Abertay University has a key role to play in challenging social and educational disadvantage. It is deep rooted in our DNA to support all students to realise their full potential, regardless of background or which school they attended. We have a real affinity with students who come from more disadvantaged backgrounds. We truly understand the transformational opportunities a degree can bring.
Talent knows no bounds, but we need your help to empower young people with potential from diverse and challenging backgrounds to enable them to reach their full potential and make their impact in the world. Your gift supports our programmes and projects.
Registered Charity No: SCO16040
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is the Army’s national charity, providing a lifetime of support to soldiers, veterans and their families. Since 1944, the welfare of soldiers, past and present, has been at the heart of everything we do. While there is a British Army, there will be The Soldiers’ Charity.
Registered Charity No: 1146420
We’re a registered charity based in York. We've been running arts and creative media learning projects in and around the city since 1982.
The people who take part in our projects include disabled young people and adults, older people living with dementia and memory loss and people with mental ill-health. We support their wellbeing by helping them develop the confidence and skills to connect with their local community and have more of a say in the things that matter to them.
And everyone has a lot of fun along the way!
Registered Charity No: 1072902
For almost 40 years and across nearly 50 countries, we have led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strike.
Registered Charity No: 1047501
Age is different for everyone, of course, and the challenges and demands are different for everyone, too. At Age UK Berkshire we are many things to many people: a source of advice, information, support, companionship and enjoyment.
We are the leading organisation providing integrated health and wellbeing services for older people across Berkshire, a local independent charity and part of the Age UK brand.
Registered Charity No: 1146462
Age UK Lambeth is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people for over 70 years. We have 35 dedicated staff and over 100 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Lambeth.
Registered Charity No: 1063497
Age UK Waltham Forest is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people since 1989. We have dedicated staff and volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Waltham Forest.
Registered Charity No: 1048212
We are the UK’s leading research charity aiming to defeat dementia. We power world class studies that give us the best chance of beating dementia sooner.
Registered Charity No: 1077089
Amelia's Rainbow is a Dorset based charity that supports local children who have a serious, life threatening, life limiting or chronic illness which has a significant impact on their lives. It is our aim to enable children and their families to be able to have fun through the tough times that many face whether that is by funding a family day out, a special trip, leisure activities, or providing requested items that enhance the child’s fun, learning or memory making.
Registered Charity No: 1146031
As the oldest human rights organisation in the world, our work to end slavery is based on over 180 years of experience in successfully combating slavery.
Since 1839, we have developed a strong reputation in advancing the political agenda on slavery through cutting-edge research, advocacy, campaigns and work with local communities.
Registered Charity No: 1049160
The UK’s only registered charity dedicated to raising awareness and furthering information about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. As a not-for-profit, we work to provide individuals, parents, carers and medical professionals with up-to-date relevant information, research and support.
Registered Charity No: 1185468
Ark Cancer Centre Charity is fundraising to help provide supportive care and services, complementary therapies, and an enhanced environment in a NHS cancer treatment centre at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
Registered Charity No: 1149758
Article 25 is a humanitarian architecture charity. We use design to improve health, livelihoods and resilience to disasters.
We are driven by Article 25 of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that everyone has the right to adequate dignified shelter. Our vision is of a world where all communities have access to better housing, safe school buildings and effective clinics and hospitals.
Registered Charity No: 1112621
Without refugee status asylum seekers are not allowed to work. Once their initial application for asylum has been turned down many are left with no right to housing, benefits or other vital support. They're left homeless, destitute and vulnerable on the streets of our city.
This is where we come in. ASSIST is an invaluable lifeline for refused asylum seekers in Sheffield, offering solidarity, support and hope in the form of accommodation, advice and access to essential services.
Registered Charity No: 1154862
We're always coming up with colourful new ideas to support autistic people of all ages, and work tirelessly to promote both awareness and acceptance of autism in all its forms.
Registered Charity No: 1152681
The limbless veterans helps all serving and ex-servicemen and women who have lost limbs, or lost the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support. Our programmes allow members and their families to face the challenges ahead with renewed confidence and self belief.
Registered Charity No: 1084189
Bliss is the leading UK charity working to provide the best possible care and support for all premature and sick babies and their families. We support families and campaign for improved hospital resources.
Registered Charity No: 1002973
To save and support babies born on the edge of life, viability and society in the poorest regions of the world through education, research and sustainable support
Have you ever seen a mother crying after the death of her newborn baby? Have you ever seen a baby die for reasons that were entirely preventable? Have you ever seen this happen everyday?
We have and that is why we want to help.
Registered Charity No: 1165401
Our vision is to find a cure for brain tumours.
Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age. What’s more, they kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer... yet just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease.
We are building a network of experts in sustainable research at dedicated Centres of Excellence whilst influencing the Government and larger cancer charities to invest more nationally.
Registered Charity No: 1153487
Brent Lodge Wildlife hospital is based in Sidlesham, near Chichester, and serves the South of England. We are dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wildlife with the aim to release healthy wildlife back to their natural habitats.
Registered Charity No: 276179
We have come together to do positive things, where we can see ways we can help, to make our town even better than we already know it is. We love Broadstairs. We know that most of the people who live here do too and that visitors often fall in love with it from the moment they arrive. It's a great place.
Registered Charity No: 1163509
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates, and we are passionately committed to saving Britain's rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, and spiders to snails
Registered Charity No: 1092293
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was established because of serious concerns about the 'plight of the bumblebee'. In the last 80 years our bumblebee populations have crashed. Two species have become nationally extinct and several others have declined dramatically
Registered Charity No: 1115634
Burning Nights CRPS: Increasing Awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the UK and Worldwide. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) formerly Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, is a poorly understood condition which affects many people in the UK and across the globe.
Registered Charity No: 1166522
The conservation of butterflies, moths and our environment. Butterfly Conservation was formed by a small group of dedicated naturalists in 1968 following the alarming decline of many beautiful butterflies and moths.
Registered Charity No: 254937
Casa Reom Trust is a charity which helps children in Beira, Mozambique. We raise funds towards the development and running of the Casa Reom centre that looks after children in need: loving them, parenting them, schooling them, and teaching them employment skills. We also support Escola Reom, a community primary school for over 600 children children with a Christian ethos.
Registered Charity No: 1113673
At CHAT we provide a vital rescue service for animals in need in the areas surrounding our two London clinics - South East and East London and our East Sussex Sanctuary In Brede, nr Hastings. Working at the forefront of animal rescue, we are the primary charity carrying out rescue work with unwanted, stray, sick, injured cats and kittens.
We also provide extensive low cost veterinary services from our two London Clinics for people unable to afford private veterinary fees for their cat or dog.
Registered Charity No: 293787
Central London Samaritans is available round the clock, every single day of the year providing a safe place for anyone struggling to cope, whoever they are, however they feel, whatever life has done to them.
Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy. Our vision is that fewer people die by suicide.
Registered Charity No: 1171330
Centrepoint along with their partners, support more than 15,000 homeless young people each year. At Centrepoint, we help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.
Registered Charity No: 292411
Charity for Kids was established in 2011 to provide help for disabled, sick and terminally ill children – and their families – across Hastings & Rother. We help children and their families with specialised equipment that is either not available via the health services or comes with a very high costs, which is not always possible.
Registered Charity No: 1148516
Today’s limitation and circumstances for vulnerable, abandoned and disabled children in Eastern Europe can be transformed to one of opportunities and hope. Our aim and mission is to support the work of local Christian projects helping disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe turn their lives around.
Registered Charity No: 281099
Children North East exists because growing up can be hard. We create life-changing differences for babies, children and young people in their families, schools and communities.
We offer support at those times when a little help can make a big difference for a child and its future. They are also the times when, if things go wrong, they are likely to have a far-reaching, detrimental effect on the child.
Registered Charity No: 222041
The mission of CCCL UK Limited is to secure funds to ensure access to the latest treatment for children suffering from cancer treated at the premises of its partner CCCL.
The CCCL is a reference regional centre pioneering in the treatment of kids with cancer in Lebanon (from newborns until 18 years of age); at no cost to their parents and full dependency on donations.
The average cure rate at the CCCL reaches 80%; and treatment is offered without any discrimination. The CCCL is currently treating around 300 patients with a year.
Registered Charity No: 1161911
The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury. We work with children and young people from across the UK, both from our specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey and in communities around the country.
Registered Charity No: 288018
The Friends raise funds from gifts, donations, legacies, events and the profits made in its’ two shops and mobile ward services. These services are staffed by up to 40 volunteers which keeps the operating costs very low and allows the Friends to maximise their funding of needy projects throughout the hospital.
Registered Charity No: 1183652
Cornwall Air Ambulance flies more than 700 lifesaving missions each year throughout Cornwall and the isles of Scilly. Cornwall Air Ambulance is on scene on average in just 12 minutes in mainland Cornwall and less than 30 minutes on the isles of Scilly. It does not receive any government support for these missions and relies on the generosity of its supporters.
Registered Charity No: 1133295
CREATE is an innovative youth arts project aiming to reduce loneliness and inequality.
Our vision is to see all young people transformed through creativity, community, confidence, and finding their voice.
Registered Charity No: SC043437
Crohn’s And Colitis UK is a national charity leading the battle against Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. We’re fighting to achieve a better quality of life now for the 300,000 people in the UK suffering physically and emotionally due to these and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease. Ultimately, we want to find a cure.
Registered Charity No: 1117148
Crossroads Care Braintree has been providing respite care for over 30 years and was one of the earliest schemes to be set up. We cover the entire Braintree District area including all three towns, Braintree, Witham and Halstead and all 56 villages and more recently have started to provide respite care for unpaid carers in the Chelmsford area.
Registered Charity No: 1059393
Although affiliated to National Mencap in its overall aims Croydon Mencap does not receive any financial or infrastructure support from the national body. It is an independent registered charity and company in its own right and raises its own funds.
Over the years, since 1952, it has increased its activities in response to local need.
Registered Charity No: 1073063
Dame Vera Lynn children's charity provides an early intervention service for families of young children with cerebral palsy and other motor learning disabilities using the principles of conductive education. We receive no statutory funding and rely on the community to raise our funds.
Registered Charity No: 1089657
The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. We work with young people, families, teachers and professionals in schools, colleges and community groups using our evidence-based, multi-component drug and alcohol education programme.
Registered Charity No: 1158921
DEBRA is the national charity that supports individuals and families affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a painful genetic skin blistering condition which, in the worst cases, can be fatal. There are at least 5,000 people living with this devastating condition in the UK and 500,000 worldwide.
Registered Charity No: 1084958
Helping to feed the less fortunate & stopping food waste! Signed beneficiaries of Morrisons, Tesco & M&S making sure food reaches over 1k people a month!
Registered Charity No: 1166918
To transform the quality of life for donkeys, mules and people worldwide through greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships. A world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering, and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.
Registered Charity No: 264818
To provide information and support for people with down's syndrome, their families and carers and the professional who work for them. We are often the first point of contact for many new parents of a baby with down's syndrome looking for information and advice, and remain a valued source of support to families as their child grows and develops.
Registered Charity No: 1061474
The Dyspraxia Foundation adds to the Movement Matters description, recognising the many non-motor difficulties that may also be experienced by people with the condition and which can have a significant impact on daily life activities.
The Dyspraxia Foundation also provides support to people affected by verbal dyspraxia (also known as ‘childhood apraxia of speech’) which can occur alongside motor coordination difficulties, or as a separate condition.
Registered Charity No: 1058352
East Sussex WRAS was established as a voluntary group in 1996, but some of its rescuers have been rescuing since 1985. The organisation was set up in order to provide a front-line rescue service for wildlife casualties who unlike their domesticated cousins, do not have owners to help look after them.
Registered Charity No: 1108880
We reach out and work with schools, colleges and universities, workplaces, health and welfare services, homeless shelters, prisons and other charities. We're contacted over 5 million times every year.
Registered Charity No: 1170508
Emma Cameron Memorial Trust was established in 2013 to keep Emma's passionate and caring spirit alive by providing grants for charity projects that reflect her interests and the therapeutic use of music.
Registered Charity No: SC044492
Everton in the Community is one of the UK's top sporting charities and firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. As the Blues' official charity it is considered one of the Premier League’s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of its various programmes.
Since 1988, Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, not afraid to tackle issues which others shied away from.
Registered Charity No: 1099366
We save good food destined for waste and send it to charities and community groups who transform it into nutritious meals for vulnerable people. The food we redistribute is fresh, quality and in date surplus from the food industry and the charities we work with can be found across the UK
Registered Charity No: 1100051