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Our areas of focus

The money that you give changes lives.

With your support we give children someone to turn to when they are carrying a load that’s just too heavy to manage alone. These specialists help children to overcome the challenges they are facing and be the best they can be.

We particularly help children who are struggling with challenges caused by:

Poverty and deprivation

Mental health

Family challenges (such as abuse)

Social inequality

The Heaviest Backpack- our mental health campaign

Our mental health campaign, ‘The Heaviest Backpack, focuses on the burdens that follows children and young people around everywhere, weighing them down wherever they go – whether it’s anxiety, problems at home or other issues. 

Young people smiling and chatting with a phone and headphones

We Move FWD

We Move FWD is a programme that exists to champion and safeguard Black joy and imagination. We fund Black children and young people – along with their communities – to help them create a world in which they can thrive.

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