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
MAPS Mentoring
MAPS: (Mentoring, Advocacy and Peer Support), is a project that sits within Volunteer Centre Sutton. MAPS Mentoring is dedicated to empowering vulnerable children and young people who are either [...]
Oxford Hub
Oxford Hub is a local charity working to tackle inequalities of health, education and inequality in Oxford. Through volunteering programmes and collaborative community projects, we support people to bring [...]
Queens Crescent Community Association
Queens Crescent Community Association (QCCA) works in one of the most deprived and diverse neighbourhoods in England. What started as a residents’ drinking club in Camden, North London became [...]
QPR in the Community
QPR in the Community Trust works within the local community providing opportunities based on the main objectives of health, education, social inclusion and participation, tackling National issues at a [...]
StreetDoctors
StreetDoctors is a movement of young healthcare volunteers who train young people how to save the life of someone who has been stabbed or knocked out. Our peer-to-peer training [...]
STAR Scheme
The Star Scheme is an innovative new programme with a mission to support, transform and achieve through rugby. The scheme makes a real difference to the lives of young [...]
Onwards & Upwards
Onwards & Upwards was created to break the cycle of re-offending which ensnares almost half of the prison leavers in the UK, putting lives on hold, causing suffering and [...]
Villiers Park
Villiers Park Educational Trust is a social justice charity committed to equality in education and career opportunities for young people from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds. Through a bespoke mix [...]
Sister System
Sister System’s mission is to bridge the gap between care-affected girls and mainstream society, by working alongside them to ensure they have the same opportunities everyone else has - [...]
School of Hard Knocks
SOHK for Schools is a unique three-year intervention that uses rugby coaching, classroom sessions and mentoring to improve attendance and behaviour at school. Their ultimate aim is to help [...]
Hounslow Action for Youth
Young people living in Hounslow, aged between 7 and 18, come along to take part in a big range of fun activities. The projects and clubs on offer are [...]
Reaching Higher
Reaching Higher is a youth charity with a Christian ethos, focused on serving young people and challenging them to be leaders of their own lives. We believe in building [...]
The Baytree Centre
The Baytree Centre INTO SCHOOL projects aims to support newly arrived migrant and refugee girls to transition to their life in the UK. The project specifically will aim at [...]
