Free2B Alliance is a Community Interest Company supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Free2B has three key service areas: Support for LGBTQ+ young people via youth clubs and 1:1 mentoring, support for parents of LGBTQ+ children, via Proud Parents group & 1:1 mentoring, and Delivering LGBTQ+ awareness training, to foster an inclusive environment within education establishments and organisations across the sectors. Free2B improves LGBTQ+ lives by providing responsive wellbeing support, safe spaces and proactive education, empowering local communities to address discrimination.

AYDA, based in Croydon, develops special workshops and activities for all young people and provides advice and support for parents who are isolated and have no familial bonds. The organisation looks to empower the community to recognise different beliefs, values & customs to promote diversity and raises awareness of cultural practices that have implications for all.

Based in Lambeth, Friends of Ruskin Park ensure Ruskin Park is well cared for and maintained, and has a planned and healthy future. They raise money to help maintain and improve the park, preserving it for future generations and also organise and support a regular programme of events and activities.

Lambeth based Sister2SisterBU is a women’s empowerment group. Inspiriting women to better their wellbeing, confidence and self esteem. Activities include: Monthly Menopause Support Group, Saturday Morning Breakfast Chills, Wellbeing Courses and an Annual Ladies Wellbeing Day.

Millennium Community Solutions is a growing volunteer project for the disabled, Elderly & unemployed. The organisation partners with Lambeth, Leonard Cheshire, FareShare Southbank University, & Morley College, among others throughout South London. We are specialists in Assistive tech for the disabled, founders & lead organisation of Lambeth employability consortium and sponsors for young businesses & sports for the disabled.

Begin2Sports Group specialises in sports coaching for young people and adults, providing physical activity, mental wellness, health and well-being and mentoring designed to develop and maximise participants full potential, confidence and self-esteem. Begin2Sports Group also sponsors talented children to participate in activities, life skills, and mentoring programme.

Best Before Project aims to reduce food waste by raising public awareness about the amount of food being wasted in the UK because of the misinterpretation of the “best before” date label. Main activities include, running educational campaigns about food labels and encouraging food businesses to sell food that has passed its best before date as it’s legal and safe to do so. They also encourage and help facilitate them donating to local charities.

Every Step Matters provides therapeutic group and individual support to children young people and adults empowering them to break the cycle of Domestic Abuse and form healthy loving relationships.

Thrive CIC is the social enterprise for gender equality. One pillar of Thrive’s work is with corporate businesses helping them to achieve gender equality amongst their people. To achieve this, we write inclusive evidence-led corporate policies and run educational sessions internally where we bring in frontline expertise on the issues being tackled.

The Safety Box was born out of the great need to proactively address the growing concerns of youth violence, low self-esteem, knife crime, bullying, CSE (Child Sexual Exploitation), school exclusions, gangs, drugs, exploitation and underachievement of young people. Their mission is to awaken the potential of youth, so that they have a better future and above all keep them safe, delivering a range of accredited programs to not only those in prison, youth at risk, and young people; but also to their parents, caregivers and professionals working with youth at risk.

Life Force Hub’s mission is to support those in the Borough of Wandsworth who are looking to start or grow a business. Helping with the entrepreneurial thinking to build better foundations. The organisation offers tailored training courses, matching them with the right business mentor and helping to raise the capital investments they require. Life Force Hub has an underpinning goal of providing opportunities to those who are under represented in the community and do not have access to the tools required to achieve long-term financial independence.

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is a global organisation working for the practical realisation of human rights through research, advocacy, capacity building and mobilisation. Locally, the organisation links with the Commonwealth Secretariat and other institutions based in London advocating for human rights promotion and protection within the Commonwealth. In addition, they work closely with our Commonwealth 8.7 Network members focusing on eradicating modern slavery who are based locally. Our London office is small, with 6 in our team plus 4 interns, looking to expand and improve systems and processes.

Chair of TrusteesHome-Start Lambeth’s aim is to prevent the challenges of poverty, neglect and isolation from compromising children’s ability to thrive, through matching volunteers with vulnerable families with young children in order to provide support through weekly visits and calls. All volunteers are carefully recruited, selected and trained to support families with a range of

Home-Start Barnet’s mission is supporting families to give children a strong start in life. They operate across Barnet, Brent, Enfield, Harrow and Tower Hamlets, delivering emotional and practical support to parents and children and offer one-to-one home visiting, group activities, MoneySmart coaching, and counselling.

Being incredibly disturbed by the silence of the Indian diaspora in UK to the increasing number of gang rapes and the sheer brutality of them, gave birth to NaariSamatā, a charity working on rape prevention by teaching the youth about gender equality and respect for women.

The Big Local SW11, works to address loneliness, isolation and mental health (particularly Anxiety and Depression) using a Community Development approach, enabling others and working in partnership. Their aim is to build a stronger, more resilient community sector by removing barriers that prevent people from realising their potential as residents, workers and volunteers.

The Catalyst Collective believes that mentoring can be a powerful intervention in the lives of young women. We recruit, train, match and support young professional Black women with Black teenagers for year-long mentoring relationships. The organisation is committed to facilitating meaningful mentoring relationships between young Black women, and mentors they can identify with to support them in achieving their goals.

The Young People’s Foundation Trust (YPF Trust) supports placed-based Young People’s Foundations across London and the UK with a mission geared towards ensuring that the existing Young People’s Foundations are impactful and efficient, telling the story of their successes and enabling its successful replication elsewhere. YPF Trust recognises the critical role that universal, accessible youth services provides in the development, aspiration and potential of children and young people.

Lerato supports hard to reach disadvantaged BAME young people aged 9-25 years old in Lambeth. We provide sports and creative arts activities for 9-16 year-olds during the school holidays to keep them safe and give them experiences that build resilience, confidence, and self-esteem. In addition, we run an accredited business and enterprise course supported by coaching and mentoring for 16-25-year-olds. Our aim is to support young people to be aspirational, so they break down the barriers that exist in their personal and social lives to seek financially secure futures.

Healthy Living Platform develops community programmes and activities that empower local people and are self-sustaining. They offer activities which benefit the health and wellbeing of the whole community and help improve the environment we live in, running food projects, vegetable bag schemes, food parcels, food growing/gardening, walks, Yoga, Zumba etc.