Charities

The Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a fundraising and grant-giving nature conservation charity offering recognition, training and grants to support the work of proven grassroots conservation leaders in developing countries. Our Whitley Award winners are local environmental heroes who lead projects with passion, harnessing the best available science on which to act. Through them we support work rooted in community involvement that is pragmatic and creates lasting impact.

Whizz-Kidz improves the quality of life of disabled children and young people in the UK through the provision of customised mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and tricycles. It is dedicated to providing help and advice to the children and their families and raising awareness of mobility-related issues through national campaigning.

Widowed and Young (WAY) is the only national charity in the UK for men and women aged 50 or under when their partner died. Founded in 1997, the charity provides vital support to young, widowed people – married or not, with or without children, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender, race and religion – as they adjust to life after the death of their partner. WAY offers a unique peer-to-peer support network to anyone who’s been widowed at a young age. Talking to and socialising with others who’ve been through a similar experience can be a lifeline when adjusting to life after loss. At a local level, WAY is run by a network of over 170 volunteers spread out across the UK who have all been widowed themselves, so they understand how it feels. We have a network of Area Contact volunteers spanning over 62 home groups who welcome new members and support members to organise events at a local level. We also have a range of online forums and regular meetings which support peer-to-peer support, bereavement resources for young widows and telephone support services which offer counselling, in-the-moment support, legal and financial advice.

The Wild Frontiers Foundation is the charitable arm of adventure travel company, Wild Frontiers. Set up in 2009 we develop & support community projects in areas of the world we visit, including Pakistan, India, Ethiopia & Laos.

Wild Futures is a registered charity founded upon five decades of experience as a leader in the field of primate welfare and conservation, environmental education and sustainable practice. We are committed to protecting primates and habitats worldwide, with the protection of non-human primates at the forefront of our work. Our safe haven for monkeys rescued from situations of abuse and neglect is The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, which has an international reputation for levels of care and innovative management techniques. We work closely with other organisations to lobby local and central government to bring about positive change for primates. We also supports projects overseas with funding, practical assistance and advice and believe that education is vital in changing things for the better; educating more than 30,000 visitors and students on our work each year. Our charity receives no government funding, so financial support is vital to allow us to continue our important work.

A rescue and rehabilitation center for European hedgehogs in the UK. We also raise awareness of conservation through talks and events.

The Wilderness Foundation UK harnesses the power of the wilderness and nature to transform vulnerable lives and empowers people, in return, to conserve nature. Each year we work with over 7,000 people, including some of the hardest-to-reach and most disadvantaged young people and adults in society. We offer nature based therapy programmes that catalyse transformational personal growth and change, building longer term resilience and independence in communities, alongside our conservation educational work including climate change and sustainability programmes. All of our projects and programmes provide direct support, connecting people to nature, benefitting mental and physical wellbeing and to teach people to care for nature into the future, providing education, tools, strategies and techniques.