Charity Of The Month
Every month we select a charity to highlight these remarkable organisations within our Charity of the Month.
Qlic's Charity Of The Month
At Qlic, we’re privileged to collaborate with incredible charities dedicated to community service. Our ‘Charity Of The Month’ feature is a special chance to highlight these remarkable organisations. We’ll share insights about their mission, the challenges they overcome, and their noteworthy accomplishments, celebrating their impact and dedication.
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Latest Charity of the Month
October
Orchid Project
Orchid Project is a UK and Kenya based charity working solely to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
Get to know more about the charity, the challenges they face and the goals they’ve achieved.
Get to know more about the charity, the challenges they face and the goals they’ve achieved.
Past Charities
Welcare
September
Welcare
Welcare is a Christian child and family support charity and that works with parents and children in South London and East Surrey.
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Forever Hounds Trust
August
Forever Hounds Trust
Forever Hounds Trust rescues unwanted, abused or abandoned greyhounds and lurchers and matches them to happy homes.
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York Road Project
July
York Road Project
York Road Project is one of Surrey’s key homelessness charities: supporting people in Woking, Waverley and the surrounding areas.
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Action for Family Carers
June
Action for Family Carers
Action for Family Carers is a long-established Essex-based charity that has been supporting unpaid carers for nearly 35 years.
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St Benedict’s Hospice
May
St Benedict’s Hospice
St Benedict’s Hospice in Sunderland has delivered free palliative care, advice, and support to patients dealing with a life limiting illness and their families for over 40 years
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Catalyst Support
April
Catalyst Support
Catalyst Support is a Surrey-based charity committed to promoting mental wellbeing, social inclusion, and resilience across local communities.
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Apps for Good
March
Apps for Good
At Apps for Good, They believe that young people can shape their future through technology, so we’re on a mission to make sure they have the tech innovation skills to truly thrive in an ever-changing world.
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Magpie Dance
February
Magpie Dance
Magpie Dance is the UK’s leading dance charity for people with learning disabilities. They believe that a learning disability should not be a barrier to personal and artistic success.
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SEED
January
SEED
SEED is a voluntary organisation founded in 2000 in Hull, East Yorkshire, by Marg Oaten MBE and Dennis Oaten. Their aim was to increase awareness of eating disorders and provide more support to those in need.
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Tough to Talk
December
Tough to Talk
Tough to Talk is a dedicated charity focused on breaking the silence surrounding male mental health.
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Burma Campaign UK
November
Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK is part of a global movement working for human rights, democracy and development in Burma.
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Strawberry Hill House & Garden
October
Strawberry Hill House & Garden
Strawberry Hill House & Garden, created by Horace Walpole in the 18th century, has been open to visitors for over 250 years. This extraordinary building is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture and home to an increasingly important collection of paintings and objects.
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Brain & Spine Foundation
September
Brain & Spine Foundation
The Brain and Spine Foundation, soon to be rebranded as i-Neuro, is a charity dedicated to helping people affected in any way by neurological health conditions.
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Integrate UK
August
Integrate UK
Integrate UK is a youth led charity that invests in the skills, passions and talents of marginalised,
socio-economically challenged young people to nurture future leaders who promote our vision of a
society based on gender and racial equality and community cohesion
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Music in Hospitals & Care
July
Music in Hospitals & Care
Music in Hospitals & Care is a charity that improves the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music.
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Stonewall
June
Stonewall
Stonewall is an amazing charity that helps to empower & upskill LGBTQ+ people & their allies, by driving positive change in public attitudes and policies, helping to transform the day-to-day experience of all LGBTQ+ people.
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Freewheelers Theatre And Media Company
May
Freewheelers Theatre And Media Company
Freewheelers is a diverse and creative company of people with disabilities based in Leatherhead, Surrey. Working alongside directors, producers, composers, artists and writers to co-create and produce engaging thought-provoking, funny, joyous and highly entertaining theatre, dance, film and music.
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Save the Rhino
April
Save the Rhino
At Save the Rhino International they connect people striving to conserve rhinos and their habitats with people who want to support that vital work, and contribute their own knowledge and skills to the conservation effort
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Surrey Independent Living Charity (SILC)
March
Surrey Independent Living Charity (SILC)
Surrey Independent Living Charity (SILC) was founded in 1997 and has been working since then to provide support and information to enable more disabled people to live independently.
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Reach Volunteering
February
Reach Volunteering
Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity and the UK’s single biggest source of trustees for the voluntary sector.
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Lewisham Local
January
Lewisham Local
Lewisham Local connects and collaborates with individuals, businesses and organisations to encourage all to share what they can to respond to emerging and enduring needs and strengthen local community groups.
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Women For Refugee Women
December
Women For Refugee Women
Women for Refugee Women is a charity supporting women who are seeking safety from war, persecution, gender-based and sexual violence, and other torture to rebuild their lives in the UK.
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Birthrights
November
Birthrights
Birthrights is the leading authority on the rights of women and birthing people during pregnancy and birth in the UK and their work has never been more urgent. Birthrights’ work is critical to not only transforming the experiences and outcomes for individuals, but also in shifting wider policy, practice and systems.
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Air Ambulances UK
October
Air Ambulances UK
Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) is the national charity supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities, enabling them to save even more lives every day.
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The Baytree Centre
September
The Baytree Centre
The Baytree Centre is a social inclusion charity for women and girls, based in the heart of Brixton. They provide holistic support through personal development activities and workshops, mentoring, coaching, as well as English classes and integration support for newly arrived migrants and refugees.
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The Harmony Therapy Trust
August
The Harmony Therapy Trust
The Harmony Therapy Trusts’ vision is for “the hands of Harmony” to offer therapy to all those suffering from life-altering illnesses.
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Centre for Mental Health
July
Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health has taken the lead for over 30 years in challenging policies, systems and society so everyone can have better mental health. They do this by building research evidence to create a fairer mental health policy.
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Home for Good
June
Home for Good
Since 2014, Home for Good have been on a mission to find a home for every child who needs one through fostering, adoption and supported lodgings for teenagers.
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Dramatize
May
Dramatize
Dramatize is a popular, person centred provision providing meaningful life-based skills, work experience, therapies and fun for adults with learning disabilities. Their aim is to advocate for their students to ensure they reach their personal goals and full potential within a supportive environment.
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The Compassionate Friends
April
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.
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InSpire at St Peters
March
InSpire at St Peters
InSpire’s mission is to build the confidence, life skills and aspirations of Walworth residents so that, despite the challenges they face, we can enable individuals, families and organisations located in the local area to thrive.
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Time & Talents
February
Time & Talents
Time & Talents has been supporting local people of all ages, and bringing people together for mutual support, fun and friendship for over 135 years.
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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
January
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is the charity that promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in the UK. Get to know more about the charity, the challenges they face and the goals they’ve achieved.
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Repton Community Trust
December
Repton Community Trust
Repton Community Trust aims to provide excellent resources and opportunities, empowering people to connect, build community and lead a more fulfilled life.
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The Grange Centre
November
The Grange Centre
The Grange wants to lead the way as a provider of choice for people with learning disabilities, inspiring our local and wider communities
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Sickle Cell Society
October
Sickle Cell Society
The Sickle Cell Society is the only national charity in the UK that supports and represents people affected by a sickle cell disorder to improve their overall quality of life.
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Age UK Lancashire
September
Age UK Lancashire
Age UK Lancashire offers a range of services to help older people across Lancashire make more of their lives. Their care services are available to help frailer older people or those who feel lonely or isolated.
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Girls Friendly Society
August
Girls Friendly Society
Girls Friendly Society is a feminist charity that believes in a society free from gender inequality. They aim to achieve it by providing groups where girls and young women
build friendships, gain confidence and learn that they are unstoppable.
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First Love Foundation
July
First Love Foundation
First Love Foundation helps to tackle poverty. They’ve spent the past 11 years pioneering and embedding an innovative alternative to the way poverty is tackled and have helped thousands of people facing crisis to get their lives back on track.
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SEED
June
SEED
SEED’s mission is to create a facility that provides sufferers and carers alike with confidential independent and non-judgemental advice and support to ensure they are aided by the best possible network of care and support to facilitate recovery.
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Azalea
May
Azalea
Azalea supports all men, women and communities who have been impacted by sex trafficking. Through their programmes, they hope to support men and women and facilitate them to make choices which will lead them into living a life free from addiction and sexual exploitation.
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Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM)
April
Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM)
YGAM inform, educate and safeguard young people against gaming and gambling harms. Their vision and strategy is guided by and contribute to the Gambling Commission’s National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Related Harms.
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Services
March
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Services
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services are Kent’s biggest independent charity dedicated to providing support to people affected by dementia. Working within the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley area since 1991, they have a local reputation for providing excellence in dementia support and care.
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Lucy Air Ambulance For Children
February
Lucy Air Ambulance For Children
Lucy Air Ambulance is the only charity in the UK that flies children to hospital by aeroplane. This ensures children can receive the specialist care and treatment they need, wherever they are in the UK.
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The Listening Place
January
The Listening Place
The Listening Place started up in 2016 and they strive to provide support for the suicidal. The Listening Place provides a warm and welcoming environment; somewhere individuals can talk openly about their feelings, without any judgement.
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The Maypole Project
December
The Maypole Project
The Maypole Project has now been around for 18 years and throughout them years, they have provided emotional and social support for children with complex medical needs and their families.
We have had the opportunity to work with The Maypole Project for just over a year now and what a lovely, hardworking team they are!
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