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Special Olympics
Organisation
Special Olympics transforms lives through the power of sports.
specking+partners
Organisation
specking+partners enhances sustainable development on the basis of a systemic approach. Our clients are wealthy individuals, families, family offices, charitable giving structures, corporations and organisations. We advise and coach them in their endeavour to act more responsibly. We inspire and establish innovative ways of integrating long-term practices into private and business routines. We aim to support personal well-being and overall business success in the context of a more sustainable present and future.
Key topics are philanthropic initiatives, social entrepreneurial mechanisms, socially responsible and environmentally viable investments, corporate social responsibility and sustainable leadership practices. We guide you through the process of devising, realizing and implementing new strategies into your private activities and business routine.
specking+partners’ approach is to identify and learn with a holistic view, looking at the whole spectrum of opportunities. We aspire to guide our clients from a social responsible perspective not only in their personal matters, but also in their business engagements.
An intelligent strategy anticipates pertinent factors systemically and implements solutions in a focussed manner over time – with qualified partners and peers playing their parts.
How we add value:
- Using our expertise and knowledge to let you uncover and build your own plan with respect to social responsible topics
- Identifying where and how you should begin
- Working with you whilst you implement your plan, helping you to measure the impact you are having and optimize activities
- Giving you access to our broad network of specialist partners
- Administrating, advising or sitting on the board of your charitable structure or company
Stevenage Community Trust
Organisation
A Community Trust is essentially a donor services organisation offering a range of professional services to companies, groups and organisations, and which aims to encourage giving, by getting funds to the most deserving causes.
Stewardship
Organisation
Stewardship is a leading UK charity Donor Advised Fund promoting generous and tax-effective giving. Its award-winning Philanthropy Services team will partner with you to provide a personalised service that frees you from the complexities of making larger gifts so you can focus on supporting the causes you are passionate about. Services include social impact investing, legacy and estate giving, international grant making, research services and Stewardship’s innovative Donor Advisory Board, which uses the board structure to enable input from family, friends and advisers without the legal burden of charity trusteeship.
Stewardship was founded over a century ago by a small group of Christians who partnered to release generous gifts and financial support to Christian ministries. Today, we help over 30,000 people experience the joy of being generous stewards, giving more than £100 million each year to over 6,000 charities, 4,000 churches and 2,300 Christian workers.
Stone King LLP
Organisation
Stone King LLP is a law firm which combines a leading national charity law practice with a vibrant private client practice. It provides, on a national basis across the UK, a unique rounded and cohesive service to philanthropists and social entrepreneurs, as well as to charities and other not-for-profit organisations.
Stonewall
Organisation
Stonewall is here to let all lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, here and abroad, know they're not alone. We believe we're stronger united, so we partner with organisations that help us create real change for the better. We have laid deep foundations across Britain - in some of our greatest institutions - so our communities can continue to find ways to flourish, and individuals can reach their full potential. Stonewall works with individuals through a series personal and professional development programmes that enable people to connect with and influence others to challenge homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. Through our Diversity Champions, we work with over 750 members across the public, private and third sectors to help them create inclusive and accepting environments for almost a quarter of the UK workforce. We campaign, lobby and fundraise to enable LGBT people to be themselves, whoever and wherever they are.
Suffolk Community Foundation
Organisation
Established in 2005, Suffolk Community Foundation are an independent charity dedicated to helping local people find local solutions to local community needs from the grassroots up across Suffolk. They work with both the voluntary sector and local donors to address local needs with a programme of grant-making, capacity building and philanthropy.
Sussex Community Foundation
Organisation
Sussex Community Foundation supports local charities and community groups across East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
Tate
Organisation
Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897. Today it has four major sites and 70,000 artworks.
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.
Tees Valley Community Foundation
Organisation
Established in 1988 Tees Valley Community Foundation is one of several community foundations located across the UK that are dedicated to empowering local communities to address disadvantage and exclusion. The Foundation awards grants to the community and local people who are passionate about making a difference.
The Fermanagh Trust
Organisation
The Fermanagh Trust, Fermanagh's Community Foundation, is dedicated to creating a partnership of donors, non-profit making organisations and the community, to find solutions to the pressing community needs in Fermanagh.
The Gloucestershire Community Foundation
Organisation
The Gloucestershire Community Foundation is dedicated to funding community based action that improves the lives of Gloucestershire's most disadvantaged people.
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.
The Impact Investment Network Ltd
Organisation
IIN is a partnership of value-driven businesses working collectively to empower both public and private companies to grow in a sustainable and ethical way, bringing leading organisations together as part of a dynamic network of socially and environmentally driven, commercially-focused businesses from across the globe.
The Philanthropy Company
Organisation
The Philanthropy Company are leaders in philanthropy and fundraising. They advise charities on income growth and philanthropists on giving strategies.
The Power of Nutrition
Organisation
The Power of Nutrition is an innovative charity that partners with corporates, philanthropists and foundations to raise new money for maternal and child nutrition in Africa and Asia.
The South Yorkshire Community Foundation
Organisation
The South Yorkshire Community Foundation raises funds from businesses, philanthropists, trusts and statutory bodies and using them to meet the needs of local people facing economic hardship and other barriers to aspiration.
The Staffordshire Community Foundation
Organisation
The Staffordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to strengthening local communities and tackling issues of disadvantage and exclusion.
Thoughtful Philanthropy
Organisation
ThoughtfulPhilanthropy offers personalized, professional research to inform your charitable giving.
Thoughtful Philanthropy’s Director, Lauren Janus, works with individuals and couples to understand their passions and priorities for giving to charity. Using her background in the charity sector combined with an MBA, Lauren creates giving reports that help her clients understand the issues behind the causes they care about, and suggests impactful ways to donate.
From climate change to AIDS in Africa, Lauren will map out the players and highlight the strategies organizations are following to solve the issue you care about. She’ll create an accessible, personalized report for you to take away and consider before deciding which group/s you will give to.
If you are thinking about an issue or cause you’d like to support–whether it’s the obesity epidemic or the endangered sand cat–but want to be really thoughtful in how you give your money away, please get in touch about becoming a client. I’d love to hear what issues you care about.
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