Members
Two Ridings Community Foundation
Organisation
Two Ridings Community Foundation aims to improve quality of life by inspiring, stimulating and facilitating philanthropy in North and East Yorkshire, York and Hull.
UK Community Foundations
Organisation
UK Community Foundations is a registered charity that leads a movement of community foundations committed to positive social change in the UK through the development of “community philanthropy”.
UNICEF
Organisation
UNICEF is the world's leading organisation working for children, working in over 190 countries.
University College London
Organisation
UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with 8000 staff and 25000 students.
University of Pennsylvania
Organisation
More than 250 years after its founding, the University of Pennsylvania continues to achieve excellence in research and education.
UNLtd
Organisation
We want a future where enterprising people are transforming our world for good. We believe that solutions to social problems reside within the people they effect. We find social entrepreneurs with bold solutions to today’s challenges. Through funding and support, we help them to realise their potential and create lasting change.
Urszula Swierczynska - Fundraising/philanthropy advisory
Organisation
Resource mobilisation consultant based in Milan, supporting organisations and individuals to grow their social impact ideas.
Veale Wasbrough Vizards
Organisation
Veale Wasbrough Vizards acts nationally for clients in education and charities, healthcare, private wealth, public and family owned business sectors.
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.
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.
William Harvey Research Foundation
Organisation
William Harvey Research addresses areas of unmet need in pharmacology and the life sciences, with a focus on early-stage research in cardiovascular disease, endocrine disorders, genomics and inflammation.
We exist because funding is limited for early-stage research: very few charities focus on this. Our research addresses many targets (for common and for rare diseases) where there is at present little or no effective treatment.
Statistics that put our research in perspective include the following: 60% of people over 65 in the UK suffer from heart disease; over 6000 patients are waiting to receive organ transplants, and these usually last on 10-15 years; 350,000 children’s lives are debilitated through heart conditions.
Innovative research at WHR is focussed on the advancement of knowledge and the development of new treatments, with the aim of improving these statistics.
Our focus on early-stage, pioneering research is performed at world-leading pharmacology centre, the William Harvey Research Institute. We advance medical knowledge, increase success in clinical trials, and create the potential for new treatments.
WHR’s robust financial model ensures 100% of all donations are used entirely to support research.
William Harvey Research comprises the William Harvey Research Foundation (the charitable arm), William Harvey Research Institute, and William Harvey Research Limited.
WISE, Philanthropy Advisors
Organisation
WISE, philanthropy advisors, supports donors and their families in fulfilling their philanthropic aspirations. Using its knowledge and experience on the realities of social action, it intends to provide donors with a personalized, confidential and tailored service throughout the different steps of their philanthropic engagements.
Withers LLP
Organisation
Withers is experienced in the fields of not-for profit and charity law and tax advice. Their philanthropy and charitable giving team has extensive experience of finding the most appropriate way of achieving clients' philanthropic aspirations in their differing circumstances.
Worcestershire Community Foundation
Organisation
Worcestershire Community Foundation aim to create a sustainable grants programme for the county, therefore ensuring present and future generations have the support to improve their life opportunities.
WWF
Organisation
WWF protects endangered wildlife and environments, tackles climate change and promotes sustainable use of resources.