Charities

Fight for Sight funds pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease.

We are a registered charity working with local communities and businesses to highlight the impact of plastic pollution on our environment and to try to minimise the amount of plastic entering our local seas and wider oceans. We work with many different types of business on sustainability and to help them find ethical and sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic in their activities. We have a very busy school outreach programme and have reached thousands of children in the Solent area through assemblies and workshops. We work with community groups, giving talks and running activities and encouraging people to avoid single-use plastic and how to best dispose of it if they do need to use it. We run regular beach and community clean-ups. It is a great way to get back in touch with nature, with benefits that include the obvious clear-up of litter, meeting like-minded people, and getting some often well-needed headspace and connection with nature.

We support families affected by amputation or limb absence through a range of sporting initiatives and social inclusion projects designed to positively affect both physical and mental wellbeing. Isolation is a huge problem for many amputees. It has been proven that quality of life and even life expectancy is greatly reduced without social inclusion, with as many as 30% of vascular amputees not surviving to one-year post amputation. FYF is key in addressing this issue. We are directly saving lives.

The Fishermen’s Mission reaches out to both active and retired fishermen by providing practical, spiritual and financial support – as well as a vital emergency response service. We’re the only national charity that works solely to help fishermen and their families, and for over 130 years of service, the Fishermen’s Mission has stayed true to our Christian calling with a strong tradition and proud heritage. From having a heart to heart over a cuppa to responding when a fisherman is lost at sea, we’re the vital port of call for fishermen and their families when they need us most – 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Here are just some of the ways in which we supported the UK’s fishing communities last year: - Helped 152 children of Fishermen - Last year we visited 4,861 fishing boats and had meetings with 2,452 Fishermen - 8,054 welfare visits - 221 fishermen helped after an emergency at sea -98,795 miles traveled delivering our services - Helped fishermen access grants totalling £1.1 million

FISU, (Foundation for International Spiritual Unfoldment), is an international school that teaches the art of meditation and spiritual unfoldment.

Turning Ordinary days into Extraordinary Adventures. Fly2help works with families facing trauma and tragedy, helping them to see the world from a new perspective via the medium of flight. Ensuring full attention to individual needs, fly2help creates a VIP experience; inspiring imagination, determination and self-belief, whilst creating precious family memories.

To raise awareness and understanding of Functional Neurological Disorder. To coordinate a voluntary FND Patient's register to assist Doctors in the advancement of new and ongoing research, in partnership with the Genetic Alliance. To work with Medical & Allied Heath Professionals to provide a better understanding of FND, improve medical protocols and promote ethical standards for FND through personal contact, advocacy and training.