Zero Food Waste is a project at UCL that aims to tackle food waste on campus. We redistribute food from where it is in excess to where it is in need: from UCL cafés to homeless shelters and surplus food bank.

Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide charity dedicated to funding vital research to help sick children . As a charity we find and fund cutting-edge research across the UK most likely to deliver real benefit to children.

Action Tutoring is a national education charity that supports disadvantaged young people to achieve a meaningful level of academic attainment. This enables them to go on to progress in education, employment or training.

Advocate is the Bar's national charity that makes it possible for barristers to balance a dedicated practice with making a significant contribution to the community.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) is a small but successful Afghan organisation founded in 2001 by Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, a refugee who arrived in the UK with his young children in 1999.

ACS is a non-profit organisation. Our organisation provides inclusive services to local adults, children and families living on low incomes, supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds' to achieve and develop new skills in the community.

Age UK Camden aims to promote the well-being of all older people in the London borough of Camden and to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Age UK Islington is a charity which uses innovative techniques to provide support to Islington residents over the age of 16, enabling them to use self-help approaches to manage their own health and wellbeing.

Age UK Kensington & Chelsea is a local charity working with and for older people. We aim to promote independence and well-being in later life, encouraging self-help and peer support.

Age UK Westminster exists to promote the well-being of older people in the City of Westminster and help make life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience within our local community.

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future.

The Anna Fiorentini Theatre & Film School, which is a not for profit organisation, opened in 2001 as a Prince's Trust Business. Since then it has won multiple Business of London Awards and has a growing reputation within the performing arts industry.

ASPIERATIONS has been specifically created to help high-performing talented individuals with autism to achieve fulfilling, rewarding and appropriate working lives.

Beat is the UK's eating disorder charity. We are a champion, guide and a friend to anyone suffering from an eating disorder and their loved ones.

Benjamin Franklin House is a dynamic museum and educational facility located at 36 Craven Street, just off Trafalgar Square. The House is the only remaining residence of this American founding father and distinguished scientist.

Bletchley Park is a vibrant heritage attraction, open daily to visitors, revealing the secrets and telling fascinating stories of the secret British World War Two codebreaking operations.

Come and join the Bloomsbury Festival team as a volunteer and be part of a global festival here on your doorstep. Bloomsbury Festival is a festival of arts, culture, science, literature and fun that explodes onto the streets of Bloomsbury over 10 days in October.

Sick, injured and homeless pets have relied on us since 1897. Abandoned or unwanted, ill or injured, pets turn to us for help every year. Our doors are always open to them, and with your support, they always will be.

Organisation aims / mission / values

We are on a mission to help children in London learn to read. On average, 8 children in a class leave primary school every year unable to read well, disproportionately effecting children growing up in poverty.

The company works across the borders between cultures and art forms, and between nations and peoples.

Breast Cancer Now is the only UK-wide charity providing specialist support and tailored information for anyone affected by breast cancer. Our clinical expertise and emotional support network help thousands of people find a way to live with, through and beyond breast cancer.

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.

Brook is the UK's leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. We are the only charity working across the UK and Channel Islands that specialises in working with young people to promote their sexual health in the wider context of health and wellbeing.

Burgh House is a grade I listed house built in the early years of the 18th century. We are open to the public as an art gallery and local history museum with a diverse programme of cultural events including exhibitions, talks, concerts and workshops.

C4WS Homeless Project, established in 2005 exists to support those without a home to rebuild their lives. We now consist of 12 churches offering shelter for 5 months of the year and also offer welfare support.

We are a 1.2 acre community garden near Kings Cross.

Camden Arts Centre is a place for seeing, making and talking about contemporary art. Our year-round programme includes exhibitions, artist residencies, talks and events, school and artists’ projects, courses and off-site activities.

Our aim is to offer disadvantaged community groups an experience of a canal trip on a traditional narrowboat. We run and maintain 'Tarporley' - a historic Northwich narrowboat, converted to carry 12 passengers.

Camden Carers Service (CCS) is a partnership between Camden Carers Centre and Centre 404. CCS offers advice, support and activities for family and unpaid carers across the borough.

Citizens Advice is a charity that provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to people on their rights and responsibilities. We also collect evidence, and lobby to improve, the policies and practices that adversely affect people's lives.

We work with and support private renters in Camden to organise and campaign for better protection, rights and services. To achieve these aims we work closely with other local, regional and national groups/organisations, and we also run and manage the Renters' Rights London (RRL) project.

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is an award-winning charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK.

CARAS is a community outreach charity based in Tooting. We support people of refugee and asylum-seeking background who live in South-West London.

The Centre gives homeless young people, families in need and individuals living in poverty the support they need to realise their full potential. The Centre focuses on four areas of need: income, housing, education and skills, and legal status.

Caris Families believes no child should have their life chances threatened by family homelessness. We are a frontline charity that puts back opportunities for children living in homeless families' hostels to play, study and have enriching experiences of the wider world.

Castlehaven Community Association provides activities, classes and facilities to different age ranges. It aims to inspire and empower people of all ages, cultures and abilities to strive both mentally and physically to achieve their full potential.

Centre 404 is a local community charity in North London that offers friendly, reliable and person-centred support to people with learning disabilities, autism and their families.

The Charles Dickens Museum is a fully accredited independent museum dedicated to promoting the life and work of Charles Dickens, writer, journalist and social reformer. Our mission is to be the world’s leading centre for the study, appreciation and enjoyment of Charles Dickens’s life and works.

Children of the Mekong works with local communities to improve access and quality of education in Southeast Asia.

Our organisation is set up to support locally run overseas organisations that help children. We currently support local children's organisations in Argentina, China, Ghana, Romania and South Africa - and need your help from here in London to support what we do.

When a child is diagnosed with cancer it threatens everything, for them and their family. At a time when they should be busy being children, enjoying their rollercoaster teenage years or finding their feet at uni, life becomes full of fear.

CoachBright works with disadvantaged secondary school pupils to help them challenge for top universities. We match pupils with a university student who provides subject specific coaching across a 10 week programme, improving their grades, confidence and work ethic.

The Coin Street Community Programmes Team deliver a range of programmes to local people through promoting health and wellbeing, creativity and self expression, employment and enterprise and skills and learning for life.

Community Links is an innovative Charity in East London tackling health and social inequality. We are based in Newham and have over 40 years’ experience helping people of all ages reach their full potential. We take our local knowledge of what works to influence national decision making.

At Community Southwark we support charities, community groups and individuals through capacity building, volunteering and social action. We empower local people and voluntary organisations with the tools they need, to work together in creating a borough that works for everyone.

The scope of The Courtauld is unique. As a college of the University of London, The Courtauld brings together exceptional teaching and research in the history and conservation of art and curating.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the charity uniting people to stop cystic fibrosis (CF). We fund vital research, improve care, speak out and race towards effective treatments for all. Cystic Fibrosis Trust is here to make sure everyone with cystic fibrosis can live without limits.

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Every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For many of those affected, a blood stem cell donation from a matching donor represents their best, and sometimes only, chance of beating this devastating disease.