CHARITY PARTNERS FOR 2020/21 PROGRAMME - LAST UPDATED 16 NOV 2020 MORE WILL BE ADDED REGULARLY
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CHARITY PARTNERS FOR 2020/21 PROGRAMME LAST UPDATED 16 NOV 2020 MORE WILL BE ADDED REGULARLY
ORGANISATION WHAT WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE
The Dot We provide professional theatre for, and create We are looking to explore new ways in which we can
Collective theatre with, those living in care and with dementia. bring theatre to and create theatre with those living in
We employ professional writers, actors, musicians care under COVID-19 restrictions. We want to develop
and other theatre makers to engage and create with sustainable ways of offering creative stimulation to
our charity beneficiaries. our beneficiaries including workshops and
performances.
Caxton Youth Established in 1948, the Caxton Youth Organisation The challenge we’re facing is strategic: how to be as
Organisation works to advance the personal development of young youth-led as possible. How can we ensure our
people with disabilities between the ages of 11 and 25 members direct the focus of the charity and guide
in the City of Westminster, through youth work. 73% of decision-making at every level? We don’t put young
our current membership are on the autistic spectrum people in tokenistic positions where they don’t have
and/or have communication difficulties. any real power to change anything, and risk alienating
our members.
Mosaic Each year we help more than 500 people Providing access to paid employment is an important
Clubhouse disadvantaged by mental illness to regain the cornerstone of our drive to support people’s
confidence and skills necessary to reconnect with recovery from mental illness. Engaging employers and
mainstream society. Through the Clubhouse model opening up job opportunities is difficult at the best of
our members are treated as active participants in times. The current pandemic, and all the challenges it
their recovery and belong to a vibrant community, brings, make this task much more difficult. We’d like to
working side-by-side with staff to create employment, see this challenge with fresh eyes and deliver more
education and health and wellness initiatives that opportunities for our members.
renew people’s lives.ORGANISATION WHAT WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE
575 The National Trust is committed to looking after We want to open up access to 575 Wandsworth Road
Wandsworth special places for everyone, for ever – including in a sustainable way, unlocking its potential to connect,
Road, opening up access and addressing unequal access to inspire and empower others so that it can play a
National Trust history, beauty and nature. 575 Wandsworth Road is a meaningful role in the lives of local people – especially
modest terraced house on a busy London road, where there has traditionally been unequal access. In
belonging to Kenyan-born novelist, poet and British the context of a global pandemic and Black Lives
Civil Servant Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006), who Matter, we want to create a safe space for self-
over twenty years turned his home into a work of art, expression and unlock potential, for example
now a key part of Black British history in south west exploring the links between creativity and wellbeing
London that represents the power of the human and building social connectivity/reducing social
endeavour. isolation.
ARCS The ARCS charity was set up by Lambeth parents to For young people with ADHD and their families the
support children, parents, carers and professionals transition between primary and secondary school is
affected by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder one of the most precarious periods of their lives – and
(ADHD) and other neurological conditions. the resulting anxieties, disengagement and even
exclusion have serious consequences. We want to
equip young people and their families with the tools to
successfully navigate the Year 6/7 transition process
in partnership with their teachers, SENCOs and health
professionals, in order to make the best possible start
at secondary school.ORGANISATION WHAT WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE
Girls United We seek to empower girls all around the world We are constantly trying to tackle inactivity among
FA through sport and football. We want girls to have girls and fight gender and racial inequality. We hope to
equal access to opportunities and we endeavour to provide girls with safe spaces to participate in sport
provide them with the necessary skills and abilities to and to enable them to chase their dreams, on and off
do so. We promote gender equality and we are the pitch.
bridging the gap between sport and education.
Neurodiversity We support young people with special educational We want to support young people with special
Learning CIC needs to increase their social skills and reduce their educational needs into employment by empowering
levels of anxiety through art. them to run sessions and be role models. We aim to
equip the young people they support with a toolbox of
creative techniques to reduce their anxiety and
increase their social skills through creative activities.
Policy Centre PCAP works to enable African and disadvantaged We want to enable people from lower socio-economic
for African individuals to improve their lives through education groups and ethnic minority communities, who have
Peoples and engagement. To fulfil this mission, PCAP delivers been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, to
(PCAP) projects in the areas of education, leadership improve their health and wellbeing, overcome their
development and social engagement. COVID-19 trauma, and avoid loneliness. Ideally, the
project will achieve these outcomes through wellbeing,
wellness and befriending activities.ORGANISATION WHAT WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE
Millennium We are a grassroots volunteer organisation that We want to supply tailored, intensive, empathetic
Community specialises in digital assistive technology. We run support for disabled and elderly users of our digital
Services CIC Southwyck Community Hall in Brixton as a digital skills assistive technology services, understanding the
outreach centre (which we have transitioned into a barriers they face and walking them through any
food depot for vulnerable people in our community). challenges. We are passionate about providing the
Our ethos is to build better diversity, accessibility and best quality services for all, while enabling and
technology, in order to develop a more diverse, empowering volunteers to grow and develop.
inclusive and equitable diverse community.
Restorative RJ4All aims to provide evidence-based, psycho-social The criminal justice system and current models of
Justice for All interventions that work with rather than for local social justice have considerable limitations that impact
communities, to build a sustainable alternative to the disadvantaged groups and young people, whose poor
established criminal and social justice systems. Our experience and perception of justice are leading to
user-led initiatives redirect the trajectory of people at social divisions. We want to offer an alternative, based
risk of being drawn into violence, while empowering on the principles of power-sharing, individual
individuals to lead in getting the justice that they seek. empowerment and responsibility, to disadvantaged
groups, particularly young people aged 14–25.
The Remakery The Remakery was born in 2012 out of a disused car We are interested in expanding community remaking
park, located between Coldharbour and Vassall wards and increasing the volume of materials diverted from
in the London Borough of Lambeth. We are a not-for- waste, in particular supporting creatives and
profit community of creatives, local residents and community disproportionately affected by Covid-19.
enterprises breathing new life into things destined for We also want to explore existing reuse projects and
landfill and offering space to make and work. investigate a range of new closed loop making
projects.ORGANISATION WHAT WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE
The Jo Cox The Jo Cox Foundation was established in 2016 by the Before her death, Jo Cox set up a cross-
Foundation friends and family of the late Jo Cox MP. The parliamentary Loneliness Commission, with the vision
Foundation exists to build a positive legacy for Jo and of turbo-charging the public understanding of and
to create something positive from the tragedy that policy response to the loneliness crisis. We have
was her murder. Our vision is for a kinder, more continued to prioritise Jo’s focus on loneliness. The
compassionate society where every individual has a Covid crisis has exacerbated feelings of loneliness for
sense of belonging and where we recognise that we many, and evidence shows the impact is especially
have more in common than that which divides us. acute among young people aged 18–25. We’d like to
develop practical ways we can help tackle loneliness
among young people through our campaigns.
Power2 Power2 believes there is no greater cost to society The issue we want to tackle is social isolation among
than unfulfilled potential. We unleash the power of the elderly. COVID-19 has been challenging for all, but
young people to improve their lives and the lives of the impact on those who do not have a support
others through programmes designed to elevate system is immeasurable. We will use this project to
wellbeing, confidence and academic engagement. Our develop intergenerational relationships within the local
programmes target young people facing multiple community by partnering young people with local
disadvantages at key transition points in their lives and elderly residents. The project will allow participants to
tackle the root causes of poor outcomes for at-risk develop new and positive relationships while creating
young people, helping them to gain the self-esteem, support networks, sharing skills and much more.
life skills and qualifications required to live emotionally
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