Haberdashers' donation helps homeless young people, badly housed families and others in need.

We are here to give our communities the chance to create a brighter future and the opportunity to thrive. Since 1811, we have given grants, advice and support to our local communities. This will continue and together we can build a happy, healthy and hopeful community. We tackle need in the community through the effective use of our funds. We support individuals and families in need through our grant making programmes, directly supporting individuals and the charitable sector.

The Henry Smith Charity is an independent grant making trust. We aim to bring about lasting change to people’s lives helping them benefit from and contribute to society. The Charity was founded in 1628 by Henry Smith, a businessman working in the City of London. Since then, we have honoured the spirit of Henry Smith’s will, working to combat disadvantage and meet the challenges and opportunities facing people in need throughout the UK. Today, The Henry Smith Charity is amongst the largest independent grant makers in the UK, distributing over £32 million in 2019. Our grant holders are at the core of our mission and work. For us, achieving results depends on their work and, as a grant making trust, we can only be as effective as the organisations that we fund. Our network of 30+ volunteer visitors plays an important role in enabling us to meet with the organisations that apply to us for funding. We have close relationships with a number of Community Foundations, who advise on applications and sometimes manage grants on our behalf. The Improving Lives grant programme provides grants to charitable organisations that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. We support established organisations delivering services directly to beneficiaries. We are looking for services which can demonstrate a track record of success, and evidence the effectiveness of the work. This is our largest grants programme, through which the majority of our funds are distributed.

At The Hive, we listen and ensure that young people's voice is heard and provide help and advice on matters such as mental health, personal development, health and wellbeing, sexual health, substance misuse and assistance to access other services where appropriate.

The Hive is open for face-to-face walk-ins and our friendly welcoming staff will assist.

The Hive staff are available to answer calls on-site and hold face-to-face one-to-one meetings, centred around (1) mentoring with a focus on emotional, mental and physical health, and practical skills, and (2) working towards setting and achieving clear goals that you decide on.

The Hive's Social Hub takes place Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm. The Social Hub has various workshops, activities and services onsite every day (e.g., yoga, guitar lessons, drama, music hot topic discussions, learning life skills, and fitness; targeted projects such as LGBTQ+ groups).

The Hive's Sexual Health Clinic offers free full screenings, contraception and sexual advice with a Nurse.

Established in 1995 in memory of Irene Taylor, wife of the late Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor ,the Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons is a registered charity of long standing success delivering creative music projects throughout the UK to inspire and engage prisoners, ex-prisoners and people at risk in positive opportunities away from crime.

We believe creating original music collaboratively has a powerful positive impact on people's lives, bringing new confidence, important transferrable skills and raised aspirations for the future. Music can break down barriers and help people who have found themselves on the fringes of society to become celebrated and valued members of the community. Our projects support NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) young people, ex-prisoners and people of all ages in prisons.

The Isla Foundation focuses on supporting grassroots organisations and individuals that provide vital help to the most vulnerable in society. Our projects focus on precise targets/ outcomes to be agreed with individual grantees. The aim, to create maximum positive social impact at a local community level. We believe it is those on the front line who best know the solutions to the problems they are facing. In addition to providing immediate support, we look at how to strengthen organisations with campaigns & advocacy, community organising, and communications to become social movements.

JAGS is an Acronym of James Andre Godfrey Smartt-Ford, and a youth focused organisation, set up by James' mother, Tracey Ford, following his tragic murder.

James was attending a friend's birthday party inside Streatham Ice-skating Rink, on a busy Saturday evening, when he was shot in front of over 300 people. He did not live to see his 18th birthday.

Through the delivery of co-educational and life skills training for young people in local communities, JAGS works across neighbouring South London Boroughs including Croydon, Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth to raise awareness and build resilience of parents and children through community cohesion.

The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people across London and Essex by providing exciting projects and programmes for them to get involved in. We also recognise the outstanding achievements of today’s young people by awarding them for their hard work and positive impact in their community. We have invested over £133 million in programmes to support young people across London and Essex.

Jodie Chesney was brutally murdered on the 1st March 2019. This was an unprovoked attack and has completely devastated her family. Jodie was a kind and giving person and is greatly missed.

The Jodie Chesney Foundation will develop and provide prevention, intervention, education and support to parents, carers, teachers and young people (including those that may not engage in mainstream support). We will be promoting the reduction and long-term eradication of fatal violence by knives and help to relieve victims of the effects of violence within the community.

We have full support from local leaders of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering Councils and we have already met with government leaders such as Sadiq Khan and Lib Peck who are keen to work with us.

SOCIAL ACTION: We aim to help create a society where all can thrive, by supporting organisations which work to create positive changes in practice, systems and institutions.

We believe people can create change, and will focus on individuals and organisations coming together to tackle disadvantage, divisions and inequality. We also believe that meaningful relationships are central to a shared sense of identity and community. We are interested in organisations which share these beliefs and work to ensure that individuals, community groups and national bodies connect with one another, and are listened to by government and the agencies that shape our lives.

We give grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in nine boroughs in North and West London. Since 1991, the Charity has distributed over £156 million to a range of organisations that seek to promote the life-chances of children and young people through education.

We are on a quest to change the story about knife crime – but we can’t do it on our own and we are so grateful to everyone that has helped us so far.

Over 50,000 of you have followed us on social media, helping us to spread the word about the difference we are trying to make.

Since Josh’s devastating murder in October 2015, every day has been a challenge, but we are very proud of what we have achieved in his memory.

Our very first event was a tandem skydive on Josh’s birthday, just four months after his death. We were granted charity status on 1st December 2016 and since then, we have held Memorial Football Tournaments, Fun Days, 5K Fun Runs and Workshops. Through our fundraising events and with support from the lottery fund and the Mayor’s Office of Police and Crimes Reduction Unit Funds, we are changing the story about knife crime.

The trust has four main aims:

• To help broaden the ethnic and social representation of the criminal bar by supporting those who, despite their potential, have faced multiple challenges as they strive to achieve their career ambitions.

• To provide training, mentoring and assistance to encourage and inspire young people from diverse backgrounds to achieve their potential through the development of advocacy skills.

• To encourage and support young people who would not otherwise consider a career at the criminal bar.

• To provide training and mentoring, as well financial & career support through internships and scholarships, to recently qualified barristers to help them develop sustainable and successful careers at the criminal bar.

We are proud to have worked for greater social mobility and diversity at the criminal bar since 1996 and continue to do so.  

Our education outreach programme provides bespoke training in educational establishments, exploring the skills of the lawyer, which are useful to all. We teach and mentor teenagers as they make the leap from school to university and beyond. We offer scholarships to selected Masters courses to further develop students' legal knowledge.

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As a philanthropic trust, we are able to give grants to causes, organisations and people that are making a positive difference to society. We choose partners based on our shared values and mutual interests – creating access to opportunities, improving health and well-being, and investing in our communities and environment.

Our hope for the Kusuma trust and the future is that we make a difference to the world around us, in whatever ways we can. And in doing so, we will pass on our values to the next generation, so that they can continue to engage in society around them.

We support local partners working to transform young lives, especially those affected by gangs, crime, violence, poor physical and mental health, disability, language barriers, lack of green spaces and poor air quality.

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Kiyan Prince was the first son born to Mark Prince and Tracy Cumberbatch on 25th November 1990.

He was an outgoing and well loved young man who got along with everybody. Teachers, fellow pupils, Queens Park Rangers football team… in fact anyone who came into contact with Kiyan counted it a privilege to have done so.

On May 18th 2006 Kiyan’s life came to a tragic, untimely and unnecessary end. The loving nature, by which he was known, was what made him step in and defend his friend who was being picked on by another youth.

The incident took place outside the gates of his school, the London Academy, located in Edgware North London. Kiyan attempted to resolve the situation in the most peaceable way by directly challenging the aggressor.

The Trust in his memory offers motivational speakers and training, and education workshops on knife crime and such more.  It has strong links to sport and football. Among other things they campaign for the #InspiringFuture Champions Roadshow: to address the root causes of the violence and knife crime which is affecting all areas of London with the message that they can achieve their goals in ways which don’t involve conflict and violence.

The world can feel like a very lonely place if you are feeling that life is no longer worth living: not only is it difficult to share those feelings but it can be hard to get the care and support that will make a difference.

The Listening Place offers a warm and welcoming environment; somewhere individuals can talk openly about their feelings, without being judged or being given advice.
Importantly, we provide on-going support from trained non-judgemental volunteers, which can continue over a number of weeks if this is appropriate.
The Listening Place is not a 'drop-in' centre – we see all our Visitors by appointment.

The Listening Place now operates from multiple sites across central London and details of our two main premises are below. Your appointment location should always have been sent to you in advance of your appointment.

Get in touch with us on 020 3906 7676 and a member of our team can help.

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We’re an independent charitable trust funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group. We partner with small and local charities helping people overcome complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness and domestic abuse. Through core cost funding, developmental support and influencing policy and practice, we help those charities make life-changing impact.

"We support London-based organisations with crucial funding as well as advice, sharing our knowledge to help improve projects, so they make an even greater impact.

Our grants are typically made to small charities and community groups who understand issues at a local level, but whose existence is generally below the public radar. Grants can address a range of community-related issues such as:

Food poverty
Isolation
Homelessness
Domestic abuse
Violence affecting young people

Our purpose through good philanthropy, our knowledge and expertise, is to convene donors to invest in charitable organisations working to overcome the issues affecting London.

We’re also here to inform our partners, working with them to champion the projects our communities need. This means spotting bright ideas that make a big impact, so we can confidently invest in work that's truly effective.

We advise and inform our partners who want to make a difference in the communities where they live and work. We know where their money will have the greatest impact and can connect them with organisations on their doorstep. We direct their giving towards the most pressing needs in the capital.

Grant-making

We use this generous funding to award grants to a wide range of charitable organisations around specific themes, such as violence against women and girls, or mental health support.

Our model stretches beyond the financial. We strive to make the grant-making process as accessible, supportive and as fair as possible for applicants. We co-design our programmes with our partner organisations and can even provide impact reports to our donors, to show the tangible difference their funding makes to people’s lives.

Since we started out, we've raised over £100 million and committed over £80 million in grants.”

The London Crime Prevention Fund (LCPF) was established in 2013, bringing together a number of funding streams that existed before MOPAC was set up. The fund ran from 2013/14 to 2016/17 in line with the Police and Crime Plan (DMPCD 2013/96), and these arrangements ended on March 2017.

In November 2016 the Mayor committed to continuing the LCPF budget over the next four years (2017-2021) to prevent crime in London, maintaining recent levels of investment despite significant pressures on the policing budget. Also there are two additional funding streams.

• £20m which will be distributed via Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), which you can find out more about here; and

• £5m dispersed via National Rape Sexual Abuse Support Fund. For more information about this fund please visit the MoJ website.

The London Marathon Charitable Trust provides funding to inspire thousands of children and adults across the UK to be active for life.

Our current priorities are to maintain and increase participation in physical activity by:

Improving facilities in our core areas of London to encourage and support all members of the local community to become and remain physically active.

Supporting ambitious projects across the UK that will challenge inequality of access to physical activity and deliver the greatest possible impact for our target audiences: children and young people and groups we know are less likely to be active, such as women and girls, BAME communities, people from lower socio-economic groups, older people and people with a disability.

Reflecting the spirit of the London Marathon in our grantmaking.

They have recently been awarded £30,000 for their ‘Respect each other & no to knives!’ project to help children and young people understand the dangers of knife crime in order to prevent it and intervene at an early stage.

“We provide services to our local community where we provide extra-curricular education, after-school clubs and activities for children and young people.  We have transformed the way we provide our services to children and young people, we are now providing our classes, sessions and activities through the internet on online platforms.  Get in touch with us for further information. “Community Centre. We also run a community centre where we offer hot-food and afternoon tea sessions for the social gathering of those who feel isolated and need someone to talk to in a friendly welcoming setting.  We have a support network to stop smoking and clubs and activities to prevent use of alcohol and drugs. Our Women’s only groups provide extra-curricular activities for children and young people, and we have separate social groups for women and support networks for young mothers. We also help and assist victims of domestic violence. We have dedicated staff who make home visits to elderly people who are isolated and vulnerable. We help them with their shopping and provide hot-food for those who are truly in-need.”

The Macquarie Group Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group. We provide support to hundreds of community organisations globally each year through financial support, volunteering and skills sharing, predominantly in the locations in which Macquarie operates.

Our work is significantly influenced by the activities of Macquarie staff with a focus on capacity building within the community sector and increasing social and economic mobility.

Our vision: Everyone has the opportunity to lead positive, active and fulfilling lives, especially those that are in need, disadvantaged or marginalised.

Our mission: To be a force for good by providing support, care and services to Freemasons and their families in need, and supporting other charities to help the most disadvantaged people in society.

See too “One City, Two Worlds” research paper https://www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/One-City-Two-Worlds_Londons-social-mobility-puzzle-February-2020-spreads-.pdf  “We need to build an environment which inspires young people to achieve their potential by creating a workforce that is representative of London’s mixed identity”.  Tahira Bakhtiari, Youth Board Member, Mayor’s Fund for London

We provide youth mentoring training and development consultancy to statutory services, voluntary and community organisations, parents and independent youth practitioners, upskilling those working with young people to use Youth Mentoring as a Practice.We believe that the young people we serve are 'diamonds in the rough', with draw-dropping creative thinking, inspiring values and unsurpassable grit that is desperately needed in the British workforce. Yet young people from black and marginalised communities do not have access to solid, reliable guidance in how to focus their skills and talents, to help improve British industries most pressing issues, and improve all of our futures.

Often living in cramped social housing, with a lack of access to green spaces, parents are trying their hardest to raise their children, whilst living with declining physical health, mental health conditions, domestic violence and or long term unemployment.

Where parents are employed, they tend to work long hours to make ends meet, in low paid roles within the City of London as a cleaner, security guard, kitchen staff or for the Public Sector as frontline workers. For both unemployed, overworked and unpaid parents, they unfortunately do not have the capacity to provide the structure or gateways for young people to access quality industry related support networks, learning to achieve opportunities or solid career guidance to safeguard their future.

Each year we aim to distribute £15 million to charitable causes. Our giving is focused on Young People & Education, Older People & Housing and Church & Communities. This allows us to create positive change across generations, giving those we help the chance to live a fulfilling life now and in the future.

We expect to support 180 individual charities annually. We also provide high quality accommodation to 215 residents in our six Almshouses, work closely with our associated schools which educate 18,000 children, and appoint 88 charity trustees and school governors.

Working together to protect vulnerable children

Originally inspired by the untimely death in 1984 of Jasmine Beckford, The Michael Sieff Foundation took up the challenge of organising meetings of people in a position to act on the resultant inquiry – to recommend and ensure lasting improvements. Issues examined at Foundation conferences include:

• specialised training for all involved with children’s welfare

• children as victims of violence between parents

• difficulties in residential care for children

• child sexual exploitation

• reform of the youth justice system

We have sponsored a number of important reports, in particular the Carlile Inquiry, which is to be found on www.fightingknifecrime.london resource area.

We, together with many like-minded organisations, have worked tirelessly to hold the feet of HMG to the fire, and to take action, so that expert reports do not gather dust in the archives. One route to achieving this is to look at the problem-solving court model and the provision of proper welfare investigation alongside the criminal proceedings.

Regrettably many children continue suffer mental or physical disadvantage or are subjected to abuse, deprivation and cruelty. Most child offenders are pushed or led into crime by their circumstances. Typically, vulnerability of one sort or another caused by abuse and/or deprivation go hand in hand.

They risk falling into a cycle of disadvantage and indeed potential criminalisation and missing their chances of happiness and developing fully their potential. Instead of enjoying their childhoods and contributing to society in later life they become a very substantial cost to society and risk having wretched and unfulfilled lives.

The Mill is more than a community centre – it’s Walthamstow’s living room. A home from home for anyone to drop in, read the papers, view an art exhibition, browse the honesty library, join a group or activity (or start up their own one), use the playroom or rent out the space for a party or workshop.  Our spaces are very versatile and we’re always open for new ideas.

We do things slightly differently.  We don’t run services or decide what goes on here. We provide the space, the resources and support to help make things happen.  All our groups, events and activities are developed by local people who want to provide something for the benefit of the community.  We’re open to the public 6 days a week – so why not pop in and find out more.

Life’s tough, we know that. It can throw a lot your way and make it hard to know what the hell to do with it all.

So, welcome to The Mix. Whether you’re 13, 25, or any age in between, we’re here to take on the embarrassing problems, weird questions, and please-don’t-make-me-say-it-out-loud thoughts you have. We give you the information and support you need to deal with it all. Because you can. Because you’re awesome.

We’ll connect you to experts and your peers who’ll give you the support and tools you need to take on any challenge you’re facing – for everything from homelessness to finding a job, from money to mental health, from break-ups to drugs.

We’re a free and confidential multi-channel service. That means that you choose how you access our support, without the worry of anyone else finding out. Whether it be through our articles and video content online or our phone, email, peer to peer and counselling services – we put the control in your hands. You can even volunteer with us too.

We want to be the first place young people turn to get support. Sometimes what you’re told at school or at home just doesn’t cut it. We’re here whenever you need us, wherever you are. We can ensure you have all the best information to make the right choices for yourself.

Life is hard, but support doesn’t have to be. We’ve got this.

Barry Mizen MBE writes:

“Following the murder of our son Jimmy in May 2008, we as a family have been determined that we will not be beaten by his death and that something good will come from it. We believe that the issues of anger, confrontation and violence in our communities will not be altered by ever harsher punishment and retributive action. We cannot expect the government or the police service to bring change by itself. We will only achieve safer and more cohesive communities by working together and understanding the root causes of the issues we are seeking to rectify. This involves early intervention, education and engagement with young people and their communities. The behaviour and actions of the communities that we live in are the direct responsibility of each one of us. If we want a more peaceful society it starts with the individual. Long term, deep-rooted change can only happen if the thinking is changed first and we develop a more positive narrative concerning our young people. We believe that young people respond best when they are part of any decisions affecting their lives. We are witnessing the impact on the lives of young people who have been affirmed and encouraged to help change the communities they live in. Our young people are precious and many live in fear of confrontation and anger from the few who cause the problems. The role of leading change is infectious and is best led by young people themselves; alongside the support of all of us.”  We need to look at what is happening when our young people are getting involved in violence. We need to understand them in order to find out why those who hurt others do what they do.”  “About Jimmy” has recently been awarded £25,000 to deliver the ‘Safe Havens’ Program in three schools in Deptford.

The Moira Fund, a grant making charity, has been established in memory of Moira Jones, who was murdered in Queens Park, Glasgow, in May 2008. Following her death, family, friends and colleagues of Moira wished to establish a fund in her memory that would support others who found themselves bereaved through violent death at the hands of another. Now fully established, The Moira Fund makes grants to individuals bereaved through violent death, which includes supporting:

• Access to respite

• Extra help with funerals

• Specific transport costs

• Access to counselling

• Needs which may arise and for which there is no current provision

The Monitoring Group was established in Southall (west London), in the early 1980’s, by community campaigners and lawyers who wished to challenge the growth of racism in the locality.

We have become a leading anti-racist charity that promotes civil rights.

Our national office is based in London.

Our aims are:

a.  To promote good race relations;

b.  To advance race relations by means of education and awareness raising; and

c.  To relieve the needs of those who are distressed or suffering violence or harassment.

In 1987, the Mudchute Park and Farm, in the middle of the Isle of Dogs, was threatened with closure due to loss of funding. Dr Michael Barraclough was asked to Chair a new Board of Trustees to save it. He has been involved ever since in its development, landscaping and with volunteers planting thousands of trees. Today it is a unique bio-diverse Nature Reserve and with 32 acres is the largest inner city farm in the country. It was visited by the Queen in her Silver Jubilee year. Thousands of local children visit its Nature Study Centre and Living Classroom, learn about farming, how to grow vegetables, take farm tours and riding lessons. It has a baby unit and nursery as well as an After School Club and regular help for disabled groups and young offenders. It attracts around 45,000 children each year and is now the largest Children’s Resource in Tower Hamlets.  During 2012 Barraclough organised the restoration of one of the Mudchute’s four gun sites that defended the docks during WW2, bringing in an original Ack Ack gun and restoring the bunkers. It is accompanied by a display of WW2 memorabilia, war time photos, and a specially made 16 minute film about the Mudchute’s role during the Blitz.

The Music Klub provides education, training and mentoring programmes for young people, in particular, supporting hard to reach groups including young people at risk of disengaging and/or disengaged with education, training and employment, ex-offenders and young people from disadvantaged environments.

Established in 2009, we deliver positive, engaging workshops and short courses for young people to support their education and employment skills needs. Recognizing that young people are inspired by the creative arts and media industries, our programmes embed innovative, cutting-edge social media and creative platforms designed to engage and promote social inclusion and expression whilst developing essential skills, knowledge, and self-esteem to support their career development.  

Our core aims include:

Assisting young people to develop their confidence and self-esteem to access education, training or employment in the wider community.

Promoting positive mentoring schemes that facilitate advice and guidance forums designed to meet their social needs.

Developing creative, innovative programmes to support and inspire young people in their development and preparation for further education and employment

Working in partnership with the local community including schools, colleges, social services, and community groups to provide holistic support for young people

National Youth Theatre is a pioneering youth arts charity that nurtures creative expression, personal well-being and skills development, engaging thousands of young people aged 11- 30 around the UK every year.

Established in 1956 as the world's first youth theatre, NYT seeks out, supports and champions performers, theatre technicians and young creative leaders. NYT produces ambitious theatrical productions in local communities, on leading global stages and in unusual spaces across the UK and beyond, commissioning brave and relevant new writing and reinterpreting classic stories for our time.

Free & confidential mental wellbeing advice and support for young people aged 11 – 25 in Southwark.

Our aim is to provide a service to young people at the point of need, without the need for a professional referral. We offer early intervention and prevention for emotional issues and low-level mental health such as worries, anxieties and stress.

The Nest provides young people and families with the opportunities, experiences, and tools to enable them to develop their physical, emotional and social capabilities. Our non-clinical intervention offers youth work, person-centred counselling, psychological wellbeing practices and traditional talking therapies via 1:1 sessions, group work, virtual resources and peer mentoring.

Groundwork London and Southwark continued to work together to make the service a reality while continuing to speak to young people and their families about the design of the space to make sure it is a building that any young person would feel comfortable walking in to, without an appointment, and receive support.

Founded in 1967 by Lord Longford to address the needs of young people who were involved in drug misuse in the West End of London, New Horizon Youth Centre continues today to work with the most vulnerable and at risk young people.

During those five decades the centre has continued to provide a safe space for young people experiencing homelessness in the capital, whether that was in our original base in Covent Garden or through our existing home in Somers Town, Kings Cross. The centre has always reflected the age-old movement of young people to London to both escape what they left behind and to find work, safety and new opportunities. Back in the 1980s it was young people from Ireland and Scotland who made up many of the centre's users. Today the same factors draw in young people from all over the world.

The early days of the centre are chronicled in Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief and describe the time immediately before Jon Snow was hired as the first ever Director of the Centre. This would be the start of the 50 years of Jon's involvement including 20 years as our Chair and more recently as our Patron.

Although a lot has changed over that time, more than 50 years later the work of the centre is as necessary as ever. In response to this we have steadily grown from a team of three when the centre first opened to a now diverse and multi-disciplined team of over 40, delivering a wide range of wraparound, holistic services. If housing is the hook for young people to come to New Horizon then it is the holistic offer available under one roof that keeps them coming back, offering the stability, safety and support they need to start getting their lives back on track.

We are a youth empowerment charity based in South London. The focus of our approach is to tackle complex youth issues through proactive and preventative methods.
Our model is centred around fighting social inequality and unlocking the potential in the lives of disadvantaged young people.

By addressing young people's issues from the root at a younger age, we disrupt negative cycles at the earliest possible opportunity.

At Paradigm Project we focus on prevention. This doesn't ring-fence an age but, more importantly, a stage in a young person's journey. A proactive approach means we can impact a young person's life at a critical phase by addressing their situation and then improving their access to resources and transforming their beliefs, values, and attitudes.

We’re an independent, British family foundation, rooted in Jewish values, that takes £15-20 million of private money every year and invests it in good causes. We promote understanding of key issues through research and education programmes; we drive engagement in social progress across the UK and globally, particularly in young people, and we support organisations focused on wellbeing for everyone, especially those with a tough challenge to face.

We're an independent funder based in Southwark distributing around £200,000 a year in grants in Lambeth and Southwark.

We make unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 a year for up to three years to local, inspiring charities based in Lambeth and Southwark with annual turnovers of between £25,000 and £300,000.

The Peter Sowerby Foundation supports charities, CICs and registered social and healthcare providers. We do this by providing grants towards projects in healthcare, the community, environment and conservation, and the arts.

In terms of geography, we largely support UK-wide projects, but have occasionally provided grants to international ventures. Our Trustees are particularly interested in supporting projects in Dr Sowerby’s much-loved home of North Yorkshire.

Since it was established in 2013, the Foundation has awarded a total of £10 million by way of 89 grants to 63 organisations.

The Portal Trust is one of London’s largest educational charities benefiting young residents of inner London.

As an independent grant giving foundation our charitable giving is for the support of

initatives that go above and beyond what statutory provisions are obligated to cover.

The Foundation does not provide substitution funding or fund what is the statutory responsibility of the State. Please visit our website for a full list of our funding priorities and eligibility criteria.

Our vision is to create better places through community business. We will use our endowment to strengthen community businesses across England.  This means providing money, advice and support to help local people come together to take control. At a time when many parts of the country face cuts, neglect and social problems, we want to make sure local areas survive and stay vibrant. We do so by being bold, collaborative, open and informed.

By the end of our ten years, we want community business to be recognised as a new economic model. Read more about our ambition for community business.

Our endowment came from the Big Lottery Fund in 2015 (now The National Lottery Community Fund).

The Premier League Communities strategy sets out its ambition to inspire and connect with local and global communities through football. The Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) was set up as an independent charity in 2010 to support the delivery of the strategy and it now distributes funding of around £35million a year from the Premier League and other partners. The PLCF aims to:

-Build stronger communities where everyone can achieve

-Enhance physical and mental wellbeing

-Develop personal skills and positive relationships

-Increase sporting, educational and employment opportunities.

Using the appeal of the Premier League and professional football the Premier League Charitable Fund it aims to create positive and lasting sporting, health and education outcomes for children, young people and the wider community.  

The PLCF develops programmes and provides funding to 92+ Club Community Organisations (CCOs) in the Premier League and English Football League. We support CCOs to deliver innovative programmes and quality services and we invest in infrastructure and capability, training and advice.

We monitor and report on the overall impact of the charity’s activity to demonstrate the value of football to communities and the value of the Premier League and our partners’ investment.

Since 2010 over 1.4million young people and children have benefited from the PLCF’s events, festivals and national community and education programmes.

PACT is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

What we do:

• Build stronger families and safer communities.

• Reduce risk of harm to prisoners and their children.

• Remove barriers and increase awareness in public services.

• Influence commissioning, policy and legislation

We have produced two toolkits one for employers, designed to help them build a successful relationship with a prison as a source of future employees, and one to help prisons that want to review the work they are already doing as well as those that want to start something new. You can download the toolkits by following the link to our website.

The project looked at the opportunities for prisons to engage with employers to help prisoners become job-ready and find work on release from prison. The report demonstrates that the potential to secure sustainable employment for prisoners before and after release is both great and largely going unrealised.

Rathbone Youth Centre runs activities for young people aged 11-19, or up to 25 for young people with learning disabilities. The youth club, based at The Old Library in Knights Hill, is open three evenings term time on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 5-9pm. During half term and summer holidays, we run holiday activities and educational trips. All our youth programs are delivered by specialist and qualified youth workers with experience in working with young people with complex needs and challenging behaviour.

What is the fund? The Reach Fund is a grant programme that helps charities and social enterprises raise investment. The programme is funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment and is open to organisations in England.

Social investors are often approached by charities and social enterprises who require extra support to raise investment.

Through this programme, social investors can refer these organisations to the Reach Fund to apply for the support they need.

We provide through-the-gate mentoring to people leaving custody, throughout the London area. We also run behavioural change programmes, helping people involved in crime to make better decisions and reduce the number of people who re-offend, improving lives, lowering crime rates and reducing the cost to the tax payer. We know that people will only change if they want to. We listen in order to understand the reasons that people offend in the first place, then provide help to enable them to create new lives, free from the anxieties of their past.

The Recovery Loan Fund provides loans to UK charities and social enterprises who have been impacted by Covid 19 and need funds to help them to survive, recover and grow. It has been established by Social Investment Business (SIB) to make an existing Government guarantee scheme, the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS – further information below), more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises.

The Fund will lend to organisations that are improving people's lives, or the environment they live in, across the UK. All funding purposes will be considered including refinancing of existing debt onto more patient terms.

The Fund is being run by Social Investment Business with initial investment from SIB and the Fusion21 Foundation - the charity parent and social investor of social enterprise and public sector procurement provider Fusion21.

The Royal Foundation is the primary philanthropic and charitable vehicle for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Our programmes support a broad and ambitious spectrum of activities, bringing people, ideas and resources together to understand issues, explore creative solutions and be a catalyst for long-term impact. One of the most relevant issues within the context of this website is the work they do in the arena of mental health.

The SPACE is a community led health and wellbeing hub which was set up in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and plays a key role in the recovery of the local community.

We are now responding to the ongoing needs of local residents. We have launched a freephone number and webchat for wellbeing and support, and extended our services to the whole of RBKC. We are also launching the first Baby Bank in Kensington & Chelsea, and a Community Advice service. Our helplines also cover Brent ,and Hammersmith and Fulham.

The Safety Box ® CIC programs are a refined system of training and development in helping young people and young adults develop important skills such as leadership, communication, team working, presentation, high risk conflict resolution, violence reduction, personal development and problem solving. We recognise that these are some of the essential keys to success. They open doors to learning, to life in addition to work. They are a platform on which to build employability skills and the gateway to future well-being and prosperity

• YOI & Prison Programs

• Intensive Support For High Risk Youth

• FAST Self Defence (Youth & Adult Program)

• Gang Intervention / Violence Interruption programs

• Anti Knife Crime (Aspire Higher)

• UK Radicalisation Awareness for Schools

• Project 318 - Youth Depression & Suicide

• General charitable purposes

• Education/training

• The advancement of health or saving of lives

• The prevention or relief of poverty

• Overseas aid/famine relief

• Arts/culture/heritage/science

• Economic/community development/employment

• Human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity.

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts is the operating office of 17 different independent grantmaking trusts established by members of three generations of the Sainsbury family. It exists to provide economies of scale in the management of the trusts’ activities. It does not make grants; only the individual trusts do so. The trusts’ support for charitable causes over more than 50 years represents one of the leading examples of sustained philanthropy in Britain.

Each trust is an independent legal entity with its own separate and autonomous board of trustees, actively led by an individual member of the Sainsbury family. Each trust’s charitable giving follows the family member’s own interests, priorities and ways of working.

The trusts only fund registered charities or activities with clearly defined charitable purposes. They do not make grants directly to individuals. The Trustees take an active role in their grantmaking, employing specialist staff and advisers to research their areas of interest and bring forward suitable proposals. Many of the trusts work closely with their chosen beneficiaries over a long period to achieve particular objectives.

Scotland has an excellent record in its approach to knife crime. This website contains a lot of information about resources, initiatives and projects. The work of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit is repeatedly described as a public health approach which was revolutionary at the time. This can often be cited without explanation. A public health approach treats violence as a disease which can infect communities in the same way as a virus and there are four steps to applying this methodology:

1) Define the problem through the systematic collection of information and data

2) Establish the causes of violence and what factors could be changed through intervention

3) Design, implement and evaluate interventions

4) Scale-up effective interventions to have as wide an impact as possible.

Niven Rennie, Director of The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit.

The Second Curve Network (SCN) is driven by Chair Chris Reeve and Vice-Chairs Barry Murphy, Jeff Hayes and Sir Stephen O’Brien, and is currently led by Joseph Lyons, seconded part-time from his current CEO role at West Ham United Foundation. Sir Stephen O’Brien in particular has proffered his wise advice and support at every stage of the creation of this website. Fighting Knife Crime London is particularly indebted to him, and look forward to working together with SCN to fulfil their aims, which are summarised here.

SCN has over 20 organisational partners and a wide range of leading business and entrepreneurial leaders who combine together to focus on specific projects upon which to concentrate their considerable talent and resources. To begin with, these include four major projects for vulnerable groups which are replicable, benefitting from a collaborative approach and addressing long-standing social issues, including in the East End of London. Project Teams will drive forward and crystalise the project models in the months ahead. SCN believes that successful business is the cornerstone of a successful and peaceful society, with a central responsibility to use its capacity to bring prosperity to promote social cohesion and to address the failure of 50 years of public investment to alleviate the misery and waste associated with so many of our depressed local communities and their inhabitants.

“Our purpose is to help one million people transform their lives each year. We help people gain an education, enter work, develop their career, improve their wellbeing or rebuild their lives. We also work with businesses to help recruit the best staff, for free, and to make the companies more accessible.

As a charity we add value to everything we do by investing back into the people and communities we support. Our work focuses on seven areas: Charitable services and enterprise, Children and family services, Community health and wellbeing, Education, Employability, Justice, Learning and skills.

The British prison population is over 86,000. On release, prisoners receive £46. Lacking money, education, a job, a stable family and a home, over 70% re-offend. Their life is spent in and out of prison. The Sheriffs’ & Recorder’s Fund helps to break this vicious cycle. At the critical time when a prisoner is released, the Fund gives small grants to supply a vital need. It also gives large grants to prison-based charitable schemes which work towards the rehabilitation of ex-prisoners.

Typical grants to Individuals:

£250 provided bunk beds for an ex-prisoner’s children

£500 bought the equipment for a man to set up in business as a window cleaner

£1,000 gave four ex-prisoners courses in IT skills

£5,000 enabled 50 ex-prisoners to buy clothes suitable for a job interview

£10,000 paid for eight fork-lift truck driving courses

£250 bought a washing machine for a prisoner’s wife who had been doing the washing for her four children and herself in the bath

£30,000 enabled HMP Brixton to give training and mentoring to twenty prisoners which secured employment on release

Our Vision - Impact-led organisations can get what they need to improve people's lives.

Our Mission - We help impact-led organisations improve people's lives.                    

We do this by:

- Providing the money and support they need directly

- Working with partners to support effectively

- Using our knowledge to inform our own work and influence others

The Social Mobility Commission exists to create a United Kingdom where the circumstances of birth do not determine outcomes in life.  SMC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education. Visit this site to see reports on social mobility and what the Government is doing to tackle it.

Founded by former UK Cabinet Minister, Rt Hon. Justine Greening, and UK entrepreneur David Harrison, the Social Mobility Pledge represents a powerful and pioneering shift towards being a truly purpose-led organisation committed to social mobility. Organisations taking steps to boost opportunity and social mobility are more important than ever as we face the challenges of a growing opportunity gap in the wake of Covid-19.  Read about the 3 key elements of the Pledge; outreach, access and recruitment. We will work to reach out to schools or colleges to provide coaching through quality careers advice, enrichment experience and mentoring to people from disadvantaged backgrounds or circumstances. The simplest approach for businesses to reach out to schools or colleges is to work through one of the large number of great social mobility organisations - such as Sutton Trust, Big Issue, Speakers for Schools, Inspiring the Future, the Careers and Enterprise Company, Princes Trust, to name a few.

The Social Switch Project is switching the narrative on how social media's relationship to youth violence is understood, tackled and solved. Our free one-day training, already completed by 1000 professionals across London, empowers teachers, police, social workers and more, to have constructive conversations about social media use - and how to support young people to make the most of their skills.

We also offer three weeks of free full-time training for young people looking to build their digital skills and to receive the support of a coach to launch their career. Get in touch!

The Social Switch Project and #switchthestory is switching the narrative on how social media’s relationship to youth violence is understood, tackled and solved. Initially funded by Google.org it is co-delivered by social business Catch22 and youth violence charity Redthread. Recognising our impact, the Mayor of London and its Violence Reduction Unit is now supporting our next phase, backing our work to divert at-risk youth towards fulfilling digital careers.

The Somerville was first opened in 1971. Our commitment to providing a happy, safe and stimulating environment for all members of the Lewisham and Southwark community hasn't changed since then. Find out about our history and read our mission statement.

Our youth and play provision covers our unique adventure playground plus a programme of educational and skills-based sessions run by staff and volunteers, all of which are free to access.

We offer lifelong learning opportunities to community and families and are home to a number of activities specifically geared towards older local residents.

Whoever you are the Somerville is a space for you!

Active since 2004, The Project now regularly engages with over 200 young people every week from across the Lambeth area, has developed over 200 FA qualified coaches from levels 1 to 3, developed girls football in Lambeth and consistently provided free, fun football activities to young people living within the most deprived 10% Deprivation Deciles nationally for crime and living environment. In addition to football specific activities we’ve arranged trips, encouraged youth volunteering, delivered accredited training courses and healthy lifestyle and mental wellbeing workshops, and provided one-to-one support to our young people wherever necessary. Working closely with Lambeth Council and other local agencies, we have now established a recognised hub in Brockwell Park, continuing to attract young people from across the SW2 / SW9 area and providing them with new opportunities for personal development, in order to help them fulfil their potential.  We were recently awarded £44,242 to deliver a football and mental health-focussed project for 60 children (aged 5-12) in Lambeth over 45 weeks.

Stephen Lawrence Day was first celebrated in 2019 and takes place annually on 22 April, the date of Stephen's death. The Day is marked officially in the British calendar as a celebration of Stephen's life and legacy. The Foundation, was established amid unprecedented growing global awareness of racial inequality, exists to inspire a more equal, inclusive society, and to foster opportunities for marginalised young people in the UK.

The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation has been working tirelessly with stakeholders in education, business, and government to develop a framework that will become the bedrock of the foundation's future work.‍

Stephen Lawrence Foundation: Our Work‍

Classrooms: Inspire children to dream freely without barriers and to realise the absolute importance of education to attaining those dreams

Communities: To support and create new connections within all types of communities.

Careers: To give marginalised young people access to careers in the world's leading companies and organisations.

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Social mobility in Britain is low. The educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background. This is the challenge we face. Since 1997 and under the leadership of our founder, Sir Peter Lampl, the Sutton Trust has worked to address this. We fight for social mobility from birth to the workplace so that every young person – no matter who their parents are, what school they go to, or where they live – has the chance to succeed in life.

Clive Conway, the TFUK’s Chairman has done much to inspire the creation of Fighting Knife Crime London, and made valuable introductions to assist its creation.

Founded in 2007, TFUK is built on the inspiration and knowledge of South African communities who sought reconciliation rather than revenge following the overthrow of Apartheid, through the southern African concept of Ubuntu. Ubuntu encourages us to recognise our common humanity, our connectedness and inter- dependence as fellow human beings. It emphasises what we have in common.

Desmond Tutu explains it like this:

“We believe that a person is a person through another person, that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextricably, with yours. When I dehumanise you, I inexorably dehumanise myself.“

TFUK  promotes this philosophy, particularly with young people involved in gang violence and in divided communities, working with regional police forces, significant national institutions, and corporates.  We help them tackle bullying, prejudices, and discrimination. We work to increase respect and appreciation of each other’s individual humanity and so empower them as individuals and groups to achieve more.

We work to prevent & resolve conflict, to help people build peaceful communities across the UK, by providing facilitation and mediation services, based on the principles of Ubuntu.

By 2023 TFUK will be a significant enabler for changing communities and the “go to” repository of evidence-based knowledge about, and source of advice on, building peaceful and harmonious communities, and be seen as experts in building more cohesive communities, conflict resolution, and associated training.

“We want to rethink the concept of urban therapy. We recognise that the young people we work with could benefit from psychotherapy – at the same time, we acknowledge many are reluctant to engage with such a formal approach. Instead, we engage in one-to-one outreach meetings and group sessions within the community, where we work patiently with young people to get to the heart of their issues and challenges. We believe that by making violence a subject that can be talked about in such contexts, we can encourage a greater understanding of how individuals can move away from it. The Violence Intervention Project was registered as a charity in November 2017. We have been commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council for 20 hours work per week, and carry out another 30 hours each week backed by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. Young people can refer themselves to us. They can also be referred to us by professionals working with them, or by parents concerned about potential involvement with gangs.”

The principal Governmental Organisation for London is the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU)

See too https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/mopac_knife_crime_strategy_june_2017.pdf

The work of the VRU as announced by the Mayor in September 2018, is to bring together specialists from health, police, local government, probation and community organisations to tackle violent crime and the underlying causes of violent crime.

“We believe that violence is preventable. The VRU is taking a fundamentally different approach to violence reduction – one where the public sector institutions and communities that make up London act together to help cut violence.

A number of Londoners already have some of the tools they need to tackle violence and its root causes – but many need additional support to help put their time, expertise or skills to best use. The job of the VRU will be to help unlock that potential – by sharing information with Londoners and all partners about what works in spotting the early signs of what might lead to criminal behaviour, and focusing attention and resources on what makes a difference.”

A large number of groups have engaged in discussions with City Hall staff about the Mayor’s work in Violence Reduction. Some are formal members of the Partnership Reference Group, others have participated in more informal discussions. Further details of these groups can be found in the directory listings on this website. Website information for each organisation also appears below where available.                                        

The goals of the Violence Reduction Unit are to:

• Stabilise and reduce violence across London

• Find the major causes of violence and co-ordinate action across London to tackle them at scale, delivering a long term reduction in crime and associated harms

• Involve communities in the work of the VRU and build their capacity to deliver the best long-term solutions to reduce violence.

The Wates Foundation recognises the challenges that the organisations it supports are facing due to the outbreak of Covid-19 - please see our website for more information.

The Wates Foundation is an independent grant-making charity. We award grants directly to charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, social enterprises and other established community groups. We do not provide support for individuals.

The Trustees of the Wates Foundation have endorsed a new pro-active grant making strategy until March 2021. Wates Family members seek out charities to support, often from within their local community. Applications are by invitation only. Unsolicited applications will be automatically rejected.

We know that sport has the power to change lives and communities for the better. Taking part in regular sporting activity can improve an individual’s physical and mental well-being, as well as widen social networks and teach a respect for rules and learn skills that can be valuable in everyday life. We are though only too aware of the number of people who play no sport at all.  For many young people their only experience of sport is a school PE lesson, which may not meet their needs and fail to encourage them to play outside of school.  Some adults find organised sports sessions too restrictive to fit within their busy daily lives and need more flexibility to choose when they play. Participation levels are lowest amongst girls and young women, those from poorer families or who are disabled.

WNST’s income is around £1 million per annum, which we use to make grants to enable the widest possible participation in various community sports activities. We aim to help address these sporting inequalities and ensure that the lessons from what we learn through our funding get disseminated widely.

The Wickers Charity was founded in 2018 by East London businessman and philanthropist, Henry Smith. With a personal connection to the consequences of knife crime in East London, it’s Henry’s mission to give young people a safe and positive space to interact and learn.

We offer a range of classes, workshops and events from our community hubs in Hackney Wick.

Our vision is of healthy, caring and thriving communities.

Our mission is to use the resources and heritage of Wimbledon to help change people’s lives.

Our approach is to deliver programmes and work with partners that truly reflect Wimbledon’s values.

The aim of the Wimbledon Foundation is to help change people’s lives using the resources and heritage of Wimbledon. Our goals are to:

- Strengthen our local community by helping people in the boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth

- Support healthy and active lives by enabling good mental and physical health for people of all ages

- Develop young people by creating opportunities to learn skills for life

Help those in need by supporting charities through The Championships and the All England Club.

Space to Grow - ensuring that children and young people can access local opportunities, in safe spaces, to grow and develop to be the best that they can be.

A membership movement providing strong fundraising & capacity building support to local charities & community groups working with children & young people, supporting existing services, driving new initiatives, promoting partnerships and encouraging consortium working.

Our Vision

Where Barnet as one community, seeks to invest in all our children and young people, ensuring that they have opportunities for fun, growth, connection, success and celebration - helping today’s children become tomorrow’s confident, successful adults.

The Young Ealing Foundation was established in 2017 as part of a wider network of Young People’s Foundations. Developed in response to the on-going challenges facing the Children and Young People’s sector, the Young People’s Foundation bring together the public, private and voluntary sectors to effect positive change for young people. Based in their local communities, each Young Peoples Foundation’s services are led by their members and based on the needs and assets of their area. Together they share a common goal – to help create and champion a more impactful, coordinated and sustainable sector to ensure all young people have access to quality support and opportunities. Our Vision is to ensure all young people in Ealing can access the opportunities and support they need to grow up and lead happy and safe lives, fulfil their potential and become a valued and listened to part of the local community. Our Mission is to work with our members, partners and supporters to encourage, enable and support sustainable, high quality service provision for children and young people, focusing on key areas including funding, capacity building and partnerships.

Our Objectives:

• Become an integral part of the local community

• Promote the voice of young people and the organisations that serve them

• Build capacity                                                                                                              

• Increase and improve cohesion and partnership working

• Improve the funding outlook for member

Based in Hammersmith & Fulham, we work closely with our members to shape opportunities and create the best services for children and young people, who live, learn, play or work in our borough.

Funded by John Lyons Charity (JLC), we were developed in response to the on-going challenges facing the Children and Young People’s sector.

YHFF brings together the public, private and voluntary sectors to effect positive change for young people. Our membership registration is open for everyone at the local level that works with children and young people aged 0-25. This includes youth clubs, charities, schools, businesses, voluntary groups and the public sector.

This is the best wide-ranging resource for early years and young people in Harrow that we have found. There is a directory and networks of organisations specifically relevant for Harrow. They are creating a wide community of partners, organisations, companies and individuals who are all interested in making a difference for young people in Harrow.  There are links for football and sport generally, self-help and mental health support, help for schools, training for professionals, support and training for charities and much more in Harrow. There are also job offers, training opportunities, and apprenticeships all offered through this website. This is a website all about community, collaboration and for young people in Harrow is is a first port of call.

We believe every young person should have the chance to ‘make it’ in whatever they want to do in life - in a world where no one is left behind. We are the conduit between young people, education, and companies. We deliver Youth-First solutions, products, and services, including our work experience programme, mentorship events, and life booster profile, allowing young people to explore every opportunity and enrich their lives.

We connect our community of socially diverse young people who are already work-aware, to your brand and touch points. We identify, match and onboard the most relevant young people for your open vacancies, work experience placements, and apprenticeship schemes. We help you create the right paths for young people, ensuring that you invest in the right places to develop them into your future players. We help you re-imagine your purpose, culture, wellness and incentive strategy to win loyalty.

Our solution is to provide a safe, secure and vibrant community for young people and businesses - or any initiative which supports young people, for that matter! With currently over 1,200 Ambassadors and 100+ brands already on board, we want The Youth Group to be the go-to destination for young people looking to find opportunities and support.

The iCoCo foundation is dedicated to the promotion of interculturalism and community cohesion. It is a not for profit organisation which challenges old style multiculturalism and promotes new and progressive policy and practice in an era of multi-diverse and globalised societies. (See sections ‘about interculturalism‘ and ‘about community cohesion‘.) The iCoCo foundation has been established by Professor Ted Cantle CBE and follows on from the earlier work which he inspired at the Institute of Community Cohesion. It is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee. The ground-breaking Report – known as The ‘Cantle Report’ – was produced in December 2001 and made around 70 recommendations. It also created the concept of ‘parallel lives’ to describe communities that had little in common and had no contact with each other. In so doing, it re-established the importance of ‘contact theory’ as a means of reducing prejudice and improving tolerance and understanding of the ‘other’. This also challenged the multicultural orthodoxy based on essentialised identities and gave birth to the idea of ‘community cohesion’. Community cohesion was subsequently adopted by the UK Government and many of the interventions which it spawned have been used by local communities in this country and around the world. Community cohesion programmes have succeeded in reducing tension in local communities by promoting cross cultural contact, developing support for diversity and promoting unity. Community cohesion also continues to tackle inequality and the prejudice and discrimination which underpins it, whilst interculturalism provides a wider and progressive narrative to replace the outmoded concept of multiculturalism.

ThinkForward provides long-term coaching that gets young people ready for the world of work.

We develop the skills that young people need, help them overcome the challenges that keep them from succeeding, and facilitate employability activities to broaden their horizons and provide experience of the workplace.

Our vision is that every young person is empowered to gain the confidence, independence and skills they need for a better and brighter future.

ThinkForward delivers unique, personalised coaching programmes for young people at a key stage in their lives, enabling them to overcome the challenges they face and make a successful transition into work. Every young person takes part in workplace activities to develop their life goals and readiness for work. We raise the voices of our young people and support employers to provide fair access to opportunities.

Through Unity are a charity which provides for:

• support for families who have lost loved ones to knife, gun and gang crime.

• raising awareness of the impacts of violent crime through presentations and safety events.

• citizenship through recreation-drama, music, dance and sport.

• creating educational opportunities, working with partners to facilitate mentoring, employment and apprenticeships.

• campaign for justice, championing the rights of victims.

At its core, Through Unity is a coalition of families who have come together because of their experiences of bereavement and homicide to provide support and care to other affected individuals and families.

Tower Hamlets Community volunteering Strategy and information portal.

We work to tackle the causes and impacts of poverty here in East London and further afield. Based in the East End since 1884, we offer high quality, timely services, informed and shaped by the experiences of the people we work with. Our advice services, youth and older people’s projects and financial inclusion work are all geared towards supporting members of our community, not only in times of crisis but on a longer term basis by providing them with the skills and support they need to open up access to opportunities.

When Toynbee Hall first opened its doors in 1884, the need for help and support was greater here than almost anywhere else in the UK. 135 years later and the community in which we work remains one of the unequal in the UK.  With 44% of people in Tower Hamlets still living in poverty, our work is as vital today as it was then.  Throughout our 135 years our story is one of pioneering new solutions for poverty, working within our community and giving people the skills and knowledge they need to help themselves while working to influence opinion and to change the systems and policies that affect people today.  Our services are free of charge, and every year our residential and non-residential volunteers give us over 4,000 hours of their time to deliver services and engage with communities across Tower Hamlets and beyond.

Our vision is to end youth re-offending for good. We do this by mentoring and encouraging young offenders to make a positive change and providing them with the tools, support and opportunities they need to continue on their new path when they are released. Contrary to what some people believe, prisons in the UK do not provide a stimulating environment for change. Mentees sometimes spend up to 23 hours a day in their cells and the only people they talk to are fellow inmates or prison officers. Mentoring allows them to speak to ‘an outsider’. Someone who doesn’t tell them what to do or judge them for the things they may have done, but someone who can help them see a different path and offer the guidance they need to create a better future. Our work impacts hundreds of lives daily and this is what drives us on. Our mission is to enable young offenders to become catalysts for positive change in their communities. Our mentoring service doesn’t stop at the prison gates. For us it’s not just about preventing a young person from reoffending and going back into prison. The real value comes by inspiring them to spread their message, their experiences and to educate others from similar backgrounds or vulnerable positions that there is always another way.

This is a place where young people can go to learn, have fun and relax.

This service offers a range of activities and courses for young people aged 8-19 years or up to 25 years old for young people with disabilities.

At the centre young people can:

meet friends;
use the IT suite and music studio;
get involved with our spoken words workshops
play sports such as football and table tennis;
get involved in dance and drama activities (see flyer under 'Downloads' if you have your own dance group);
take part in our podcast sessions
learn life skills, including cooking.
The centre also offers:

advice and support workshops;
short taster courses;
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme; and
cultural trips.
You can just drop-in to the centre during opening times and you will be shown around. If you are interested you will then be asked to complete an application form.

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Transform UK runs a number of school, community, education and enterprise programs to transform the lives of young people in the area.

Treasure Boxing Club does outreach classes across London.

Our gym is in Southall.

We are a member of England Boxing.

Was recently £44,456 to provide 48 weeks of weekly information and support for up to 360 children transitioning from primary to secondary school and their parents in Tottenham, Haringey.

Trust for London is an independent charitable foundation. We aim to tackle poverty and inequality in London and we do this by: funding voluntary and charity groups – currently we make grants totalling around £10 million a year and at any one time we are supporting up to 300 organisations; funding independent research, and providing knowledge and expertise on London’s social issues to policymakers and journalists.

The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making charitable trust. We fund a wide range of organisations working to support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities around the UK. We don’t have specific funding programmes designed to advance any particular agenda as we think that the groups we support are best placed to identify problems and develop solutions. Tudor supports work which tries to meet the many different needs of people at the margins of our society in a wide variety of ways. We are interested in how organisations tackle these needs, and their root causes. We are keen to work with organisations that have a real understanding of the challenges facing the communities they support, and a clear sense of the difference they seek to make through their work. We are interested in how organisations work, as well as in what they do, and look for a number of key characteristics and qualities in the groups we support. There are some types of organisation and work which we will not consider for funding.

Turn2us helps people in financial need gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help, either online, by phone and face to face through our partner organisations.

We operate in two Central London boroughs: Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea. The Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service is a place where you can get real and practical help to manage your problematic use of drugs and alcohol. We will work with you, whatever your situation and without judgement.

Twining’s mission is to provide high quality, co-produced services that enable people’s mental health problems to overcome their challenges, sustain employment and thrive in their lives.

Over our 25-year history, we have supported more than 10,000 people through meaningful life transitions, with 1 in 3 people who access our employment services achieving sustained work.  We have become a leader in IPS model (Individual, Placement and Support), the most empirically tested approach for successful employment support for people with mental health problems.

Our services can be divided into:

· Services for clients: supporting individuals to become self-responsible, financially independent, have a sense of purpose and engaged with others and their community. We achieve this through 1-2-1 and group interventions, individually tailored support and coaching and mentoring.

· Support for employers: helping business owners and managers to positively address mental health at work and recruit and retain staff with mental health problems as effectively as possible.

United To Change And Inspire (UTCAI) is an organisation that works to bring people together and empower them to create a better future for themselves and their loved ones.  We are united in strength to overcome injustice and prejudice and to champion equality for all. We advise, support and give a stronger voice to marginalised groups. We aim to change past narratives and bring about fairness and equal opportunities in education, business and the criminal justice system, as well as the corporate, creative and sports industries.

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The Ubele Initiative is an African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise founded in 2014. Our primary mission is to help build more sustainable communities across the UK. Ubele in Swahili means ‘The Future’. Ubele has been developed through bottom up, community-based approach. Although African Diaspora led, we have a culturally diverse team and support a wide range of communities, community-based organisations and groups.

Ubele supports a wide range of communities, community-based organisations and groups with their community assets (people and physical spaces), through social action, community enterprise development and next generation leadership initiatives.

We design and deliver local, regional, national projects and international programmes as well as being involved in London regional policy initiatives and campaigns.

“Unique Talent CIC offers three interrelated services, through three interconnected departments offering: gang prevention, mediation, mentoring, coaching and music production as a foundation. Through these services, we seek to offer positive alternatives and diversion to young people involved with or at risk of involvement in gangs and serious youth violence. Prior to engagement in our programs, we conduct extensive street-based outreach work, which allows us to establish links with young people and local communities. We gain knowledge of specific local issues and any potential conflicts. Where appropriate, we can offer an adaptable conflict resolution and mediation services, aimed at reducing or redressing tensions when they arise.

Core Services:

1) Youth Engagement – youth work delivery on the streets of London. Prevention and intervention work covering gangs, youth violence, weapons, county lines, drugs, prison, joint enterprise and more. We deliver this work in schools, people referral units, youth clubs, Youth Offending services, probation and community hubs.

2) Peer Profession Service – upskilling teachers and professionals working with young people in the community. Sharing our first-hand experiences to enable/equip and empower professionals to deal with a variety of issues faced by the youth of London today.

3) Parents/Community Engagement – providing information, advice and guidance to parents and guardians of the young people who are at risk or involved with gangs and serious youth violence. We offer a 24/7 advice line where parents can call in to discuss issues within the home or extended family home.  Awarded £22,000 to deliver a series of workshops and peer mentoring to young BAME men aged 24 and under engaged in or at risk of knife crime, along with training sessions to teachers, professionals and parents to raise awareness of risks in Merton.”

United for All Ages is a 'think-do' tank founded in 2010 to create a Britain for all ages, tackling big social and economic issues such as loneliness, ageism, learning, care, health and housing.  Its co-founders and directors are Denise Burke and Stephen Burke. In 2020 United for All Ages celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Our outdated criminal records regime is holding hundreds of thousands of people back from participating fully in society. Even a minor criminal history can produce lifelong barriers to employment, volunteering, housing and even travelling abroad, many years after people have moved on from their past. The system needs to change.

The #FairChecks movement is calling for the government to launch a major review of the legislation on the disclosure of criminal records to reduce the length of time a record is revealed. We are looking for reform in the following areas:

1. Reducing the length of time a person’s conviction is revealed on basic checks.

2. Making a more proportionate and flexible system to what is revealed on standard and enhanced checks that protects the public without unduly harming people’s opportunity to get on in life.

3. A distinct approach to records acquired in childhood and a more nuanced approach to those acquired in early adulthood.

4. The introduction of review mechanisms so that no one has to face a lifetime being held back by their past without the prospect of review at some point.

We want a disclosure system that is fair and gives people a genuine chance of moving on and contributing fully to society.