Browsing Charities
Tom Maynard Trust
(UK, 1149782) Browse events
YTD Raised: £23,175.38
(UK, 1149782) Set up in memory of Tom Maynard, we help aspiring disadvantaged sportspeople with different aspects of their development, including: bursaries; training/education; overseas placements; kit/equipment; and, in partnership with others, helping raise awareness of rehabilitation programmes within sport.
Sported
(UK, 1123313) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20,952.26
(UK, 1123313) Sported is a UK legacy charity supporting grass-roots sport groups who use sport as a hook to engage disadvantaged young people. We provide funding and business support to these groups to help them become more sustainable and ensure they can continue to use the power of sport to change young lives.
Derby County in the Community
(UK, 1123520) Browse events
YTD Raised: £20,589.00"Use the power of Derby County Football Club to improve the lives of the people of Derbyshire through participation in sport".
Transplant Sport UK
(UK, 1127314) Browse events
YTD Raised: £19,367.84
(UK, 1127314) Transplant Sport is a registered charity whose main aim is to raise awareness of the need for organ donation. We organise sports and social events for transplant recipients to improve health and well being whilst actively promote organ donation.
The Atlas Foundation
(UK, 1161179) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,652.47The Atlas Foundation Lifting people out of poverty, disease and illiteracy across the globe. The Atlas Foundation was founded by some of the world’s leading rugby players, keen to give to others the advantages and opportunities they found through rugby. It supports rugby projects around the world that use the power of the game to better people’s lives, working through a network of Rugby Champions who identify projects that relieve human suffering and disadvantage. The Atlas Foundation works to improve lives regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race or religion. Charity No: 1161179
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
(UK, 1113725) Browse events
YTD Raised: £16,235.00
(UK, 1113725) Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is committed to providing the best sports, health, training and education programmes for all our communities; creating opportunities, encouraging enterprise and innovation, promoting social cohesion and enhancing life skills.
Crudwell Village Hall Fundraising
(UK, 294177) Browse events
YTD Raised: £15,525.13Crudwell Village Hall and Recreation Ground provide meeting and play facilities for village activities. The hall is used by many village organisations for group meetings. Non village groups and individuals can hire the hall for functions. Playground facilities include a multi-sports facility, playing field and children's play area. Crudwell 'Le Mans' 24 Hour bike ride raises funds for Crudwell Village Hall and 60% of funds raised by each team goes to the charity of their choice.
Access Adventures
(UK, 1162976) Browse events
YTD Raised: £15,051.13We want to improve the quality of life for disabled people by giving them access to sport and outdoor activities. Our residential camps aim to push boundaries and challenge expectations. The physical and psychological benefits following involvement with sports cannot be underestimated. Finding the freedom that comes with adaptive sport can increase confidence and self belief. Our goal is to make outdoor adventure affordable and accessible for anyone with a physical disability.
Swings and Smiles
(UK, 1120598) Browse events
YTD Raised: £14,863.77Most families take recreational play for granted. For families of children with special needs, this is impossible for some and extremely difficult for most. The aim of Swings and Smiles is to provide a fun and safe facility where children can enjoy play appropriate to their needs and abilities.
Tour de Forth
(UK, SCO45762) Browse events
YTD Raised: £14,644.31To advance public participation in sport and to raise funds for charitable organisations. The first activity is to organise a cycling sportive around the firth of Forth.
Dwarf Sports Association Uk
(UK, 1041961) Browse events
YTD Raised: £13,682.25We aim to make regular sporting opportunity accessible and enjoyable to anyone and everyone of restricted growth in the United Kingdom, regardless of their race, colour, ethnic origin, gender, location, sporting ability or financial support. We promote and develop sport for persons of restricted growth and to enable them to enter and compete in sport on an equal footing. We promote competitive sport for dwarf athletes both in the United Kingdom and Internationally. We provide opportunities for dwarf athletes to train for and compete in the DSAuk National Games, World Dwarf Games and the Paralympics. We promote recreational sport for the the benefit of any persons of restricted growth.
The Yard
(UK, SC002538) Browse events
YTD Raised: £13,291.68The Yard aims to provide children and young people with additional support needs and their siblings the chance to experience creative and adventuous indoor and outdoor play in a well supported environment
Friends Of Rwandan Rugby
(UK, 1113179) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,784.00"When we play rugby everyone smlles" Friends of Rwandan Rugby is a small, innovative charity which teaches the joys of rugby to boys and girls in some of the most impoverished regions of Rwanda. FoRR’s mission is to promote reconciliation through sport, using rugby to build trust, friendships and foster shared experiences on the rugby field. The charity currently employs 6 Rugby Development Officers (RDOs) coaching rugby across 85 rural schools. For all the gruesome statistics from Rwanda’s genocide – and there are many – perhaps the most sobering is that 96% of the child population at the time are thought to have witnessed the bloodshed first hand. Now those children are helping to build a new Rwanda and for some one thing has made that unenviable task just a little easier: Rugby Rugby as a contact sport helps build very strong relationships & friendships. Players need to be friends with their team mates so they take care of you on the pitch. FoRR focuses on teaching rugby to children and young adults in schools and communities across Rwanda from towns to rural areas. FoRR’s core day to day activities involve:
READY
(UK, 1016998) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,691.27READY is a volunteer run charity. We raise money to help young people with disabilities to take part in sport and healthy leisure activities for fun and fitness. Independently. We provide grants for specialist equipment e.g.racing and basketball wheelchairs, ice sledges and electronic aids.
England and Wales Blind Golf
(UK, 1064829) Browse events
YTD Raised: £12,495.00England and Wales Blind Golf Was formed in 1982 to provide blind people with the opportunity to participate and compete in the great game of golf. Loss of sight has a devastating effect and coming to terms can be traumatic. EWBG can play a vital role in helping to restore confidence and self esteem
The Weekenders Club
(UK, 1077162) Browse events
YTD Raised: £11,436.72It provides children between the ages of 5 and 19 who have severe disabilities or complex care needs with an OFSTED registered activity club, which operates on 47 weekends per year, where they can enjoy supervised indoor and outdoor play, games, sport, crafts, music and trips out.
MFC Foundation
(UK, 1059418) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,931.08The MFC Foundation is Middlesbrough Football Club’s charity. It delivers projects in the heart of Teesside, harnessing the power of sport to make a lasting, positive impact on individuals lives. As The MFC Foundation we have an amazing opportunity to truly change lives through football.
Leeds Rugby Foundation
(UK, 1112580) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,864.40Leeds Rugby Foundation is Leeds Rugby's official charity that delivers projects in the heart of the community. Harnessing the power of sport to make a lasting, positive impact on individuals' lives. As Leeds Rugby's charity we have an amazing opportunity to truly change lives through sport.
Exeter City Football In The Community
(UK, 1121596) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,843.79Exeter City Football in the Community Charity works in collaborative partnerships to deliver physical activity, health and wellbeing and educational services and experiences for people of all ages and abilities throughout Devon. The charity operates in four main areas: education, social inclusion, health and sports participation and engages more than 50,000 children, young people and adults per year in programmes within these areas. The charity provides more than 4,500 holiday club places and 6,000 after-school club places and more than 3,300 sessions for people with learning difficulties as part of the Ability Counts programme. More than 1,000 players take part in street soccer and there is a full cohort of girls training at the Devon FA player development centre. Football in the Community also delivers external educational programmes, such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and a fully accredited Level 3 BTEC National Extended Diploma in Sport. The charity works in partnership with many external bodies, such as Devon County Council, Exeter College, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Lloyds TSB and Exeter City Council. Exeter City Football in the Community Charity is a registered charity (Charity No 1121596).
Special Olympics Great Britain
(UK, 800329) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,417.31Special Olympics Great Britain is the country’s major provider of sporting opportunities for people with a learning disability focusing on providing equality of opportunity for all athletes regardless of their level of athletic ability. It is a volunteer based organization, with 135 local branches and provides year-round sports training in a variety of Olympic type sports for over 8000 learning disabled people.
Inspire Suffolk
(UK, 1101519) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,114.85Inspire Suffolk provides opportunities to motivate and engage young people of all abilities – using the theme of sport to raise achievement and inspire learners. We aim to be wholly inclusive and encourage a healthy and active lifestyle for all.
Youth Sport Trust
(UK, 1086915) Browse events
YTD Raised: £10,007.45The Youth Sport Trust is an independent charity devoted to changing young people's lives through sport. Established in 1994, we are passionate about helping all young people to achieve their full potential in life by delivering high quality physical education and sport opportunities.
Podium Partners
(UK, 1156597) Browse events
YTD Raised: £9,796.50We provide funds to promising young athletes when they really need it most; right at the start of their career. Early encouragement, support and funding significantly increases the chance of a young person achieving their potential. Lack of finance should not be a barrier so disabled and able-bodied athletes are encouraged to apply for funding to help cover the costs of their training. Anyone can apply as long as their club and coaches sanction their application and their sport is recognised by Sport England. Athletes complete the application on our website detailing their training goals and the costs associated with them. Once approved each athlete has their own page on our website and on Virgin Money Giving, where they can showcase their talent and individuality. You support the athletes of your choice; friends, family, school mates, club members, the wider sporting public, in fact anyone can help. All donations are collected by us and then distributed to the athletes in accordance with their financial needs detailed in their application. We don't charge a penny, relying on your generosity to fund the charities running costs.