Charities

Pipe Up for Pipe Organs is a UK-based heritage charity dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and promotion of Britain’s pipe organs. Founded in 2022, the organisation responds to a growing national crisis in which hundreds of historic instruments are being lost each year through neglect, church closures, and lack of funding. The charity works to rescue organs at risk, restore and maintain neglected instruments, and re-home them in suitable venues, including public spaces where they can be freely accessed and enjoyed. Alongside this, Pipe Up promotes awareness, education, and public engagement with organ music, helping to ensure that these complex and culturally significant instruments remain a living part of Britain’s musical heritage. Through practical intervention, advocacy, and community outreach, Pipe Up aims to shift perceptions of the pipe organ from a declining relic to a relevant, accessible instrument for contemporary audiences.

Place2Be is a children and young people's mental health charity with over 30 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools. We provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, we also offer expert training and professional qualifications. Place2Be is a pioneer in early intervention. We help schools understand and identify mental health problems, enable children and young people to focus on learning and give them tools to cope with challenges throughout their lives. Our support allows children and young people to express themselves through talking, creative work and play. Our mental health professionals use an integrative therapeutic approach backed by research that brings together different strands of therapeutic thinking to support the development of each child and young person.

We are the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants we grow now will be available to future generations for cultural, medical, culinary and aesthetic use.  In the United Kingdom we do this through the National Plant Collection scheme and our Plant Guardians.

Pod Charity is dedicated to making a real difference to overseas communities by supporting sustainable local initiatives improving the lives of people and animals and helping conserve the environment around the world.