Brilliant stories
When you back brilliant people, brilliant things happen. Here are some of those stories.
Brilliant stories
Youth Shedz: helping young people thrive
Youth Shedz provides a safe place for young people who have been in care, or experienced other challenges, to explore who they are, develop relationships with positive role models, learn new skills and contribute to community projects.
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WODIN: helping migrant women get digitally and socially connected
WODIN is run by and for migrant women in Liverpool, supporting women with digital skills training as well as practical and emotional support.
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Hope and Vision: supporting recovery in the community
Hope and Vision Communities provides accommodation and ongoing support for people that have completed residential treatment for addiction.
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Maa Shanti: supporting South Asian women affected by domestic abuse
Maa Shanti supports South Asian mothers affected by domestic abuse, including forced marriage, human trafficking and coercive control. We visited to learn more about their vital work.
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Gingerbread: highlighting the negative impact of Universal Credit sanctions on single parents
Alexandra Jones, Policy Manager at Gingerbread, spoke to us about their recent research into the impact of Universal Credit sanctions on single parents.
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CARE: supporting people with complex needs
CARE, Christian Action and Resource Enterprise, is a charity in Grimsby supporting people who are in crisis.
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Rebuild: empowering people to live free from exploitation
Rebuild East Midlands provides long term person-centred support to survivors of modern day slavery and exploitation in Derbyshire.
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Justlife: Supporting people with lived experience of homelessness to influence national policy
Justlife helped set up the an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) with Shared Health, where people with lived experience share their experiences with MPs to get temporary accommodation on the government’s agenda.
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Voices in Exile: welcoming and supporting refugees and asylum seekers
Voices in Exile provides legal and practical support to refugees and asylum seekers. We interviewed Mel Steel, Director, and Alison Kelly, Head of Services, who shared how the Foundation’s funding and development support has helped the charity continue and strengthen their vital services.
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The Oswin Project: creating second chances
Fiona Sample and James Stoddart from The Oswin Project spoke to us about how they are creating second chances for people who have experienced the criminal justice system and how the Foundation's funding and development support has strengthened the charity.
Read moreLearn more about how we connect and catalyse community-led change
We want everyone in England and Wales to be in a good place. Our role in achieving that is to connect and catalyse community-led change. That means building bridges between people and opening doors to what they need. It means supporting new ideas and helping good ones grow. And it means backing local people to lead the way, deciding what their communities need to be in a good place.