In October, the Barratt Foundation funded 12 charities in the first round of their grants programme. The Barratt Foundation are delighted to announce the 15 successful charities from the second round of the grants from Spring 2024.
These successful charities have been selected as they align with the Foundation’s purpose and vision, they have demonstrable impact and offer volunteering and engagement opportunities for Barratt Development PLCs employee base.
The successful charities fall into a few themes including homelessness, mental & physical health, education and social mobility. The 15 charities are:
- National Numeracy: They exist to empower children and adults with number confidence, targeting disadvantaged communities, where improving numeracy can drive social mobility.
- Change Please Foundation: They fight homelessness through an employment training programme in London and Manchester.
- The Beam Foundation: Addresses UK homelessness through casework and tailored financial support to lift them out of homelessness into training, employment, and housing.
- Greater Change Foundation: They provide personalised cash grants to unlock financial barriers, and help people out of homelessness for good.
- Save the Family: They provide temporary accommodation and practical help to homeless and at-risk families.
- The For Baby’s Sake Trust: They provide long-term, trauma-informed, therapeutic support to disadvantaged parents, to break cycles of domestic abuse, and give babies/children the best start.
- The Scottish Pantry Network: Tackling food insecurity in Scotland, supporting pantries providing affordable food to communities.
- The Stepladder Foundation: Support teenagers from BAME backgrounds by running two-year educational programmes, targeted education and leadership support with the purpose to motivate, coach, support them throughout their education, and challenge the perceptions of underachieving.
- Hope for the Young: Support young refugees to access education, enhance their well-being, and rebuild their lives in the UK through a package of mentoring, advocacy, and financial support.
- Chefs in Schools: They train school chefs and kitchen teams to deliver nutritious, delicious, inexpensive food in schools so children are better able to learn. They support schools to educate pupils about food so they make better food choices as adults.
- Learning with Parents: Support disadvantaged families to have enjoyable learning interactions around English, Maths and Reading. They partner with over 130 primary schools, supporting 18,000 families to engage in learning at home.
- One-Eighty: Support young people to re-engage with education. They want every child to enjoy a positive and flourishing relationship with education.
- The Girls’ Network: Connect girls aged 14-19 from disadvantaged communities with a mentor and a network of female role models, to raise their confidence and resilience, and support them in achieving their ambitions.
- Electric Umbrella: Is combating social isolation for some of the most disadvantaged and misrepresented people in society.
- Become: Empowers care-experienced young people to understand their rights, develop skills and advocate for change. Care-experienced people face significant disadvantage, including higher rates of mental ill health, homelessness, and poverty.
“We are deeply grateful to The Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation for their generous grant. This support will significantly enhance our efforts to provide our essential services to families in need, ensuring that every baby has the best possible start in life.” Lauren Seager-Smith, CEO of The For Baby’s Sake Trust
“We are thrilled that the Barratt Foundation has joined our mission to empower children and adults to feel confident with everyday maths. Together, our work to support more schools and families within local communities will help drive social mobility and unlock new opportunities in life for thousands more people.” Sam Sims, CEO of National Numeracy
“The funding of a Family Mentor means that all our residents will receive support to build their resilience, more parents will increase connections with their children, develop strength in emotional wellbeing and more children will be able to understand their environment and aspire to a future where they can be more than they know.” Tracy White – CEO at Save the Family
