Charities
Rainforest Foundation UK is committed to both human rights and environmental protection when it comes to tackling deforestation. Locally, we support forest communities to gain land rights, challenge destructive industries, manage their forests and protect their environment. Globally, we campaign to influence national and international laws and policies that protect rainforests and their inhabitants. Instead of conserving forests purely for their biodiversity or carbon values, RFUK promotes the establishment of community rights over rainforest lands, tackling the root causes of deforestation and paving the way for local people to benefit fairly from the use and protection of forest resources. We deliver our work through long-term partnerships with local and indigenous peoples’ organisations so that capacity is sustained in rainforest countries. Since our founding in 1989, the Rainforest Foundations of the UK, US and Norway have supported communities to secure and protect more than 84 million hectares of tropical rainforest — an area roughly the size of Scandinavia.
The Foundation exists to be a force for good on behalf of the Rangers Family, showing compassion to those in need, tackling inequalities and creating opportunities for people of all ages to change their lives for the better. Our comprehensive range of programmes in the community reaches thousands of children and adults offering life-changing opportunities in education, health and wellbeing, employability and diversity and inclusion. We also work with charity partners each season to fund projects that have a lasting and significant impact locally, nationally and across the world. This season we are working with Glasgow City Mission, Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, Age Scotland, Armed Forces and Veterans related charities and Unicef, the world’s leading children’s charity. We are also very proud of helping thousands of fundraisers support causes close to their hearts every season by making in-kind donations and we assist various community initiatives such as our local food bank.
Rare Disease UK is a multi-stakeholder campaign that provides a united voice for the rare disease community and is run by the charity Genetic Alliance UK. Our aim is to improve access to treatment, care and support for the 3.5 million people in the UK who will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives. We raise the profile of rare diseases in the UK, to ensure that decision-makers and the public understand how living with a rare condition affects patients and their families. No one with a rare disease should be left behind because of their condition.