The William Wates Memorial Trust supports around 20 to 25 charity projects at any given time. We normally support each for up to a period of 3 years. Our current projects are listed below
The Children’s Literacy Charity supports children from disadvantaged backgrounds (including those with special educational needs such as dyslexia) to achieve the literacy levels expected for their age.
Free to Be Kids uses the outdoors, adventure and psychologically informed youthwork to transform the mental health of particularly vulnerable young Londoners experiencing immense challenge - parental addiction, neglect, [...]
At Strength and Learning Through Horses (SLTH), we’re dedicated to empowering vulnerable young people through working with horses. Based in Barnet, North London, we’ve been providing evidence-based equine-assisted therapy [...]
Emerge Advocacy exists to bring a 'Voice of Hope' to young people who are in A&E because of self-harm, a suicide attempt or emotional crisis. Our specially trained youth [...]
GASP Motor Project (GASP) engages vulnerable young people across Surrey through vocational training in motor mechanics and engineering. The charity supports disadvantaged and marginalised children and young people (predominantly [...]
The Children’s Book Project is a lean, grassroots, volunteer-powered charity that understands the enormous power that reading has in shaping children’s lives. We have an ambition to eradicate book [...]
The William Wates Memorial Trust is working with Future Frontiers to provide career coaching and guidance to empower disadvantaged young people to discover their aspirations and take positive next steps towards [...]
'One degree of change. One lifetime of possibilities' One Degree mentors and empowers teenagers from less advantaged backgrounds by developing their self-belief and transforming their academic performance Their online [...]
The Kinetic Foundation is an innovative London-based football and education charity. Since 2011, Kinetic has provided over 12,000 young people with opportunities to achieve their full potential on and [...]
Youth Adventure Trust (YAT) take Year 7 to 9 pupils from Swindon and the Wiltshire area on a series of adventure camps and day activities that take place over 3 years.
Regenerate is a community organisation working with young people and their families in estates and wards of high economic and social deprivation in Wandsworth, London.
Chapter One transforms children’s futures by giving them one-to-one reading support at the time when they need it the most: at the very start of their education journey. In [...]
Only Connect exists to help ex-offenders live crime-free lives: our overarching goals are to reduce re-offending and increase the opportunities, dignity and regard of one of the most marginalized [...]
