Become
Stands with children in care and young care leavers, through advice, one-to-one support and community groups that help them build stability, confidence and opportunity.
National children's charities
These small charities deliver impactful programmes for children across the UK, combining specialist expertise with large-scale reach. Whether providing mental health support, building confidence, championing inclusion or improving family stability, these organisations work to ensure every child can thrive, no matter where they live.-
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Action for Conservation
Inspires young people from diverse backgrounds to protect the natural world, through workshops, camps and leadership training that grow the next generation of environmental leaders.
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MYTIME Young Carers
Supports young people who care for a loved one, through school programmes, life-skills sessions and respite breaks that ease isolation and give them the confidence to pursue their goals.
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Empire Fighting Chance
Combines non-contact boxing with intensive mentoring to help young people facing violence, exclusion or poor mental health build confidence, resilience and a path into work.
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Storybook Dads
Helps parents in prison stay close to their children by recording bedtime stories for them to hear at home, keeping families connected and helping to reduce reoffending.
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StreetDoctors
Empowers young people in areas affected by violence to become lifesavers, with first aid training that builds the confidence to act in an emergency and protect one another.
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Go Live Theatre
Uses theatre to help disadvantaged and disabled young people build confidence and broaden their horizons, through workshops and theatre trips that open up new opportunities.
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The Literacy Pirates
Helps 9 to 13-year-olds who are falling behind at school to catch up, through volunteer-led sessions that build reading, writing and confidence.
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Our Time
Supports children and young people who have a parent with a mental illness, through groups in schools and communities that help them feel understood, connected and secure.
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Chiva
Supports children and young people growing up with HIV across the UK, through camps, peer groups and advocacy that reduce stigma, so no young person faces their diagnosis alone.
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The Wave Project
Uses surf therapy to support young people aged 8 to 24 with mental health needs, learning difficulties or disabilities, building their confidence and wellbeing on UK beaches.