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Charity Pot : The Essential Guide
Have you heard about Charity Pot? It’s our body lotion with a difference.
Charity Pot is a special hand and body lotion, launched in 2007 to raise funds for small grassroots charities, campaigns, and not-for-profit groups working in the areas of animal protection, human rights, and the environment. Charity Pot aims to help stretched and often overlooked organisations be able to get on with the incredible work they do.
From the ethically sourced ingredients to the soothing effect on your skin, to the funds donated to grassroots causes all over the world – each step of the way is supporting positive change.
The hand and body lotion is available in both packaged and naked form, and a fine fragrance called Grassroots also contributes to the fund.
Since 2007, Charity Pot has donated over £75 million with over 17,000 donations across 175 countries.
We see Charity Pot as a special collaboration with our customers – Lush gives its time and raw materials, so that when a customer buys Charity Pot, all of the money (minus government taxes) can go straight to helping good causes.
Charity Pot gives grants of between £100 – £10,000 to small and predominantly volunteer-run organisations, especially those with limited resources who find it challenging to source funding from elsewhere. We try to help as many different organisations as possible.
Raised through Charity Pot since 2007
Donations made so far, read on to discover more…
Years
2024
Northern Lights Aid
january
The mission of Northern Lights Aid (NLA) is to provide material, educational and psychological support through related activities to displaced people and others in need, as well as to promote social inclusion and solidarity within the community.
We Are Not Numbers
january
WANN is committed to cultivating a fresh wave of Palestinian authors and intellectuals who drive meaningful transformation for the Palestinian cause. We empower voices to resonate globally, bypassing external filters, and advocating for peace and human rights. By bridging local aspiring writers with activists and mentors worldwide, WANN fosters cross-border connections. Our training broadens horizons, revealing the rich tapestry of global humanity while highlighting shared experiences. We aim to amplify Palestinian narratives authentically, ensuring their vital messages resonate, fostering change, and fostering understanding.
Women Emo Mbondo UK
january
Women Emo Mbondo UK will make a positive difference to the lives and futures of the refugee women and girls it supports. We will work with others to provide a quality service to ensure that refugee and migrant women are enabled to lead independent and fulfilling lives through the provision of quality service.
ADELIPO
february
ADELIPO’s (Action for Development and Promotion of Human Rights and Management of indigenous peoples interests) mission is to protect the interests of indigenous people and promote the human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Albino Charity Organisation of Zimbabwe
february
The Albino Charity Organization of Zimbabwe (ALCOZ) envisions having empowered communities living dignified lives underpinned by context-fit community philanthropy schemes. The organization believes change is a bottom-up dynamic, and that grassroots communities are better shaped and equipped to proffer solutions to their problems. ALCOZ’s value system is grounded in radical generosity, empathy, transparency and team work. Aims: 1) To address the socio-economic conditions, health, educational and professional needs of people with albinism; 2) To provide psychosocial support and counselling services to people with albinism; 3) To mainstream child protection, gender, and HIV & Aids in interventions affecting people with albinism.
Asociación Bufete Jurídico Popular
february
Asociación Bufete Jurídico Popular’s (The Peoples Law Firm Association) mission is obtaining justice. We are setting legal precedents that recognise the rights of the Mayan population and the human rights of all people. Objective: Litigate on behalf of Mayan communities in cases: 1) of serious violations of Human Rights, 2) that affect the rights of indigenous women, and 3) regarding the ownership, possession and administration of lands historically belonging to indigenous communities.
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts
February
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC UK) was established in 2010. Our co-founder and National Chair is human rights and equality campaigner/ multi-disciplinary artist, Zita Holbourne. We are a grassroots campaigning organisation. We campaign against the racism and injustice faced by black* and migrant communities and the adverse disproportionate impacts of austerity and cuts on black workers, services users and communities through an intersectional lens. We also campaign for refugee and migrant rights, for justice for the Windrush generation, against deportations and racist immigration laws and policies. For the past decade we have been fundraising and coordinating regular humanitarian aid.
BRISTOL HOUSING ACTION MOVEMENT
february
We are voluntary non hierarchical group which advises, helps and trains homeless people and those at risk of being homeless.
Centre DIRECT
february
Centre DIRECT works from within the most marginalised communities in Bihar, ensuring that children stay unharmed and are able to unlock their true potential. We strive to ensure that no child is subjected to child labour, trafficking or other forms of exploitation. We empower women, adolescents and youth through education and collective actions, so they can live with dignity and self-reliance, cutting across barriers of customary prejudices, caste, class, gender and occupation.
Community Development Advocacy Foundation
february
Community Development Advocacy Foundation’s (Also known as Rural Community Empowerment Initiative) mission is to engage in intervention projects that actively contribute to the sustainable development of rural communities by fostering a comprehensive and participatory approach to natural resource governance. We are committed to empowering individuals within these communities, equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to defend their collective rights. Our initiatives are rooted in a right-based approach, recognising and upholding the inherent rights of community members to actively participate in decision-making processes related to natural resource management.
Community Initiative Action Group Kenya
february
CIAG’s mission is: Empowering communities, organizations and social groups to transform societies. In becoming a movement, CIAG seeks to become the people’s voice. It will be the voice of the people in the counties in which it operates. In doing so, it will seek to be respected and loved in equal measure. CIAG will capitalise on an engagement strategy (represented by an open hand) that will involve dialogue with duty bearers. It will apply pressure through social media and by leveraging the opinions of its large membership.
Vicdani Ret İzleme (Conscientious Objection Watch)
february
Conscientious Objection Watch’s (COW) mission is to achieve legal recognition for conscientious objection to military service (CO) in Turkey. We make visible the violations of rights experienced by conscientious objectors (COs) due to the lack of regulations on conscientious objection. With this aim, we carry out documentation, monitoring, reporting at the national and international level, as well as providing legal support to COs. To fulfil our mission, we work to raise public awareness to the right to conscientious objection as well as lobbying at the level of regional and international human right bodies about the situation of conscientious objectors in Turkey.
Daily Integration Center “INTERGreat”
february
Our mission is to provide care and support for people on the move through addressing their basic needs, as well as their access to education so they can attain self-sufficiency and development during transit and destination. Therefore we established a Daily center in Sarajevo, it serves as a community space. We offer a variety of activities every day: language classes, educational workshops, psychological support, community dinners, etc. One focus of this work is also the provision of necessary utensils such as food, clothing and medical supplies for people on the move and visitors of the center.
Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid
february
Fenix champions the rights and dignity of asylum-seekers, viewing them as individuals with specific needs, interests and dreams, rather than recipients of aid. We employ a unique human-centric model, providing holistic aid that goes beyond legal assistance. Our approach considers psychological, social, and emotional needs. We actively involve refugee communities in program development and dismantle barriers to seeking refuge in Europe. Our aim is to empower clients to advocate for themselves effectively, ensuring genuine access to refuge while striving to change European narratives and policies on asylum and migration.
Future-prenuers Zambia
february
Our mission: To be, the youth movement, committed to ensuring that those aged 35 and under, are represented and participate actively as citizens in Civic and Democratic Governance of Zambia.
GANDJAANON NGO (For tomorrow)
february
Our aims: Promote empowerment and women’s rights. Promote the involvement of women in humanitarian, educational and environmental work. Support education and child protection because it is an asset for a country.
HERe NI
february
Our aim is to empower, support and advocate, building pride and confidence in the women and their families who use our services and participate in our activities. Our vision is that all LGBTQIA+ women are visible, included, valued and enabled to have a positive experience in all aspects of society. HEReNI is a safe place for all LGBTQIA+ women and would take this opportunity to unambiguously state that our services are open to transgender LGBTQIA+ women. Values: Collaboration, integrity & positivity.
Kindfulness Coffee Club
february
We are a community connected by kindness. We strive to improve mental health and well-being. We offer a variety of groups and services that promote emotional and social well-being to help reduce social isolation and loneliness, to build self confidence and worth. We have a range of programs and services designed to address the diverse needs of individuals struggling with mental health challenges. Through support groups, counselling sessions and educational workshops and community events, Developed in collaboration with Sefton CV as part of the ‘Material Matters’ project. Baby Kind bank operates like a food bank, catering specifically to Babies.
Nandi Women Network
february
Nandi Women Network seeks to promote a safe space for women in Nandi County through training and advocacy for women rights. Nandi Women Network works to address social, cultural and structural injustices in the community that threaten women rights and limit women from participating in the decision making and leadership in the community. As a Network we value the protection and respect of the rights of every human and more so the vulnerable members of the society.
Red Dot Foundation
february
Red Dot Foundation aims to make cities safer by encouraging equal access to public and private spaces for everyone especially women and girls, through the use of crowdsourced data, community engagement and institutional accountability. Our flagship program is Safecity, a platform that crowdsources personal stories of sexual harassment and abuse in public and private spaces. This data is anonymous and is aggregated as location based trends, visualising hyper local patterns of violence.
Refugee and Asylum Seekers Solidarity Group Durham
february
Our Mission at Refugee and Asylum Seekers Solidarity Group Durham is to work towards achieving positive change for asylum seekers and refugees in the area of Durham through our direct support services, by creating opportunities for people.
REMEM HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION
february
We work towards assisting the Internally Displaced Person’s (IDPs) and neglected people at grass root level to find access to sustainable Livelihood and friendly environment. Therefore we will take all necessary initiatives/measures towards empowerment and awareness creation to community people enabling them to combat environmental, social and economic problems by themselves.
Small Trans Library Dublin
february
The vision of the Small Trans Library is to build community among trans people in Ireland through mutual aid and the creation of dedicated cultural spaces where trans people can gather and discuss key ideas that will change the landscape of trans organising. We keep all our events and programmes completely free in order to remain accessible to those most in need. We accomplish this vision through three main branches: a catalogue of over 400 trans- and queer- authored books, our mutual aid fund, and an extensive programme of community events designed to foster a different political imagination among attendees.
Southwark Notes
february
Southwark Notes are 4 people living in Southwark who have been active in multiple local struggles for housing justice since 2010. We maintain a popular website detailing in non-academic / non- technical language in-depth and practical writings about the demolition of local council estates, the displacement of council tenants and traders as well as wider concerns around housing justice and effect of gentrification on working class communities. We publish this work freely to have practical political consequences.
Survivors’ Network
february
We advocate against Human Trafficking, Gender Based Violence and associated abuses.
Talent Initiative For Development
february
Aim: To create an empowered community and prosperous youth platform that is united in the advancement of national heritage arts, peace, democratic governance, development and creativity among the youth that enhances nation-building.
The Hope Project
february
The Hope Project is founded on the principles of dignity, compassion, freedom, and safety for all. We aim to provide aid and support for people in need. Our primary focus is on people fleeing conflict, facing injustice, poverty, or persecution. We provide distribution of essential aid, art projects, and safe spaces for refugees in Lesvos.
The Shrouk El-Attar Trust
february
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has some of the most restrictive legislation for LGBTQ+ people, with no constitutional, employment, or other protections. The Shrouk El-Attar Trust strives to make society more just and equitable for all people, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. The Trust creates queer positive content online, offers workshops for awareness building and delivers direct support to individuals alongside a network of passionate and dedicated volunteers located in Egypt and the MENA region to deliver mental health support, emergency housing, support for transpeople and opportunities for employment.
UK Woman Up
february
Woman Up is Cumbria’s voice for inclusive feminism.
Voice ESEA
february
Voice ESEA aims to achieve equity and inclusion for East and Southeast Asian people in British society by uplifting their voices, improving representation, and providing top-down education about ESEA cultures. Our core values are: Collaboration – As volunteers doing this work we know we can benefit from working with others to achieve greater impact Integrity – All our volunteers ensure we do everything with honesty and align on moral/ethical principles, including who we work with Political neutrality – We pride ourselves on being the only organisation like ours who do are not politically bias and base our work on facts.
Yalama Development Initiatives
february
We exist to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities, to champion their own development through interventions that tackle poverty and human rights violations. Values: Non discriminating and Environmentally sensitive.
Yohani
february
The Group of Refugees Without voice mission is to connect in distress refugees and asylum seekers to life orientation opportunities.
Youth For Green Communities
february
Youth for Green Communities (YGC) focuses on four pillars for sustainable development and social change which include media outreach and civic engagement, legal advocacy, community development empowerment and training, and environmental literacy & youth capacity building.
Youth Voice Network of Organisations
february
The mission is to mobilise, integrate and strengthen the youth potential through awareness, information, advocacy and lobbying services in education, care, health, and employment areas.
Action pour La solidarité rurale
march
Our Mission is to empower African community through development project and fight against injustice and defend and protect marginalised people right in the DRC in general and Eastern Congo in particular.
Inspire Her Ghana
March
Inspire Her empowers women and girls, including those with disabilities, by tackling menstrual barriers. Dedicated to fostering positive menstruation experiences, we provide menstrual health education, produce sanitary pads, and advocate for period poverty eradication and menstrual equity. Partnering with individuals, organisations, and communities, we champion girl-child education, creating opportunities for women and girls to thrive. Our focus extends to deprived communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to break menstrual stigmas and promote overall well-being.
Offene Arme
march
Offene Arme eV is a small, well established NGO in Chios, Greece, which aims to meet the immediate needs of the asylum seekers and refugees arriving on the island fleeing dangerous situations, and to welcome and care for them by providing non-food Items via our Free Shop and distributions, as well as some other essential services filling gaps in government provision.
Parents Action & Resource Centre
march
We empower parents to collectively influence education policy and decision-making for Black children and youth, fostering networking, advocacy, support, and education on relevant legislation, research, and curriculum development.
Red Flare
march
Red Flare are a group of anti-fascist investigators, using open source and investigative methods to expose and oppose the far right in Britain.
Twase Women Development Trust
march
The mission of the organisation is; empowering local women communities from grass root through active participation for sustainable development.
Uganda Youth Guidance and Development Association
march
Uganda Youth Guidance and Development Association is a Female youth -led nonprofit and non- partisan organisation that inspires young girls and women to adopt and promote principles of leadership and good governance with the goal of greater female youth participation in democratic processes and sustainable development efforts in Uganda.
Undugu Family Development Association
march
UFADEA mission is to envisage fairness, equality and freedom are respected and observed by all people in society of Tanzania. UFADEA builds a community of people working together to end human rights abuses and bring people to living fully in fairness, justice and freedom.
Vegan Compassion Group
march
To fund specific projects that demonstrate vegan compassion in action. These currently combine long-term projects such as school feeding programmes in Ethiopia and Uganda and short-term emergency food aid for victims of war. Although our work has so far largely been directed towards helping people in need, in previous years we have also sent funds to help non-human animal causes (feeding starving street dogs in Nepal during Covid crisis and financing a rehabilitation aviary for injured wild birds at a UK wildlife sanctuary) and would like to do more in the future.
VOC Rural Development Centre
march
The mission of VOCRDC is to engender a new social order through impactful interventions and development programs. We aim to inspire every individual, with a special focus on women and children, to live their lives exuberantly and to the fullest extent possible.
Women In Democracy And Governance
march
Established in 2011, Women in Democracy and Governance (WIDAG) is a Nairobi-based nonprofit. Our goal is to empower women and girls nationwide, promoting gender equality. We focus on Women Leadership, Gender-Based Violence, Peace-building, Participatory Action Research, and Climate Justice. Dedicated to fostering social and economic change, we collaborate with Kenyan women and girls to enhance their lives and advance gender equality. Our mission revolves around mobilizing and empowering women to access opportunities, exercise their rights, and participate in decision-making processes, aiming for a more inclusive society.
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power London
april
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) London is a diverse, non-partisan group united in anger and committed to direct action to end the HIV pandemic, along with the broader inequalities and injustices that perpetuate it. In the fourth decade of this crisis, we fight to ensure comprehensive and easily accessible treatment for all people, in all countries. This includes medications as well as mental and social health services as well as housing and economic equality. In the UK, we are united with the coalition of activists fighting to keep our National Health Service free, publicly run and fully funded.
Center for Health Education, Equity, and Research International Group
april
CHEERing is an ISO-certified, Greek-registered NGO with the European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. Our aims are to improve maternal-child health and promote preventive health in refugee populations. Our values are for a sustainable, equitable future for refugee populations, which we treat as a human rights issue. Specifically, we support and enable healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding, and optimal nutrition based on delivering locally sourced foods to refugee families through direct services every week at the refugee camps of Malakasa and Thiba, and with refugee women in Athens.
Da a luz Oasis
april
To be pregnant, in the 21st century is a huge opportunity and a mighty adventure. We are all living in a time of immense uncertainty. To heal the world we need to heal birth, so that money and protocol no longer dictate a medical model of care that results in high rates of cesarean section and intervention, traumatised families and midwives in prison. The festival scene offers an excellent demographic to educate and inspire around birth and the art of midwifery. Da-A-Luz is tackling the root cause of the problem and creating long term change, for the generations to come.
Free West Papua Campaign
april
The Free West Papua Campaign is opening the eyes of the world to the genocide being committed in West Papua and campaigning for freedom and justice for the West Papuan people. We aim to give them the freedom to choose their own destiny through a fair and transparent referendum – a freedom they were promised in the 1960s, but have always been denied. We work with politicians of all parties, lawyers, other NGOs and campaign groups, both nationally and internationally, towards this aim. We have no religious, party-political or corporate affiliations, and we are determinedly non-violent.
Integration Station CIC
april
Integration Station CIC is a BAME-led social enterprise that supports refugee communities in Tyne and Wear. Our mission is to empower refugees, promote integration and combat poverty. We also seek to build positive relations with the local population. We lead a coalition of 15 Refugee Community Organisations, working to enhance their capacity, coordinate engagement with mainstream services, and advocate for policy reform to create lasting positive change. These RCOs play a vital role in providing support to newly arrived refugees and other vulnerable individuals, often led by dedicated volunteers.
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR)
april
IFIR works to defend the rights of refugees stopping both detention and deportation. We are in the forefront of the campaign against deporting refugees to Rwanda. We do this by ensuring refugees have timely legal support.
Molay Solutions CIC
april
Our mission is to support the migrant journey and bridge the digital divide for individuals seeking asylum, refuge, and migration in the UK. We are dedicated to offering guidance and assistance to navigate the complexities of the migration process, with a specific focus on reducing the digital gap. We aim to enhance the quality of life and promote successful integration for migrant individuals within the UK community. By empowering them with opportunities for employment, skill development, access to essential information, healthcare, financial services, and social networking, we strive to improve their overall well-being and facilitate seamless integration into society.
The Free Shop
april
We prevent and relieve poverty among families living in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Our mission is to build safe and healthy communities, especially for children. We do this through providing local jobs and training so that affected people themselves can take control of the creation and implementation of their own solutions. We support vulnerable people in the geographical area of Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, regardless of their nationality (Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, Kurds), age, gender, beliefs or faith.
United Hands for Refugees
april
Our core mission is to respond to, collaborate with, and support marginalised refugee communities, in particular the Yazidi community, in ways that uplift, empower and lead to immediate and long-term improved life conditions and social justice outcomes, in-line with international human rights standards. We are also dedicated to raising awareness within the broader global community, towards overcoming prejudice and discrimination, and increasing solidarity, empathy and compassionate human connections.
The Calais Food Collective
may
CFC is based on the principle that where governments fail to meet human rights of displaced people passing through their borders, grassroots volunteer-led organisations can step in to provide material support and fill these gaps. We do this by combating a critical level of food and water insecurity faced by up to 2000 people sleeping rough in Calais. Our aim is to ensure that the displaced people we work with have reliable, unlimited and dignified access to water and food services in Calais, whilst simultaneously campaigning to ensure French authorities assume their obligations towards supporting displaced people in Northern France.
Andrými
june
Andrými is a grassroots, cultural space in Reykjavik that welcomes various activist organisations to gather, carry out their work and hold events. We are forming a social movement network, combating inequalities not only in Iceland but internationally. Each organisation that engages with Andrými shares the same values of justice, equality, creativity, feminism, connection with nature, action and freedom. We are a welcoming space for those working in the social field, particularly those who are marginalised from society. Andrými’s way of working challenges the currently accepted ideas of private property, hierarchy and commercialisation in the Western world.
Cambridge Community Kitchen
june
Cambridge Community Kitchen is a food solidarity collective tackling food poverty in Cambridge by offering free, hot, plant-based meals to those who need them every Thursday and Sunday. We believe everyone deserves food and community support. We’re also a non-hierarchical collective entirely run by volunteers. As well as providing free food, we aim to continue strengthening our community and building new systems for mutual care.
Colours Youth Network
june
Colours Youth Network disrupts white-centered narratives and creates space for LGBTQ young people of colour to explore and love the fullness of who they are.
CRIBS International
june
CRIBS is dedicated to providing shelter, safety, and comprehensive support to refugee women who find themselves in their final trimester of pregnancy or with newborns after escaping conflict and exploitation to reach Greece. Not only do we offer physical sanctuary, but we also empower these resilient women and their families to navigate the journey of recovery from trauma and the arduous task of rebuilding their lives. At the heart of our mission lies a commitment to amplifying the voices of those we serve, firmly believing in the intrinsic agency and strength of refugee women, especially during the most challenging times.
Taking Positive Steps
june
Taking Positive Steps serves young people and families in our community who come to the attention of Children Social care due to criminal behaviour and activity eg grooming and exploitation and young parents who come to the attention of children social care and the court system due to concerns around their parenting and the welfare of their child/ren. Our mission is to create a safer society where early intervention is available to support families, thus breaking the cycle of separated and dysfunctional families. in an ever-changing world, the welfare of children belongs to us all because Every Child Matters.
Wellness First
june
Wellness First aims to provide personal and legal support to migrants including those seeking asylum who face discrimination and isolation due to the hostile immigration policies. We seek to empower individuals and build strength to support others within the community through self help and mutual aid, enjoying learning and taking action together.
Africa Global Community Project LGBTQ
july
We are voluntary based human rights organisation supporting and promoting equality and diversity for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants via celebrating cultural heritage, promoting wellbeing, inclusion, democratic participation, community cohesion and capacity building, empowering their diverse communities. We also provide mental health support, and support for the destitute with the asylum claiming process and support all members with foodbank.
Every Future Foundation
july
Every Future Foundation (EFF) is a dynamic grassroots organisation committed to advancing racial equity and justice in the UK. Our core mission revolves around eradicating racism through targeted education initiatives for young people. Operating at the critical juncture between primary and secondary education, EFF aims to eliminate racial inequality in the UK by implementing effective anti-racism interventions.
Survivors Leading Essential Education & Change
july
SLEEC is a survivor-led organisation that changes conversations, supports survivors and dismantles the roots of male violence diy action & mobilising because nothing else is working.
Tiny Travels Anti-Racism Education CIC
july
Tiny Travels Anti-Racism Education CIC is social enterprise which provides children in Devon the opportunity to learn about different cultures in a fun educational way with the mission to help combat racism in Devon. We provide children a learning space where our differences are wholeheartedly celebrated so children can grow up to value, respect and embrace people of different cultural backgrounds.
Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern
august
Our vision is to see Bradford become a hospitable community where people seeking asylum and refugees are welcome, enjoy access to justice and fair treatment and are supported on their journey to independence and integration. Our objectives are: 1) To prevent hardship by increasing access to justice (through McKenzie Friends, volunteer-led legal support project) and increasing community connections (through CHAT, volunteer-led English conversation club and opportunities to volunteer and participate locally) 2) To raise awareness about the needs and experiences of people seeking asylum in our local community to promote solidarity and inclusion.
Community Centre for Integrated Development
august
We work with communities and stakeholders through advocacy, evidence generation and capacity strengthening to mainstream services, practices and attitudes that promote gender justice, for inclusive and sustainable development.
Ella Baker School of Organising
august
We: • develop and disseminate training materials that facilitate transformative organising • promote transformative organising as a means to effectively challenge the marginalisation, demonisation and exclusion of sections of our communities, and the accompanying ideologies of exclusion and division • seek to reduce artificial divisions between communities, and to support communities as they struggle to build strong, inclusive, communities where everyone is valued. • contribute to a rebalancing of power within society such that those with least power develop the opportunity to influence change. • work collaboratively within the wider social justice movement.
Food Not Bombs Myanmar
august
Food Not Bombs Myanmar is a grassroots collective, run entirely by volunteers that organises the distribution of free food to people that need it across Myanmar.
Girl Child Empowerment of Zimbabwe
august
Objective: To create a safe place for the girl child through the inclusiveness and engagement of families, communities, and other development actors, educating them on their responsibilities for the realisation of the rights of the girls, as well as building capacity in the young girls, unleashing their potential.
Group of Refugees without Voice
august
The Group of Refugees Without Voice (GRWV) is a non-governmental organisation without discrimination of race, gender, origin, opinion, religion and nationality that was founded in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa by a group of women and youth from different African countries. The principal aim of its establishment is to improve the living standard and conditions of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Activities such as accommodation/shelter, food provision, education and vocational skills training, advocacy and lobbying, facilitation access to social services and resources, information provision and referrals are undertaken by the organisation to fulfill its principal objective.
Her Innovation Cameroon
august
Her Innovation Cameroon (HIC) is set up to protect the rights of the girl child in the rural areas of Cameroon through the delivery of protection services. HIC aims to centre the right of the girl and women to ensure that they are seen and heard.
IASSIST NI
august
We have been working with people from the BAME communities suffering Cancer, long-term illnesses and disabilities and who have been living in Belfast for some years in a voluntary capacity, by providing them with befriending services at their homes.
Not A Phase
august
Not A Phase is a trans-led, grassroots charity committed to uplifting and improving the lives of trans+ adults, through awareness campaigning, social projects and funding trans+ lead initiatives.
Pelican Collective Ltd
august
The Pelican Collective exists to support the provision of secure, affordable workspace, event spaces, and public venues for progressive organisations, which are also operated for the benefit of local communities, through a ‘community wealth building’ approach. All members of the collective – and therefore the collective itself – are committed through their work to a globally just, humane and ecologically secure world beyond capitalism, racism, patriarchy and all forms of bigotry/oppression.
Sindh Community Foundation
august
Creating spaces and opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable population groups including women, youth, people with disability , minorities living rural and informal urban settings in Sindh for socio-economic empowerment and resilience through provision of the equitable access to socio-economic development , improved health and education status so that they can exercise their rights to combat poverty and all forms of injustices.
The Cause Bristol
august
To be a driving force and hub for our principles of unity, equality, & opportunity and a prominent voice for the underrepresented, minorities, marginalized, and anyone who faces barriers. Sharing knowledge through lived experience, encouraging collaboration, being a strong influence to change mindsets, and promoting a culture where we can inspire real change for our communities.
Wanike Group
august
Aim: To promote women rights and improve environmental conservation in the community
Women Without Poverty
august
To champion the land rights of the most vulnerable women in Layima subcounty for development through empowerment and activism. Values: Integrity – Respect for Human Rights – Environment.
Compass Collective
september
Compass Collective assists unaccompanied minor refugees and young people seeking asylum to build resilience and integrate into the UK through English classes and participatory projects. The aim of our work is to strengthen communities, build resilience, help people seeking sanctuary integrate into the UK and to raise public awareness of the issues they face. We support approximately 500 young people aged 14-26, from over 28 locations in the UK. The majority are at their initial stage of immigration. 70% are unaccompanied minors.
Green Kordofan
september
To promote the wellbeing and meet the needs of children and young people displaced by conflict through: a) the provision of sports and recreational activities provided in the interest of health and social welfare; and b) the provision of educational activities which develop their skills and capacity to enable them to participate in society as responsible individuals and prepare them for life beyond the refugee camp.
Organization for Gender, Civic Engagement and Youth Development
january
Our mission is to improve the standard of living of vulnerable children, youths and women through the initiation and/or implementation of development projects to meet their needs sustainably. Our aim is to educate and empower these vulnerable groups in communities to maximize their optimum potentials in an enabling environment where their rights are respect and they enjoy equal opportunity as well as participation in decision making. We empower children, young people and women to become active proponents for change. We focus our actions on education and research.
People and Nature Rwenzori Mountain
january
Our aim is to improve the social and economic well-being of under served communities on the Rwenzori Mountain through environment and nature conservation, sustainable agriculture, education and skills development, Health, Peace and Human Rights.
Thrive Uganda
january
Thrive Uganda is restoring the environment and enabling young people to thrive with dignity.
1.5ºC DAO
february
Together, we unite to educate people and leverage our expertise, examining the climate emergency from various points of view. Our goal is to understand how to address it most efficiently and then act according to our findings.
Amani-Institute ASBL
february
The main mission of the local organization Amani-Institute ASBL is to create a balanced world through social and environmental justice.
BÉZNĂ Theatre
february
BÉZNĂ Theatre make theatre to investigate societal inequalities & confront institutional & normalised violences. Pivotal to our work are close collaboration with activists & academics during field research, co-creating with communities & emancipatory actions to enact lasting change. All productions are accompanied by acts of interventionist activism led by partner organisations/activists that campaign against the violence explored by the production. BÉZNĂ is committed to interventionist activism through theatre in artistic & educational environments and within communities in both Romania & the UK.
Busy Youth Organization
february
The Organization empowers and addresses the challenges faced by youth, women, and other vulnerable groups in Malawi by reducing their suffering, increasing their potential abilities, and promoting their active involvement in various programs related to health, social, cultural, economic, religion, political, and aspects.
Clifton Down Community Association
february
CDCA aims to improve the area in which our members live. Apart from normal activities for our type of group like monitoring planning and licencing applications, we organise social events. Importantly, we hold a student welcome event, for second and third year students (mainly from Bristol University) who live in our patch, where we aim to include them in our community and encourage them to be good neighbours. We run a monthly litter pick, organise WIldLife walks with Steve England (a wildlife expert) from Clifton Down Station where our Gardening Crew looks after the planters on the station.
Earth4ever Conservation Foundation
february
Our aims are to Regenerate The Ecology by – Re-igniting regenerative thinking in rural communities (farmers, youth & children) – Enabling the transition of marginal farmers from conventional (chemical, monocultural) to biodiverse, resilient & regenerative permaculture systems that are ecologically & economically viable. – Restoring biodiversity in depleted forest lands.
Fossil Free London
february
Using creative stunts and actions to target some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies and their financiers, such as Shell and Barclays, Fossil Free London aims to delegitimise the fossil fuel industry and reclaim our city, taking back our space from big oil and big money. As a highly collaborative and tightly-knit group driven primarily by passionate individuals coming together in their spare time, Fossil Free London embodies the values of community and collective action first and foremost. We use our protests and events to draw new people in with the understanding that bonds sustain movements.
Friends of Stoneface Creative
february
Our group is deeply committed to preserving the legacy of the ancient Storrs Woodland and its accompanying outdoor woodland gallery. We champion sustainable woodland management, robust tree planting initiatives, and advocate for increased community access to this verdant oasis. Through these endeavours, we strive to highlight the invaluable role of nature in enhancing mental health and wellbeing.
Knepp Wildland Foundation
february
Catalysing nature recovery across Sussex and beyond.
https://www.kneppwildlandfoundation.org/
Photograph credit: Charlie Burrell
Lakes Against Nuclear Dump
february
Volunteers with a commitment to protecting Cumbria (and our neighbours) from existing and future nuclear blight and supporting a healthy environment for people and wildlife. LONG TERM GOALS OF L.A.N.D AIMS Protect the rich diversity of wildlife on land and sea Protect the health of domestic and farm animals Protect the health of people in Cumbria (and our neighbours) Ensure future generations have the opportunity to protect themselves from long lived nuclear wastes. Encourage Education on Nuclear Issues.
Mayday Rooms
february
MayDay Rooms is an educational, organising, and resource space for social movements. Our building contains an archive of historical material linked to social struggles, experimental culture and the expression of marginalised and oppressed groups. We also offer organising and event space for activists, radical political and self-education groups. We safeguard histories of radicalism and resistance by connecting them with contemporary protest and activism. Alongside providing resources, we run a programme of regular events including film screenings, archival activation sessions, poetry readings, “scan-a-thons” for digitising archival material, discussion and reading groups, and social nights, bringing together the various building users.
One Planet Abingdon Climate Emergency Centre
february
Our aims are to provide a vibrant community place where people come together to promote conservation, protection & improvement of the physical, natural & social environments in Abingdon for the benefit of its residents & the wider community. To build community ties by working collaboratively with local groups & individuals. To develop understanding & create a sense of purpose to act on the climate, ecological & social issues that affect us all in order to deliver positive changes within our lives leading to a sustainable future. To always tell the truth and put the young people at the forefront of all we do.
RE-PEAT
february
RE-PEAT activates imaginative, grassroots and interdisciplinary responses to current peatland issues. We envision an interconnected world in which all peatland dwellers are supported culturally and ecologically. Our three core values are curiosity, justice, and care.
Save The Pinewoods, Rotary Wood
february
‘Save The Pinewoods, Rotary Wood. Trees NOT Plastic. Say NO! to Danone.’ Our Mission: to save our 4-acre Asset of Community Value woodland, Rotary Wood from Danone (Harrogate Spa Water LTD) bottling plant expansion. Our Purposes: to celebrate our ACV woodland and publicise its importance, in terms of local and global environment, and community. To publicise the ongoing threat and campaign for public support to resist, by all reasonable and collaborative means, Danone/HSW expansion development landscaping plans into our woodland. We make every effort to campaign in an environmentally friendly way, using recycled materials wherever possible.
Schools’ Climate Education South Yorkshire
february
We support students, teachers and schools on their climate education journey.
Scientist Rebellion Africa
february
Aim: To use science to tell the truth about the climate crisis and to mobilise and unite people assemblies to demand a just transition and the end of extractivism in Africa and beyond.
https://scientistrebellion.org/campaigns/the-science-is-clear/
Sea Shepherd Ireland
february
Sea Shepherd Ireland are here to defend, conserve and protect the ocean around Ireland.
Space Generators Charity
february
Space Generators Charity helps teams across the UK to acquire and repurpose vacant property into Climate Emergency Centres and eco community projects focussed on solutions.
Swansea University Tree Society
february
We aim to plant and protect 1000 trees every year within the Swansea area.
Tautia Youth and Women Initiative
february
Tautia Youth and Women Initiative is women led non-profit organisation which empower young girls with advocacy skills for Human Rights, environmental and climate change.
Teach the Future
february
Teach the Future is a youth-led campaign to urgently repurpose the entire education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis.
Wild Postcard Project
february
We bring biodiversity into people’s lives in unexpected, magical, and thought-provoking ways – to spark curiosity, inspire compassion, and ignite the urge to safeguard nature.
Damas for Development
march
Spreading awareness about humanitarian work and promoting the concept of social responsibility.
Malvern Climate Community Group
march
The aims of Malvern Climate Community Group are: -To bring people together in support of the natural world. -To foster understanding of the Climate and Ecological Crisis as well as solutions amongst the people of Malvern, surrounding areas and the wider planet. -To promote activities, mutual support and joint aid among our members. -To inform the wider public on the issues above.
Miti Alliance
march
Our mission is to sustain life by empowering communities through the promotion of livelihoods and education, while mitigating the effects of climate change by forming positive mindsets towards environmental stewardship. Our main objectives are: 1. To establish Miti schools programme for environmental education 2. To set up tree nurseries and eco centers for training and sustainable agriculture 3. To preserve biodiversity and indigenous traditional knowledge.
Reclaim the Power
march
Reclaim the Power is a UK-wide direct action network campaigning for social, economic, and environmental justice.
Sheffield Action on Plastic
march
Aim: To work with the Sheffield community to reduce single-use plastics.
Cork Nature Network
april
Protecting and promoting Ireland’s Wildlife through education, conservation, and research, to restore a healthy ecosystem for all species and peoples of Ireland.
Minak Women Group
april
Our mission is to unlock the full potential of women in Nakivale through transformative personal sessions, cultivating self-discovery, and delivering professional skills training. We are dedicated to bridging the gap of inequality by turning challenges into opportunities, empowering women to thrive in their personal and professional pursuits.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067538019596&mibextid=2JQ9oc
SOS Biscathorpe
april
Aims: Prevent fossil fuel developments in Lincs with particular focus on Biscathorpe by raising awareness and informing the public and local councils of the dangers of the climate & ecological crisis. Motivate & encourage people to engage on local environmental matters, and oppose unsustainable (all) fossil fuel (FF) development. Set planning precedents for the benefit of similar groups across the country. Protect rural habitat, rich in wildlife, and keep environment free from pollution: noise, light, air, traffic. Show oil companies/decision-makers that there is no social licence for the damage caused by the industry. Defend local democracy.
Climate Camp Scotland
may
Climate Camp Scotland is a national grassroots collective organising for climate justice in Scotland. We want to prevent the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in Scotland, ultimately shutting it down, leading to a worker-led transition to community-owned renewable energy. For this, we run mass protests and large climate camps in the vicinity of fossil fuel infrastructure, as a direct challenge to the industry, and to build bridges between climate activists, local frontline communities, and workers. Our camps are a central gathering point for the climate movement to reflect, learn and strategise together.
Green of Borneo
may
We are a forum for: – discussing efforts to protect the environment, – people’s aspirations towards good governance and environment protection, – encourage the government to enforce forest protection laws in land management and environmental protection policies. Our mission is to: – Carry out environmental advocacy – Empower CSO’s to fight for the fulfillment of a sense of justice and equality. – Monitor and provide input to the government on environmental management policies. – Prepare reports and oversee the legal process for violations in the field of environment.
Hogsmill Community Garden
may
The vision for the site has been to create a garden for the whole community, promoting environmental awareness and knowledge of the natural world through working examples. A group of residents have transformed a derelict site into a blossoming wildlife garden, accessible to the whole community.
Lekeh Development Foundation
may
LEDEF’s mission is to effect lives positively by enhancing innovative best practices, capacity building, peaceful action and advocacy in mitigating global crisis and standing for sustainable environment.
Reel News
may
Reel News is an activist video collective, using film to help bring about social change. In a world where everyone is increasingly affected by austerity, climate change and war, we work with the growing number of campaigns (often ignored by mainstream media) which are not only fighting back, but winning too – not just in the UK, but across the world. Reel News is independent and non-aligned. We are against sectarianism in all its forms, anti-capitalist in outlook, against the anti-trade union laws and in favour of mass collective action in the workplace and on the streets to change society.
Serikat Khalayak Lestari
may
Mission: 1. Become a Credible Organization with Integrity. 2. Play an active role in implementing environmental restoration and rehabilitation based on collaboration between parties 3. Realizing real support for forest ecosystem conservation efforts based on a multi-stakeholder approach. 4. Realizing Community Empowerment towards a Sustainable Social Economy. Our organization’s medium-term goals : – Planting 500.000 trees through agroforestry and reforestation projects (2021-2025) – rehabilitated more than 750.000 mangrove propagules in mangrove degraded ecosystem (22-2027) Currently, we are : – planting 215.000 trees – rehabilitated 220.000 mangrove propagules by collaboration with more than 300 farmers and the coastal community.
Sustainable Fashion Scotland
may
SFS is a community-led social enterprise with the mission to connect the fashion community in Scotland and accelerate collective action for a sustainable fashion transformation. We have developed an extensive network of fashion practitioners and encouraged peer-to-peer learning through community events and research dissemination. Our aim is to celebrate innovative creatives, enable collaboration and conduct research into what action Scotland should take to transform the fashion system, focusing on education, policy, and local communities. SFS has organised many successful events around Scotland, supporting knowledge sharing, new connections and learning, and developing cohesive fashion practices towards sustainability.
Wildlight
may
Wildlight is a non-profit freelancers cooperative delivering investigations for NGOs through fieldwork, data analysis and storytelling. With an emphasis on empowering women, Wildlight works collaboratively with a global network of investigators, researchers, journalists, photographers and filmmakers on issues relating to social justice, environmental crime and animal welfare.Primarily, we design and implement investigations, often within challenging sectors, gathering information and evidence using a range of strategies and technologies. Our teams have worked on issues including illegal logging, slavery and IUU in the fishing sector, palm oil, plastics, industrial pollution, mineral extraction, intensive farming and the illegal wildlife trade.
Wild Card
june
Wild Card are a grassroots campaign group demanding that the UK’s biggest landowners begin ambitious rewilding schemes now, with open access for all, to help tackle the climate and nature emergency.
Youngwilders
june
Youngwilders creates opportunities for young people to lead and act on nature recovery for our collective future.
Clean Planet UK
july
Clean Planet UK is dedicated to retrieving ghost fishing gear from the sea and land to mitigate its harmful impact on marine life and ecosystems. Once collected, the gear is meticulously processed and recycled, diverting it from landfills and contributing to a more sustainable approach to waste management. Through this mission, Clean Planet UK aims to safeguard marine biodiversity, reduce pollution, and promote the circular economy. Our efforts not only protect the environment but also inspire action towards responsible fishing practices and marine conservation.
The Kindling Trust
july
We are a social justice organisation focused on food and farming, advocating for positive social change. As a grassroots group with big ambitions we are: Sowing ideas. Showing that its possible for everyone to live well, whilst minimising our ecological and social impacts through collective action. Growing livelihoods. Creating land-based livelihoods, training the next generation of farmers, whilst building healthy soils and increasing biodiversity. Our agroecological Farm incorporates organic horticulture, arable production and rewilding in a vegan agroforestry system. Fuelling action The farm wishes to support positive social change, empowering people to implement the changes they want to make.
The Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Trust
july
The Mobile Apothecary (MA) is a network of volunteers spanning the areas of herbalism, horticulture and the arts based within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. We collectively learn about medicinal plants and create herbal medicine for distribution to fellow community members facing barriers to health, food, and shelter. The MA supports local communities with good-quality, homegrown and communally-made herbal remedies.
Renevlyn Development Initiative
july
Aim: To build vibrant communities where the rights of indigenous people are respected.
Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice Working Group
august
We are an informal, international network of researchers and activists committed to ending militarisation of the climate crisis. We aim to inform and educate people about the links between militarism and climate breakdown, build connections between peace and climate justice movements, and push for collective action for a peaceful, just and sustainable world.
Blackhills Community Supported Agriculture CIC
august
Our mission is to grow food and build community in harmony with nature.
Chorlton Bike Deliveries
august
Chorlton Bike Deliveries is more than just a bike delivery service, we are a collective of people with a shared vision; to make our community a happier, healthier, and more compassionate place to live. We deliver a smile and human connection in every single journey, and our services are ever-expanding as our network of partners continues to grow. One of our four priorities is to ‘Use bikes to create positive change in society’, we advocate behaviour change to increase cycle usage to not just improve air quality, but also the mental and physical health benefits of our community members.
Climate and Community
august
The charity by building networks and community relations looks for opportunities to develop and deliver relevant environmental community education and volunteer climate action. Which helps communities reduce CO2 emissions from how they live and adapting and mitigating climate risks as described in CCRA2 report. In particular the need to grow food in the peri-urban zone to feed urban based population; to help prevent an oncoming food crisis. In the process get young people learning new skills and a sense of purpose. Publicise barriers to grassroots action on the ground to push for more radical change using current laws and policies.
Climate Home News
august
Climate change is the biggest story of our time, and at Climate Home News, we believe quality climate journalism can change the world for the better. Our mission is to deliver original coverage that informs and inspires action to create long-term, systemic change. We do this by: • Reporting and analysing major developments in international climate policy and action • Exploring tensions between competing interests and values • Exposing wrongdoing or obstruction and holding power to account • Amplifying the voices of those hardest hit by the climate crisis • Highlighting transformative action from across society and the economy
Community Heart Productions
august
At Community Heart Productions, our mission is to empower the socially excluded by helping vulnerable people address the issues that concern them through community work, training, volunteering, environmental work and citizenship.
Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC
august
Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC (Human Rights Multimedia Institute in South America and Caribbean) aims: To create safe spaces for the circulation and distribution of audiovisual materials that promote human rights, environmental protection and vulnerable communities in Latin America. Our activities are designed from the perspective of the defense and consolidation of human rights in relation to the sustainable development of communities such as women, indigenous communities, the LGBTIQ+ population and communities affected by the climate crisis.
Krishi Janani
august
Our mission is to orchestrate a regenerative agriculture and food ecosystem that nourishes farmers, consumers, and the planet. Janani F2C (farmer-2-consumer) Regenerative Ecosystem enables farmers transition to regenerative practices and connects them to health-conscious consumers seeking high-quality, verified organic products.
Somerset Wildlands
august
The Somerset Levels are an internationally important wetland. From pelicans to beavers; they would once have teemed with life. Somerset Wildlands is restoring some of that lost wildlife through rewilding – building wild stepping stones across the landscape. Our sites are managed in as light-touch a way as possible, allowing nature to take the lead. This natural habitat restoration also helps store carbon, reduce flooding and water pollution and provides social benefits. We buy our own land, work with local landowners and provide ways for people – particularly those not traditionally at home in the rewilding movement – to get involved.
Image credit: Matt Jarvis
Transition Exmouth
august
The Exe is a shadow of its former self, its water heavily polluted by farm run-off, sewage outflows and chemicals. Banks are stripped of vegetation and wildlife vastly depleted. Transition Exmouth’s project Friends of the River Exe is a voice for the river, a diverse grass-roots catchment community of those who live, work and play along the Exe and its tributaries – all acting to protect, restore and celebrate the Exe. It’s time to step up our actions and cause a real surge.
Action Against Staghunting
february
Our aim is to expose the brutality of stag and hind hunting and challenge the remaining three stag hunts in the Southwest of England. We will work together with other animal welfare organisations to obtain evidence, expose their actions and ultimately bring an end to stag hunting. A large part of this campaign is to bring a private prosecution to one (or more) of the stag hound packs with the aim of securing a conviction and ultimately changing the law to protect deer.
Baw Baw Animal Welfare
february
At Baw Baw Animal Welfare, we are dedicated to improving the lives of animals in Sri Lanka. Our organization is committed to promoting animal welfare through various initiatives, including spay/neuter campaigns, urgent rescues, educational workshops, and the operation of a sanctuary for permanently disabled dogs.
Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
february
Formed in 1997, CRRU is a marine conservation charity based in northeast Scotland dedicated to the welfare, conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) through scientific investigation, environmental education and the provision of a 24-hour veterinary service for sick, injured and stranded individuals.
Jaywick Sands Revival CIC
february
We aim to improve the lives of people in Jaywick Sands and West Clacton, who are, according to the IOD reports in the top 1% most deprived within England. We offer the only independently run foodbank which is still surviving. We also offer free good quality clothing for adults and children, as well as free school uniform, winter warmer schemes, good quality 2nd hand furniture, white goods, baby bank, fresh food parcels, frozen food parcels, Christmas dinner hampers, as well as local events such as our Santas sleigh ride to Jaywick and our annual Christmas tree light switch on.
North East Animal Rights
february
We are a grassroots animal rights group who promote veganism and advocate for animals. We use social media and face to face events. We collaborate with many like minded groups both locally and across the UK. We deliver our work with peace, love and kindness. We want to be the vegan non-vegans would like to talk to about the start of their journey. We use all aspects of veganism (food, environment and health) to draw people in and try to be the go to positive animal rights group in the region.
Northern Ireland Badger Group
february
The Northern Ireland Badger Group is an entirely volunteer led group working to promote the conservation, protection, welfare and better understanding of badgers.
Respect for Animals Educational Trust
february
Respect for Animals campaigns against the cruel and unnecessary international fur industry which is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of animals each year.
Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs
february
Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs are a group that works in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire to actively disrupt and expose blood sports and other wildlife persecution, using non-violent direct action. Our entire focus is saving the lives of wild animals. Our main focus is on fox hunting but over the years we have sabotaged; hare hunting, mink hunting, badger culling, grouse shooting, pheasant shooting, pigeon shooting, angling, seal culling, hedgehog culling, badger baiting and rabbit hunting.
South Notts Ringing Group
february
The objectives of the Group shall be to collect data to meet the requirements of the BTO’s Scientific Strategy, which specifically requests the need for demographic monitoring projects on birds, through a systematic programme of ringing and re-trapping to generate recoveries for monitoring of movements, survival and productivity.
Tahira Animal Welfare Foundation
february
The Tahira Animal Welfare Foundation champions the welfare of stray animals through rescue, rehabilitation, and education, alongside controlling overpopulation via humane TNVR (Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return) methods, striving for a world where every animal is treated with compassion and dignity.
Tameside’s People 4 Wildlife
february
Aims: To rescue, rehabilitate and release injured wildlife. Provide education to raise awareness to wildlife and the environment.
Urban Squirrels
february
Urban Squirrels is a London-based licensed wildlife rescue unit that specialises in grey squirrels: care, advice and advocacy. We aim to take in injured or orphaned squirrels, mostly babies, and hand-rear and/or treat them as necessary. Our bushy-tailed clients are brought to us directly by members of the public, or referred by vets and other rescue organisations. We also campaign against cruel and pointless culls of the animal, and seek to dispel pseudo-scientific myths about the ecological impact of grey squirrels.
Wildlife in Need
february
Our aims: • Helping all wildlife to the best of our ability • Acting responsibly with integrity and honesty • Creating a collaborative and supportive environment in which to volunteer • Building a long term, sustainable future as a Not for Profit organisation • Marvelling at the beauty of nature and the kindness of strangers. We also support the animals which others ignore – like pigeons, seagulls and Canada geese. We challenge why some animals are prevented from being rescued by legislation, such as grey squirrels, and why others are culled, such as deer and badgers.
Brockworth Hedgehog Rescue
march
Brockworth Hedgehog Rescue is a volunteer run rescue that rescues, rehabilitates, researches and releases the European wild hedgehog. We also work to educate and raise awareness of how to help our hedgehog population.
Cat Action Trust 1977 Leeds
march
CAT 1977’s policy is to help feral cats by limiting their numbers through neutering and returning to site, and by finding homes for kittens and tame stray cats. The charity is totally against killing for expediency. Our charity’s motto is: “A lifeline for feral cats”.
Jorvik Hunt Sabs
march
We use none violent direct action to sabotage and prevent fox hunting and any hunting of wildlife within the North Yorkshire region.
Little Nest Rescue CIC
march
Little Nest’s Mission is to provide an essential service to the community by providing safe and loving homes and care for desperate, vulnerable and unwanted animals. We operate with a no kill policy for any animal taken into the rescue. The highest welfare standards are at the heart of everything we do, to provide for the physical and emotional wellbeing of every animal. We provide rescue back up for life and any animal can be returned to us.
Animal Protection Aegina Agistri
april
APAAs mission is to rescue, care for and seek homes for stray cats and dogs on the islands of Aegina and Agistri and keep the stray population under control. We aim to improve standards of welfare for kept animals, reduce abandonment by promoting responsible pet ownership and increase awareness on animal welfare issues. — We maintain a no-kill dog shelter; give dogs medical treatment and decent housing; time in free-run areas; socialize them for adoption. — we encourage the municipality to promote responsible ownership and subsidize microchipping and neutering of owned pets. — we encourage the police to prosecute animal abuse and neglect.
Bushy Tail Cat Aid
april
A small sanctuary run by vegans: trapping, neutering and providing veterinary care as well as palliative care to homeless cats. Rehoming cats. Raising awareness about cat care. Seeking ethically minded adopters, who value and respect the rights and needs of non-human animals.
Cats Gallore
april
Cats Gallore: My aim is to rescue stray cats, so many are left un-neutered, sick, pregnant and the males have injuries.
Dorset Animal Workers Group
april
Our rescue is a NFP organisation that is local to the Poole/Bournemouth area, led by Helen Sanders since 1986 with a group of fifteen dedicated volunteers. DAWG stands for Dorset Animal Workers Group. DAWGdog. Our aims are: • Rescue and help all animals. Our focus is rescuing stray dogs and injured foxes • Give our time and provide accommodation to the animals, freely • Advocate and campaign for better conditions and welfare for animals • Educate and inform the public about our work with animals though the work of our volunteers.
Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary
april
Aims: To rescue farm animals, to demonstrate they are worthy of our compassion and, through education, transition to a world made sustainable because humans no longer deem it acceptable to use or abuse non-human animals.
Merseyside Animal Rights
april
Merseyside Animal Rights is a local voluntary run group which campaigns against any form of animal exploitation in the Merseyside area and beyond. We campaign and raise awareness around industries that use and abuse animals including the meat, dairy, egg and fur industries, as well as the use of animals for ‘sport’ or entertainment, particularly focusing on local issues.
Environment and Animal Protection Alliance of Tanzania
june
Our Mission To establish a sustainable relationship between humans, animals, and the environment by conducting research and raising awareness on animal welfare and environmental conservation Our Vision: A society with equipped animal welfare awareness and environmental conservation education EAPAT embrace the values of compassion, innovation, kindness, respect, trust, and accountability when treating our volunteers, community, animals, friends, partners, and the environment in general.
The Littlest Lives Rescue
june
We rescue, rehabilitate and rehome vulnerable, neglected and unwanted rabbits to loving, well informed homes with high welfare standards. Our vaccination and neutering programme is essential to control the spread of disease and population growth where there are already far more unwanted rabbits than there are homes, as well as for meeting the rabbits welfare needs. If a rabbit cannot be homed eg. because of medical needs we will care for them as a sanctuary resident, or work with other organisations to find a suitable placement. We are a safe space and do not put healthy animals down.
Ayrshire Drone Dog Rescue
july
Aims: To use advanced technology to reunite missing dogs with their families, provide essential support to animals in need, and foster a stronger, more connected community through compassion and collaboration.
Little Paws Big Hearts
july
LPBH is an animal welfare organisation. We strive to improve the life of every animal we come across. We are a right to life organisation Our aim: to sterilise as many animals as possible to prevent unwanted litters. Cats & dogs should be vaccinated. animals are worthy to receive medical care if sick/ injured. proper education we can change behaviour & thinking of people about animals. vision animals is to have a life free of hunger & pain. Values: to advance the safety & well being of animals. we are committed, inspirational, act with integrity, excellence in all we do.
Animal Hope Riska
august
The activity for which the Association is recognizable is the management of the shelter for abandoned dogs “Riska” in Belgrade. Our goal is to find an adequate home for the dogs, but since we are not always able to do that, it is important for us to provide them with decent conditions and a quality life in the shelter. As the Association for the Protection of Animals, we stand for systemic solutions in the field of protection of all animal species, especially species that humans exploit and use for various purposes.
Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue
august
To promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for cats which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among cats.
Hedgehog Rescue
august
Hedgehog Rescue is a self funded not for profit organisation that responds to incidents of injured and ill hedgehogs, or orphaned hoglets, providing examination, treatment and rehabilitation, ensuring that hedgehogs get the medical attention and care they need, so that ultimately they can be returned to the wild.
Pippa’s Army
august
Aim: To rescue as many stray as we can off the street and give them a sofa. We believe every animal deserves a chance.
https://www.facebook.com/p/Pippas-Army-Animal-Rescue-100070299646341/
Swansea Cats and Kittens
august
Our mission is to work closely with members of the local community to give a second chance to as many cats and kittens in the Swansea area as we can, regardless of whether they are owned, feral or community cats.
The Lincolnshire Badger Group
august
To rehabilitate and care for Lincolnshire’s Badger. collect and collate data on deaths and sett information. Providing education for all ages about badgers and there habitat.
The Mid Derbyshire Badger Group
august
Aims: To encourage the understanding and study of badgers, their environment and habitat, and to promote measures that enhance their welfare and conservation. To encourage tolerance and appreciation and respect for wildlife.
Two Counties Hunt Saboteurs
august
Our Mission is to monitor hunts in the Somerset and Dorset area. We set up this group because of the high number of hunts that operate in these areas, many of which have not had any contact from other saboteurs, due to low resources of the other sab groups in this locality. We hope to work collaboratively with our neighbouring groups to permanently end the hunting of foxes and deer. We also wish to expose the lie of trial hunting and to raise awareness via outreach in the larger towns and cities in our area.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Two-Counties-Hunt-Saboteurs-Somerset-and-Dorset/61559156226953/
2023
Boxtribute
JANUARY
We make open source technology to empower NGOs in the humanitarian field to work with professional logistical standards. We’re passionate about giving freedom and respect to people even when they are receiving aid and support.
http://www.boxtribute.org
East African Crude Oil Pipeline Host Communities
JANUARY
Our Vision – A Society where environmental conservation and Human Rights of vulnerable communities affected by the oil projects are given a priority. Our Mission – To promote environmental conservation, human and land rights of vulnerable communities affected by oil projects in Uganda.
https://eacophc.org
Europe Must Act
JANUARY
Europe Must Act is a growing grassroots movement that brings together volunteers and NGOs to campaign for the humane reception of refugees in Europe. Through local action in cities as well as joint advocacy efforts of grassroots NGOs at EU-level, we aim to secure a fair and humane European policy on asylum and migration, beyond camps, walls and deterrence. Europe Must Act members act with empathy, hope and passion and are united by our commitment to challenge indifference and tackle human rights abuses. We seek change by speaking up with people on the move, engaging citizens and holding authorities accountable.
European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights
JANUARY
ECDHR works to bring democracy and a greater respect for human rights to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, chiefly including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Our mission is to fight against oppressive autocracies; we actively work against torture, political persecution and violence, discrimination against women, the death penalty, human trafficking and migrant labor abuses, crimes against humanity, and other abusive practices contrary to basic human dignity. In so doing, we hope to empower oppressed populations and enable domestic forces for democracy and positive change.
ECDHR
Every Future Foundation
JANUARY
Every Future Foundations’ mission is to ensure every future is free from racism. Our mission is to eradicate racial injustice and racial inequality for the next generation by creating a new generation of educated, inclusive leaders. We do this by delivering anti-racism educational interventions to young people and providing high-quality opportunities through our 6-month Activism Academy that runs annually: leveraging the voices of underrepresented youth to create their own solutions to the problems they face.
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Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air
JANUARY
Koalisi Rakyat untuk Hak atas Air / People’s coalition for the right to water
The realiSation of the right to water and sanitation by the state as the duty bearer and the protection of water commons (water ecosystem and living beings) Fighting against the misuse of water by extractivism.
http://www.kruha.org
Lighthouse Relief
JANUARY
Our mission is to provide dignified humanitarian relief to refugees and asylum seekers in Greece. Our participatory, flexible approach responds to the acute fundamental needs of people experiencing displacement and supports their psychosocial well-being over the longer term. Dignity and respect for the equal rights of all people guides everything that we do. This is reflected in our commitment to always listen to those we work with, and ensure that they are equal partners in our activities. h
ttp://www.lighthouserelief.org
London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
JANUARY
The London LGBTQ+ Community Centre is an award-winning sober, intergenerational and intersectional community centre and café where all LGBTQ+ people are welcome, supported, can build connections and can flourish. Our vision is for a more connected, belonging and thriving LGBTQ+ community in London. The Centre is for LGBTQ+ people of all ages, from all backgrounds, faiths and walks of life. Intersectionality is at the heart of our ethos. Our programme includes wellbeing, sexual and mental health services; book and film clubs, talks and a myriad of activities and meet-ups organised by local LGBTQ+ organisations.
https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/
Portsmouth Pride Trust
JANUARY
Portsmouth Pride exists to support the LGBTQ+ community in Portsmouth and surrounding areas. We create safe spaces for community cohesion and we celebrate the diversity of our amazing city and residents at free and accessible events throughout the year. We are inclusive of all and advocate for further protection of the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ people not only in Portsmouth but across the UK and around the world. We are leading members of the UK Pride Organisers’ Network and as volunteers, we all work to share resources and expertise with other members across the country.
Image: Goble Photography
Screen Share UK
JANUARY
Screen Share’s mission is to support, inform and advocate for digital inclusion for refugees and asylum seekers across the UK. Our central project provides quality technology to those with the greatest level of need in the refugee community. Their device is saved from landfill and refurbished specifically to match their technology needs. It’s free and theirs forever.
http://www.screen-share.co.uk
Stonehenge Heritage Action Group
JANUARY
We are resisting the proposed ‘Stonehenge tunnel’, part of the A303 road expansion plan. We believe we don’t need new roads – we need to fundamentally transform how our society works with holistic, ecological solutions to our problems, decided by and for the communities they impact. Because of this, we live our politics and our hope for a better world every day in the off grid, non-hierarchical community we are building around a culture of care, accountability, and connection. We are a FINT-led (female, intersex, non-binary, trans) space, and believe in collective liberation from all oppressions. Until all are free!
http://linktr.ee/stonehengeactiongroup
Umoja Women’s Center (UWC)
JANUARY
The Mission of Umoja Women’s Center is to foster women’s healing and growth, enabling each woman to build a prosperous future for herself and her community by providing vocational training, psychological healing and fighting against Gender based violence (GBV) and secure their rights.
https://www.womenscentersintl.org/about-the-centers/umoja-women-s-center/
Urban Goodies CIC
JANUARY
Urban Goodies is a Community Interest Company set up to alleviate food poverty and disadvantage in our community. We do this by providing a welcoming safe space at local community centres, where we provide lunches, community fridge and if appropriate cookery classes. We believe nutritious food should be accessible to all and aim to have zero wastage from our donated food. We support various other projects across Coventry, including Holbrooks Community Association, Cyrenians Coventry and Coventry Comfort Carers.
3D Centre
february
Our mission is to promote human rights around the world with a heavy emphasis on empowering young people to do the same. 3DC works to create a world in which the doors to careers in human rights are flung wide open to a young and diverse generation of passionate, talented justice advocates, with lived experiences of the powerful systems that perpetuate inequality. Although our research, campaigns and legal battles span continents and causes, they all aim to hold the powerful accountable for acts that violate the civil liberties and due process rights of vulnerable and excluded members of society.
https://3dc.org.uk/
Batwa Community Development Organisation
February
We reach out to every Batwa Settlement / Community with human rights and Capacity building trainings and sensitisation, health education, Food security skills, Home building and Land acquisition as well as income generating activities training so that the Batwa can become abiding members of the Society.
Doing What Really Matters Consultants CIC
FEBRUARY
To provide and foster a clear, strong pathway to rehabilitation through experience-led consultancy, advocacy and administration, facilitating Further and Higher Education in prison.
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Hope Project Lesvos
FEBRUARY
The Hope Project is founded on the principles of dignity, compassion, freedom, and safety for all. We aim to provide aid and support for people in need. Our primary focus is on people fleeing conflict, facing injustice, poverty, or persecution. We provide distribution of essential aid, art projects, and safe spaces for refugees in Lesvos.
http://www.hopeprojectgreece.org
Klikaktiv – Center for Development of Social Policies
FEBRUARY
KlikAktiv – Center for Development of Social Policies was founded with the goal of strengthening vulnerable social groups (the homeless, refugees and migrants, Roma population, street youth, psychiatric patients) whose needs are not being adequately acknowledged by the state policies. It is doing so by delivering crisis response projects and community-based services on the ground. The organization is helping these groups to fulfill their rights while recognizing the context of systemic poverty, inequalities, and social injustice. In order to do so, all the activities are designed and implemented based on the inputs of the beneficiaries.
https://klikaktiv.org/
Offene Arme e.V.
FEBRUARY
We aim to give free and essential Non-Food Items to all refugees in Chios, Greece through different projects like our Free Shop, Landing Packs for when they arrive, Baby baskets with items for the baby and the mother when they arrive/are born in the camp, skin infection packs and distributions for Unaccompanied Minors, among others.
https://cesrt.org/
Oil Refinery Residents Association
FEBRUARY
To promote environmental conservation and human rights of vulnerable communities in Albertine region.
http://www.orraug.org
Project Armonia
FEBRUARY
This work is based on solidarity, as opposed to charity. We work with not for displaced and local communities in our projects, coming together to carry out our collective mission. In Greek, Armonia means ‘harmony’. One of our guiding principles is not just to serve food, but to use it to build a welcoming community where people can feel engaged, autonomous and supported. Through food we facilitate the exchange of a diverse range of tastes, traditions and talents across language, cultural and political barriers.
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Rethink Rebuild Society
FEBRUARY
Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) is a Manchester-based charity that works towards improving the lives of refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants, in particular but not exclusively Syrians in the UK, helping them become positively established within British society.
http://www.rrsoc.org
The Resistance Exhibition
February
Our mission is to deliver an inclusive and inspiring exhibition celebrating the UK’s rich history of protest and direct action. Through this exhibition it is our mission to strengthen environmental and social justice movements across the UK. We will do this by platforming current campaigns which are working towards these goals alongside exhibiting the lineage of UK activism. We are working to create an accessible archive which will allow people to learn from past campaigns and inspire new people to take action today.
https://www.instagram.com/resistanceexpo/
https://www.facebook.com/resistanceexpo
Action et Humanisme
MARCH
The mission of Action et Humanisme is to build an equitable world where vulnerable people have their words to say, their rights respected and participate fully and effectively in the economic and social development of their communities and country. The values integrity, hard work and solidarity to build a better world.
https://actionhumanisme454654482.wordpress.com/
Action on Armed Violence
MARCH
AOAV aims to lessen the effects of weapon-based violence by monitoring and researching its causes and consequences with a focus on the harm inflicted on civilians and the impact of explosive weapons in populated areas
Afghan Voice CIC
March
Afghan Diaspora Women Citizen Journalism – Empowering the brave women of Afghanistan to use digital media tools to spread the awareness and share news of their plight under a tyrant and barbaric regime.
Afghan Voice Radio
Great Central Gazette
march
The Great Central Gazette is an independent, not-for-profit newspaper in Leicester that aims to become a widely recognised leader in high-quality journalism that serves the public interest. Our mission is to provide multimedia investigative journalism to ensure the local community has access to quality local news, promoting transparency, accountability, and democracy. We are not motivated by profit, but rather by our commitment to upholding high journalistic standards and serving the public interest.
http://greatcentralgazette.org
Gun Free Kitchen Tables
march
GFKT is growing a movement which strongly resists the current acceleration of small arms proliferation. We work to disarm civil space in Israel and the territories it controls, to stem armed violence and its threats to human security. Pushing for preventive gun legislation, effective enforcement, transparency, we combine research, advocacy, movement building, community organising, campaigning, and legal action to hold authorities, armed organisations, and individuals accountable. With its feminist analysis of militarisation and its effects on human security, GFKT problematises and disrupts the normalisation of guns in Israeli society. We reject the fallacy that more guns mean more security.
Reducing small arms in the civil sphere
Pikolo Association
march
To eliminate the disadvantageous situation of children, women, youth and other people in risk groups in Turkey, to support their access to education and to ensure that they live in decent conditions.
Anasayfa
Source of the Nile Union of Persons with Albinism
march
SNUPA advocates for access to quality services and other human rights opportunities by persons living with and affected by albinism in the Busoga sub-region of eastern Uganda and beyond. We challenge discrimination and persecution faced by people with albinism, calling for their recognition as equal citizens.
http://www.snupa.org
Spit it Out
march
Spit it Out is an award-winning organisation focused on bringing to light topics that are taboo in our society and can lead to trauma. We realise the overarching goals of our project through collaborating with our community in delivering free activities in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Our goal is to improve the lives of people who have been through trauma and mental health crises. We work to create a lasting change in our community and create a support network within people who feel isolated and have been going through traumatic experiences.
https://www.spititoutproject.com/
Travellerspace
march
We aim to break down the barriers that prevent Gypsies & Travellers having access to health, education & welfare services as well as other opportunities taken for granted by the wider community.
https://travellerspace-cornwall.org/
Refugee Nepal
MARCH
Refugee Nepal’s goal is a just, accessible and inclusive community in which laws, policies and legal systems ensure dignity, full participation, and equal rights without discrimination for refugees. Objectives: 1. Drafting enforceable legislation in refugee rights to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by refugees, especially Rohingya refugees; 2. Developing, implementing, and replicating innovative projects to uplift refugee rights to catalyse change.
Reach Out Tanzania
MArch
To promote inclusive development and a democratic governance grounded on equality, the rule of law, and accountability.
Mercy and Compassion Ministries
march
Our Mission is to empower the most vulnerable peoples through livelihood projects, skills learning and protect the environment using community volunteers at frontline as a means of a world of compassion and defend the rights of those marginalised and denied.
Fundacja Wrzenie
march
Fundacja Wrzenie (The Boiling Point Foundation) is a foundation focused on the well-being of queer people in Poland, focusing on youth, activists, and transgender people. We’re especially focused on burnt-out queer activists- this year we organised a free-of-charge therapeutic camp for 15 queer activists experiencing burnout. We also respond to crises concerning the LGBTQIA+ community; most recently to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by helping to find safe, non-queerphobic lodging for refugees, helping Ukrainian transgender people continue their transition in Poland, as well as raising funds for Ukrainian LGBTQI+ organisations.
Calais Food Collective
april
CFC is a grassroots volunteer-led organisation supporting displaced communities in Calais by providing cooking ingredients and water. We aim for a service that emphasises respect and autonomy, and challenge the state’s lack of solutions to improve the conditions displaced communities face.
FFLAG Bristol
april
We encourage and help parents and families of LGBT+ youngsters to accept and support them through our own stories and friendship.
Homotopia
april
Homotopia is a Liverpool based arts & social justice organisation making a cultural impact through art and activism. Our aim is to support and platform local, national, and international LGBTQIA socially engaged artists and creatives. Platforming both queer art and activism to promote a more equal society for our LGBTQIA community. Every November we present Homotopia Festival, featuring a variety of LGBTQIA art across multiple venues and outdoor spaces in the city. In addition to our festival, we have a year-round programme of artist development, public artworks, and events.
Land Justice Yorkshire
april
Raise awareness of land justice issues in the South Yorkshire region. Connect people back to the land they live on and make them aware of the implications of the way we treat, own and develop land Raise (critical) awareness of how land rights and land ownership influences our everyday lives (economically, socially, politically) and shapes the cities and the landscape we live in Address issues by critically analysing questions such as which buildings are owned in tax havens? Why do empty inner city buildings burn down so often? How does the slave trade affect people’s lives to this day?
LUNG: HMP Woodhill Families Group
april
LUNG is a social justice, equality and campaign led theatre company. Using people’s own words to tell their stories, we deliver school workshops, CPD training and grassroots outreach work to enact social change. In the last 7 years, we’ve reached over 47,000 people, delivering school workshops to over 8,200 secondary schools in areas of economic deprivation. Our BBC Radio 4 broadcasts have reached over 2.6 million people. We’ve performed at the Houses of Parliament and collaborated with the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims and APPG on Young Carers to shape and influence government policy.
Radical Film Network
april
The RFN is an international network of individuals and organisations involved in politically-progressive and aesthetically innovative film culture. All over the world, progressive political film activity is largely unfunded and therefore precarious and fragmented, with many groups unaware of one another and the wider radical history of which they are a part. Via a low-cost, light-weight organisational infrastructure, the RFN has helped transform this dispersed field into an active international community. It has facilitated communication and collaboration from all over the world and has helped raise the impact and visibility of countless radical social movements.
Attika Human Support
may
Attika secures and distributes humanitarian for people in need. Through building a support network across the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Austria for the collection of aid and establishing an efficient warehousing and distribution system in Greece, Attika delivers humanitarian aid and support to people in need, especially refugees and asylum seekers.
BEZNA Theatre
may
BÉZNĂ Theatre make theatre to investigate societal inequalities and confront institutional and normalised violences. Pivotal to our work are close collaboration with activists & academics during field research, co-creating with communities and emancipatory actions to enact lasting change. All BÉZNĂ productions are accompanied by actS of interventionist activism led by partner organisations/activists that campaign against the violence explored by the production. BÉZNĂ is committed to interventionist activism through theatre in artistic & educational environments and within communities in both Romania & the UK.
Photo credit Ala Buisir.
Black Mamas Birth Village
may
We provide support and resources to Black pregnant people ensuring they have access to quality healthcare, safe and respectful birthing experiences, and the tools they need to thrive. We aim to uplift black parents during this transformative time, fostering a sense of community that encourages them to advocate for their own health and the health of their babies. Through education, activism and opportunities for joy we strive to address the systemic inequities that impact black maternal and infant health, working towards a future where all black mamas can receive the care and support they deserve during pregnancy and beyond.
Bukavu Women Centers
may
The Mission of Bukavu Women”s Centers is a member network of Women’s Centers International USA and of Umoja Women’s Center DRC a network to protect , defend and advocate for the rights of underserved women, children and create safe gathering places in resource-poor environments where women can learn new skills in order to support their own communities and protect and advocate for their rights and environment.
femLENS
may
femLENS’ primary objective is to help women believe that their perspective is important, inspiring them to find the courage to develop their own voice through visual expression. The hope is not only to give the participants and the femLENS community a platform, but also to embolden women to carry that courage into other aspects of their lives. femLENS shares this mission through workshops, exhibitions, publications and advocacy across the globe.
FFIPP Europe
may
FFIPP Europe aims to build a comprehensive student network to educate an international academic community about the situation in Palestine/Israel through on-the-ground experiences.
Rad Music International
may
Our main value is humanity. In our organisation all people who respect others are welcomed. We celebrate diversity in all of its meanings and we stand for equality. We are not afraid to speak up for people that feel powerless, we give voice to those who have been silenced, especially asylum seekers and refugees. We believe that education and interaction is the key to inclusive society, therefore that is what we provide to people.
DOPE Magazine
june
Distributed for free to anyone who wants to sell it on the street: vendors keep all the money from sales. It’s solidarity not charity.
Happy Family Youth Uganda
june
Happy Family Youth Uganda’s aims are to motivate, empower, and sensitise the community through advocacy and awareness programs.
Integrated Green Media Foundation
june
To defend local communities Rights through media and activism and become the chief defenders of the local communities in Uganda.
Kompas 071
june
We provide essential and emergency services to people on the move in Bosnia & Herzegovina from our centre in Sarajevo, serving as a rare safe and respectful space for people on the move in a discriminatory environment.
Migrant Connections Collective
june
We believe in a world without borders. We want to create a microcosm of that world through our activities. We create spaces that foster friendship and community around migration. We encourage collaboration and understanding between and amongst migrants and non-migrants. We empower the voices of migrants, facilitating the exchange of experience and culture through creativity and wellbeing. We challenge the hostile environment by increasing people’s knowledge of issues around migration and what they can do to resist hostility. We are welcoming, inclusive and accessible – enabling people to attend our events through addressing as many different needs as possible.
https://www.migrantconnections.com/
Photo credit – Federico Rivas (https://federivas.com)
Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais
june
The Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais is a dedicated mobile clinic that takes place the first week of each month in Calais and Dunkirk. The clinic offers preventative medicine, self-care support, first aid and healthcare access support to hundreds of refugees and undocumented migrants living in the region. Since 2019, we have supported more than 10,000 people living in the region. Our medicines are grown, harvested and made in solidarity with people who are seeking asylum in the UK and in defiance of the hostile environment they have to face.
RABA SOUTH SUDAN
june
RABA SOUTH SUDAN collectively works with others to promote human rights, alleviate poverty, improve health and enhance self-reliance for sustainable development.
Thread Ahead
june
Thread Ahead has a two-fold mission: increasing sustainability in the fashion industry and providing high-quality clothing, accessories and toiletries to refugees. Last year, we provided over 3000 items to over 850 visitors. We run shop-like events where refugees can choose brand new items for free. Up to 25% of clothing remains unsold after going on sale, often because of minor faults, customer returns or seasons ending. These items shouldn’t be condemned to landfill or incineration when they can be redirected to people in need. By mimicking the ‘shopping’ experience, our events offer essential items for free in a dignified manner.
Art the Arms Fair
july
We are Art the Arms Fair. Artists and art-lovers, we all believe in the power of art to make a difference. We work with artists to expose the arms fair, which sets up shop in London every other year. Known as Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI), the arms fair coming to London is one of the biggest in the world. None of this would be possible without the complicity and support of the UK Government. We promote greater public awareness and invite scrutiny of the arms fair through art.
BritSom
july
BritSom’s aims are to provide services to enable more disadvantaged people to enter the professions. To provide unique and significant services that promotes Refugee and asylum seekers communities integration into British Society. To genuinely and strategically tackle the problems faced by the Refugee and asylum seekers in the London Borough of Barnet.
Conversation Over Borders
july
Conversation Over Borders provides free English language, befriending, refugee-led mental health and digital inclusion support to displaced people across the UK.
Darfur Foundation
july
Darfur Foundation’s objectives are the advancement of health, both physical and mental, amongst Sudanese asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland and the relief of human suffering in Darfur, Sudan engendered by ongoing conflict in the region, through the provision and facilitation of access to medical interventions in both countries. The advancement of citizenship and the promotion of civic values amongst Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers currently residing in Scotland, through encouraging and facilitating their integration into mainstream Scottish society. The advancement of culture amongst Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland through organising activities that allow them to celebrate Sudanese culture and values.
Destitute Asylum Seekers Huddersfield
july
Our Vision – DASH supports people seeking asylum and refugees in Kirklees to live safe and fulfilling lives. Mission/purpose We work with people seeking asylum and refugees in Kirklees to understand the complex asylum and Immigration system and support with casework and welfare needs. We are committed to embedding lived experience within our organisation, respecting and valuing the importance of inclusion and fairness. Every year, thousands of people seeking protection arrive in the UK hoping to rebuild their lives with limited access to essential services. It can take years for an asylum application to be decided. People are left feeling abandoned.
Gap Relief Bukavu chapter
july
The Mission of Gap Relief Bukavu chapter is to transform Bukavu in development city, agriculture and bring relief for vulnerable peoples, advocate and provide juridical and judiciary support for vulnerable communities in territories and local areas where communities are involved in non violate movement and become agents of change.
Groove Groom Grub
july
Groove Groom Grub aims to provide all those with Challenging mental/physical and social health conditions with a safe space to experience being seen and Physical grooming medical attention and and advise food and clothing. Reminding them that they have value.
Lighthouse Relief
july
Our mission to fill gaps in humanitarian protection for people seeking refuge in Greece. Our ethos of flexibility, accountability, and inclusivity, means that we adapt quickly to evolving needs on the ground and draw on the experiences of team members and partners who have lived as refugees to shape our response.
Mamy Show Foundation
july
Mamy Show Foundation is committed to giving orphans, widows, the less privileged and the aged in the UK on the one hand and in the City of Kinshasa and its outlying areas, D R Congo, Africa on the other, equal opportunities in life regardless of personal circumstances by granting the vulnerable segment of the population access to economic empowerment and improvement of the standard of living to promote social justice, equality and well-being and the education of the general public on the issues of poverty, ill health and injustice experienced by groups mentioned above.
Manifesto Club
july
The Manifesto Club is at the forefront of defending freedoms in civic life and public spaces. We produce research, change policy, and work at the frontline to defend those whose liberties have been affected. We have campaigns against restrictions on activities in public spaces, arbitrary powers, and on-the-spot fines. We work closely with members of the public and grass-roots groups, including homeless people, buskers, young people, and dog walkers, defending them against draconian powers and state overreach.
Push-Back Alarm Austria
july
Push-Back Alarm Austria * is a 24 hour hotline for people who are affected by a pushback in the Austrian border areas * provides legal advice to people affected by pushbacks * works with translators to ensure a trustful exchange * provides contact with free legal representation * intervenes in and documents pushback *conducts investigative research and studies to support people on the move and to uncover state funded human rights violations *provides a contact for relatives of people on the move who are searching for their missing relatives.
Yaşamak Sosyal Alan ve Dayanışma Derneği
july
Yaşamak Sosyal Alan ve Dayanışma Derneği (Life Social Space and Solidarity Association) believe that everyone has the right to discover and develop their potential. It is not a luxury to dream, follow one’s interests and talents, or seek personal fulfilment, but rather essential for any meaningful life. We believe that when we come together from different places, with diverse lifestyles, experiences, attitudes, and languages, the aspects that unite us prevail over those that divide us. We dream of a future without borders, where it does not matter where you come from or where you go, a world where everyone is equal and free.
Be Aware and Share
august
BAAS works for a more socially just and integrity-based approach to and for people in need. The aim of BAAS is to contribute to a peaceful, solidary and mutually inclusive society. We are committed to sharing resources and knowledge across cultural boundaries, prejudices and material inequalities. BAAS stands for the idea that a successful and peaceful future for our societies is only possible through the full potential and voice of all their members. Our work is politically independent, transparently funded and supported by donations.
Refugee Biriyani & Bananas
august
Aiming to empower people who are displaced by involving them in the decision-making processes to the provision of support, together as a team, we at Refugee Biriyani & Bananas provide urgent aid and basic necessities with dignity and equity. We also advocate for and share stories of, or from the people we are supporting; aiming to raise awareness and be a voice. We volunteer to fill gaps in humanitarian care, boosting morale and sustaining people on their journeys as people who are displaced. Our values are: Voice, inclusion, family, equity, empowerment and dignity.
Bright Future
september
Our aim is to provide personal, practical, and legal support to newly arrived and existing refugees and asylum applicants in the area of Fenham, Newcastle to overcome discrimination and isolation resulting from the UK’s hostile immigration policies.
Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation
september
Our mission is to locate and address the underlying causes of the ongoing violent conflicts and ethnoreligious crises in Nigeria and throughout Africa, while also empowering young people to contribute to peace, security, the fight against climate change, the protection of human rights and dignity, gender equity, civic engagement, and disarmament. While building platforms that close the feedback loop between the public and the government, we work to improve democratic governance and accountability. While addressing the basic needs of young people on campus, we also engage in outreach activities to influence policies, practices, knowledge, and activism.
Distribute Aid
september
Distribute Aid’s mission is to provide for basic human needs at scale by connecting communities and empowering people to uphold human dignity.
Indigo Volunteers
september
Indigo Volunteers is a UK-registered charity that recruits volunteers and puts them in direct contact with humanitarian projects dedicated to meeting the urgent needs of migrants and refugees. Our aim is to harness the incredible power of passionate volunteers and use it to enable small, grassroots groups with limited resources to keep going and focus on their objectives. We are committed to cultivating an equal and fair working environment free from discrimination, and a world in which freedom of movement is recognised as a basic human right.
One Happy Family
september
One Happy Family (OHF) is a collaborative community-based project with the aim of filling the gaps created by insufficient governmental interventions through the provision of basic human needs, security and stability for refugees and displaced people at various levels. Our mission is to provide a space where everyone feels welcome, everyone has the possibility to grow, to learn, to be involved and where everyone’s skills are valued. Ultimately, OHF strives to promote the dignified integration of displaced people within both the immediate context of Greece, and wider global context.
Rethink Rebuild Society
september
Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) is a Manchester-based charity that works towards improving the lives of refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants, in particular but not exclusively Syrians in the UK, helping them become positively established within British society.
Shadow World Investigations
september
Shadow World Investigations (SWI) undertakes path-breaking investigations into cases of grand corruption, corporate malfeasance and militarism, predominantly but not exclusively in the global arms trade. We use these case studies to expose the damage done to people’s lives and to campaign for systemic changes. Our aim is firstly to challenge the symbiotic relationship between militarism and the arms trade in order to increase the pressure needed for change, and secondly to hold the UK arms industry to account for the harm it causes due to corruption, the violation of international law and human rights, environmental damage and economic despoliation.
English Collective of Prostitutes
october
English Collective of Prostitutes mission is to campaign for the decriminalisation of prostitution, for sex work to be recognised as work; for sex workers’ legal, economic, civil, and human rights including the right to occupational health and safety; for rape and other violence against sex workers to be taken seriously by the authorities, for money and resources to enable people to get out of prostitution if they want to.
The GINA Project CIC
october
Through the provision of specialist, immediate support and bespoke products/resources, GINA’s mission is to empower survivors of sexual trauma to seize opportunities to Grow, Inspire, Nurture and Achieve. Our mission is to support all subjected to sexual violence & abuse in living free, empowered, hopeful futures; whilst challenging beliefs, attitudes & systems that threaten such futures. Our values surround an anti victim-blaming, compassionate, empowering, feminist approach that facilitates social change by encompassing lived experience; we continue to ensure all GINA’s services, products & resources are co-produced with survivors (those accessing our services, from the wider community & within our team).
African Initiative on Food security and Environment
november
African Initiative on Food security and Environment (AIFE-Uganda) is a nonprofit organisation whose role is to organise communities to be proactive against climate change and conserve the environment through biodiversity conservation, research, community mobilisation, teaching, and evaluation of practice while putting the rights and organisation that depend on these natural resources at the centre. These objectives are achieved while working hand in hand with likeminded civil society organisations, government and development partners. AIFE-Uganda has worked on Environmental and Human rights matters in Uganda since 2016.
Centre for Youth and Children’s Affairs
november
CEYCA is an NGO that exists to contribute to promotion and protection of the rights and active participation of children, young people and women through Advocacy, Skills Development, Facilitation, Networking, Research, Education and documentation in Malawi.
Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity
november
Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity’s mission is to provide aid and support to members of the Refugee and Asylum Seeker communities in Derby/Derbyshire by 1. providing a sympathetic and inclusive environment 2. facilitating participation in a variety of educational, cultural, creative, sporting and leisure activities 3. developing skills to increase confidence, self support, integration and employability in the present and the future 4. signposting specialist support services e.g. health, legal etc 5. offering opportunities to make positive contributions and effect public awareness of such 6. advocating the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees “There is no them, there is only us”.
Franky’s Foundation
november
Franky’s Foundations aims to improve the livelihoods and make an impact in the local communities that we operate in through a participatory approach to sustainable development in Kenya.
Hand to Hand Against Nation Apathy
november
Our mission is to serve as a liaison to the potential of communities, especially young people, and their opportunities for development through new ways that encourage meaningful participation in the social, cultural, economic and political life of society.
Nil by Mouth
november
Nil by Mouth exists with the sole aim of creating a Scotland free from sectarianism and aim to achieve this by: Educating: we seek to facilitate change through educational programmes. Supporting: we create and deliver projects aimed at helping individuals, groups and communities raise awareness of, and challenge, sectarianism. Inspiring: we wish to inspire others to reflect and act through campaigning. Challenging: we exist to challenge attitudes and settings systems that perpetuate bigotry and intolerance.
Queer Refugees Unite
november
Our aim is to emotionally and practically support each other through the asylum process and beyond, campaign for change in the asylum process for LGBT+ people, and to build relationships and gain allies by raising awareness of the lives of LGBT + people seeking asylum. Our values include being truly inclusive, plus promoting equality solidarity and collaboration.
SORAK Development Agency
november
Our mission is: To improve lives of vulnerable women, youth and children through strategic and sustainable livelihood, health, education and human rights interventions in Uganda.” SORAK started by addressing issues of gender‐based violence and HIV/AIDS. During our infant stage SORAK concentrated on vulnerable populations and critical issues affecting the health and education systems and women empowerment in Uganda. Through its interventions SORAK targets in particular women, children, orphans, minorities, persons living with TB/ HIV/AIDs, persons with disabilities. SORAK also focuses on addressing issues surrounding human rights and living conditions of these vulnerable groups.
A.Ss.I.S.T.
december
Mission: To contribute to fair process by providing asylum seekers and refugees with free, accurate and current information and professional legal aid. Goal: To ensure that as many asylum seekers and refugees as we can assist are well informed and duly ‘heard’ and access other services Aim: To serve asylum seekers and refugees by providing a high standard of free information services and legal aid. Values: Accountability, honesty, respect and responsibility, and impartiality.
Endless Medical Advantage
december
At Endless Medical Advantage (EMA), we believe healthcare is basic human right and our mission is to support Syrian and Lebanese medical professionals in providing sustainable healthcare services and humanitarian aid and relief to the refugee populations and vulnerable communities across the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. This initiative has been a key source of primary and dental healthcare for this community as Lebanon currently hosts approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees, the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Many have little or no access to affordable healthcare and live in remote and isolated areas of the valley.
European Centre for Democracy & Human Rights
december
ECDHR works to bring democracy and a greater respect for human rights to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, chiefly including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Our mission is to fight against oppressive autocracies; we actively work against torture, political persecution and violence, discrimination against women, the death penalty, human trafficking and migrant labor abuses, crimes against humanity, and other abusive practices contrary to basic human dignity. In so doing, we hope to empower oppressed populations and enable domestic forces for democracy and positive change.
Give Your Best
december
Give Your Best (GYB) aims to empower refugee women, women seeking asylum and those in destitution in the UK who are in need of women’s clothing and any other relevant necessities. We work to provide our beneficiaries with choice, aiming to restore agency and create a means through which they can decide what they want to wear, despite their financial status. By enabling this, we work to promote confidence, empowerment, and the knowledge that there is a community of people keen to support them. Our model also aids sustainability and circular fashion by reinventing the idea of ‘donating’ into ‘gifting.
Human Rights Observers
december
Human Rights Observers is an observation entity, which has the aims of documenting the State violence perpetrated against displaced people at the French-British border, more precisely in the Calais and Dunkirk areas, with the objective of denouncing and putting an end to it. HRO’s work is inspired by the copwatching method and respects several principles of action such as: non-violent action, impartiality, respect of people in a professional framework and the empowerment of displaced people concerned.
Irise International
december
Irise International is a Sheffield-based leader in the global movement for period equality- building a world where everyone can realise their potential unlimited by their period. We bring together young people held back by their periods and their allies to create change in their own communities and in wider society, advocating globally for systemic level changes and menstrual justice for all. In the UK we host the youth-led movement to end period poverty, shame & inequality via the Empower Period Network – currently focused on making the right to period products and education in schools a reality for everyone.
Khaibasen Rural Action Foundation
december
Our mission is to create a safe and inclusive society for Lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer communities in rural and informal settlements of Namibia.
Leeds Destitute Asylum-seekers Support
december
Our aims are to provide accommodation, the needs of daily living and support to destitute asylum seekers who have no recourse to public funds, are not allowed to work and who are street homeless, to restore a sense of security and self esteem, the feeling of being cared for and welcomed until such time as they have resolved their civic status and can support themselves materially.
OneHumanRace
december
We provide support to those who fall through the very wide gaps in the Greek social welfare web, young displaced men are by far the most disadvantaged sub- group within the refugee community.
Rad Music International
december
Our main value is humanity. In our organisation all people who respect others are welcomed. We celebrate diversity in all of its meanings and we stand for equality. We are not afraid to speak up for people that feel powerless, we give voice to those who have been silenced, especially asylum seekers and refugees. We believe that education and interaction is the key to inclusive society, therefore that is what we provide to people.
Seeds for Change
december
Seeds for Change exists to support grassroots groups fighting environmental and social injustice. We live in a world in which people and ecosystems are exploited for the sake of greed and power, and we believe that to create real change, we need to come together to fight injustice and win. We provide training, facilitation, advice and resources to support grassroots campaign groups and networks to organise sustainably, strategise effectively, collaborate as a movement, and achieve their goals.
Stand Up! Speak Out!
december
Stand Up! Speak Out! (SUSO) aims to create spaces for public sector workers to reflect on their professional identity and empower them to resist complicity with inhumane and racist immigration policies. We do this by bringing together expertise from across the sector to share knowledge and skills through training events in order to build strength and solidarity to collectively resist the Hostile Environment. We believe in the power of education as a tool for social and systemic change. We reject divisive labels and immigration controls. No one is illegal and free movement is a right for all.
Supporting Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
december
The mission of SEED is to advocate, empower and improve the socio-economic status of the marginalised, and promote the social rights of women and youths in Sierra Leone.
Waltham Forest Migrant Action
december
Our vision is a fairer and more equal society for migrants and refugees. Our mission is: to provide support and advice for local migrants and refugees; and to advocate and campaign for the rights of migrants and refugees. Our aims are to: 1. Run an effective and compassionate drop-in support centre 2. Campaign for migrant & refugee rights and stand in solidarity with them 3. Fundraise to achieve WFMA’s aims 4. Ensure best practice in governance 5. Ensure effective communications and external relations.
WAVE – Thessaloniki
december
Wave’s mission is to help where no help is being given and fill service gaps. We were formed to meet the most basic, primary and universal need of all: food. However, over time we have expanded to offer more services and act as a hub for other organisations. We are currently one of the only services that accepts undocumented people, as well as documented, and firmly believe in equality between these two groups. We serve indiscriminately, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, and/or ability, and encourage close interpersonal exchanges to foster solidarity and contribute to the fight against injustice.
Climate Emergency UK
JANUARY
Our mission is to inspire and provide the tools needed for campaigners and councils to take action on the climate and ecological emergency at a local level in the UK. By providing accessible information and transparent data on climate action through our Council Climate Scorecards, we support campaigners and councils to learn from each other and lobby for further action, as well as providing a network where local authorities, activists, NGOs, business and local communities can work together for climate action.
9Trees CIC
JANUARY
Creating nature-rich biodiverse woodlands throughout the UK. Every tree you plant helps us to bring back biodiversity, tackle climate change, create meaningful jobs in the countryside sector and promote wellness through nature.
www.9trees.org
Cae Felin CSA CIC
JANUARY
Cae Felin CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) project is an exciting and innovative project that aims to bring fresh, organic, affordable, and locally produced vegetables to communities of North and East Swansea. Whilst operating as a food production operation this project will aim to provide accessibility to fresh food and outdoor volunteering opportunities to communities and groups from across the Swansea area with a strong focus on biodiversity and wellbeing. We aim to use our site to provide healthy seasonal food to our local community whilst increasing opportunities to access nature through volunteering and effective biodiversity management at our site.
Debt for Climate Switzerland
JANUARY
Developed countries of the global North owe an ecological debt to the countries of the global South. In addition to being responsible for the highest historical emissions of greenhousegases, their exploitation and colonization of most of the global South still continues today through their multinational corporations with the systematic plundering of natural resources. One key mechanism, that maintains the status quo of colonial and fossil extractivism is debt. With D4C we turn debt-trap diplomacy on its head by canceling the debt of impoverished nations as a way to pay for leaving fossil fuels in the ground and financing just transitions.
Extension Rebellion Rutshuru
JANUARY
Organise popular mobilisations to discourage initiatives aimed at the exploitation of mining and oil resources, including in protected areas Conduct advocacy at the national and international level that aims to achieve withdrawal of licenses and permits for oil exploitation granted to oil companies Train new generations of leaders in reforestation techniques.
Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport
JANUARY
GALBA aims to prevent any expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport for three main reasons: the climate damage resulting from additional flights; increased air pollution from extra flights; and increased noise pollution for local communities. Preventing any increase in greenhouse gases is our primary concern. We work closely with other airport/aviation campaign groups around the country to oppose national aviation policies that are contrary to our values and would support expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport and other airports. That is why we are judicially reviewing Jet Zero. You can read our constitution here: www.galba.uk/about-us.
Guerrillas Of Love
JANUARY
Guerrillas Of Love exist to build love through community gardening and to support and re-wild the rapidly disappearing wildlife and biodiversity.
KALLOP HUMANITARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE
JANUARY
MISSION – To support rural communities through capacity building, policy engagement and community empowerment to non-violently demand human rights-based development and justice. VISION – A society where peace and justice prevails and environmental rights are guaranteed.
Kitsquad
JANUARY
Getting out into nature is beneficial to mental and physical wellbeing. For many on a low income, being able to access the countryside can still be unachievable because they lack the gear. Kitsquad enables these people to go out and experience the benefits that nature has to offer, using the correct and comfortable gear. All the equipment and clothing that is sent to our recipients, has come from amazing donors within the outdoor adventure community. The other beneficiary is our planet. As a culture, we are rapidly moving toward reusing and recycling where possible and Kitsquad supports that ethos too.
Meg Wah (My Earth)
JANUARY
To empower and enable local communities, children and young people to take care of our natural environment through endeavours such as engagement, policy changes and restoration activities.
Oxford Friends of the Earth
JANUARY
Oxford Friends of the Earth is a group of people working together to promote a healthy and sustainable environment. We are one of 200+ local groups in England and Wales that are part of the national Friends of the Earth organisation (which is one of 75 national groups across the world). We encourage people across Oxfordshire to be active in driving meaningful, positive change that makes a lasting difference to our environment and we welcome new members.
Peace Education Scotland
JANUARY
Our vision is to advance the knowledge of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Our aims are to raise the level of understanding of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction amongst children, young people, disadvantaged groups and the general public; to increase public awareness of the effects of radioactivity and nuclear explosions on human health and well being; to increase knowledge of the environmental impact of nuclear weapons , nuclear accidents, nuclear waste and radiation; and to advance understanding of conflict resolution by providing information on non-violent approaches to resolving disputes between communities and nations.
Share
JANUARY
We aim to reduce carbon, waste and raw material use through sharing, repairing and re-use initiatives.
Sheffield Community Bike Project
JANUARY
To improve accessibility to cycling by creating an inclusive teaching space where we can help people to learn to fix their bikes. We believe that by improving knowledge we can get more people cycling, which will bring much needed benefits to the environment, public health and much much more!
Swansea University Tree Society
JANUARY
We aim to plant and protect a minimum of 1000 trees every year, with the hopes of inspiring and encouraging more local citizens to care about their own patches of nature.
Theberton and Eastbridge Action Group
JANUARY
Stop Sizewell C opposes the construction of twin nuclear reactors on the Suffolk Heritage Coast due to the environmental impacts, community impacts and because Sizewell C is too slow, risky and expensive to solve our Climate emergency.
Voice of Nature (VoNat)
january
Building a greener, safer and more sustainable planet for both wildlife and humanity to thrive. VoNat envisions a planet where every individual intentionally treats nature with love and respect, understanding that their existence and that of generations is dependent on the environment.
Centre for Environment Research and Agricultural Innovations
FEBRUARY
Our mission is to create and deliver transformative environmental protection solutions that enhance safe lives and we envision a community with safe environment and climate for sustainable development. Our core values includes professionalism , Team work and commitment, respect , integrity and finally transparency and accountability.
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GreenSeas Trust
FEBRUARY
The aim of GreenSeas Trust is to educate, promote and implement environmental programmes to eliminate plastics entering the seas and coastal areas. Our goal is to ensure marine life and fish stocks are sustainable for future generations.
https://www.greenseas.org/
Hadfield
FEBRUARY
Empowering communities with life changing impacts.
http://www.hadfieldinstitute.co.uk
Hogsmill Community Garden
FEBRUARY
The vision for the site has been to create a garden for the whole community, promoting environmental awareness and knowledge of the natural world through working examples. A group of residents have transformed a derelict site into a blossoming wildlife garden, accessible to the whole community.
https://www.facebook.com/hogsmillcommunitygarden/
Lessons In Future Environments
FEBRUARY
We aim to teach skills to the people of Wales; skills that science predicts will be needed as our environment and society changes around us. Many of these are immediate, basic, sustainable skills for periods like the high living costs currently prevailing; or in response to some of the extreme weather events we now experience. We aim to empower individuals and communities through skill sharing, giving them the confidence and ability to maintain their living standards and tackle practical problems. We want to encourage more individual and collective resilience in the face of the rapidly developing climate crisis.
Liberate Hemp
FEBRUARY
To empower the UK to grow hemp without the need for a licence.
@liberatehemp on Instagram
Namubi Tubana
FEBRUARY
Sheffield Fruit Trees Ltd.
FEBRUARY
We’re a workers’ co-operative fruit tree nursery and our aim is to provide Sheffield and South Yorkshire with fruit trees.
http://www.sheffieldfruittrees.co.uk
Together Against Sizewell C
february
Our mission is: To lawfully campaign against the development of Sizewell C and any further nuclear power plants at Sizewell in Suffolk as well as other nuclear power installations, the electrical output from which could be produced by more environmentally sensitive means. To promote renewable production of electricity as it is less costly, less environmentally damaging and produces no radioactive waste, achieving a more secure, sustainable and manageable source of electricity for the benefit of future generations and the planet.
Act Now – Making a Drama out of a Crisis
MARCH
To increase public engagement in environmental issues in South Yorkshire and beyond, through the creative and visual medium of accessible, dramatic performance.
Twitter: @ActNowSheff Insta: actnowsheff
All about change
MARCH
Creating positive solutions for both people and planet. Using sustainable practices where possible.
http://all-about-change.com/
Castle Loch Lochmaben Community Trust
MARCH
To manage Castle Loch Lochmaben, surrounding woodland and grassland (266 acres in all) on behalf of the residents of four local communities. To advance environmental protection and improvement. To advance environmental improvement and thereby to advance community development through community ownership of the Loch
Improve Our Village NGO
MARCH
The main goal is to form more stable and democratic communities through the activation of rural youth, women and girls.
Maru Action Development Foundation
MARCH
Design and implement inclusive tailored community-led innovations that fosters empowerment of underserved women, youth and children, through Promotion of sustainable socio-economic low cost and high impact approaches that transform lives and improve livelihoods. Our main values are transparency, selfless service, integrity and loyalty. Our aims leverage on our organisation’s projected programs and interventions which target to benefit the highly vulnerable categories of people including Women, Youth and Children, including People living with Disabilities, and single mothers, through a number of areas that includes; Skills empowerment and mentorship programs, Environmental conservation and response to effects of climate change among others.
Twitter: @Maru_foundation. Facebook: Maru Action Development Foundation- Uganda
Persatuan Aktivis Sahabat Alam
MarCH
To create new activists, networks and a new generation who can create a significant changes in creating a harmony system among the human civilisation the nature. To nourish ‘green’ mindset & citizen awareness on our mega- biodiversified environment towards development of progressive & sustainable society by continuous education & empowerment To achieve effective environmental protection through grassroot community empowerment who are the key groups as a guardian of the nature by having direct access to the natural resources To preserve & conserve our national biodiversity heritage through multiple approaches To struggle for environmental justice & democracy towards the global sustainability
Laman Utama
SOS North Kelsey
MarCH
Prevent fossil fuel developments in Lincolnshire with particular focus on North Kelsey by raising awareness, and informing the public and local councils of the dangers of the climate and ecological crisis. Motivate & encourage people to engage on local environmental matters, and oppose this unsustainable FF development. Set a planning precedent for the benefit of similar groups across the country. Protect a beautiful rural habitat, rich with wildlife, and keep our environment free from pollution: noise, traffic, light, air. To show oil companies there is no social licence for the damage they cause. Defend local democracy.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/445470462575909
Swarm Dynamics
MarCH
Swarm Dynamics is a cross-disciplinary, non-profit organisation based in England that harnesses arts and creative thinking to help change makers engage wider audiences on environmental and system change issues. Drawing on the talent pool of the Swarm network, we work towards a powerful counter-narrative to the dominant paradigm of neo-liberal, consumption growth-based economies, and spread awareness and action on system solutions towards brighter, fairer, sustainable futures.
A2020 – Index
Tulgey Woods Sanctuary CIC
MarCH
Our primary objective is to increase biodiversity and promote sustainability to a wide audience. Our secondary objective is to work with small groups of people to provide environmental education, teach practical skills and help tackle loneliness and social isolation. Our primary objective is to increase biodiversity and promote sustainability to a wide audience. Our secondary objective is to work with small groups of people to provide environmental education, teach practical skills and help tackle loneliness and social isolation.
Uplift, A People Powered Community
march
Our mission is to drive strategic campaigns and strengthen our movement through member-led action, innovative technology and organising where our members are fighting injustice, climate crisis and inequality. Our role is To be a strong ally, standing with communities facing discrimination and oppression Scale & reach using our reach and infrastructure to mobilise and collectivise in ways that achieve impact Collaborate and work in solidarity in ways that maximise impact and our shared values. Lead high-impact campaign strategies that embody an outside-power theory of change Craft and popularises narratives that energises members and pressurises decision makers.
Climate Resilience Centre Worthing (CREW)
april
Our mission is to be a central hub for community groups to work together to inform, educate and inspire local people about the climate crisis. We do this through events, workshops, talks and activities on related issues including biodiversity loss, climate change, sustainable living and the climate and ecological emergency.
Farming and Health Education
april
Our objective is ecological job training for homeless and unemployed displaced people, helping them to care for the planet while also meeting their basic needs and achieving a fair livelihood. As we are is addressing the dire of health, protection and psychological needs of children to their families and communities with one of our strategies being strengthen the community base, protection mechanism and enabling communities to be active in environment change and protection of food security, Provision for people to access those resources necessary for their existence through supplying regenerative agriculture, health and psychological skills in the refuge camp.
Mafwa Theatre
april
Mafwa Theatre is a community arts organisation based in Leeds bringing refugee, asylum seeker and settled communities together through creativity and culture.
Optimistic Foundation CIC
april
Optimistic: Makes interventions in the prevailing philosophical and cultural landscape of our times. Is built from long term engagement with the contested sites of East London. Believes in the power of artists to help shape the dominant stories of our times. Empowers action through education and creativity and makes the space for this to thrive. Deploys a variety of cultural practices to argue for and create a more socially, economically and environmentally just world around us. Makes big issues accessible to wide audiences. Makes transformative action contagious in the midst of turmoil and uncertainty.
Parents For Future Scotland
april
We deliver parent-to-parent talks in school communities to give parents a warm, open connecting space to consider climate change and their power to fight against it.
Rwamwanja Rural Foundation
april
Our aim is to make highly nutritious “ready- to- use food products more accessible and affordable to those who need them most, while also increasing awareness of their benefits and therefore generating demand.
The Colne Valley Park Trust
april
The Colne Valley Park Trust exists to protect and promote the countryside in the Colne Valley Park area, guided by six objectives: Landscape, Countryside, Biodiversity, Recreation, Rural Economy and Community Participation. We protect, enhance and promote the Park. Our work aims to: • Promote for public benefit the conservation/protection/improvement of the Colne Valley’s physical and natural environment through delivering projects & issuing grants • Advance public education in the conservation/protection/improvement of physical & natural environment • Promote the Colne Valley for recreation/leisure to those in need, in the interests of social welfare.
Građanska inicijativa Sačuvajmo Sinjajevinu
may
Građanska inicijativa Sačuvajmo Sinjajevinu (Civic initiative Save Sinjajevina) is a non-governmental organisation from Montenegro whose primary goal is the fight for the protection of ecological values and people on Mount Sinjajevina and all mounts of Montenegro. In order to protect our way of life, since 2018 we have been fighting against the establishment of a military training ground on Sinjajevina, and our primary goals are: – Annulment of the decision on the establishment of a military training ground, which was adopted by the Government in 2019 -Establishment of the Sinjajevina regional nature park, in the management and development of which the local community will actively participate.
Norwich Friends of the Earth
may
We are part of an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.
Our Only World
may
We are not-for-profit and all passionate volunteers intent on payback to future generations. we aim to promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural marine environment. We liaise with schools, local businesses and other groups to support marine conservation.
REAL Sustainability
may
REAL’s mission is to provide Regeneration through Education, Action and Leadership for those organisations and individuals wanting to learn how to implement that shift and become leaders in a positive sustainable future. Fashion Declares is a bottom-up movement of people in the fashion industry who want to share best practice, learn, and take effective action in the climate, ecological and social crisis. Our 5 goals are; Speaking out for urgent action; Decarbonisation, restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity; Social justice and the Just Transition; Radical Transparency and Corporate Governance; and scaling Regenerative Fashion models.
Thin Green Line Foundation UK
may
Thin Green Line Foundation protects nature’s protectors by providing vital support to indigenous rangers working on the frontline of biodiversity protection and climate mitigation worldwide.
Photo credited to Jeremy Goss.
Wild Earth Movement
may
Inspiring and empowering communities to make positive changes for the planet through sustainable events, eco education and community engagement.
Climate Camp Scotland
june
Climate Camp Scotland is a national grassroots collective organising for climate justice in Scotland. We want to prevent the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in Scotland, ultimately shutting it down, leading to a worker-led transition to community-owned renewable energy. For this, we run mass protests and large climate camps in the vicinity of fossil fuel infrastructure, as a direct challenge to the industry, and to build bridges between climate activists, local frontline communities, and workers. Our camps are a central gathering point for the climate movement to reflect, learn and strategise together.
Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions
june
Our mission is to be fair to all communities, to inform and share information, to brake down the jargon of aviation to ensure all have a voice. To raise awareness and educate to the impact aviation is having on our planet.
Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association
june
The aims of FFBRA are to prevent exploration and production of hydrocarbons (oil or gas) in the parish of Balcombe.
Greener and Cleaner
june
Our Mission is: – To break down myths and stereotypes and popularise and normalise active engagement with the Climate Crisis though local people sharing knowledge, skills, and time collaborating. – To help people from all different backgrounds to understand local impacts of high carbon lifestyles and biodiversity loss, and the relevance to their own lives, while also giving them the knowledge and skills to use their voices, as well as their choices, to protect their families and their communities. – To improve equity, wellbeing and community resilience by helping to make sustainable living accessible and inclusive for all.
Integrated Agricultural Association
june
I.A.A seeks to do environmental protection and promote sustainable agriculture, by strengthening the capacity of community members, especially women and young people in regenerative agriculture and green economy. Her aim is to enhance the quality of life, support and promote integrated sustainable community development, by contributing to the improvement of livelihood of communities through the enhancement of knowledge, sustainable practices and services in the areas of; Agriculture, Environment, Climate change, Health, Education, Women empowerment, Water & Sanitation and Human rights in Cameroon.
Lekeh Development Foundation
june
Our mission is to effect and change lives positively by enhancing innovative best practices, peaceful action and advocacy in mitigating climate crisis, environmental/human rights violation, economic challenges and standing for healthy sustainable environment for women, youth, children and future generations.
Re-Alliance
june
Re-Alliance promotes a regenerative vision for the humanitarian and development sectors. We are a coalition of regenerative practitioners, educators, humanitarian workers, and policy makers. From Permaculture in refugee settlements, to eco-building in disaster prone regions, to water harvesting in areas severely affected by worsening climate change, our members showcase how we can create stability, resilience and abundance, even in times of crisis. Campaigning at the intersection of human rights and the environment through training in regenerative design in the humanitarian and development sectors, we aim to grow the influence and impact of regenerative development.
Rimrose Valley Friends
june
Our aim is to promote and improve the wonderful community resource that is Rimrose Valley Country Park and to protect it for future generations. To improve the health and wellbeing of the communities that it serves and to preserve the flora and fauna there, linking with wider environmental issues such as climate change.
Unidos Social Innovation Center
june
Our mission is to use entrepreneurial skills to create a self-reliant community that can effectively socialise with others, relate with different communities, promote peace and unity, among other important tools for social development.
West Central London Fixers
june
West Central London Fixers bring together volunteer repairers and the community to fix their electronics for free.
Zero Waste North West
june
Promoting sustainable development by the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of natural resources Promoting sustainable means of achieving economic wellbeing and regeneration. Promoting environmental protection and public health, particularly through educational initiatives that engage and empower local citizens to exercise their democratic rights Supporting local government agencies and the citizenry to take responsibility for conserving and protecting our natural resources Functioning as a watchdog of the environment, monitoring issues of concern and disseminating information.
ecobirmingham
july
Supporting greener, fairer and healthier communities in Birmingham. We give the people of Birmingham the tools to take positive environmental action and help others do the same. We look at sustainable living holistically and our core areas of work cover – Transport, Food, Education, Waste, Water, Arts Engagement and Energy. We deliver grass roots activities, events, campaigns, interventions and programmes that engage, educate and stimulate communities and volunteers; supporting, advising, challenging and training organisations and influencing wider social change through dissemination, partnerships, research and internships.
Karambi Group of People with Disabilities
july
Karambi Group of People with Disabilities operates an inclusive model that promotes human rights, advocacy for persons with disabilities to access social services, economic empowerment, access to clean water and ensuring food security through empowering communities with permaculture and regenerative system approaches that also benefit the environment.
Latin America Bureau
july
LAB is a digital and print publisher and platform, publishing multimedia news, analysis and events on social and environmental justice in Latin America. We have published over 150 books since 1977, highlighting the grassroots activism and testimonies of social movements. We support budding journalists and translators and assist academics in reaching wider audiences, always with an aim to inform, support, and contribute to change. As one of the few outlets in UK to bring these stories to English-speaking readers, we are uniquely positioned to inform the public of new ideas about social justice and sustainable economic alternatives from the region.
Norwich EcoHub
july
Our mission is to provide a ‘hub’ for social enterprises, charities and community groups to meet, work and collaborate, to build a more resilient local economy based on cooperation, fairness, wise use of resources, and respect for the living world. We believe community capacity-building is key to addressing interconnected challenges our society faces: inequality, isolation, climate and ecological breakdown and their associated impacts. We know that great ideas often come about through chance conversations and unexpected collaborations, and we want to create a welcoming and affordable space which facilitates these. Our aim is to promote, coordinate and celebrate sustainable living.
Save Roanhead Campaign
july
We are a group of local volunteers fighting to save a precious sand dune habitat from development.
Take One Action
july
Take One Action nurtures communal exploration of the stories, ideas and questions at the heart of positive social change. Our activities bring diverse communities together through film and inspire them to take actions for a fairer and more sustainable world, in Scotland and beyond our borders. We harness the power of film to bring people together, spotlight vital issues of (in)justice, and spark tangible action – all of which are essential in these times of growing uncertainty and inequity. Our work is independent, values-driven, accessible, and delivered through a variety of collaborations that support local creativity, opportunity, action, and hope.
https://www.takeoneaction.org.uk/
Photo Credit Kat Gollock
Yorkshire Life Aquatic CIC
july
Our mission is to make Leeds a climate-conscious city that is taking meaningful action to reduce our impact on the planet. We want as many people as possible to join the movement to make Leeds a net zero city by the 2030’s. We believe the solution is connecting people to Climate Action Leeds(CAL) and their Climate Hubs, which is a five year project aiming to get Leeds to net zero by the 2030’s. Encouraging small steps to big leaps, we want to connect a wide range of people who share a common goal: to save our planet.
Incredible Edible Conwy
august
Our mission is to create kind confident and connected communities through the power of food.
Preston Climate Emergency Centre
august
Our aim is to educate, promote and raise awareness for the public benefit the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment specifically but not exclusively by: Supporting approaches and methods of reduction, mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change; Educating the public in the influences, impact, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and issues that are related.
Strategic Response on Environmental Conservation
august
Our mission is to promote the sustainable development of the natural resources in Uganda and Great Lakes region.
A Single Thread CIC
september
A Single Thread known as Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) focuses on regenerating fashion with direct community action. We mitigate the environmental damage of fast fashion by filling the gap between the growing consumer desire to change fashion habits and the need for greater information, resourcing and basic skills to facilitate that change. Taking a creative, grassroots approach we work with individuals, organisations, community groups, education providers and brands to help make sustainable fashion accessible. No matter your background or budget, we empower people with skills and resources to drive forward a positive shift in our collective relationship with clothes.