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Action For Conservation

Established: 03/06/2014
Spending: £180,623
3Y growth: 60.5% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 4 major donors in last 3 years?

Running workshops and events, providing learning materials, organising work experience placements, and building online networks to develop a proactive youth conservation movement in the UK with a ... more

Action Tutoring

Established: 09/05/2012
Spending: £1,200,822
5Y growth: 43.1% pa
3Y growth: 19.6% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: EQ Foundation, Impetus PEF, The Dulverton Trust

Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using high quality volunteer tutors, aiming to ensure pupils are equipped in English and ... more

Best Beginnings

Established: 12/07/2007
Spending: £1,051,911
5Y growth: 4.5% pa
3Y growth: -2.1% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?

Best Beginnings creates and disseminates engaging, evidence-based resources including the Baby Buddy phone app, From Bump to Breastfeeding DVD, Small Wonders DVD, Baby Express Magazine and Maternal ... more

Birth Companions

Established: 21/09/2007
Spending: £445,742
5Y growth: 21.8% pa
3Y growth: 12.6% pa

Area of operations: Throughout London, Surrey, Peterborough City

Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?

We support women experiencing severe disadvantages in the period before, during and after the birth of their babies. We run groups and give one to one support to women in four prisons and in the ... more

City Harvest

Established: 07/08/2015
Spending: £760,712
3Y growth: 21.5% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 7 major donors in last 3 years?

City Harvest helps put surplus food to good use in a sustainable way, by distributing to organisations that feed the hungry in London

Clientearth

Established: 26/03/1996
Spending: £11,172,636
5Y growth: 24.0% pa
3Y growth: 16.5% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 4 major donors in last 3 years?

ClientEarth's objects are the promotion and protection of the environment for the public benefit by the use of the law, to provide legal assistance to those who otherwise do not have access thereto, ... more

Excellent Development

Established: 04/11/2002
Spending: £1,149,482
5Y growth: -1.2% pa
3Y growth: -2.6% pa

Area of operations: India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini

Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: The Dulverton Trust, The EQ Foundation

Excellent Development supports rural dryland communities to work their way out of poverty with dignity. Working with local partners, we support rural communities to gain access to clean water close to ... more

Hubbub Foundation Uk

Established: 26/09/2014
Spending: £2,342,969
3Y growth: 11.3% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS NOT ... more

Justlife Foundation

Established: 17/03/2011
Spending: £899,840
5Y growth: 16.6% pa
3Y growth: 6.7% pa

Area of operations: East Sussex, Brighton And Hove, Manchester City

Supported by 9 major donors in last 3 years?

Justlife provides innovative, strategic and frontline responses to community needs, working specifically to raise aspirations for vulnerable adults. Justlife has three core workstreams: Regeneration: ... more

North London Cares

Established: 30/07/2013
Spending: £480,614
5Y growth: 29.7% pa
3Y growth: 9.4% pa

Area of operations: Camden, Islington

Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?

A community network mobilising young professionals to volunteer to support their older neighbours with a little extra time, practical help, social connection and human companionship in the London ... more

Resurgo Trust

Established: 25/11/2003
Spending: £2,247,741
5Y growth: 19.0% pa
3Y growth: 6.8% pa

Area of operations: London, Brighton

Supported by 7 major donors in last 3 years?

The principal activities of the charity in 2018 related to Spear, a six week programme equipping unemployed 16-24 year olds to enter employment or progress into further training and education, Resurgo ... more

South London Cares

Established: 10/06/2014
Spending: £443,484
5Y growth: 76.4% pa
3Y growth: 12.5% pa

Area of operations: Lambeth, Southwark

Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?

Sport 4 Life Uk

Established: 11/07/2006
Spending: £690,199
5Y growth: 18.8% pa
3Y growth: 5.1% pa

Area of operations: Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Worcestershire

Supported by 9 major donors in last 3 years?

Sport 4 Life UK believes in a level playing field where every young person has the opportunity to create a better future for themselves. We are proud to provide the opportunity for young people aged ... more

Surfers Against Sewage

Established: 13/02/2012
Spending: £1,258,298
5Y growth: 14.7% pa
3Y growth: 6.7% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The EQ Foundation

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.

Tempus Novo

Established: 16/05/2014
Spending: £229,149
3Y growth: 69.9% pa

Area of operations: Leeds City

Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?

The charity is involved in relieving the needs of former prisoners by working with them and employers to find suitable employment opportunities as a means of rehabilitation and thereby reducing ... more

The Access Project

Established: 21/07/2011
Spending: £2,136,077
5Y growth: 33.2% pa
3Y growth: 17.7% pa

Area of operations: London

Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: Garfield Weston Foundation, Impetus PEF, Nesta, The Dulverton Trust, The EQ Foundation

We help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places at top universities.

The Bike Project

Established: 10/06/2013
Spending: £729,433
5Y growth: 62.3% pa
3Y growth: 28.3% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 10 major donors in last 3 years?

We aim to provide relief for those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. To achieve this, we collect, repair, and ... more

The Cares Family

Established: 12/11/2018
Spending: £169,510

Area of operations: National

Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: EQ Foundation, Greater London Authority, The Tudor Trust

The Cares Family Limited is a group of community networks of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in a rapidly changing world.

The Listening Place

Established: 07/12/2015
Spending: £274,290

Area of operations: London

Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?

Offering face-to-face support for people who feel that life is no longer worth living.

The Panathlon Foundation

Established: 30/11/1998
Spending: £788,705
5Y growth: 11.8% pa
3Y growth: 9.6% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: Garfield Weston Foundation, The EQ Foundation

To promote the physical and personal development of young disabled people, through organising school sports competitions and by the provision of resources including coaching, training, equipment and ... more

Upreach Charitable Company

Established: 17/10/2014
Spending: £849,680
3Y growth: 27.9% pa

Area of operations: National

Supported by 1 major donor in last 3 years: The EQ Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund

upReach supports undergraduates from less-privileged backgrounds to secure graduate jobs and internships by running a needs-focused professional development programme in partnership with foundations, ... more

West London Zone

Established: 17/03/2015
Spending: £2,384,190
3Y growth: 38.8% pa

Area of operations: Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea

Supported by 9 major donors in last 3 years?

The charity aims to promote the care and upbringing of every child and every young person with a disadvantaged background who lives in or has a close connection to the West London Zone, by supporting ... more

Charity name	Region	Donors last 3 years		Spending	Growth	Employees Volunteers	Award Winner
Action For Conservation	National	4	?	£180,623	3Y 60.5% pa
Running workshops and events, providing learning materials, organising work experience placements, and building online networks to develop a proactive youth conservation movement in the UK with a culture of greater awareness and participation, and in the process grow the wider involvement and support of young adults, professionally, voluntarily or financially, for conservation in the future.
Action Tutoring	National	2	EQ Foundation, Impetus PEF, The Dulverton Trust	£1,200,822	5Y 43.1% pa 3Y 19.6% pa	26 1150
Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using high quality volunteer tutors, aiming to ensure pupils are equipped in English and maths to be able to progress to further education, employment or training. The charity operates in the following cities: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Sheffield, Brighton and Newcastle.
Best Beginnings	National	6	?	£1,051,911	5Y 4.5% pa 3Y -2.1% pa	16 10
Best Beginnings creates and disseminates engaging, evidence-based resources including the Baby Buddy phone app, From Bump to Breastfeeding DVD, Small Wonders DVD, Baby Express Magazine and Maternal Mental Health films. These resources help to educate and empower parents and parents-to-be, increasing their confidence, knowledge and skills to give their children the best start in life.
Birth Companions	Throughout London, Surrey, Peterborough City	6	?	£445,742	5Y 21.8% pa 3Y 12.6% pa
We support women experiencing severe disadvantages in the period before, during and after the birth of their babies. We run groups and give one to one support to women in four prisons and in the community in London. We have a national remit to improve the experiences and care of women facing health and social inequalities in the perinatal period through training, research and influencing change.
City Harvest	National	7	?	£760,712	3Y 21.5% pa	16 57
City Harvest helps put surplus food to good use in a sustainable way, by distributing to organisations that feed the hungry in London
Clientearth	National	4	?	£11,172,636	5Y 24.0% pa 3Y 16.5% pa	132 0	Yes
ClientEarth's objects are the promotion and protection of the environment for the public benefit by the use of the law, to provide legal assistance to those who otherwise do not have access thereto, to promote education on environmental rights and responsibilities and to conduct research thereon. We will achieve these goals through advocacy, litigation, and research.
Excellent Development	India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini	2	The Dulverton Trust, The EQ Foundation	£1,149,482	5Y -1.2% pa 3Y -2.6% pa	9 1	Yes
Excellent Development supports rural dryland communities to work their way out of poverty with dignity. Working with local partners, we support rural communities to gain access to clean water close to their homes and to invest in climate-smart agriculture. In pioneering sand dams we promote and support the application of sand dam technology by key stakeholders in drylands.
Hubbub Foundation Uk	National	5	?	£2,342,969	3Y 11.3% pa	25 0
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO MAN OR OTHER LIVING SPECIES AND TO PLANETARY ECOLOGY.
Justlife Foundation	East Sussex, Brighton And Hove, Manchester City	9	?	£899,840	5Y 16.6% pa 3Y 6.7% pa	28 30
Justlife provides innovative, strategic and frontline responses to community needs, working specifically to raise aspirations for vulnerable adults. Justlife has three core workstreams: Regeneration: Enabling innovative physical regeneration Resourcing: Ensuring that the most vulnerable have access to relevant services. Research: Gaining a deeper understanding of the needs of communitiesd
North London Cares	Camden, Islington	5	?	£480,614	5Y 29.7% pa 3Y 9.4% pa
A community network mobilising young professionals to volunteer to support their older neighbours with a little extra time, practical help, social connection and human companionship in the London boroughs of Camden and Islington. We operate 2 core activities: Social Clubs which bring demographics together through group activities; and a one-to-one Love Your Neighbour project.
Resurgo Trust	London, Brighton	7	?	£2,247,741	5Y 19.0% pa 3Y 6.8% pa	43 350
The principal activities of the charity in 2018 related to Spear, a six week programme equipping unemployed 16-24 year olds to enter employment or progress into further training and education, Resurgo Ventures, an initiative to support emerging entrepreneurs to make a sustainable, positive social impact, and Resurgo Consulting, a coaching and recruitment consultancy service to employers.
South London Cares	Lambeth, Southwark	5	?	£443,484	5Y 76.4% pa 3Y 12.5% pa
A community network mobilising young professionals to volunteer to support their older neighbours with a little extra time, practical help, social connection and human companionship in the London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. We operate 2 core activities: Social Clubs, which bring different demographics together through group activities; and a one-to-one Love Your Neighbour project.
Sport 4 Life Uk	Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Worcestershire	9	?	£690,199	5Y 18.8% pa 3Y 5.1% pa	18 20
Sport 4 Life UK believes in a level playing field where every young person has the opportunity to create a better future for themselves. We are proud to provide the opportunity for young people aged 12 - 29 to prepare for, and move into, sustained employment, education or training, by improving their employability and key life skills - through our sports-themed personal development services.
Surfers Against Sewage	National	3	Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The EQ Foundation	£1,258,298	5Y 14.7% pa 3Y 6.7% pa	19 75000	Yes
Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.
Tempus Novo	Leeds City	6	?	£229,149	3Y 69.9% pa		Yes
The charity is involved in relieving the needs of former prisoners by working with them and employers to find suitable employment opportunities as a means of rehabilitation and thereby reducing incidences of re-offending.
The Access Project	London	3	Garfield Weston Foundation, Impetus PEF, Nesta, The Dulverton Trust, The EQ Foundation	£2,136,077	5Y 33.2% pa 3Y 17.7% pa	50 1441
We help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places at top universities.
The Bike Project	National	10	?	£729,433	5Y 62.3% pa 3Y 28.3% pa	12 300
We aim to provide relief for those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. To achieve this, we collect, repair, and distribute second-hand bikes to refugees and asylum seekers. All of our resources and funding are directed towards achieving this goal.
The Cares Family	National	2	EQ Foundation, Greater London Authority, The Tudor Trust	£169,510
The Cares Family Limited is a group of community networks of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in a rapidly changing world.
The Listening Place	London	6	?	£274,290		4 450	Yes
Offering face-to-face support for people who feel that life is no longer worth living.
The Panathlon Foundation	National	2	Garfield Weston Foundation, The EQ Foundation	£788,705	5Y 11.8% pa 3Y 9.6% pa	6 4611
To promote the physical and personal development of young disabled people, through organising school sports competitions and by the provision of resources including coaching, training, equipment and sports leadership opportunities.
Upreach Charitable Company	National	1	The EQ Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund	£849,680	3Y 27.9% pa	19 600	Yes
upReach supports undergraduates from less-privileged backgrounds to secure graduate jobs and internships by running a needs-focused professional development programme in partnership with foundations, universities and employers.
West London Zone	Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea	9	?	£2,384,190	3Y 38.8% pa	35 0	Yes
The charity aims to promote the care and upbringing of every child and every young person with a disadvantaged background who lives in or has a close connection to the West London Zone, by supporting positive family relationships, advancing education, promoting health and making the most of each such child and young person?s potential.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals and adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

We have allocated these SDGs to selected charities to provide a better idea of what they stand for and to enable comparison between similar missions. A charity may have several goals.

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