Causes We Support In 2024
Thank you for clicking through to learn more about the causes we support. All the organisations below have been championed and selected by individuals in our team and we are delighted to support the valuable work they do. We hope you don’t mind, but we have included a link for each charity for any visitors who wish to do the same.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK
“Improved lives today, a world free from Crohn’s and Colitis tomorrow.”
£633.61 donated
Their mission:
Crohn’s and Colitis UK is a charitable organisation set up to support and advise those who have been diagnosed with either of the conditions. They want to see improved lives today, and a world free from Crohn’s and Colitis tomorrow.
How they help:
The organisation offers a treasure trove of information and support about Crohn’s and Colitis as well as driving research and knowledge through donations, membership, sponsorship and voluntary help. They break taboos, they drive pioneering research, they bring people together, they campaign to improve lives and they are leading the fight against Crohn’s and Colitis.
GOSH
“To advance care for children and young people with complex health needs so they can fulfil their potential.”
£1,267.22 donated
Their mission:
Every day, around 750 seriously ill children and young people are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital from all over the UK.
Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. Every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world.
Despite the greatest challenges a child can face, the hospital is a place where being sick does not always mean being sad. And it’s a place where you’ll find – today and every day – some of the bravest people you could ever meet.
How they help:
GOSH Charity have built a phenomenal legacy of helping to transform the lives of seriously ill children by raising vital funds so the hospital can deliver life-changing care and discover new treatments and cures.
It is not only those treated in the hospital itself who benefit from this care. The world-class research that takes place at GOSH, alongside its research partner UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, helps seriously ill children from across the globe.
Trussell Trust
“Working to stop UK hunger and poverty. Our network of food banks provides emergency food and support to people in crisis.”
£1,267.22 donated
Their mission:
The Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks and provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
How they help:
Demelza
“Demelza Hospice Care for Children provides care and support for seriously ill children, young people and their families.”
£633.61 donated
Their mission:
Demelza believes every child and young person who has a serious or terminal condition should receive the care and attention they need to live the most fulfilling life they can, and that they and their families have the opportunity to build memories, for however long they have together.
They’ve been providing this care since 1998 and, through the generosity of others, they can continue to be there for families for years to come.
How they help:
When families are struggling to cope because their children have a serious or terminal condition, Demelza provides specialist care and support, bringing them back from breaking point.
Their hospices in South East London and Kent, and home care service in East Sussex provide tailored care to babies, children and young adults. Their facilities, nurses, therapists and dedicated volunteers give families the time and space to feel like families again.
Alzheimer’s Research UK
“Our vision is a world where people are free from the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia.”
£2,405.83 donated
Their mission:
Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity, dedicated to causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure.
Backed by passionate scientists and supporters, they’re challenging the way people think about dementia, uniting the big thinkers in the field and funding the innovative science that will deliver a cure.
Their mission is to bring about the first life changing dementia treatment by 2025.
How they help:
They’re working across four key areas of action:
- Understand the diseases that cause dementia.
- Diagnose people earlier and more accurately.
- Reduce risk, backed by the latest evidence.
- Treat dementia effectively.
Through these important strands of work, they’re bringing about breakthroughs that will change lives.
UNICEF
“The United Nations Children’s Fund, works to build a better world for every child, every day, everywhere.”
£1,266.62 donated
Their mission:
UNICEF provides more children with clean water, life-saving therapeutic food and vaccines, education and protection from violence than any other humanitarian organisation.
UNICEF works with families, local communities, organisations and governments in more than 190 countries to help every child realise their full potential. In everything they do, the most vulnerable children and those in greatest need have priority.
How they help:
UNICEF is a multilateral child-rights organisation established by the UN with 70 years of field-tested expertise, a network that spans the globe, a passion for innovation and a commitment to make every penny count. Impartial and non-political, UNICEF is never neutral when it comes to protecting children’s rights and safeguarding their lives and futures.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, reaching the furthest from help, the most disadvantaged and the most at risk. UNICEF saves children’s lives with vaccines, clean water and therapeutic food. UNICEF protects children from violence, exploitation and abuse. And UNICEF helps children fulfill their potential, by supporting quality education and training. UNICEF works for every child, to build a better world for everyone.
Blue Marine Foundation
“Aims to restore the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems.”
£633.61 donated
Their mission:
Their vision is a healthy ocean forever, for everyone. They are dedicated to creating marine reserves, restoring vital habitats and establishing models of sustainable fishing.
Blue Marine’s mission is to see at least 30% of the world’s ocean under effective protection by 2030 and the other 70% managed in a responsible way.
Blue Marine Foundation is a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. The ocean is the world’s largest carbon sink: by combatting overfishing, we can help life in the ocean perform its vital function of stabilising the Earth’s climate.
How they help:
Blue Marine works using a combination of top-down intervention to improve governance of our seas and bottom-up project delivery to help local communities who are at the front line of ocean conservation.
Their key interventions are:
- Securing marine protected areas to ensure the protection of at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
- Developing models of sustainable fishing proving that low-impact fishing benefits marine life, local fishers and communities.
- Restoring marine habitats to revive and protect vulnerable and threatened species and to sequester carbon.
- Tackling unsustainable fishing by highlighting poor practice and developing solutions.
Create
“A multi-award-winning charity empowering lives, reducing isolation and enhancing well-being through the creative arts.”
£633.61 donated
Their mission:
To use the creative arts to connect, empower, inspire and upskill society’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, raising aspirations, building selfesteem, reducing isolation and enhancing wellbeing.
How they help:
At Create their focus is on engaging the UK’s most marginalised participants in inspiring, sustainable arts programmes in areas where provision is poor and engagement in the arts is therefore low.
To ensure they reach the most disadvantaged and vulnerable participants in areas of greatest need, they prioritise partner organisations that receive little or no provision from other arts providers.
They select these using poverty indices and government statistics on areas of deprivation alongside data including: disability; pupil premium/entitlement to free school meals; and use of English as an additional language.
Macmillan Cancer Support
“Macmillan Cancer Support help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.”
£633.31 donated
Their mission:
Being told ‘you have cancer’ can affect so much more than your health – it can also affect your family, your job, even your ability to pay the bills. But you’re still you. They get that. And, after over 100 years of helping people through cancer, they get what’s most important: that you’re treated as a person, not just a patient.
At Macmillan, they won’t rest, and won’t settle for giving anything other than the best possible support for people with cancer.
How they help:
They give people with cancer everything they’ve got. They offer emotional, physical and financial support from the moment of diagnosis. Whether it’s help paying bills, advice on benefits or treatment, or just to chat.
The Straight Forward Forest
“Simple and impactful climate action.”
£15,660.00 donated
Their mission:
The climate crisis we currently face is the greatest threat we have ever known. Dangerous climate ‘tipping points’ have already been reached and there isn’t a place on Earth that won’t be affected.
One of the most effective ways to tackle this climate crisis and keep our temperatures from rising above 1.5C is to plant trees. They are also crucial in preventing ecological collapse.
How they help:
Our Million Tree Pledge is a progressive initiative to conserve, restore or grow one million trees worldwide by 2030.
We are committed to ensuring the right trees are being planted in the right places, have been verified for the maximum positive impact, long-term survival and to protect and enhance the natural biodiversity.
We are also part of the “Million Tree Pledge” a community of like-minded organisations who have also pledged to plant one million trees.
The other part of our promise is to find at least two other people or businesses to get involved and pledge to plant one million trees too!
2024 Donations
- Crohn's and Colitis UK – £633.61
- GOSH – £1,267.22
- Trussell Trust – £1,267.22
- Demelza – £633.61
- Alzheimer's Research UK – £2,405.83
- UNICEF – Children in Gaza Crisis Appeal – £1,266.62
- Blue Marine Foundation – £633.61
- Create – £633.61
- Macmillan – £633.31
- Million Tree Pledge – £15,660.00
