Stories
Stories of charities helped by BWCF.
ACTION THROUGH ENTERPRISE
ACTION THROUGH ENTERPRISE is a small, but well established UK-based charity supporting children living in Lawra, rural Ghana where the working population rely on subsistence farming, with long periods of food insecurity. Poor education reinforces the persistent cycle of rural hunger and poverty and in Lawra. ATE is very successful in...
Adventure Unlimited
Adventure Unlimited's mission is to support the development of disadvantaged young people through adventure education. Since 1977 they have successfully provided outdoor education to around 6,000 young people each year in Brighton & Hove, Sussex and Surrey. They ensure activities are accessible including providing one-to-one support, transport and subsidised places....
African Adventures Foundation
African Adventures Foundation (AAF) is the charity arm of the volunteer tour organization African Adventures Limited and was set up in 2013 to provide support to over 25 schools in developing areas of Ghana, Kenya and Zanzibar (part of Tanzania).These schools provide education, health and food security, and social support...
Ambitious About Autism
Founded in 1997 by a group of parents, Ambitious About Autism (formerly TreeHouse) is the national charity for autism education. Ambitious About Autism is working to transform the lives of the one in every 100 children in the UK who are diagnosed with autism, a lifelong neurological disorder which affects a person’s ability to...
Asian Students Christian Trust
A small charity based in Manila and Camberley, ASCT has provided support since 1975 to hundreds of the poorest, and deprived children in the Philippines. Many of these children are from families living on rubbish dumps scavenging a living. ASCT currently have almost 300 children in their care most of...
Autism Bedfordshire
Autism Bedfordshire is an independent charity providing information, advice, and emotional and practical support for children, young people and adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, their parents/carers and associated professionals in Bedfordshire and Luton. National figures indicate that autism affects around 1 person in every 100. Based on this, it is...
British Blind Sport
British Blind Sport is the UK's only national charity that supports blind and partially sighted children and adults to get active and play sport, working to create an inclusive and accessible sporting environment for people with sight loss throughout the UK. Over 2 million people in the UK are living with sight loss....
CHECT (Childhood Eye Cancer Trust)
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rare and fast growing type of eye cancer that affects babies and young children, mainly under the age of six. The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) is the only charity in the UK exclusively supporting families affected by Rb. Around one child a week is diagnosed...
CHICKS
CHICKS exists to enable children who are growing up in poverty or in deprived inner city areas to have the chance to have a holiday or visit the coast which to them is usually a distant dream. It provides 8 – 15 year olds with free respite breaks so that...
Daisy Garland
Founded in 2004 by Sara and David Garland, after the death of their daughter Daisy, The Daisy Garland is a family-run, national, registered charity providing positive support for children with epilepsy and their families/carers. For more than eight years The Daisy Garland has funded eight specialist trained ketogenic dietitians who work...