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Action for Conservation work with young people from diverse backgrounds through environmental workshop activities in schools that enable students to take conservation actions in their communities. They provide learning materials, organise work experience placements, and build online networks to develop a proactive youth conservation movement in
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Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Dulverton Trust, The Funding Network
Established: 03/06/2014Employees: n/aVolunteers: 50
Spending: £279,852
5Y growth: 1.6% pa
3Y growth: 0.5% pa
Area of operations: National
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Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using the skills of high quality volunteer tutors. Their aim is to ensure pupils are equip in English and Mathematics so they are prepared to progress into further education, employment or training.
Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 09/05/2012Employees: 32Volunteers: 1098
Spending: £1,197,873
5Y growth: 0.3% pa
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: National
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Best Beginnings creates and disseminates engaging, evidence-based resources that help educate and empower parents and parents-to-be, increasing their confidence, knowledge and skills to give their children the best start in life. Their Baby Buddy app, an interactive parenting guide, shares hundreds of videos with users and is also designed as an
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Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 12/07/2007Employees: 13Volunteers: 10
Spending: £1,069,959
5Y growth: -0.0% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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Birth Companions support women experiencing severe disadvantages in the period before, during and after the birth of their babies. They run groups and give one to one support to women in four prisons and in the community in London. They have a national remit to improve the experiences and care of women facing health and social inequalities in the
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Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 21/09/2007Employees: 7Volunteers: 50
Spending: £445,742
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: Throughout London, Surrey, Peterborough City
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Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) exists to combat overfishing and the destruction of biodiversity through the creation of large-scale marine reserves and by delivering new models of sustainable fishing.
Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: Garfield Weston Foundation, The Dulverton Trust
Established: 30/07/2010Employees: 6Volunteers: 20
Spending: £3,620,842
5Y growth: 0.1% pa
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: Saint Helena, Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Belize, Chile, British Indian Ocean Territory, Maldives
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Breaking Barriers empowers refugees to find stable and fulfilling employment through bespoke, 1-1 support. They work in partnership with the private, non-profit and public sectors to provide paid work placements and permanent job opportunities as well as offering practical skills workshops like English language and IT classes.
Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 29/05/2015Employees: 8Volunteers: 293
Spending: £1,030,108
3Y growth: 1.0% pa
Area of operations: National
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Chance for Childhood is an award-winning charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, often invisible from society, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict and children in conflict with the law. These children are often hidden members of their communities, unable to go to school, excluded
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Supported by 1 major donor in last 3 years: Comic Relief
Established: 11/08/1992Employees: 5Volunteers: 4
Spending: £1,327,157
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic)
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City Harvest collects surplus food from food manufacturers and retailers, then distributes it to organisations that feed the hungry in London. There is strict control over food quality, trying to ensure that recipients have healthy diets. Much of it consists of fresh food and vegetables.
Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 07/08/2015Employees: 9Volunteers: 83
Spending: £1,066,373
3Y growth: 0.4% pa
Area of operations: National
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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,
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Supported by 4 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 26/03/1996Employees: 103
Spending: £14,198,480
5Y growth: 0.3% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: Worldwide
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Excellent Development supports rural dryland communities to work their way out of poverty with dignity. Working with local partners, they support rural communities to gain access to clean water close to their homes and invest in climate-smart agriculture.
Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: The Dulverton Trust, The EQ Foundation, The Funding Network
Established: 04/11/2002Employees: 11Volunteers: 3
Spending: £1,147,174
5Y growth: -0.0% pa
3Y growth: -0.1% pa
Area of operations: India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini
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Foodcycle support people who are hungry and lonely by serving tasty lunches and dinners each day in towns and cities across the country. Many guests struggle to afford the basics to eat and will eat alone without company or conversation so volunteers are able to serve surplus food cooked in spare kitchen space and keep them connected to the
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Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 22/02/2010Employees: 14Volunteers: 4000
Spending: £998,003
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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Givedirectly UK gives financial aid to households in developing countries via mobile phone-linked payment services. It targets extremely low-income households and people affected by humanitarian crises with the aim of relieve poverty by allowing beneficiaries to choose where they invest their grant.
Established: 29/06/2016Employees: n/a
Spending: £2,062,872
3Y growth: 1.3% pa
Area of operations: Kenya, Uganda
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The Hubbub Foundation creates environmental campaigns with positive and playful designs that inspire people to make healthier, greener lifestyle choices. Their campaigns are designed to give people easy and actionable ways of living that are good for the environment, and their experimental approaches mean they are accessible so can be recreated
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Supported by 4 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 26/09/2014Employees: 6
Spending: £2,342,969
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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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
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Supported by 9 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 17/03/2011Employees: 29Volunteers: 30
Spending: £876,093
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: East Sussex, Brighton And Hove, Manchester City
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My Life Films create free biographical films for people living with dementia by capturing their unique story in a film to help celebrate and remember their lives. The films help to improve the quality of life of the person with dementia and act as an innovative care tool during all stages of the disease.
Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 27/05/2014Employees: n/aVolunteers: 2
Spending: £239,845
5Y growth: 0.6% pa
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: National
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Resurgo's mission is to help communities overcome social challenges through outstanding church-based social ventures. Their current initiatives include the Spear Programme, supporting unemployed young adults into work, Resurgo Ventures that supports social entrepreneurs to scale and increase their impact, and Resurgo Consulting that creates an
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Supported by 7 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 25/11/2003Employees: 46Volunteers: 180
Spending: £2,399,698
5Y growth: 0.1% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: London, Brighton
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SolarAid combats poverty and climate change by providing access to solar lights in Africa to help catalyse solar markets and eradicate the kerosene lamp. Their social enterprise, SunnyMoney, sell lights via sustainable school networks and local enterprises to spark the market interest in alternative light sources.
Supported by 1 major donor in last 3 years: The EQ Foundation
Established: 30/08/2006Employees: 76Volunteers: 3
Spending: £1,931,848
5Y growth: -0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: Uganda, Zambia, Malawi
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Sport 4 Life UK provide the opportunity for young people aged 11-29 to prepare for, and move into, sustained employment, education or training by improving their employability and key life skills through sports-themed personal development services.
Supported by 7 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 11/07/2006Employees: 20Volunteers: 10
Spending: £690,199
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Worcestershire
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Provision of services offering advice, advocacy and support to those facing severe social disadvantage and multiple barriers in their lives. Particular focus on provision of training and support for those with lived experience to become professional workers able to support these services and enter the job market.
Supported by 12 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 02/05/1989Employees: 235Volunteers: 100
Spending: £13,319,546
5Y growth: 0.1% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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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. They also now campaign on government policy, create plastic free urban communities and have a presence in schools, educating future conservationists.
Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The EQ Foundation
Established: 13/02/2012Employees: 19Volunteers: 90564
Spending: £1,780,343
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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Tempus Novo is an award-winning charity that works with serving prisoners and ex-offenders who want to change their lives by stopping the cycle of crime.
Tempus Novo has a unique strength; it’s understanding and direct links into the British prison system. Founded in 2014 by two serving Senior Prison Officers at HMP Leeds, Tempus Novo operates
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Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: A B Charitable Trust, Pears Foundation
Established: 16/05/2014Employees: n/aVolunteers: 6
Spending: £261,869
5Y growth: 1.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.4% pa
Area of operations: Leeds City
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The Access Project help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places at top universities. This is accomplished through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring, creating applications, improving grades and helping young people transition successfully to the next stage of their education.
Supported by 5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 21/07/2011Employees: 32Volunteers: 1441
Spending: £2,136,077
5Y growth: 0.3% pa
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: London
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Amber provides relief for persons aged 17-30, particularly those who are unemployed and/or homeless, by providing opportunities and facilities for training and work experience. Young people who come to Amber share their home with a community of around 30 others. The average stay is 6 to 12 months but there is no fixed limit. They have clearly
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Supported by 8 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 13/12/1995Employees: 66Volunteers: 12
Spending: £2,321,803
5Y growth: 0.0% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: Surrey, Devon, Wiltshire
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The Bike Project matches refugees and asylum seekers without the means or money to travel on public transport, with the thousands of bikes abandoned or unwanted in the UK. Claiming asylum in the UK can take years, during which time asylum seekers are prohibited from working and receive just £37 for all their needs but accommodation. With a weekly
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Supported by 10 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 10/06/2013Employees: 18Volunteers: 137
Spending: £1,154,143
5Y growth: 0.5% pa
3Y growth: 0.3% pa
Area of operations: National
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The Borne Foundation is a medical research charity based in Imperial College School of Medicine's facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Their aim is to identify the causes of premature birth to save lives, prevent disability and create lifelong health for mothers and babies through clinical studies and funding of expert research in the
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Supported by 1 major donor in last 3 years: The EQ Foundation
Established: 13/05/2016Employees: 4
Spending: £1,528,706
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: National
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The Cares Family is a group of community networks that give young professionals and older neighbours the opportunity to hang out together and help one another in a rapidly changing world.
Supported by 3 major donors in last 3 years: Greater London Authority, The National Lottery Community Fund, The Tudor Trust
Established: 12/11/2018Employees: n/aVolunteers: 25
Spending: £283,901
Area of operations: National
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Our resources are overwhelmingly committed to 'For Baby's Sake', our major and expanding programme to help parents to break the cycle of domestic abuse and give babies the best start in life. Our catalytic philanthropy addresses the root causes of complex problems and avoidable costs to the public purse by working with partners to create earlier
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Supported by 1 major donor in last 3 years: The EQ Foundation
Established: 28/10/2008Employees: 20Volunteers: 3
Spending: £1,122,374
5Y growth: 0.4% pa
3Y growth: 0.0% pa
Area of operations: Hertfordshire, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
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Suicide remains the largest single cause of death in men and women under the age of 35 and The Listening Place aims to change this. Established in 2015 by senior Samaritan volunteers and supported by mental health professionals at the frontline of suicide prevention, the charity provides free, face-to-face support from trained volunteers to those
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Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 07/12/2015Employees: 4Volunteers: 671
Spending: £490,415
3Y growth: 0.5% pa
Area of operations: London
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The Panathlon Foundation 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.
Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: Garfield Weston Foundation, The EQ Foundation
Established: 30/11/1998Employees: 6Volunteers: 4611
Spending: £788,705
5Y growth: 0.1% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: National
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Trees for Cities works with local communities to deliver tree planting projects. Their aim is to create high quality green spaces in the more socially and environmentally deprived parts of cities and towns, enhance social cohesion, and beautify cities through tree planting and community and educational initiatives.
Supported by 6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 27/01/1994Employees: 19Volunteers: 7280
Spending: £3,311,520
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.2% pa
Area of operations: National
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upReach supports undergraduates from less-privileged backgrounds to secure graduate jobs and internships by running a needs-focused professional development programmes in partnership with foundations, universities and employers. Students are guided by Programme Co-ordinators who support them through practice online tests, mock interviews and CV
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Supported by 2 major donors in last 3 years: City Bridge Trust, The EQ Foundation
Established: 17/10/2014Employees: 19Volunteers: 600
Spending: £849,680
3Y growth: 0.3% pa
Area of operations: National
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West London Zone aims to promote the care and upbringing of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who live in or have a close connection to the West of London. By supporting positive family relationships, advancing education and promoting health they provide opportunities for each young person to reach their potential.
Supported by 10 major donors in last 3 years?
Established: 17/03/2015Employees: 18
Spending: £2,384,190
3Y growth: 0.4% pa
Area of operations: Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
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World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats acre by acre. Through a network of partner organisations around the world, they fund the creation of reserves and provide permanent protection for habitats and wildlife. Partnerships are developed with
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Established: 14/12/1990Employees: 21Volunteers: 1
Spending: £6,228,000
5Y growth: 0.2% pa
3Y growth: 0.1% pa
Area of operations: Colombia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Vietnam, Gloucestershire, Mexico, Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica, Philippines, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador,
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were 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. Click on each icon below for more detailed information about the targets. We have allocated these SDGs to selected charities to provide a better idea of what they stand for and enables comparison between similar missions. A charity may have several goals.
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