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The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust is an independent grantmaking charity that wants to make a real difference to the lives of children, their families and carers within Greater London.

We provide financial support in the form of grants to other registered charities which promote the care, safety and upbringing of children. For over 100 years, Beacon Lodge has worked with children and their parents who needed our support. beaconlodge.org.uk

Energy Saving Trust Foundation is the charitable arm of Energy Saving Trust and shares its mission to address the climate emergency.

Children and young people care passionately about the climate emergency. They want to take action but often don’t know where to start. This is especially true for young people experiencing inequality. Energy Saving Trust Foundation aims to i address this.

We’re funding youthled projects in the UK to empower young people experiencing inequality to take meaningful action on the climate emergency, focusing on the issues that matter most to them.

energysavingtrust.org.uk/ about-us/our-corporatesocial-responsibility/thefoundation/

In 2017 a series of tragic events led the Charity Commission for England and Wales to recommend a new approach to national emergencies. The Manchester Arena bombing, the Grenfell Tower fre, and the terror attacks in London at Westminster Bridge and

London Bridge sparked incredible waves of public generosity, which made a huge difference to the lives of survivors and their loved ones. But there were important learnings that year too. The prevalence of individual fundraising pages made it hard to address instances of fraud. While the innovative work by the London Emergencies Trust and We Love Manchester

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Working in partnership with other charitable organisations, our mission is to fund grassroots projects that make a tangible and sustainable mprovement to the lives of people in need.

The charity was originally set up to enable staff at UK engineering company Halcrow to help people whose lives were devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. After Halcrow was sold, we continued as an independent charity and broadened our remit to help

Emergency Fund showed the benefts of taking a fast and coordinated approach to raising and sharing out funds for those affected.

Sector experts and emergency survivors came together to conceive the National Emergencies Trust. We are an independent charity dedicated to responding to UK disasters. The Trust was communities around the world who are experiencing poverty and hardship. halcrowfoundation.org launched by its Royal Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, in November 2019. nationalemergenciestrust. org.uk

We now focus on helping communities in selected areas of Africa, Asia and the UK. We fund projects such as building toilet blocks for schools in Zambia, where we can ensure good governance through our network of project sponsors and partners.

Norfolk Community Foundation is an independent local charity that helps ordinary people do extraordinary things, supporting local communities to thrive and improving the lives of people who live in our county.

People’s Health Trust is a charity addressing health inequalities in England, Scotland and Wales. We work to ensure that where you live does not unfairly reduce the length of your life, or the quality of your health. Our work focuses on:

• Funding and support for communities experiencing the greatest disadvantage

• Using our evidence and learning to infuence change locally and nationally

• Working with our networks of funded partners to offer support, shape our programmes and policy, and ensure the voices of those most marginalised are represented. Our funding focuses on the building blocks of health –

We provide local funding and support that ensures small local charities and voluntary groups can continue and grow, providing essential care, support, and opportunity for the most vulnerable in our communities. All funds raised are invested in Norfolk to make a real difference to local lives. Led by our local knowledge and insight, we direct support to where it is most needed. norfolkfoundation.com

Ovingdean Hall Foundation, previously Ovingdean Hall School for Deaf Children, is a small national charity and grant-maker supporting education projects for deaf children and deaf young people. We marked our 10th anniversary in 2022.

Over the past decade, we have worked with many charities including the National Deaf Children’s Society, Doncaster Deaf Trust, Music and the Deaf, Mousetrap Theatre Projects, Panathlon and SignHealth. With the help of our supporters, we have funded new music and sensory rooms, specialist equipment, and sports and theatre experiences for deaf children and young people. We also fund scholarships for teachers training to become teachers of deaf children and young people.

through social connections, jobs and income, good quality homes and a healthy local environment. These building blocks – often called the social determinants of health – are the reasons for the differences in life expectancy and quality of health throughout the country. As well as where we are born and live, factors such as discrimination and racism are also critical. peopleshealthtrust.org.uk ovingdeanhall.org.uk

A warm welcome to all our other new members who’ve recently joined us.