, we can achieve a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for all.

Stronger together, Girls Not Brides members bring child marriage to global attention, build an understanding of what it will take to end child marriage and call for the laws, policies and programmes that will make a difference in the lives of millions of girls.

Our History
Girls Not Brides was initiated in September 2011 by The Elders, a group of independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights, as part of their efforts to more attention to the harmful practices that hold girls and women back, and to encourage and empower others to work to create a world without child marriage.

Girls Not Brides became an independent charity in 2013. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mrs Graca Machel and Sonita Alizadeh are Girls Not Brides Global Champions and advocates to end child marriage.

Noah’s Arc Foundation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 27-1412550

Program Overview
Noah’s Arc programs are focused on two areas: art and sports.

Through the expression of art and the discipline of sports, we work to develop the confidence and foster the passion that exists within every child.

The goal of our programs is to help children tap into their unique passions and achieve their full potential in all areas.

Additionally, our Drop of Consciousness™ movement is infused throughout each program, working to promote peace, unity and positive change.

Expression from the Inside for Kids
Expression from the Inside For Kids® is an expressive art therapy program developed by Noah's Arc Foundation Co-Founder and President, Cecilia Rodhe. This program gives young people in under-served areas and those who are dealing with emotional and/or physical adversity and trauma the opportunity to engage in powerful self-expression. In the program, the instructor presents the young people with an emotion, such as happiness, sadness, or anger, and then shows them how apply that concept to the clay. After feeling the material and imprinting it with their energy, a form gradually emerges, and they begin working through the selected emotion to create a sculpture that is their own personal representation of the feeling. Through this experience the young people learn how to sculpt not only what they see – but also what they feel.

Interested in bringing Expression from the Inside for Kids to your youth?
Noah's Arc Foundation partners with organizations and individual art instructors to train and support them in providing the Expression from the Inside for Kids® experience to their youth. This includes providing partners with our evidenced based curriculum developed by Noah's Arc Foundation Co-Founder and President Cecilia Rodhe who is an accomplished art therapist as well as ongoing training, materials, support, evaluation tools, and impact reports.

The Big Cat Sanctuary
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1104420

Our vision statement:
To assist in the conservation of the world’s endangered big cats
To preserve breeding integrity
To assist the return of big cats to the wild wherever possible

Our mission statement:
To be recognised and respected as being a centre of excellence for endangered big cats

The Big Cat Sanctuary will achieve its mission by:
Operating a centre of excellence in Kent, dedicated to the captive breeding of endangered big cats within the European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP) with the eventual aim of providing animals for scientifically based re-introduction projects.

Promotion and funding of field conservation projects. As the financial strength of the organisation increases, The Big Cat Sanctuary will become involved in field work in these areas of the world that still have endangered wild cat populations

Providing a research base for people interested in the study of big cats in captivity

Delivering an education programme that promotes the importance of bio-diversity and the role of the top predators to all our visitors

Joining together like minded people for the benefit of endangered species

Linking with organisations worldwide that have similar aims and objectives as The Big Cat Sanctuary.

The Big Cat Sanctuary is part of the WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION LTD

Vision Housing
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1123522

We live with one purpose...
To raise awareness of our three core missions, Social Housing, Social Mentoring, Social Impact.

• We provide housing information and advice to our clients – we understand the rules and can provide consistent advice on local authority housing law and entitlements.
• We help with the administration and completion of housing application and benefit forms and can access rent in advance.
• We can provide accommodation on the day of release and have built up a large network of landlords across London who will accept our clients.
• We offer direct, same-day payments to landlords and carry out monthly property inspections.
• We work with a range of other third sector providers to provide support services tailored to the needs of our individual clients.
• We have contracts with local authorities, third sector organisations and Probation Trusts.

 “Since 2007, Vision Housing has engaged with almost 1,300 vulnerable people and housed over 800 clients”

• We use dedicated volunteers to source further landlords and establish relationships with new Lettings Agents.
• We have continued to develop good working relationships with our existing landlords. Some of these existing landlords have increased their portfolio and made these new properties available to our clients.

Vision Housing is part of The Forward Trust (charity No.:1001701 — Registered with the Charity Commission), an organisation the help to break individuals of their cycles of crime and addiction.

SportsAble
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1078742

Objectives
One of our key objectives is to promote awareness of disability through sport and recreation and particularly integration of disabled and able bodied people.

A vital element of life at SportsAble is about having fun – fun through our fundraising events, such as our Annual Wheelchair Push, and fun through a whole calendar of sport and social activities such as Quiz Nights, Open Mic Nights, Have a Go Fun Sports Nights and more.

Reputation
SportsAble is a very ambitious and successful club. The club has also grown in status and recognition and was one of the chosen training grounds for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

We are known for both our sporting endeavour and self-help. Many of our members are international champions at European, World and Paralympic levels. Our members have represented Great Britain 46 times at every Paralympic Games since 1976.

We are, however, equally active at the development at grass root level and are continually working to introduce sport to disabled people in the community through outreach programmes with schools and other sports and social clubs.

Our Mission Statement
To provide sports and recreational facilities and opportunities to SportsAble members in order that they may participate in sport to the competitive level each individual desires with the overriding objective of enhancing their quality of life.

The Hope Effect
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 32-0195924

Every Child Deserves A Family.
UNICEF estimates there are 153 million orphans worldwide, 18 million of which who have lost both parents. This number does not include the 8 million orphans living in orphanages or the millions of invisible children living on the streets, trafficked, or forced into combat.

Many people believe the orphan crisis is being adequately addressed… but the facts tell a different story. There is growing research on the damaging effects of traditional, institutional orphan care.

When children do not receive adequate personal interaction within a loving environment, development is stunted and learning abilities are delayed or lost. Many orphanages are simply unaware of the damaging physical and psychological impact institutional care has on children. Many kids age out only to face a future of crime, prostitution, or trafficking.

The Hope Effect is changing orphan care by providing family-based solutions. Two-parent, family-style homes provide opportunities for each child to flourish and thrive. Access to health, dental, and social care is provided while each child is prepared for the future through education, responsibility, support and the structure that parents were designed to provide.

Medical Justice
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1132072

Working for Health Rights for Detainees.
Medical Justice offers essential medical help to the most powerless in society. About 30,000 people a year are held in indeterminate immigration detention in the UK. Many detainees have suffered torture or ill treatment, have significant and chronic health problems, and a few may be pregnant, or have been detained for prolonged periods of time without any prospect of release or removal. Being detained indefinitely itself causes serious health problems. Many independent reports and legal judgements provide evidence of the inadequate healthcare provided in detention centres, especially for those with mental health problems.

Clinicians volunteering for Medical Justice document detainees’ scars of torture to assist in their asylum claims and challenge medical mistreatment of those held in detention. These cases provide the evidence for research, publications and campaigns for lasting improvements for detainees.

Medical Justice is a tiny organisation, but we are effective thanks to the courage and generosity of our volunteers, clinicians, interpreters and ex-detainees – and thanks to partnerships with colleagues in other organisations in this field.

Budapest Bike Maffia
HU Regulator (MOJ) — Charity Number: 24355524-1-42

Budapest Bike Mafia (BBM) is one of the most dynamic growing civil organizations in Hungary, which was brought to life by young cyclists at Christmas 2011. The organization consists of civilians who innovatively carry out direct work for those in need.

Our core activity is fundraising, and then bidding these donations to those in need. Realization is characterized by novelty, combining elements of social work with volunteering, donation, and cycling.

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1009143

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa) is a registered charity (No. 1009143), founded in 1990 to address the needs of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism or a similar addictive problem. This includes children of all ages, many of whose problems only become apparent in adulthood.

Nacoa has four broad aims:

1. To offer information, advice and support to children of alcohol-dependent parents
2. To reach professionals who work with these children
3. To raise their profile in the public consciousness
4. To promote research into:
1. the particular problems faced by those who grow up with parental alcoholism
2. the prevention of alcoholism developing in this vulnerable group of children

Learn more about alcoholism - http://www.nacoa.org.uk/children/information.html

Anguilla Progressive Association of NY
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 11-3329205

Hurricane Irma -- the Most Powerful Atlantic Storm in History.
Anguilla and neighbor islands were ground zero in its destructive path.

LET US REBUILD ANGUILLA!
HURRICANE IRMA HAS COME AND GONE AND HAS
LEFT A TRAIL OF DEVASTATION ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN.

But we are resilient people and determined to rebuild our island and to welcome visitors back as soon as we can to enjoy its natural beauty and friendly hospitality. And you can help.
Anguilla is in need of assistance in so many areas.

Who Are We: The association is made up out of a group of first and second-generation, hardworking, and concerned Anguillians who have come together to form a not for profit 501 © 3 Corporation in the state of New York, USA. Formed in 1996 in response to the destructive Hurricane Luis, our organization remains dedicated to providing assistance for the educational, social, economic and cultural needs of Anguillians at home and abroad.

The Playhouse
NI Regulator (NIC) — Charity Number: 100119

The Playhouse is committed to delivering creative, innovative and accessible arts, theatre and education to the community.

Our work is about engaging, entertaining, educating, empowering, challenging, confidence building and having fun, as well as providing an even wider range of services to the community.

The money you donate will go directly into funding and expanding this work.

The Award Winning The Playhouse is based in Artillery Street, Derry and was established by Pauline Ross in 1992 with a grant of just £300. Since then it has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading Award Winning multi-disciplinary Community Art Resource Centres based on a neutral site with the city centre. It is a self-help, grass roots, bottom-up community development project which is people centre with charitable status.

The Playhouse comprises of a 175 Seat Theatre, an extensive Education and Outreach Department, a Dance Studio, a gallery and is home to several cultural/art based groups and tenants. The Playhouse filled (and continues to fill) a large gap in the provision of the arts in the North West. It also is one of only a handful of venues commissioning, producing and touring theatre in the island of Ireland.

Whatever your needs, The Playhouse can provide you with a professional, efficient service for your event. For more details, please contact us on 028 7126 8027 or email us on: info@derryplayhouse.co.uk

Practical Action
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 247257

Technology can play a critical role in solving major challenges facing humanity: poverty and climate change.

But while cutting-edge science and innovation is benefitting billions of people, a billion more are left behind.

How we make change happen
Our strength is our approach. We find out what people are doing, and help them to do it better. Through innovative thinking and technical knowledge, we enable communities to build on their skills and experience to produce practical solutions to their most pressing needs. We believe the right idea can transform lives forever, allow people to live in dignity and protect the world. Last year we worked with 2.8 million people to help them break out of the cycle of poverty ….for good.

For Jamaica
JM Regulator (COJ) — Charity Number: 1714

It takes a village...
The mission of For Jamaica is to provide adequate bedding -- new bed frames, bunks, cribs and mattresses -- for residents in orphanages and places of safety throughout Jamaica.

For Jamaica follows a list of all the orphanages and shelters in Jamaica provided by the island's Child Development Agency (CDA). We personally visit all the facilities we serve -- starting from the west end of the island to the east, concentrating on the most rural ones first.

Keeping it local...
All the beds and bedding For Jamaica provides are custom made in Jamaica. This way, we do not only support the orphanages and shelters, we support local businesses and by extension the local economy.

We contracted BOSS Furniture to build the mattresses, which are made of high density foam and hospital ticking for durability and comfort, and to ensure that they can be easily sanitized. Stuart Joinery was tapped to build wooden bed frames, cribs and bunks strong enough to withstand wear. RALAICA Trading provides the sheeting and SNH Worldwide Trading and Super Plus Trucking donate their trucks and drivers to transport the beds.

We coordinate the missions along with about 13 drivers and craftsmen who have taken this on as their personal mission. Members of the community get involved and the residents of these homes are happy to help with assembling the beds and setting up their new bedding.

Your contribution will not just help to purchase beds, it will put a smile on the faces of many, who for the first time have something new to call their own.

Giraffe Center
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 52-1131189

The Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife (A.F.E.W.) Kenya was founded in 1979 by the late Jock Leslie-Melville, a Kenyan citizen of British descent, and his American-born wife, Betty Leslie-Melville. They began the Giraffe Centre after discovering the sad plight of the Rothschild Giraffe. A subspecies of the giraffe found only in the grasslands of East Africa.

The Giraffe Centre has also become world-famous as a Nature Education Centre, educating thousands of Kenyan school children every year.

At the time, the animals had lost their habitat in Western Kenya, with only 130 of them left on the 18,000-acre Soy Ranch that was being sub-divided to resettle squatters. Their first effort to save the subspecies was to bring two young giraffes, Daisy and Marlon, to their home in the Lang’ata suburb, southwest of Nairobi. Here they raised the calves and started a programme of breeding giraffe in captivity. This is where the centre remains to date.

Betty and Jock then registered A.F.E.W. in the United States. Funds were raised to move five other groups of giraffe to different safe areas. Breeding herds of 26 giraffes were translocated from Soy Ranch to the Ruma Game Reserve in present-day Homa Bay County, Lake Nakuru National Park in Nakuru and Nasolot Game Reserve in modern-day West Pokot County. In 1985, seven giraffes were introduced to Yodder Flower Farm near the Mwea Game Reserve in Mbeere District in Eastern Kenya.

In 1983, funds raised by A.F.E.W. USA helped build the Educational Centre on a 60-acre sanctuary. This with the extraordinary vision of creating an educational institution in conjunction with rescuing the giraffe. The Giraffe Centre opened its doors to the general public and students the same year, receiving over 800 excited students.

There are now over 300 Rothschild Giraffe safe and breeding well in various Kenyan national parks. Recent herds have been introduced to Soysambu Ranch by Lake Elementaita in the Great Rift Valley, Kigio Conservancy and the Sergoit Ranch in the Mount Elgon region.

Joy for Children and Communities
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1107290

In Uganda it is estimated that 7.2% of the population are living with a disability and of those 30% are children. Many people living with disabilities face stigma and discrimination. This is even more amplified with children where they are often thought of being the result of witchcraft and some parents, especially fathers, leave the children due to the shame being bought on the family. Alongside this, 80% of disabled people were identified as living in chronic poverty. There is a real need for education, healthcare, physiotherapy and medication in order to better enable these children to stay at home and become a valued part of the community.

Vision
The project began when Harriet Lunnemann contacted Chloe Mutton to see if Joy for Children did any work with Children with disabilities in Uganda. As it turned out, they didn't. They did however commission a community survey to see if it was something that would be wanted in the community. The community said that there was a real need and so the search began for a project worker to oversee the project.

How it works
Annah is the project worker for the Children with disabilities project. The main part of her job involves visiting parents and families fortnightly to assist them with training to better care for their children in difficult circumstances. Alongside this, she helps them access health services and assistive devices as well as physiotherapy in their homes. She has developed an excellent relationship with parents and this has enabled her to pray with them regularly and see real progress in the care and development of many of the families that she works with. The project is mainly funded through regular private donations but also receives some funding through grants and one off donations from churches and other groups.

Future Plans
The next stage for the project is to look at how we can get families access to medication and education to significantly improve their quality of life. We are also looking to get children access to regular healthcare and physiotherapy.

North Star Alliance
NL Regulator (KvK) — Charity Number: KVK 34256950

The Problem
As more and more people cross borders for work, recreation or safety, the risk of disease spreading from country to country grows.

The Solution
Starting in sub Saharan Africa, we're building networks of primary health clinics supported by targeted prevention programs to stop the spread of disease.

How It Works
Working with government, business and civil society partners, we identify disease hotspots along the major transportation routes, where we place clinics housed in containers (our 'Blue Boxes'), and form teams of local community health workers to make sure we reach our clients with essential health services and public health information.

Why It Works
We optimise the locations and opening hours of our clinics. Our electronic health passport system means our patients can continue their treatment at any one of our clinics along their route. And our collaboration with government and NGO partners allow us to refer patients with complications to other facilities

Gender Identity Research & Education Society (GIRES)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1068137

What We Do
GIRES’ overall aim is to improve substantially the environment in which gender non-conforming people live. GIRES upholds the right of all those who do not fit the typical boy/girl, man/woman tick boxes, including people who intend to change gender role completely and others whose gender identity is non-binary, to live proudly in a society that celebrates diversity.

GIRES contributes to de-psychopathologising gender non-conformity and has:-

1. ensured that the UK’s Good Practice Guidelines for the assessment and treatment of adults with gender dysphoria adopt the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) description of this condition as “not negative or pathological” and
2. supported the World Health Organisation’s move to take account of current scientific research and transfer the condition out of the mental and behavioural disorders section of the International Classification of Diseases.

The charity combines the expertise of a largely voluntary team of trans and non trans people, many of whom have direct experience of the issues with which it is involved. They undertake the wide range of work described below and ensure that the charity is robustly governed. GIRES is supported by 366 individual and 76 Corporate Members, making annual subscriptions, one-off donations and payments for services.

Sporting Memories Network (SMN)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1154474

Sporting Memories
The Sporting Memories Foundation is a charity like no other. We support older people across the UK living with dementia, depression and loneliness by engaging them in social activities and helping them to recall memories of watching or playing sport. By sharing memories of sporting moments and tapping into a passion for sport we help people to connect with others and with their past, reawakening positive thoughts and feelings that otherwise remain hidden away.

Habitat for Humanity
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 91-1914868
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1043641

Habitat for Humanity is a global, nonprofit housing organisation with over 40 years of experience. We empower people in the world’s poorest communities to overcome the chronic lack of decent, affordable housing. Since 1976, we have helped 9.8 million people in over 70 countries. In Europe, Middle East and Africa, we have supported more than one million people since 2015.

However, one in four people still live in unacceptable housing conditions. 

The problems are varied and complex in Europe, Middle East and Africa. This is why we have a range of solutions tailored to help local people build a better future. For example, our work in Africa might involve enabling small, affordable loans to build houses through our microfinance initiatives. Or in Eastern Europe, we might work with community associations to retrofit decrepit housing.

Our experience, expertise and range of solutions make us a leader in the global housing sector. But we alone can’t solve the ‘silent emergency’, in which so many millions still suffer from poor housing conditions and deprivation. We work in partnership with beneficiaries, volunteers, public and private sector partners, civil society and governments to bring about change to build strong and stable communities.

To learn more about what we do, you can visit our stories page.

To understan how Habitat for Humanity came to be: Learn Our History.

Prisoners Abroad
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1093710

Vision:
That people survive imprisonment overseas with dignity and hope.

Mission:
To provide a lifeline for British citizens and their families during and after imprisonment overseas.

Purpose:
To safeguard the welfare and human rights of British citizens detained overseas.
To reduce the isolation and deprivation experienced by both prisoners overseas and their families.
To prevent destitution and street homelessness among British citizens returning from overseas and give them a second chance to rebuild their lives.

Our Values
Our unique values ensure we achieve our goals of supporting people who might otherwise be forgotten.

Non-judgemental: we see beyond the conviction, we see the human and what they should have access to no matter what their situation. We believe no one should be subject to torture, inhumane or degrading treatment.

Optimistic: we strive to empower our service users and to tailor our services to the needs of each individual.

Motivated: we recognise that we can only deliver our mission with dedicated and well-motivated staff.

Effective: we work positively against unfair discrimination and inhuman treatment. We seek to exert influence to achieve equal treatment for prisoners, families and returnees, irrespective of sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, social origin, disability, sexual orientation or other status.

Responsible: we spend our funds and use our resources responsibly to achieve maximum impact and value for money.

Practical: Prisoners Abroad translates human rights law into practical life-saving actions.

International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF)
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 57142987782
ZA Regulator (SARS) — Charity Number: 930045174
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 32-0408734

ABOUT US
Across much of Africa anti-poaching tactics have remained largely unchanged for decades. Small groups of under trained and poorly equipped rangers are sent out for days on end to conduct patrols in remote and dangerous locations. Modern-day poachers have evolved and routinely utilise military tactics and equipment to kill high-target species, such as elephants, rhinos and gorillas. In the cross-fire, rangers are also killed. Seeing this shortfall, the IAPF set out in 2009 to fill the gap.

The IAPF has a structured approach to conservation, employing the relevant tactics and technology to defend wildlife from the ever increasing threat of poaching within protected areas. Anti-poaching however is only a portion of the conservation solution. To be a part of successful projects, the IAPF works alongside partners who specialise in community engagement and development, research and development, wildlife rescue and biodiversity management.

Anti-poaching protects community assets, creates jobs, promotes training and education and reduces habitat destruction. In the many water stressed countries of southern Africa, future generations will depend on these critical natural environments for their very well-being.

ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW
THE IAPF IS REGISTERED IN 4 COUNTRIES:

AUSTRALIA: IAPF Ltd. ABN: 57142987782 (Not-for-Profit)
SOUTH AFRICA: IAPF Trust – is a registered Not-For-Profit and Public Benefit Organisation with 18a status. (PBO No: 930045174)
ZIMBABWE: IAPF Trust
USA: IAPF Inc. which is a registered not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) status. (Tax ID: 32-0408734)

Each IAPF entity is governed by a Board of Directors or Trustees. One member from each Board sits on an international Steering Committee which administrates collaboration and governance between those entities. Guidance is sought where needed from key partners, industry experts and the IAPF Advisory Committee.

Our employees and Green Army team of volunteers across the world ensure that projects are delivered efficiently and effectively and that the message of conservation keeps spreading.

Chimp Haven
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 74-2766663

Chimp Haven was founded in 1995 in order to respond to the need for long term chimpanzee care. The need for care extended to those chimpanzees no longer used in biomedical research, the entertainment industry or the pet trade.

Genetically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than any other species. Because of their physiological and behavioral similarities, chimpanzees have been an attractive animal model for many researchers. In the 1980s the U.S. government launched an intensive breeding program. The resulting offspring were the intended research subjects for hepatitis and HIV studies; however, with new research models and developing technologies, the use of chimpanzees in human disease research declined in the 1990s.

In 2000, the CHIMP Act (Chimpanzee Health Improvement Maintenance Protection Act) was signed into law, establishing the Federal Sanctuary System. In that same year, The Parish of Caddo, Louisiana provided 200 acres of forested land, nestled in the Eddie D. Jones Nature Park, in which to build the sanctuary. Chimp Haven was awarded the federal contract to create a sanctuary where its residents could live in large social groups in spacious, outdoor habitats and where they could live out their lives in a setting that afforded them greater freedoms and self-determination.

In 2005, the first two chimpanzee residents, Rita and Teresa, came to live at Chimp Haven. In 2007, the Chimp Haven is Home Act was passed. This law closed a loophole in the CHIMP Act and prohibited chimpanzees retired from biomedical research to be returned to laboratories.

In a landmark decision on June 22, 2013, the National Institutes of Health announced that all but 50 federally owned chimpanzees were officially retired, paving the way for more than 300 additional chimpanzees to make their way to Chimp Haven in the future.

Currently there are more than 40 employees who are responsible for the overall care of the chimpanzees. The organization includes administrative support; husbandry and veterinary care; chimpanzee behavior, observational research and enrichment; education and facilities and grounds maintenance.

Since our inception, we have cared for well over 300 chimpanzees and are currently home to more than 200.

Missing People
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1020419
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC047419

We are a lifeline when someone disappears
Missing People is the only charity in the UK which is dedicated to bringing missing children and adults back together with their families.
We search for missing people on behalf of the friends and family left behind and provide specialised support to ease their heartache and confusion. Our free, confidential helpline is available 24 hours a day by phone, text and email to support missing children and adults, and their loved ones.

For the families of missing people, life can feel like a desperate and unbearable struggle as they wait for days or even years.

That’s why we are here for missing people and their families, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to provide free and confidential support by phone, text or email.

HELPLINE
IF YOU'RE MISSING, THINKING OF GOING MISSING OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS MISSING, AND YOU WANT TO TALK
Call Freefone: 116 000
Text: 116 000
Email: 116000@missingpeople.org.uk

Operation Smile
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 54-1460147

Why We Exist
We dream of a world where no child suffers from lack of access to safe surgery.

For too many families around the world, safe surgery is not an option.

At Operation Smile we believe every child deserves exceptional surgical care. We believe all children deserve to be treated as if they were our own.

That’s what drives each and every one of us: our global network of medical professionals, who donate hundreds of thousands of hours toward the care of children around the world each year, and our supporters who are moved every day to make a difference in the lives of children they’ve never met.

As long as there are children in the world who need our help, we'll do whatever it takes to give them the quality care they deserve. 

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 132637308

Help Someone Else
If someone you know is struggling emotionally or having a hard time, you can be the difference in getting them the help they need. It’s important to take care of yourself when you are supporting someone through a difficult time, as this may stir up difficult emotions. If it does, please reach out for support yourself.

Do They Need Your Help?
Some warning signs may help you determine if a loved one is at risk for suicide, especially if the behavior is new, has increased, or seems related to a painful event, loss, or change. If you or someone you know exhibits any of these, seek help by calling the Lifeline.

• Talking about wanting to die or to kill themselves
• Looking for a way to kill themselves, like searching online or buying a gun
• Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live
• Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain
• Talking about being a burden to others
• Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs
• Acting anxious or agitated; behaving recklessly
• Sleeping too little or too much
• Withdrawing or isolating themselves
• Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge
• Extreme mood swings

How Can You Help Them?
It can be scary when a friend or loved one is thinking about suicide. It's hard to know how a suicidal crisis feels and how to act. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) at any time for help if a friend is struggling.

Contact a Lifeline Center
Never keep it a secret if a friend tells you about a plan to hurt themselves. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) so that you can find out what resources are available in your area, or encourage your loved one to call. Calls are routed to the Lifeline center closest to your area code that can provide you with local resources.

Suicide Safety on Social Media
If someone online is posting about wanting to die or kill themselves, feeling hopeless, trapped, like a burden to others, or seeking revenge, you can encourage them to call the Lifeline. You can also contact social media safety teams, who will reach out to connect the user with the help they need. Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) at any time for help if a friend is struggling.

Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1161828

What is scleroderma?
Scleroderma is a rare, chronic disease of the immune system, blood vessels and connective tissue. 2.5 million people worldwide have scleroderma, and in the UK there are 12,000 people diagnosed.

It is an autoimmune condition, meaning the immune system becomes overactive and attacks healthy tissue in the body.

The name of the condition comes from the Greek, 'sclero' for hard, and 'derma' for skin. This hardening of the skin can be one of the first noticeable symptoms of the condition, as the body produces too much collagen.

This excess of collagen can affect the skin, joints, tendons and internal organs. It causes scarring and stops the affected parts of the body from functioning normally.

Symptoms of scleroderma

The symptoms of scleroderma vary for each person, and the severity depends greatly on which parts of the body are affected.

Usual symptoms include hardening of the skin, swelling of the hands and feet, joint pain and stiffness and blood vessel damage leading to a physical over-reaction to cold or stress, called Raynauds' Syndrome.

There are two main types of scleroderma, 'localised' and 'systemic':

Read more here: https://www.sruk.co.uk/scleroderma/what-scleroderma/

What is Raynaud's?
Raynaud's phenomenon is a common condition thought to affect up to ten million people in the UK. In people who have Raynaud's, the small blood vessels in the extremities are over-sensitive to even the slightest changes in temperature, the cold and sometimes stress. This causes a Raynaud's attack where the fingers sometimes change colour, but not always, from white, to blue, to red.

A Raynaud's attack can be a very uncomfortable, possibly painful, process. It can also make everyday tasks, like buttoning a jacket or unzipping a purse, very difficult. Raynaud's symptoms generally affect the fingers and toes, but all extremities can be involved, including the hands, feet, ears, nose and nipples. Symptoms of Raynaud's are a colour change in the extremities, cold extremities and numbness, tingling or pain.

Read more here: https://www.sruk.co.uk/raynauds/what-raynauds/

Stroke Association
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 211015

What is a stroke?
A stroke is a brain attack. It happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off.

FAST test
It's vital to know how to spot the warning signs of a stroke in yourself or someone else. Using the FAST test is the best way to do this. 

• Face: Can the person smile? Has their face fallen on one side?
• Arms: Can the person raise both arms and keep them there?
• Speech problems: Can the person speak clearly and understand what you say? Is their speech slurred?
• Time: If you see any of these three signs, it's time to call 999.

There's no way of knowing whether your symptoms will pass when they first start.

Other symptoms of stroke
The FAST test helps to spot the three most common symptoms of stroke. But there are other signs that you should always take seriously. These include:

• sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the body, including legs, hands or feet.
• difficulty finding words or speaking in clear sentences.
• sudden blurred vision or loss of sight in one or both eyes.
• sudden memory loss or confusion, and dizziness; or a sudden fall.
• a sudden, severe headache.

If you spot any of these signs of a stroke, don't wait. Call 999 straight away.
Ambulance paramedics are trained in stroke, and will take the person to the best hospital for specialist treatment.

Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
A TIA (transient ischaemic attack), also known as a mini-stroke, is the same as a stroke, except that the symptoms last for a short amount of time and no longer than 24 hours. The FAST test can be used to recognise the signs of TIA as well. If you, or someone else, show any of the signs of stroke you must call 999. Don't wait to see if the symptoms pass or get better.

If you think you've had a mini-stroke in the past and have not sought medical attention, see your GP urgently. 

Every year at least 46,000 people in the UK have a TIA for the first time and although the symptoms may not last long, a TIA is still very serious. It's a major warning sign that a person is at risk of going on to have a stroke.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1079049

What is cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 10,400 people in the UK. You are born with CF and cannot catch it later in life, but one in 25 of us carries the faulty gene that causes it, usually without knowing. Find out more...

The gene affected by CF controls the movement of salt and water in and out of cells. People with cystic fibrosis experience a build-up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive system and other organs, causing a wide range of challenging symptoms affecting the entire body. Read on for more details and links to relevant information, watch our what is CF video below or examine our new interactive body!

Genetics and diagnosis
To have CF, you need to have inherited two faulty copies of the gene (one from each parent), and as there are many different gene mutations that cause cystic fibrosis, each person with the condition can have very different symptoms depending on the two genes they carry. While people with CF often look healthy on the outside, each individual is battling their own range of symptoms on a daily basis. 1 in 25 people in the UK carry the CF gene, and carrier testing can tell you whether you or your partner is a carrier of the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis.

The Orangutan Project
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 24983453571

The Orangutan Project was established in 1998 by founder and world-renowned orangutan expert, Leif Cocks, as a result of his almost 30 year career working with orangutans. Leif is a passionate campaigner for orangutans and has been the President of The Orangutan Project since its inception.

Leif’s years in the field have earned him respect within the conservation field. He has been a key player in developing conservation plans for orangutans and influencing positive change for orangutan protection and survival. This respect has given The Orangutan Project world standing in conservation, and allows Leif to successfully negotiate conservation agreements with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and other government officials.

A small population biologist and curator by trade; Leif has several academic qualifications, including a Masters of Science studying orangutans. He lectures at universities, is a seasoned public speaker, supervises university students and has published several papers on orangutans in peer-reviewed journals. Leif is also the author of the books Orangutans and their Battle for Survival (2002) and, Amazon best seller, Orangutans My Cousins, My Friends (2016) - A journey to understand and save the person of the forest.

In respect to his professional, animal, human and financial management skills, Leif has been the longest standing Australasian Species Management Program Committee Member; a Quarantine-Approved Assessor; Zoo Husbandry Adviser; Zoo Accreditation Officer; UN GRASP in-country point of contact, an International Species Coordinator, International Studbook Keeper and Chair of a World Aquarium and Zoo Association global conservation program.

Rainforest Trust
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1169111
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 44073434563
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 13-3500609

Conservation Projects
Rainforest Trust focuses on saving real acres of rainforest through land purchase and protection. Each of our projects has been identified as crucial to preserving critical habitat for endangered species. And with your help, we can save them now.

Make A Difference
Every action we take now to protect rainforest will have a lasting impact on the future by maintaining our planet’s critical ecosystems.
Over half of the world’s rainforests have been destroyed, and almost 70,000 acres more are lost every day. If current rates of deforestation continue, all of our planet’s original rainforest could be lost within decades, resulting in massive extinctions, accelerated climate change, and increased desertification. With your help, we can make a difference.

Why Support Us
We strategically address emerging threats before it’s too late.
Rainforest destruction has been swift, as palm oil plantations, large-scale farming, logging, cattle pastures, mining and oil drilling rapidly expand. It’s estimated that 137 plant and animal species go extinct as a result of rainforest loss every day.

Our pioneering conservation model allows us to rapidly respond to imminent threats, protecting land that is in the most immediate danger. We do this through direct land purchases and by partnering with local organizations to help create wildlife reserves that will continue to protect delicate ecosystems long into the future. Thanks to this innovative approach, we are saving enormous expanses of intact pristine rainforest—some of our projects protect more forest than the largest national parks in the continental United States.

Proven track record of successfully saving rainforests around the world.

Since 1988, Rainforest Trust has been protecting threatened tropical habitats and endangered species in the most biodiverse areas of the world.

Gangsline
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1155469

About Us
Gangsline is a non-profit organisation established in 2007 to provide help and support to young men and women involved in gang culture. We work with individuals from the deprived parts of our communities and with deeply entrenched social, educational, spiritual and family issues. Central to our ethos and success is a proactive, spiritual and non-enforcement led approach to gangs, and the gang violence embedded our local communities.

Founder
Sheldon Thomas is the Founder and Chief Executive of Gangsline. An inspirational and pioneering individual, Sheldon has an unprecedented insight into gangs through his own experience as a leading gang member in the 1970s. He now dedicates his life to engaging directly with gang leaders and members and using a ‘no holds barred’, yet spiritual, approach to changing young people’s lives.

Stahili Foundation
NL Regulator (KvK) — Charity Number: KVK 59316497
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 47-2198619
KE Regulator (EAC) — Charity Number: MAK/MAR/CBO/2530

Child Protection and Development
Stahili protects vulnerable children and empowers rural communities to break the cycle of poverty and exploitation.

Sustainable Development
Children and communities are key actors in our mission to eradicate exploitation, trafficking, forced labour, and poverty.

Children’s Rights Approach
Stahili uses a human rights approach in all aspects of its programmes. Stahili takes into account human rights law, global development goals and best practices of the international community. We inform children and communities about their human rights and takes into account their views when developing its programmes, and when monitoring and evaluating them.

Transparency
Stahili was born as a response to corruption, the misappropriation of donor funding, and child exploitation which took place at orphanages in rural Kenya. At the heart of our mission is tackling corruption and promoting transparency, accountability and integrity. As donors and volunteers, we hold ourselves accountable to these same standards.

Step By Step
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 900308

ABOUT STEP BY STEP
We’re a young people’s charity. We support young people who are going through hard times, including homelessness. We provide accommodation, personal development opportunities, and specialist support services to empower young people and prevent homelessness.

Our Approach
At Step by Step we passionately believe in supporting local young people who are going through hard times. We take a unique step by step approach, providing accommodation, personal development opportunities, and specialist support services. Our approach helps young people to identify and fulfil their aspirations.

Our Values
Excellence in all we do. Teamwork through successful collaborations and partnerships. Honesty and openness. Ownership of our work, words, and actions. Strength by building courage and resilience.

Our Vision
It is our vision for every young person facing adversity, including homelessness, to realise their aspirations and reach their full potential.

Little Flower Penny Dinners
IE Regulator (CRA) — Charity Number: 6179

Little Flower Penny Dinners has been offering its services to those in need since its foundation in 1912. Our committed team of staff and volunteers offer a warm friendly welcome to all our clients.

Our service is funded by your donations and we ensure that all donations are used to develop and improve our overall service. We have a proud history of service in the Liberties and your contribution will help us continue that worthy tradition.

We serve 72,000 Meals annually. 

Our Donor Charter

The Little Flower Penny Dinners is compliant with the Code of Practice for Good Governance of Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations in Ireland. www.governancecode.ie

Our accounts are audited and filed with the Companies Office www.cro.ie

Highland Wildlife Park (HWP) part of The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC004064

Discover Scottish wildlife and endangered animals of the world's mountains and tundra in our spectacular setting. Drive around the Main Reserve in your own car and then investigate the walk-round area on foot. The Wildlife Park has a wide and diverse range of animals. From native species such as the Capercaillie and Scottish Wildcat to those from further afield such as the Amur Tiger and Polar Bear.

Visitor Information
We want you to have a fantastic day out, but sometimes our animals might seem a bit difficult to spot. They are definitely there though! Take your time, look really hard and you never know, you might just find them looking back at you! Our staff and volunteers are on hand to help around the park. Remember, some of our animals are active at different times of the day so it's always worthwhile revisiting an enclosure.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 10-33112230

St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Unlike any other hospital, St. Jude relies on funding from individual contributors to help support its mission of finding cures to save children battling cancer. Because of donations, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing and food because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases. We take many of the toughest cases. This often includes children who do not respond well to standard treatments.

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Care and Treatment: https://www.stjude.org/treatment/disease.html?sc_icid=home-link-treatment-programs

Animals Asia Foundation
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1086903
VN Regulator (PACCOM - VUFO) — Charity Number: Unavailable

Who We Are
Founded in 1998, Animals Asia promotes compassion and respect for all animals and works to bring about long-term change. We work to end the barbaric bear bile trade, which sees over 10,000 bears kept on bile farms in China, and, according to official figures, about 1,200 suffering the same fate in Vietnam.
Animals Asia Foundation has rescued over 500 bears, caring for them at its award-winning bear sanctuaries in China and Vietnam.

Animals Asia Foundation also works to end the trade in dogs and cats for food in China and Vietnam, and lobbies to improve the welfare of companion animals, promote humane population management and prevent the cross border export of "meat dogs" in Asia.

In addition, Animals Asia Foundation campaigns for an end to abusive animal practices in zoos and safari parks in Asia, and works closely with governing authorities to improve animal management and increase awareness of the welfare needs of captive animals.

Anglo-Thai Foundation (ATF)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1000093

Anglo-Thai Foundation makes annual grants to bright schoolchildren from the poorest families in arid Northeast Thailand (Isaan) to make sure they can attend school and complete the education provided by the state.

The children are chosen by their head teachers and our sponsors support them from primary level through secondary school and, if they make the grade, to college and university.

Started in Sisaket, thanks to the generous support of a growing number of sponsors ATF now helps schoolchildren and students also in Buriram, Surin, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani and other provinces. Bordering Laos and Cambodia, Northeast Thailand has an inhospitable climate which allows only a short rice-growing season, and the parents of many of our children have to leave them with grandparents or other relatives while they go off to other regions in search of work. Sometimes children do not complete the state education they are entitled to, and leave to work as young as 12 because their families cannot afford the basic necessities of life.

To prevent this, Anglo-Thai Foundation gives financial support to children at primary and secondary school level, picked out by their teachers and head teachers. Families facing exceptional difficulty as a result of accidents or illness qualify for special hardship grants. Over the years Anglo-Thai Foundation has also paid for clean drinking water installations to World Health Organisation standards at 14 schools in Isaan.

Child’s Dream Association
CH Regulator (CRO) — Charity Number: CHE-113.262.774

What we do
We focus on education because it is proven to be one of the most important factors for sustained social and economic development.

Vision
Empowered people responsibly shaping their communities

Mission
Improving health and education for sustainable development

Strategy
We design, implement, and partner to support interventions for children and young adults. We address current and future needs in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand related to:

▪ Basic or essential health
▪ Relevant and quality education
▪ Responsible leaders and qualified specialists
▪ Values of peace and justice
▪ Environmental sustainability

Our strategy follows the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Starfish Malawi
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1130350
MW Regulator (COGNOMA) — Charity Number: unattainable

Starfish Malawi was founded by Chris Knott in 2003 after he received an unsolicited letter asking him if he would like to help build a church in Malawi. After initially declining the offer, Chris later made the decision to visit Malawi. Within a year of this trip Chris had sold his insurance business and committed his life to the land of Malawi. Starfish Malawi was born through the support of 25 dedicated followers who were inspired to make a difference.

Our vision is a just world where every child is educated, healthy and cared for.

Our mission is to reduce extreme poverty and build the Kingdom of God in the lives of children, through collaborative work within communities, schools and churches in the UK and Malawi. 

Malawi - UK Linked Schools
Local schools in Salima and Kasungu have been linked with UK Schools as part of the British Council link programme. Those included are as follows:

11 in Kasungu District:
Kaufipa, Thasa, Mkanakhoti, Kauyemba, Vazala, Sopani, Chikwawa, Boma, Kajendere, Chikomambuzi and Kanthenga.

34 in Salima District:
Mgoza, Chipoka 2, Kaphatenga, Chigombe, Chimbalanga, Kalonga, Kambwiri, Chimweta, Chitipi, Salima LEA, Mchoka, Salima Secondary, Kaputu, Simayiwa, Mtiya, Ngodzi, Chitiwiri, Thugulu, Chitala, Chikombola, Chikuluti, Maganga, Napache, Ngolowindo, Chimsolo, Katitima, Chiyembekezo (Chapsinja), Makande, Chiluwa II, Chipili ( Lilongwe ), Mtumbira, Naluva, Thavite and Msalura CDSS.

Volunteer:
Do you have skills and experience you think could support our work? Volunteer in the UK or Malawi. http://starfishmalawi.com/our-vision

The Ghar Parau Foundation (GPF) part of The British Cave Research Association
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 267828

The Ghar Parau Foundation is a 100% voluntary-based charity that manages an investment fund to provide grant aid to assist British caving expeditions to all parts of the world. The fund focuses on those expeditions which include an element of innovative exploration or scientific study. We are also particularly keen to encourage young cavers into expedition caving (as well as sport caving) to maintain an active caving community in years to come.

The Ghar Parau Foundation, a sub-charity of the British Cave Research Association, works by investing the capital within the fund and distributing the interest in the form of grants to caving expeditions who apply and fit the foundations criteria.

To apply for a GPF expedition follow this link http://www.gharparau.org.uk/apply/

Blue Dragon Children's Foundation
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1165180
VN Regulator (PACCOM - VUFO) — Charity Number: Unavailable

Blue Dragon kids are street kids, children with disabilities, children from rural families living in extreme poverty, and victims of human trafficking and slavery.

We rescue kids from danger, reunite them with their families when possible, and provide all the services needed for recovery and growth.

We never give up on any child, even the most complex cases.

Since our small beginnings in 2003, Blue Dragon has become a powerful force for change on the streets of Vietnam, both in the bustling cities and in rural areas where poverty is widespread.

Blue Dragon offers children and families in crisis the chance to turn their lives around, providing practical solutions to the daily problems that are keeping poverty alive.

Our services are free to any person clearly demonstrating a need, and who could not receive assistance elsewhere. 

Those Services include:

Step Ahead Program
For street kids and children with disabilities offering exceptional care for children in crisis.

Project X
Psychosocial support for survivors of sex trafficking.
Being rescued from slavery is just the beginning.

Stay in School
Ensuring access to education for rural children.
Every child has a right to an education.

Safe & Sound Program
Ending the trafficking of rural children.
We rescue victims of trafficking, help them to return home, and support their whole communities to be resilient and prevent further exploitation.

Legal Advocacy
Giving every child access to justice.
Healing begins with justice.

Fly2Help
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1119846

Everything looks better from above the clouds where skies are blue. Leaving our worries on the ground gives us the freedom to look at the world from a fresh perspective.

fly2help is an aviation charity dedicated to raising the spirits of people, young and old, living in difficult personal situations and inspiring young people as they consider their future lives. Founded by pilots, our Air Smiles Days and Aim High education programme take everything that is exhilarating about flying and uses it to do something extraordinary.

Air Smiles Days
Air Smiles Days for children and adults living with disability, life-limiting conditions, severe illness, bereavement and isolation are built around a flight experience in a light aircraft. fly2help gives them the chance to leave their worries on the ground and enjoy a wonderfully happy day out together.

Aim High
Aim High is an education programme that helps young people learn about the exciting world of aviation and gain confidence and a belief in themselves. fly2help runs scholarship weeks at Biggin Hill, Gloucestershire and Oxford Airports and works with schools, colleges and charities to offer STEM and career taster days.

Brisbane Boys' College Foundation (BBC Foundation Limited)
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 6501087751070

Our school is diverse and dynamic, yet our strategy for success is simple – at Brisbane Boys’ College we are ‘All about the boy’

This guiding philosophy frames everything we do. At the heart of what we do lies why we exist; our purpose and our promise - to know, challenge and empower each boy to ensure he goes forth with the confidence and capability to change the world. 

Our Strategic Intent recognises that each boy’s journey will be different. It honours the complexities of education and the varied opportunities we must provide to ensure a transformational and transcending educational experience. It also acts as a blueprint for our future; how we plan to stay at the forefront of boys’ education and the role we have to play in furthering Australian education.

Our intent acts as a blueprint for everything we do and will continue to inform our operational plans and work in unison with our Master Plan.

To download a copy of our Strategic Intent, click here.

BUSH Kids
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 4382492771230

BUSHkids is a non-Government, not for profit community organisation which offers a range of free allied health services to children and families living in rural Queensland.

In 2015 BUSHkids celebrated its 80th year of service and while the process of service provision has changed the key to our work is still health access for regional children. Prevention or early intervention is an essential feature of any programs we would offer.

Working from centres located in Bundaberg, Dalby, Emerald, Inglewood, Mount Isa and Warwick, multi-disciplinary teams, comprising of a Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Family Health Support Worker, with satellite sites in Agnes Water/Miriam Vale, Kingaroy/Nanango and Stanthorpe staffed by Early Intervention Facilitators. 

Our clients are rural and remote children who are experiencing some behavioural, emotional, social and/or developmental difficulties. Parent support and development programs are also a core component of our services.

Barbados National Trust
BB Regulator (CAIPO) — Charity Number: 58587

The Barbados National Trust, founded in 1960, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect the natural and artistic heritage of Barbados and to increase public awareness of Barbados’ historic and architectural treasures. These include a number of different cemeteries, gardens, historic houses, nature reserves, park areas, windmills and coastal areas.

The Trust also runs museums displaying a collection of artefacts owned and made by Barbadians, as well as an education programme, focusing on the island’s history and what it means to the future.

The Barbados National Trust has built a good working relationship with other National Trusts worldwide, equally with the organisations and their members, in places such as Canada, Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, and the United States.

The Ocean Cleanup
NL Regulator (KvK) — Charity Number: KVK 57262632
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 13-2989216

WE MUST DEFUSE THIS TICKING TIME BOMB

A SIMPLE IDEA TURNED INTO A MOONSHOT PROJECT

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organisation that is designing and developing the first feasible method to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Every year, millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean. A significant percentage of this plastic drifts into large systems of circulating ocean currents, also known as gyres. Once trapped in a gyre, the plastic will break down into microplastics and become increasingly easier to mistake for food by sea life.
Going after it with vessels and nets would be costly, time consuming, labor intensive and lead to vast amounts of carbon emission and by-catch. That is why The Ocean Cleanup is developing a passive system, moving with the currents - just like the plastic - to catch it. The Ocean Cleanup's passive system is comprised of a floater with a solid screen underneath, concentrating the debris and leading it to a collection system. The system is slowed down by a drift anchor suspended at an approximate depth of 600 meters, making the system move slower than the plastic and therefore catching it.

By deploying a fleet of systems, The Ocean Cleanup has estimated to be able to remove 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years’ time. The concentrated plastic will be brought back to shore for recycling and sold to B2C companies. The revenue gained will help fund the cleanup expansion to the other four ocean gyres.

See here for details of a feasibility study: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/its-here-feasibility-study-v20/
Download the feasibilty study here: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/fileadmin/media-archive/updates/TOC_Feasibility_study_lowres_V2_0.pdf

The Ocean Cleanup Foundation organisation details can be found here: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/foundation-details/

Meningitis Now
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 803016
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC037790

Meningitis explained
Can I get meningitis? Yes, meningitis can affect anyone of any age, although there are ’at risk’ groups. Septicaemia can also occur with some types of meningitis. Meningitis and septicaemia can kill within hours and can leave those who survive with life-changing.

After meningitis
Meningitis and septicaemia can strike quickly, killing some people within hours. Whatever the outcome, the impact of the disease can be life-changing – from grieving for a loved one, to coping with lifelong after-effects

To be here for everyone affected by meningitis, spread lifesaving awareness about the disease and fund research into it, we need over £3 million every year. Without any central Government funding, we rely on people like you to help us raise it

The priorities for our money are: Research. Support. Awareness. Campaign. 

To see the difference we’re making, download our Impact Report.

We are dependent on voluntary donations to continue our work. To minimise our risk, we have income from many sources and make sure we are not overly reliant on any one. We are grateful to all those who help us raise the vital funds we need in order for us to drive forward to achieve our vision.

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1146420
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC039189

Why does ABF The Soldiers’ Charity exist?
We give a lifetime of support to soldiers and veterans from the British Army, and their immediate families, when they are in need. We make grants to individuals through their Regiments and Corps and support a wide range of specialist charities that sustain the British Army ‘family’, both at home and around the world.

We take pride in being responsive, making a difference at a critical point in peoples’ lives. We have been doing this since 1944, working with veterans of every conflict, and we envisage continuing doing so for the ‘long haul’ – supporting all future generations of our soldiers and their dependants.

Read about the different grants we give

Our Vision
“That all soldiers, veterans and their immediate families should have the opportunity to avoid hardship and enjoy independence and dignity.”

Read more about how we behave as a charity

The Sharmafund
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 95-4116679

Since Chris Sharma began climbing at the age of 12, he has been shown a wealth of support from friends and sponsors in the climbing community. In the midst of his success as a professional climber, he realized that he wanted to turn his energy toward helping others. In the summer of 1998, he began volunteering atYo! Basecamp Rock Climbing Camp, a summer camp founded by his close friends, Andy and Lisa Puhvel. Wanting to expand his generosity even further, Chris started the Sharmafund to send financially underprivileged kids to Yo! Basecamp.

The Sharmafund is dedicated to:

• Reaching out to financially underprivileged youth who wish to enrich their lives through rock climbing.
• Teaching them to push themselves, believe in themselves, and realize their strengths and limitless abilities.
• Inspiring them to connect with nature and realize the importance of preserving our wild lands.
• Bringing businesses in the outdoor industry together to make this type of outdoor experience available to young people who do not have the means.

The Sharmafund is a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a registered public charity, which provides non-profit status to the Sharmafund. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

Bullies Out
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1123070

Bullying can mean many different things and most people describe bullying as the most ‘awful thing that has ever happened to them’.

Bullying generally takes on one of four forms:
Physical, Verbal, Indirect, and Cyber

Types of bullying behaviour can include:

• Verbal abuse, such as, name calling, gossiping and threats
• Physical assaults, such as, hitting, kicking, pushing
• Emotional abuse, such as, threats, intimidation, humiliation
• Exclusion, such as, ignoring or isolating someone
• Non-verbal abuse, such as, hand gestures or text messages
• Racial, sexual or homophobic abuse
• Controlling or manipulating someone
• Undermining a person by spreading rumours, constant criticism
• Making silent, hoax or abusive calls
• Sending nasty emails or text messages
• Online abuse using email, websites, social media, blogs, messaging

These things can happen at school, home or your workplace, but they can also happen socially, online or on social networks. Bullying can also be part of other forms of abuse, including neglect, emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

Bullying can happen anywhere and to anyone so here are ways to find out more and get help:

• Are You Being Bullied?
• Why Am I Being Bullied?
• Are You A Bully?
• The Effects of Bullying
• Helping Someone Else

British Exploring Society
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 802196

Adventure forms a key part of our expeditions, allowing us to access, explore and discover some of the most remote and wild environments on the planet. We believe that overcoming the physical challenge of living in such environments, combined with the opportunity to undertake unique adventurous activities such as summiting volcanic peaks, glacier and high altitude trekking, jungle exploration, ice climbing and sea kayaking provides unrivalled opportunity for personal development, and ensures our explorers return with a real sense of personal achievement.

We want to be able to provide more opportunities each year for young people to benefit from that experience. We will be engaging with considerably more through partnership work in the UK. By then we will be running around 18 expeditions at points throughout the year. Our expeditions will be an approximately 50/50 mixture, as now, of ‘open’ – to which any young person can apply – and ‘invited’ – arranged in partnership with other organisations to meet the needs of specific groups of young people. 

Through 80 years of working in remote wildernesses, we have developed a unique, robust model of youth development. It is transformative for everyone who experiences it and works particularly well for young people lacking strong role models, exhibiting high-risk behaviours or low self-esteem. Each year we aim to recruit more young people on our expeditions to ensure the widest social benefit. 

Our mission is to deliver exceptional learning with permanent positive change to an increasing number and diversity of young people.

Stand Alone
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1154710

We're here to help people of all ages that become estranged or disowned from their family or key family member. It's unfortunate that not all adults in the UK have a close and functional family experience. Our latest research from Ipsos MORI shows that 1 in 5 families in the UK will be affected by estrangement and over 5 million people have decided to cut contact with at least one family member.

However long an estrangement lasts, we understand how difficult it can be to endure the silence, the stigma and the isolation that can stem from living without a close family network.

Before finding Stand Alone, many of our beneficiaries felt unable to speak openly about difficult family situations with their friends or partners, for fear of judgement or rejection.

In the first year of operation, we helped over one hundred people in the London area to meet another person that understood their difficult family situation and talk about the experience of the the living loss.

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 900756603

Smart development works
Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, we have built a long-term, local presence in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development. 

Our mission is to make a lasting difference in the lives of millions of people living in poverty. 
By sharing our specialist expertise in Agriculture, Energy and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, we contribute to solving some of the leading problems facing the world today – helping to find local solutions to global challenges and sowing the seeds of lasting change. We recognise that sustained poverty reduction requires people living in poverty to both contribute to and benefit from growth while having access to quality basic services. With this in mind, our work focuses on enabling the four factors we have learnt are essential for successful development: inclusive development, systemic change, local ownership, and contextualised solutions.

Next to our many country offices in Asia, Africa and Latin America, we also have an affiliate office in Washington D.C. SNV Netherlands Development Organisation USA’s primary goal is to connect North American partners and donors to a global network of technical advisors implementing innovative solutions to alleviate poverty through sustainable and locally-led development.

Find information on the countries we operate in: Choose A Country

Camp Yellow Bird
JM Regulator (COJ) — Charity Number: 48817

Camp Yellow Bird is a summer camp for children and adolescents with diabetes between the ages of 6-18 years old and their peers.  Camp Yellow Bird was founded in 1992 as a combined effort of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Jamaica and the Diabetes Association of Jamaica with technical support from the Ministry of Health.  Camp Yellow Bird now operates independently since 1994 by a group of committed volunteers.

Camp Yellow Bird aims to help children with diabetes develop a positive approach to diabetes management.  It is first and foremost a camp where children with diabetes come to have fun.  On the other hand, their parents get a well-needed respite from the daily chores of diabetes care and management.

Camp Yellow Bird offers a healthy environment, fun, safety and education, all in one setting.  The programme includes:

SWIMMING, BALL GAMES, EDUCATIONAL GAMES, AEROBIC EXCERISE, TALENT SHOWS, NATURE TRAILS,  COOK-OUTS, CAMP FIRE, BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING, KANGAROO COURT, MEASURING AND INJECTING INSULIN, DANCING, HIKING and  BANQUET

At Camp Yellow Bird, we support children with diabetes in learning independence and a level of self-discipline not usually required of children their own age.  Campers get an opportunity to meet and live among their peers and bond to support each other without giving thought to social or economic barriers.  They share similar experiences while they learn to build leadership skills, self-esteem and independence, acquire new skills while they learn to manage their diabetes in challenging situations and achieve their full potential.  Camp offers ‘real life ‘ experience with daily variation in activity and eating.  Meal plans are individually tailored to the needs of each child, their likes and dislikes.  They learn to live in a world where there are choices.

Most importantly Camp Yellow Bird takes advantage of the ideal opportunity to teach the diabetes management strategy of balancing diet, exercise, insulin, blood glucose monitoring and education.

Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust (JCMT)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 293720

The family of Jonathan Conville established the Trust after he died on the Matterhorn in the winter of 1979, aged 27. He was a sound, ambitious climber who had been to school at Marlborough, spent some time in Australia, joined the Army (Parachute Regiment) and taught at the Outward Bound School, Loch Eil. He identified strongly with the outdoors where he constantly found challenge. The Trust’s aims are to encourage and assist young people to train for and pursue their love of the outdoors in the spirit of adventure, which Jonathan embraced during his life. As long as there are mountains, there will be a place for the Trust.

Since the Charity’s conception, by Jonathan’s father, Michael Conville, and uncle, David Conville OBE, and having the charity registered on 19th February 1986, they invited Sir Chris Bonington CBE as Patron. They were delighted when he accepted. As one of Britain’s most revered mountaineers, Sir Chris supported our work, and long-term vision to encourage and assist young people to train for and pursue their love of the outdoors, safely.

The Cartoon Museum
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 327978

The Cartoon Museum is the only museum in Britain dedicated to collecting and displaying original British cartoons and comics. Over the last ten years, thanks mainly to the generosity of many artists and artists’ families, the Cartoon Museum’s collection of original comic artwork has grown. However there remains a number of significant gaps which are only bridged by loans from artists and private collectors. The Comic Creators project will enable the museum to purchase a large number original pieces of comic artwork for the Cartoon Museum collection and develop exhibitions, activities and events which will share Britain’s comic heritage with a wider public, not just in London but across the country. 

Amongst the characters the museum is hoping to collect are Dennis the Menace, The Bash Street Kids, Desperate Dan, Ally Sloper, Belle of the Ballet, Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Watchmen, The Four Marys, Lord Snooty, Roy of the Rovers, Captain Hurricane, The Fat Slags, Slaine, Gemma Bovery, Modesty Blaise, Doctor Who, Thunderbirds, Rupert, Marvelman, V for Vendetta and Tank Girl.

The success of the British Library’s comics exhibition Comics Unmasked highlighted the range and depth of Britain’s comic heritage. In recent years comic artwork has become increasingly collectable, not just in the UK but overseas. There are national campaigns to save Britain’s heritage in oil paintings, sculpture, ceramics and other media, meanwhile it is estimated that approximately 50% of comic artwork sold in the UK goes to overseas buyers perhaps never to return. This project attempts to preserve some of the most iconic characters from Britain’s comic heritage for present and future generations. The museum will be asking the public’s support to help raise £14,000 in match funding.

Though the Cartoon Museum is based in London it is working with partners across the UK including the Scottish Centre for Comic Studies in Dundee, D C Thomson & Co Ltd., Staffordshire University, the British Cartoon Archive – University of Kent, as well as the British Library and Victoria and Albert Museum. Every year there will be a number of comic-related exhibitions and displays and some of these will tour around the country.

Aid For Japan
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1159233

In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami hundred of Japanese children were left with only their memories.

On the 11th March 2011 the east coast of Japan was struck by an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami. As well as the loss of life that this devastating event resulted in, hundreds of children also lost their parents and families.

Aid For Japan was founded by Akemi Solloway in 2011 to support the orphans of this tragedy. In the short-term, the charity lends help to these children by supporting them and their carers as they rebuild their lives.

Aid For Japan is committed to supporting the orphans of the 2011 earthquake through a variety of initiatives and programmes

Every year, Aid For Japan organises a special Summer Residential Course in Japan. The course offers a chance for English volunteers to ¬¬directly support the orphans with a series of activities and events.

The courses involve a variety of activities that are designed to inspire confidence and trust amongst the orphans. Previous events have involved recording a song together, visiting an animal shelter that had rescued many of the pets lost in the wake of the 2011 Earthquake and also learning about the many cultural differences between the UK and Japan.

The Aminata Maternal Foundation (AMF)
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 96603111584

The Aminata Maternal Foundation was established to improve maternal mortality outcomes for women and babies in Sierra Leone. The Foundation takes a multi-faceted approach to empowering women through providing resources and education around pregnancy and pre and post-natal care. In 2016 we begin operations by partnering with the Aberdeen Women’s Clinic with a focus on fistula operations and supporting pregnant teenagers resulting from the Ebola crisis. Aminata’s ambition is to see women in her country of birth experience the joy of birth and life to the fullest.

In Sierra Leone, antenatal, delivery, and postnatal experiences for women often take place in communities rather than in healthcare facilities, so it is important that strategies to improve maternal and child health, involve the community. Community mobilization is increasingly being recognized as an important determinant in the improvement of maternal and child health. Although a diverse range of interventions, including the Sierra Leone Government’s recent contributions to significant improvements in the healthcare system as a whole, challenges remain in maternal, reproductive and child health. As a consequence mothers and children continue to suffer.

1 in 17 women die as a result of pregnancy related issues.

200 times more likely to die in child birth versus Austrailia, US or UK.

70% of the population live in poverty.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1030884

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation charity that saves wetlands, which are essential for life itself. Wetlands are the primary source of drinking water for people and wildlife. They also connect us with nature, and with ourselves, through beautiful landscapes and inspiring encounters with wildlife.

WWT’s ethos starts with the simple act of feeding a duck. That innocent connection with nature is more special if you’re feeding – say - the world’s rarest goose, saved from extinction by our expert aviculturists. It’s even more special if you’re surrounded by some of the UK’s top wildlife at one of our world class reserves, carefully designed and managed so wildlife will flourish.

We take this wetland expertise around the world. We rescue endangered species from the edge of extinction. We investigate what’s damaging the wetlands on which people and wildlife depend. We protect, repair and actually create exciting new wetlands for people and wildlife.

We work with communities, businesses and governments to help people live sustainably alongside wetlands, benefitting from the water, food, materials, shelter, livelihoods and enjoyment a well-managed wetland can provide.

WWT is one of the world’s leading science and conservation institutions in its field. But we’re unique because we never forget it all starts with the simple pleasures, like feeding a duck. And maybe a nice cup of tea.

House of Illustration
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1095210

House of Illustration is an art gallery and learning space dedicated to illustration in all its forms with a creative programme of exhibitions, talks, events and workshops. We are situated in Granary Square, just north of King's Cross Station.

House of illustration is the UK’s only public gallery devoted solely to illustration, with a creative programme of exhibitions, talks and events. A registered charity, we identify and promote new illustration talent, commission new work and have developed a pioneering illustrator-led education and outreach programme. 

We do all this with no public funding - we are totally dependent on admission prices, earned income and funds that we raise.

Global Witness Foundation (GWF)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 94-3399599

Mission
Many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system. Global Witness is campaigning to end this. We carry out hard-hitting investigations, expose these abuses, and campaign for change.  We are independent, not-for-profit, and work with partners around the world in our fight for justice.

Vision
We want a better world -- where corruption is challenged and accountability prevails, all can thrive within the planet’s boundaries, and governments act in the public interest.

People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 274206

Who we are
We’ve been standing up for wildlife for over 40 years. With the help of scientists, conservationists, landowners, and the general public, we’re working to protect our delicately balanced ecosystem by bringing our most threatened species back from the brink.

Surveys
Everything we do is based on scientific evidence. We gather this through surveys, which you can take part in, and by awarding research grants to the most inspiring scientists worldwide. This evidence guides our conservation efforts and is shared through our events and publications.

We are funding the very best conservation organisations, scientific researchers and wildlife experts out in the field through our various grants programmes. Through this critical research we are unearthing the evidence that makes effective conservation action possible, standing us apart from other wildlife organisations. 

The Royal Marsden
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1095197

The work we fund is revolutionising cancer treatment, but we just couldn’t do it without you. Find out how our supporters help us to continue to pioneer new ways to save or improve the lives of patients with cancer, both here at The Royal Marsden and across the world.

When you give to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity you are making a positive difference to the lives of people with cancer

Your support means The Royal Marsden can continue to provide the best possible treatment and care for patients.

Without you, The Royal Marsden would not be one of the best cancer centres in the world. Your help means our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments which are used here in the UK and around the world.

That’s why you’re so important to us. And so when you decide to support us, in return we make a promise to you.

Lynx UK Trust
UK Regulator (ORCIC) — Charity Number: 09386570

The Lynx UK Trust CIC was formed in 2014 by a group of experienced conservationists and scientists with specialisations in wild felines, genetics, field research, reintroductions and education that have worked on projects worldwide.

Since its formation, the team has grown and now includes many experts and volunteers, supported by several larger partner organisations. We are currently seeking licences to conduct a regulated scientific trial, studying the effects of a Eurasian lynx reintroduction to a selected site (or sites!) in Scotland and England. This will involve a time limited trial reintroduction so as to observe, measure and analyse the effects of lynx on various aspects of the UK's social, economic and natural environments.

Christopher’s Smile
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1129906

Christopher’s Smile was set up in October 2008 after we lost our son, Christopher in June the same year to an aggressive medulloblastoma brain tumour. Following a 21 month battle with the disease he passed away 9 days before his 6th birthday. We wanted to find something positive in our tragedy and thought long and hard about the direction we should take.

We feel strongly that new treatments are urgently needed for the 20% of children who do not survive their disease along with those children who survive but face a lifetime of post treatment issues.
Christopher’s Smile does not have a specific paediatric tumour focus but instead provides funding for projects that will benefit the largest number of children possible across the childhood cancer community. 

Precious Touch Foundation Inc.
BB Regulator (CAIPO) — Charity Number: 95859

Precious Touch Foundation Inc. is a non-profit charitable Organization which was launched on November 24, 2007 at Divi Southwinds Hotel, St. Lawrence Christ Church. It is officially registered and legally incorporated under the Charities Act of Barbados and our Corporate Tax No. is 29818.

Precious Touch Foundation Inc. is dedicated to the granting of ‘WISHES’ to children between the ages of 2 and 16 years old who have been diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions and children who are terminally ill.

Our main goal is to bring joy, peace, happiness and a sense of comfort to the hearts of those special children chosen, as well as create a magical ‘WISH’ experience for the child which will last a lifetime in the hearts of all those involved in the ‘WISH’ Through our Wish Granting Program, children and their families can continue to enjoy the peace and happiness of life, thereby replacing the suffering with smiles and laughter.

“To translate the aspirations, dreams, and wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, into tangible real encounters and fulfilling memorable experiences."

Rebuilding Together Hartford
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 06-1418008

Our Mission
Our mission is to bring volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income Hartford homeowners.

Our Vision
A safe and healthy home for every person.

Who We Are
Rebuilding Together Hartford, Inc., is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, volunteer organization dedicated to helping low-income homeowners, through home renovation and repair. Our mission is to bring volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income Hartford homeowners. Our vision is a safe and healthy home for every person.

Become a Volunteer
Rebuilding Together Hartford partners with numerous volunteers in our community. Volunteers are the backbone of our organization.

The investment of your time and resources will make a difference! Our volunteers are complimented by grateful homeowners for the long-lasting effect of their efforts.

If you have a passion for hands-on work, please consider becoming a volunteer and experience the satisfaction of helping to improve the lives of your neighbors and your community. Please contact us to learn more about volunteering opportunities.

International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF)
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC003875

We want to protect otters so that future generations to come can enjoy one of the world’s most charming, elusive and enjoyable mammals.

The IOSF aims to work with local communities throughout the world to educate, inform and encourage the protection and conservation of otters.

Through a programme of research, the IOSF will become the world’s foremost authority on otter behaviour, habitat, persecution and conservation.

We want people throughout the world to be as appalled by Otter persecution and hunting as we are towards Tiger and Rhino hunting.

We would like to educate people to the benefits of Otters, what healthy populations mean for the environment and dispel myths that are causing Otters to be intentionally disturbed, persecuted and hunted.

The Marine Conservation Society
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1004005

What we do
The Marine Conservation Society is the UK’s leading charity for the protection of our seas, shores and wildlife. For over thirty years MCS has been the voice for the sea for all the fascinating creatures that live beneath the waves, for our breath-taking coastal environment, for all those who make a sustainable living from the sea and for everyone who simply enjoys visiting the beach and our glorious coastline.

The Brain and Spine Foundation (BSF)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1098528

Our Mission

To improve the quality of life of people affected by neurological problems by providing expert information, support and education.

There are more than 350 different conditions of the brain and spine and together they affect more than 12 million people in the UK. These conditions affect both children and adults and in many cases have long term impacts without the prospect of a cure. Neurological conditions and associated treatments are often complex and poorly understood by those affected and their families.

The Brain & Spine Foundation exists to provide this information and to be there during diagnosis, treatments and in the longer term, to answer questions and provide support throughout a patient's journey. We are the only UK wide charity providing support on the full range of neurological conditions.

The charity receives no government funding and is entirely funded by voluntary donations.

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 95-3967876

WHO WE ARE
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation (Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, educational and state-of-the-art resources to SAG-AFTRA members. The Foundation believes that the contributions made to our culture by performing artists are not only valuable, but essential.

The Foundation understands that artists live in a rapidly changing world, and it’s imperative that our actors, voiceover artists, broadcasters, dancers, and other artists understand the evolving industry landscape, are provided the tools necessary to navigate these changes successfully, and are given the opportunity to hone their craft as they continue through their careers.

We know there are ups and downs in the performing arts, and the Foundation is here for SAG-AFTRA members, in good times and bad. Through our assistance programs, we work to ensure that no performer is alone when times get tough.

We also offer opportunities for SAG-AFTRA members to make a difference through our children’s literacy programs, reading to children in public schools and online, and contributing even further to spreading creative knowledge and inspiration while giving back to our communities.

That’s why the Foundation promotes education and giving back to our communities. We believe that by working together as performers, and with our partners throughout the entertainment industry, we can create a vibrant and progressive creative landscape where performers can discover inspirations and achieve new levels in a safe and supported environment.

Acting is about taking chances and leaping into the unknown, and the Foundation is dedicated to helping performers reach their highest heights while always landing firmly on their feet.

Chance For Nepal
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1118708

WHAT WE DO
The main purpose of CHANCE for Nepal is to work closely with established and trusted organisations, schools & hospitals in Nepal – to guarantee aid & support to those families in need and to offer education and training opportunities.

 
WHO WE WORK WITH
On-the-ground partners ensure rightful allocation of funds and support.
To maximise the effect of the funds collected by CHANCE for NEPAL, the charity works closely with a family of carefully selected organisations working on the ground in Nepal. These organisations guarantee that CHANCE’s donations reach those who most need it – and they also provide feedback and recommend follow-up action too.

 Patron: Joanna Lumley

Food For The Poor Jamaica
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 59-2174510

Food For The Poor (FFP)-Jamaica is the largest charity organization in Jamaica. Food For The Poor Inc., located in Florida, USA, is the largest international relief and development organization in the United States. It is an interdenominational Christian organization that assists the poor in 17 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.

FFP-Jamaica partners with a number of stakeholders including churches, non-governmental and private sector organizations, children's homes and service organizations throughout the island that deal directly with the poor to fill their most urgent needs and to encourage self-sufficiency. The work of Food For The Poor is funded by donations.

Our goal is to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children we serve through emergency relief aid and programmes in the areas of housing, food, medical, water, sanitation, education, agriculture, outreach and micro-enterprise.

Operation South America
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1121411

Operation South America

We are a British registered charity, currently operating in Paraguay and officially registered there too. We operate on Christian principles but are non-denominational in character. The work is financed by supporters in the UK and USA.

OSA relies on the support of donations and we make sure that money given is used in the areas of greatest need. To donate simply click the PayPal button above and you will be taken to the secure Operation South America PayPal donation page.

The Francis Crick Institute
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1140062

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King's College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a brand new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under a single roof in Europe.

The organisations in the consortium have invested a total of around £650 million to establish the institute and to ensure that it is resourced to make a major impact.

The MRC's National Institute for Medical Research and CRUK's London Research Institute (at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Clare Hall) became part of the Francis Crick Institute on 1 April 2015. 

Learn more about the sciences and what the institute has on for the public at the What's On page

National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1069802

The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) UK harnesses the positive power of wilderness to change lives and the positive power of humanity to save wilderness.

The wilderness is an irreplaceable catalyst for personal transformation and growth. In the wild, people experience a deep sense of belonging, centeredness, and peace.

If humanity does not protect wild spaces, our children will never experience this transformation.

Every year, the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) brings thousands of people into  wilderness. We do so not just to benefit the individuals—though the benefits are great.

We help people to experience wilderness because there is no better way to move them to preserve wild spaces for the future.

When they do, then our children’s children will also be able to experience the positive power of nature to change lives.

East Coast Sail Trust (ECST)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1128353

Your skills and voluntary input could help the Sailing Barge, Thalatta live one for the benefit and enjoyment of others yet to experience a craft of her type.

It became clear in 2003 that the annual maintenance process on Thalatta was no longer going to be able to keep her safe and sound for the future, and the trustees were faced with the choice of winding up the Trust, buying a replacement vessel or refurbishing Thalatta.

Clearly the last two options required substantial funds which the Trust did not have, so the trustees considered whether they could be found and concluded that only by approaching the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) could sufficient be obtained.

However, HLF would only consider a refurbishment programme not purchase of a replacement, so the options were resolved to one. A lengthy process of bidding for a Lottery grant was undertaken and HLF approval was given in 2005 for a project initially estimated at £527,500 and work began in 2006.

Once started, however, it became obvious that deterioration was far worse than the surveys had revealed and HLF was approached for a supplement of £196,500 – which was again approved – and the total project estimate rose to £1.1m, of which the Trust had to find 33% as matched funds.

By the time the project concluded, the Trust had managed to attract donations from a variety of generous benefactors, large and small, to add to the invaluable HLF grant. Without either the donations or the HLF grant, Thalatta would not have been refurbished.

The Restoration Gallery illustrates the scale of the restoration and the quality of the skills and materials employed. It is very rewarding to see these skills alive and well and capable of working on these traditional craft, even if they are in short supply.

Helping Hands Jamaica
CA Regulator (CRA) — Charity Number: 438330-3)

SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS
Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic model for school improvement and civic engagement designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships and campus practices.

Educating for Sustainability is learning that links knowledge, inquiry, and action to help students build a healthy future for their communities and the planet.

Our programs to date include providing solar panels to our schools to offset hydro costs and potential income (selling back to the grid).  We are also embarking on a farming program where by students will learn science through farming. Parents will assist with farming the school’s land to grow produce which will then be used for school lunches and sold locally to raise funds to purchase school supplies.

Wilderness Foundation
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1118493

The Wilderness Foundation UK harnesses the positive power of wilderness to change lives and the positive power of humanity to save wilderness.

The wilderness is an irreplaceable catalyst for personal transformation and growth. In the wild, people experience a deep sense of belonging, centeredness, and peace.

If humanity does not protect wild spaces, our children will never experience this transformation.

Every year, the Wilderness Foundation brings thousands of people into  wilderness. We do so not just to benefit the individuals—though the benefits are great.

We help people to experience wilderness because there is no better way to move them to preserve wild spaces for the future.

When they do, then our children’s children will also be able to experience the positive power of nature to change lives.

Thames Sailing Barge Trust (TSBT)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1102840

The TSBT is a registered charity that exists to preserve two Thames barges in sailing condition for the benefit of the public and to pass on the skills required to sail them. Although the TSBT owns the barges they are operated by a wholly owned trading subsidiary TSBT Sailing and Charters Limited. This is a non-profit company and all sailing fees and membership subscriptions are used to maintain and restore the barges and meet their operating expenses.

The Trust has no salaried employees.

Experiencing in full the pleasures and excitement of sailing on an historic vessel such as a Thames Sailing Barge is not as difficult as one might imagine. The Thames Sailing Barge Trust, which owns both Pudge and Centaur, offers the opportunity to sail to various locations around the Thames Estuary,  and also to take part in competition with other barges in the various barge matches arranged throughout the sailing season.

Surf Aid
AU Regulator (ACNC) — Charity Number: 31 111 343 287

We work together with communities and local government to prevent mother and child suffering and death. The latest Indonesian statistics show that every three hours a mother dies in childbirth, while every hour 20 babies die. Half of these babies are less than one month old. In remote areas these figures are worse. We provide a mix of practical support, education and health promotion that aims to change poor health behaviours into positive behaviours. Simple basic stuff, really, but with huge effects!

WHAT WE DO
We provide very practical support such as materials to build water tanks, water taps and toilets for clean water and sanitation, mosquito nets to avoid malaria, materials for community health posts to support pregnant women, mothers and children and materials for evacuation roads to help communities escape to safety when another tsunami hits.

But it is the capacity building of community members, schoolchildren, community health volunteers and relevant government staff that really lies at the heart of what we do to increase the independence and health status of communities and reduce the risk from natural disasters.

Our programs have a holistic approach, combining practical support with capacity building, on different elements such as:

WATER & SANITATION . LEARN MORE

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Education & Health Promotion
Practical support is great, but not enough to ensure people adopt healthy behaviours. Behaviour change is our ultimate goal as this will have an immediate impact on health status, and for generations to come.

We train local health staff, health volunteers (kaders) and community members on how to use the practical tools we provide and which behaviours should be promoted to save the lives of mothers and children.

Single Homeless Project (SHP)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 287779

Each day across 20 London boroughs, our staff work with individuals to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness, such as poor mental health or drug and alcohol dependency.

With 40 years of expertise and a London-wide reach, we make a difference to 8,000 lives every year.

Often that means being there for people at a critical time – whether to prevent their eviction or help them off the street; to get them into drug or alcohol treatment or support them with their mental health; or to help them find a job and a flat so that they can take the final steps to living on their own.

Perhaps most important of all, our work restores hope to people who might otherwise feel forgotten, left behind or written off, providing crucial footholds in their recovery journey from which they can go on to build independent and fulfilling lives.

Help us transform lives
With homelessness at its highest level for a decade and cuts to public services affecting the most vulnerable, our work is more needed than ever. We urgently want to scale up our work, deepen our impact and reach even more people, but we can't do it without you.

By helping a charity with 40 years of expertise in London, your donation will make a direct impact - ensuring that we can continue to be there for people when they need it most.

Sea Change Sailing Trust (SCST)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1125958

What We Do and How
Sea-Change provides residential opportunities for young people and vulnerable adults to learn and develop in a unique environment. By living and working together aboard a traditional sailing vessel they participate in a wide range of life skills and are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for their contribution and group decisions.

We offer a graduated set of programmes from entry level tasters to extended residential periods with accreditation. The charity is a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Training and Sailability Foundation centre, and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Approved Activity Centre.

Who is it for? Young people who are . . .
Not in employment, education or training (NEET); young offenders or in danger of offending; experiencing social exclusion; with special needs or challenged by traditional educational settings.

We also undertake accredited traditional sailing and seamanship training for those who may be considering a maritime career.

The Ecology Trust – Ibiza Preservation Fund
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1099222

The Ibiza Preservation Fund (IPF) aims to help preserve Ibiza’s exceptional beauty and natural value, currently threatened by mass tourism development, and to promote sustainable initiatives.

The Fund raises money from people from all over the world who care about Ibiza’s future. Funds raised will be used to support cutting-edge environmental initiatives, carried out by organizations on the island, or other Spanish groups that try to influence policies that affect the island.

The Fund was set up in 2008, by William Aitken and Serena Cook, both of whom have a long-standing personal connection with Ibiza. William and Serena have drawn on the support of Ben Goldsmith in creating the IPF, given Ben’s experience setting up The Manuka Club to help support local environmental groups in the United Kingdom.

The Fund is supported administratively by The Ecology Trust, an English grant-making charity established by the Goldsmith family in 2003 (charity number 1099222). Funds raised for the Ibiza Preservation Fund are held in the Ecology Trust’s account, to be used to support work identified locally as a priority.

IPF staff is minimal, with one person based in Ibiza in charge of day to day management and coordination work, assisted by a UK and a Spanish advisor with a long-standing expertise in environmental work.

Since 2015, IPF has evolved into the Fundación para la Conservación de Ibiza y Formentera, an important step towards the consolidation of our work in the Pitiusas.  

The Fundación is new Spanish entity legally independent, of Balearic scope, to better root ourselves in these islands.

The Foundation aims at combining its international spirit with the addition of local experts, building bridges between the international and local communities, and between NGOs, business organization and public entities. 

Breast Cancer Now
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1160558
SC Regulator (OSCR) — Charity Number: SC045584

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK.

Breast cancer is the name given to cancers that have first developed in breast tissue. There are many different types.

Every year around 11,500 women and 80 men die from breast cancer – that’s nearly 1,000 deaths each month.

Thanks to research, more people are surviving breast cancer than ever before. More than 80% of women with breast cancer are still alive five years after diagnosis but around 50,000 women are still diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 042535767

Crocodiles of the World
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1153303

Crocodiles of the World was founded in 2011 by crocodile conservationist, Shaun Foggett. The first zoo was located at Crawley Mill, Witney. However with increasing visitor numbers and a growing population of crocodiles, the zoo needed to move and opened new premises in Brize Norton (the former Foxbury Farm site) in February 2014.

Crocodiles of the World is the UK’s only crocodile zoo and is currently home to more than 150 crocodiles representing 15 different species including crocodiles, alligators and caimans, as well as other reptiles.

On August 8, 2013, the Foundation received formal confirmation of its charity status from the Charity Commission, the regulator for charities in England and Wales. This enables the zoo to continue with its commitment to advancing crocodilian conservation and promoting awareness of environmental issues affecting crocodiles. Shaun is a member of the IUC

A Sense of Home
US Regulator (IRS) — Charity Number: 47-3814056

Every 2 minutes a new child enters foster care in the US. A large percentage of those kids are never adopted and exit the system without family nor community.

At age 18 or 21, state and federal support abruptly ends for foster youth: Each year, 35,000 – 40,000 are ejected from the system.

These young people — who’ve experienced on average seven relocations during their time in foster care — are left to fend for themselves without permanent connections to, or support from, a stable family; often without typical self-sufficiency skills; and with no community networks to help them successfully transition to adulthood.

Statistics say that what most former foster youth's that exit the system have to look forward to is that they’ll be among the least likely to succeed in society:

• More than 1 in 5 will become homeless after age 18, and 50% of foster youth who “age out” experience periods of homelessness;
• 58% will graduate high school by 19 (compared to 87% of all 19 year olds);
• At the age of 24, only half are employed;
• Fewer than 3% will earn a college degree by age 25 (compared to 28% of all);
• 1 in 4 will be in the justice system within 2 years of leaving foster care;
• 70% of all California State Prison inmates spent time in foster care;
• 77% of girls sold into sex trafficking in LA spent time in foster care;
• 71% of young women are pregnant by 21, facing higher rates of unemployment, criminal conviction, and public assistance;
• 21% of foster care alumni suffer from PTSD, a staggering rate that is; higher than that of U.S. war veterans;

This cost to society is $8 billion. Having already endured lives of emotional and/or physical trauma, these young people are now left with no sense of security, external or internal. They’re left to fend for themselves, with no semblance of a foundation.

The most powerful aspect of ASOH is that our entire staff are all former foster youth — who have been recipients of A Sense of Home and are now stewards of a movement to empower their peers to become the best version of themselves and pay it forward to create homes for their peers & thereby immersing them further in the community.

Rees Foundation (The Care Leavers Foundation)
UK Regulator (CCEW) — Charity Number: 1154019

Our Vision
For people with care experience to have opportunities to seek the support they need to reflect on their own experience, recognise its value and offer it to others for their shared benefit.

Our Values
We work to create networks and opportunities for all people with care experience.
We understand that everyone experiences times of need in their lives but also that everyone has skills, resources or advice that they can offer too.
We recognise the value of reciprocation – the benefits for people of receiving what they need but also in giving back to others.
We maximise our resources and create a self-sustaining care leaver and care-experienced network.

We believe:

• There is real value in shared experience.
• Reflection plays an important part in the development of a positive sense of identity.
• Relationships encourage personal growth.
• Voices should be heard over assumptions and stereotypes.
• Individual needs do not have time limits.
• By providing opportunities, we can change people’s futures.

Rupert Bertie, Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees said, “We were aware that care leavers were being left unsupported by local authorities and, as a result, were more likely to be homeless or involved with substance misuse or crime. We had seen lots of young people receiving ongoing support from the families who had been their foster carers and we could see how they benefitted from these continuing relationships. We felt that a charity like the Rees Foundation could do the same for those with care experience.”

Jan Rees, Founder said, “I’ve worked with looked after young people for over thirty years and I can see that there is a need to link care leavers to other care leavers. It can be lonely out there if you do not have family to support you, to help you practically or in many other ways. We know there are some excellent schemes and organisations out there and the Rees Foundation can work with these organisations to make sure all people with care experience are looked after when they need it.”