Together Co is a charity in Brighton that addresses loneliness in their area in a practical and successful way. We made a grant to help fund their highly successful befriending programme.Emily Daniel and Ruth Lumley explained how befriending works. “Together Co supports people across Brighton and Hove who are experiencing loneliness or social isolation and
Tackling loneliness is one of our key objectives. Loneliness can be found across society and within all age groups. We want to support those charities who reach out and often act as a catalyst to bring people together. We got to know Together Co, a charity based in Brighton, in early 2025 and were impressed
Stockdales is one of our valued Partner Charities and in August 2025 we were pleased to give them a grant of £5,250 to cover the cost of a replacement shower bench for their Ashton Lane home in Sale. The team shared with us how essential this piece of specialist equipment is for their residents ………
We have supported Alder Hey since the Foundation was launched. In 2022 we made a grant to support the Sunflower House project. Alder Hey’s Charli Canfer sent us this update. “Our specialist inpatient unit Sunflower House provides a safe and nurturing ‘home from home’ for children and young people with some of the most complex
Institute in the Park is a Partner Charity. We have supported their research into childhood illnesses since 2016 and have now made seven grants totalling over £100,000. Our latest grant was made in July 2024 to purchase a plate washer. The research into health and diseases often goes under the radar with progress appearing to
Alder Hey was our first Partner Charity and we have been supporting them since 2015. Our last grant for £9,974 funded two state of the art, high-specification defibrillators. Our total grants to the hospital are nearly £63,000. This is a long term relationship. Adam Challoner from Alder Hey told us what the new defibrillators mean
The research into dementia led by Professor Myra Conway is part of our Partner Charities programme. We made our fifth grant in July 2024 bringing the total since 2019 to over £45,000 primarily to fund much needed specialist equipment. We asked Dr Roshita Edward, a key member of Myra’s team, to update us on progress.
Fun and play are the themes of our third project with Stockdales. We really wanted to do something different this time, having focussed previously on their residential homes, so we were excited when Emma Morris, their CEO, talked about another part of what they offer, Community projects. These schemes focus on learning life skills through
