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Four people stand in front of a brick wall. They are smiling.

Project update

A visit to Crisis in Tower Hamlets, London

A tour of the London Skylight Centre to learn more about the impact of the £75K grant we awarded last year. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery this money has been used to strengthen Crisis’ frontline services in London.

4 women stand in a warehouse with a banner that shows Beauty Banks

Project update

Visiting Beauty Banks in Croydon

Last week, Deborah Roil, our Director of Compliance, spent time at Beauty Banks’ Croydon warehouse, helping pack boxes of essential hygiene products to be sent to local charities and seeing first-hand the vital work Beauty Banks does.

4 girls in football kit sit on the floor at Bloomsbury Football Foundation

Young people

Visiting Bloomsbury Football Foundation

Bloomsbury Football Foundation currently supports over 2,200 girls per week – making the organisation the largest provider of girls’ football in the UK, and by far the largest with a charitable mission that also offers financial support to players.

A woman holds a gift bearing the words Beauty Banks

Health disparity

Taking part in the Beauty Banks Wrapping Day

We took part in wrapping thousands of donated gifts. 96 volunteers gift wrapped more than 3,500 donated beauty and hygiene gifts to be distributed across the UK later this week.

Project update

Heading out to the hills with Farms for City Children

On Thursday 2 October our CEO Delva Patman joined year 6 children from Alfred Salter School, London on their farm residential at Nethercott House in Devon.

A group of woman in a community centre smile at the camera

Chronic disease

Organ donation week – the National Kidney Federation (NKF)

The National Kidney Federation are the largest kidney patient charity in the UK. With approximately 3.25 million people living in the UK with kidney disease, the National Kidney Federation are a lifeline of support and hope to patients and families.

Four women stand in front of a presentation screen in a classroom. It says student minds on the screen.

Project update

A visit to Leeds to meet Student Minds

Delva and Paul met some of the Student Minds team to hear about empowering new student union officers and student society leaders to help address health inequalities.

A man in a blue sport in mind shirt plays table tennis

Preventative care

Sport in Mind – physical activity to improve wellbeing

Earlier this year The Health Lottery Foundation awarded a grant of £15,000 to Sport in Mind to help fund their Hampshire weekly sport and physical activity programme.

A group of peoples stand in a circle in a forest

Chronic disease

Meeting heart patients at a woodland wellbeing session in Bristol

Hosted by The Forest of Avon our CEO, Delva Patman took part in a woodland wellbeing sharing day with heart patients and their families, in Bristol.

4 people in a wood. Two wear helmets and climbing gear. Two others are talking to them.

Disability inequity

Firsthand experience of a Phab adventure!

Phab works to break down barriers to inclusion for disabled and non-disabled young people and adults. It was a pleasure to see the charity in action at residential activity centre Avon Tyrell.