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OMA's vision is of a society where everyone has access to healthy, nutritious, and affordable food, while benefiting from the positive impact on physical health, well-being and social connectivity that this brings. OMA's mission OMA's mission is to embed the belief throughout our city that access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food is a basic human right. While inequalities in accessing food persist, and while food vulnerability affects people in our communities, we seek to redress this imbalance by delivering free, healthy food and re-heatable meals to people experiencing deprivation and food poverty in our city. Our mission is mutual aid, not charity. All our food services are delivered with dignity and in solidarity. OMA's Mission in Focus: Oxford Mutual Aid is a community organisation which works to support our peers and neighbours in Oxford, primarily through the provision of food support. Founded to respond to the challenges of the pandemic, we have since become a vital part of Oxford's aid infrastructure. We are the only local service that is active seven days a week, operates on a delivery basis, and supplies baby necessities. We believe that nobody should face food insecurity, or experience stigma for seeking assistance. We do not implement means testing as it is invasive, expensive, and discourages people from seeking help. We provide regular food, baby and other essential supplies parcel support to more than 2,000 people in 834 households across Oxford (over 1% of the non-student population) and have delivered over 20,000 food parcels to date. We believe in supporting physical, mental, and emotional health. For this reason we offer nutritious and inviting food parcels that match the preferences, health requirements, and ethical/religious needs of each individual. Where people don't have the facilities or capacity to cook, we offer volunteer-prepared meals. Our Kitchen Collective programme has to date provided over 30,000 meals to the community, which, as well as providing nutritious meals to those with minimal cooking facilities, has been vital in bringing together organisations from across the city, including colleges, universities and local groups. Collaboration has always been at the heart of what we do. This is centered upon building systems that source and supply nutritious food to those who need it, reduce food waste and, and support local businesses. Through local supply networks, we can increase the food/supply resilience of our community in a time of uncertainty. We believe in solidarity. Our volunteers come from within the community that we serve. Many of us receive food support from Oxford Mutual Aid, giving us invaluable insight into how our processes work on every level. We aim to ensure that volunteers and recipients are empowered to see their positive impact in the community, harnessing their abilities in ways that recognise the value of diverse experiences, while being mindful of different capacities. We try to ensure that the people delivering parcels to each individual remain the same week by week, so that they can develop a rapport. We also contact each of our regular recipients of support each week, with the aim of creating a network that connects our users to each other and their community, reducing the risk of social isolation and the negative health outcomes that it causes. We believe in community. This foundational value is why we wish to establish an intergenerational lunch club, enabling members of the community to socialise with each other where they otherwise would not have the opportunity.

UK PROJECTS: Homeless services: - Two Step ? access to private sector housing - Tenancy Training Recovery services: - One Day At A Time (ODAAT) - addiction recovery - Supported housing Volunteerism: - Supporting volunteer led programmes OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT: - Fund-raising, mentoring, and support

Initiate and develop projects that enable growth in young adults through sports, music, fashion, culture entrepreneurship and social consciousness.

Immediate Theatre's vision is for a society where questioning, articulate and motivated people create and collaborate to build thriving communities. Our aim is to involve communities in creative projects that inspire wellbeing, break down barriers and engage people in the process of personal and social change: providing inspiring participatory arts programmes enabling people to reach their potential, preventing exclusion and social isolation creatively exploring social issues, engaging people in the process of change and encouraging and enabling them to influence decision making improving health and wellbeing; increasing life skills and employability through engagement in the arts. We believe in the importance of giving people a voice and the transformative power of theatre and the arts in all lives. We work in partnership to develop work that supports our values to be: Inclusive - working at the grass roots and celebrating diversity Interactive - involving communities throughout the creative process Imaginative - finding new ways to engage with vital issues

Using sport and education, we help young people into work.

To advance in life, relieve the needs of and help young people by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of advancing them in life and developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.

To advance the education of young people in the subject of urban music and to act as a resource for people living in East London by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of educational and other activities

Vision To be the premiere LGBTQIA arts festival in the UK with a high international profile and a strong local engagement strategy, to ensure LGBTQIA voices are heard and represented in Liverpool and internationally. Mission statement Homotopia is a producer and presenter of great LGBTQIA art, across visual art, theatre, dance, cabaret and heritage in Liverpool, with a local, national and international outlook. Values Diversity - celebrating diversity in all we do; Representation - constantly committing to widening our reach and expanding our representation; Our Programme - reflecting our communities; Our Art - to be risk-taking, unapologetically queer and unafraid; Collaborative - we are all the people we work with; Caring - to take care of our staff and the people we work with; Integrity - we will be honest and accountable in all we do.

Our mission is to support and challenge young people to become the best they can be. Our vision is that all young Londoners grow up healthy, able to navigate a fulfilling career and make a positive contribution in their communities. We support them to develop the confidence, reliance and relationship skills they need through our network of community youth clubs and at our residential centres.

Saigonchildren enables disadvantaged children and young adults in Vietnam to reach their full potential through receiving a quality education that is relevant to their needs.

IGLYO - The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth & Student Organisation is the world's largest LGBTQI youth and student network, counting more than 100 Member Organisations in over 40 countries across the Council of Europe Region. IGLYO's mission is to strengthen the rights of LGBTQI youth, fight for equality and inclusion, and empower LGBTQI youth voices. IGLYO represents the diverse rights and intersectional needs of LGBTQI young people and works hard to ensure that their futures are bright. We achieve our objectives through international training and events, targeted capacity building programmes, intercultural exchanges and peer learning, thematic research and advocacy actions, online tools and resources, digital story-telling and campaigning, networking activities, and more. Since our establishment in 1984, IGLYO has been growing steadily with new Members joining every year. Our Members are organisations who represent and/or support LGBTQI youth and/or students, work with LGBTQI youth or issues, comprise mainly of LGBTQI youth, or have a specific department working for/with youth.

Lift UK supports the work of Uganda Hands for Hope. Our mission is to alleviate extreme poverty and facilitate lasting change in the lives of the most vulnerable children and families living in urban slums in Uganda.