Before her death in May 2014, Elena Baltacha set up her charity with one goal - to give more children, from all backgrounds, the opportunity to learn to play tennis. The Elena Baltacha Foundation is committed to making sure Elena's work continues and that we keep enriching kids' lives through sport.
We are dedicated to providing care specifically for farmed animals. Our mission involves rescuing and offering a safe peaceful dafe haven. We also exist as an educational resource to show people the reality of these intelligent, sensitive animals more commonly seen as mere commodities.
Bounce Back is a charity and a painting and decorating social enterprise focussed on training and employing ex-offenders. We start in prison where we interview potential participants and work with them up to release when they come and join us. We then train and support them to get all the qualifications needed to work on any site and be self-employed, after which we give them paid employment in our painting and decorating enterprise. We believe fervently that everyone has an ability to change and deserves a second chance. We also seek to change perception. Thanks to the support of many we have thrived. We have been able to buy ‘starter kits’ to equip individuals in their work, a van to get our teams to jobs, and even things as simple as oyster cards and phone cards that are needed to support people when they leave prison. Our objective is to stop re-offending and reduce crime, and we have been successful. Against the national average of 60% re-offending our rate is only 10%. Please help us to do more.
The Light House has served the community as a basic needs provider of food, shelter and support services for 30 years. We rebuild lives with compassion by providing shelter and services to prevent homelessness and empower people as they transition toward employment, housing and self-sufficiency.
Ark is an education charity which runs a network of 35 non-selective schools offering high-quality education to children of all backgrounds. Our goal is to create outstanding schools so that every pupil has the opportunity to go to university or to pursue the career of their choice.
We promote the mental health and wellbeing of NHS workers and carers in the UK, in particular but not exclusively by: 1. providing access to free tickets to music events 2. providing grants and financial assistance to charities and organisations supporting our objectives