Organisations

Organisations

Here you will find a list of Philanthropy Impact members (denoted by background colours) as well as resource organisations/umbrella bodies, for example EVPA (with clear backgrounds).

ActionAid
Organisation
ActionAid is a charity which works to help people free themselves from poverty and injustice.
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Organisation
Leonard Cheshire Disability is a leading disability and development agency, working to support the inclusion of people with disabilities through access to inclusive education, training and livelihoods and global advocacy. We work with our Global Alliance, partner organisations and governments around the world to in order deliver sustainable programmes that enrich the lives of people.
Oxfam
Organisation
Oxfam is a globally renowned aid and development charity with 70 years of experience, working and campaigning with partners in 94 countries worldwide.
SOS Children’s Villages
Organisation
SOS Children’s Villages works around the globe giving children orphaned and abandoned due to civil war, poverty, disasters and pandemics a family, a community and the stepping stones to a brighter future. Our mission is to ensure that every child’s right to a family, protection, education and healthcare is fulfilled.
Sightsavers
Organisation
Sightsavers works to combat blindness in developing countries, restoring sight through specialist treatment and eye care. They also support people who are irreversibly blind by providing education, counselling and training.
Tearfund
Organisation
Tearfund is a Christian relief and development agency working in some of the most vulnerable and fragile areas of the world, where people’s lives are frequently at risk from disease, climate change and natural disaster, and economic, social and political instabilities.  
 
We are committed to committed to eradicating poverty.  We do this by:
Responding to disasters  - ensuring communities affected by disasters receive life-saving assistance, recover quickly and are better equipped to face and respond to future hazards.
Developing communities - working sustainably and holistically with local churches and  communities to reduce poverty and build resilience.
Envisioning churches  - enabling the global church to address poverty and injustice.
Changing policies - changing unjust policies and practices of the powerful to deliver justice for poor communities.  
 
Working towards these outcomes, we focus on four thematic areas: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), livelihoods, food security, resilience.  Emerging areas of work for Tearfund are sexual and gender based violence, and conflict resolution and peacebuilding.  
 
We deliver our work through local partners, operational programmes, alliances such as the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and Inspired Individuals (a programme to identify, support and resource social entrepreneurs with potential to transform the lives of millions living in poverty).
 
Tearfund is committed to reaching the most vulnerable and marginalised, selected on the basis of need alone, regardless of their race, religion or nationality. 
Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Telephone:
020 8943 7818
The Greg Secker Foundation
Organisation
Founded in 2010, the Greg Secker Foundation is a not-for-profit organization committed to positively improving the quality of life of people around the world. Focusing on education, life skills and leadership initiatives, the foundation strives to equip communities with sustainability by providing the essential tools of success.
UNICEF
Organisation
UNICEF is the world's leading organisation working for children, working in over 190 countries.
VisionFund
Organisation

VisionFund is the world's largest Christian microfinance network, active in over 30 countries.  We offer small loans, savings, and insurance to families living in poverty, especially those in hard-to-reach, rural locations.  Almost half of our clients are small-holder farmers.  As part of World Vision, we build economic resilience in communities to help children grow-up with improved nutrition, healthcare and access to education.  This year we impacted the lives of over four million children, with nearly three-quarters of our loans going to women.

 

Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Contact name:
Annalisa Plachesi
Address:

5th Floor 11 Belgrave Road London...

Telephone:
+44 207 821 8673
Voluntary Services Overseas
Organisation
VSO's work revolves around six development goals, linked to the priorities of their partner agencies overseas, international development targets and their distinctive areas of expertise – for example, in education or working with grassroots groups.