HeadGuard

HeadGuard is a UK Community Interest Company that uses boxing as a tool for empowerment, emotional regulation and personal development, working with people who have experienced adversity, trauma and disadvantage. Founded by former professional boxer Cathy Brown, it puts the person first. Its non-contact, trauma-aware sessions are not about fighting: they teach safe technique and […]

Summit

Summit is one of Essex’s longest-standing mental health charities, founded in 1976 as Tendring Mental Health Support in Clacton-on-Sea. As advocacy became a profession through the 1980s and 1990s, Summit trained in legislation and human rights and played a key role in helping people leave long-stay hospitals and be heard in decisions about their care. […]

Settle

Settle is an award-winning charity supporting young people across London as they leave care and move into their first home. Focusing on that critical transition into independent living, it helps young people avoid eviction and prevent homelessness. Through weekly one-to-one coaching, it builds the practical skills and self-belief needed to manage money, sustain a tenancy […]

Help Counselling

Help Counselling makes professional therapy available without the usual barriers: no waiting lists, no GP referral, no cap on sessions. For over 50 years this registered charity has been a sanctuary for adults facing anxiety, depression, grief and relationship challenges. Its approach suits care leavers especially well, offering consistent, long-term support that does not age […]

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust brings together some of the UK’s leading paediatric and women’s healthcare. Home to 63 specialised services across its hospitals, it treats around 650,000 people a year. Birmingham Children’s Hospital is the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centre, caring for children up to 16 and nationally designated for epilepsy surgery, […]

FitzRoy

FitzRoy is a national charity supporting people with some of the most complex learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, across more than 100 specialist homes and community centres in England. It believes everyone deserves the chance to live the life they choose, in a real home and as part of their community. What makes […]

Move Different CIC

Move Different is a social enterprise tackling one of the UK’s most pressing challenges: stopping young people from becoming NEET, not in education, employment or training. Built on the belief that young people rarely disengage overnight, it works to spot the early signs before they escalate. At its heart is a sentiment assessment tool, co-designed […]

Survivors Of aBuse (SoB)

Survivors Of aBuse is a survivor-led charity supporting adults who have experienced adverse childhood experiences, including abuse and neglect, helping them move from surviving towards greater safety, confidence, wellbeing and choice. Founded by survivor, author and campaigner Chris Tuck, it combines lived experience with professional knowledge, offering practical tools, education, peer support and connection. Its […]

St Wilfrid’s Hospice Seahorse Project

The Seahorse Project, run by St Wilfrid’s Hospice, gives grieving children and young people somewhere to turn. It offers free, specialist bereavement support to those aged 6 to 18 across Eastbourne, Seaford, Hailsham, Heathfield, Uckfield and everywhere in between, helping them understand and manage difficult feelings in a safe, supportive space. Care-experienced children can carry […]

Ingeus

Ingeus works every day with people who have faced significant challenges, and it knows many of them have experience of the care system. Across justice, youth, employment and health services, it sees both the barriers care-experienced people can face and the strengths, resilience and potential they bring. Ingeus believes no one should be defined by […]