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Futebol da forca [football gives strength] is an independent international foundation, educational platform and community for purpose-driven football coaches. The organisation was founded in Mozambique in 2012 to work within football to empower girls with agency to make informed decisions and live a life they value. Futebol da forca engages, trains and supports voluntary football coaches to empower girls within football, while changing attitudes and norms that today prevent girls from reaching their full potential, in order for girls to thrive far outside the football field.

The Pre-School offers a safe and happy environment in which children receive an excellent quality of education and care. The children spend their time learning through play, with planned acitivities based on the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

The Adult Literacy Trust, or ALT, provides adults the opportunity to break the cycle of exclusion and poor literacy by providing personalised tutoring in basic reading skills, delivered through a network of skilled volunteers. Through one-to-one instruction, the charity is dedicated to ensuring that individuals who wish to improve their literacy skills receive the help they need to become successful readers, and to increase their life chances. When adults learn to read, it better prepares them to live out their roles in the community as parents, workers and citizens. Teaching an adult to read can have a profound and lasting impact on their ability to function successfully within society, by improving their ability to find and retain decent-paying jobs, actively engage in community activities, and help informed decisions that can ensure healthy lives. ALT's mission is to recruit and train volunteer tutors who provide instruction to adults in reading, targeting the staggering number of adults in the UK who have poor literacy, lacking basic skills beyond primary school level or less. Individual tuition is provided to adult students, free of charge. The organisation works with a number of teaching institutions, as well as local authorities and libraries, to source adult learners who can benefit from reading tuition.

We fight for menstrual equity and the rights of all women and people who bleed, so that no one is held back by their period or society's warped perception of the menstruating body. Our work falls into four main areas: - We give period products to those who can't afford or access them - We provide menstrual education - We help everybody talk about periods - We campaign so that we don't have to exist in the long-term. BGP started in 2016 as a collection of period products for refugee drop-in centres, when our founder recognised that many refugees and others living in poverty simply cannot afford these essential items. Additionally people who menstruate suffer because of the culture of embarrassment and shame that exists around this entirely natural, normal process. Since then, we've provided >300K packs of products to 100+ partners across England and Wales, including food banks, community groups and refugee support charities, and are now meeting record levels of demand. 24% of people who menstruate in the UK say they or their family have struggled to afford period products in the last year. In 2022 we distributed 87% more products than the prior year. We also run menstrual health education sessions for refugees, who are typically unable to access this vital information. Bloody Good Education reached 113 people last year and every single one of them stated that the sessions were useful, with many asking for more sessions. We work to normalise periods for everyone, so that we can all access the information, support and products we need. This includes our workplace training and accreditation programme, Bloody Good Employers, which works to improve corporate communications, culture and policies around periods. We are lobbying for long-term systemic change so that the need for period products isn't filled by a small charity, reliant on the goodwill of donors. We are currently working with our Experts by Experience forum, made up of people with lived experience of period poverty, refugee status and seeking, asylum, to shape our campaigning plans for 2023. Our ultimate vision is a world built for people who menstruate, so that everybody benefits.

We will use the unique power of physical activity and sport to transform the lives of disabled people and help them feel connected with their local communities.

Supporting the lives of trans+ adults across the UK is the core message of Not a Phase, a small charity that is working towards a brighter future for the trans+ community. Through awareness campaigning, developing company diversity strategies and supporting trans+ owned business and projects with financial and material investment, Not A Phase aims to bridge the gaps that the trans+ and gender nonconforming community too often fall between. The funds raised for Not a Phase not only go into these projects but also support the peer support groups being rolled out across the country later this year, aiming to give a regular safe space for trans+ adults to meet, learn and grow.

Ballet Black was founded in 2001 with a mission to make a fundamental change in the diversity of mainstream classical ballet - on stage, behind the scenes, and among audiences & participants. We recognise the importance of providing visible, diverse role models in ballet. Our professional company is made up of eight dancers of Black and Asian descent from around the world. We create award-winning new work that is bold and distinctive, both live and on film, that tours the UK and internationally. We also develop talent at the early stages of ballet through our subsidised Junior School & Associate Programme, providing professionally taught ballet classes led by teachers of diverse heritage to children and young people aged 3 to 18. Our Junior Associate Programme is designed to support and inspire girls and young women aged 12 to 16 during the crucial pre-vocational stage of ballet training. This cements our commitment to reaching a critical mass of young people for whom the artform of ballet has historically been closed and is part of our contribution to diversifying ballet in the UK. We challenge perceptions in ballet, promote greater inclusion in dance training, and are growing audience diversity for ballet and the wider dance sector across the UK. We are also playing a vital role in advocating wider societal change through our industry-changing collaborations, such as working with Freed of London to create the first UK made pointe shoes for Black, Asian, and culturally diverse dancers.

Bioteka' s mission is to effectively connect science and society. As of 2010, when our civil society organization has been formed, we are dedicated to educating and raising public awareness on the importance of scientific discoveries and results, STEM, nature/environmental protection, sustainable development, public health, and related areas. We specialize in bringing scientific language, methods, and facts to the wider public. Our work includes educational (workshops, educational camps etc.), popular science (content creation, article writing, public outreach), volunteering and research activities, as well as initiatives for raising the public's awareness of topics in the field of natural sciences, nature and environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development. Bioteka continually promotes critical thought, science, modern teaching methods, active citizenship, sustainable development, and implementation of nature-based solutions. We cooperate with scientists, educational institutions, the private sector, and the public and have so far successfully carried out more than 75 projects of local, national, and international character and importance.

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.

The mission of Ayúdame3D is to create and provide 3D-printed prosthetic devices to people with limb differences, regardless of their socioeconomic status. The organization aims to promote a culture of inclusion, empowerment, and innovation, by leveraging technology, education, and community engagement. Ayúdame3D envisions a world where every person with a disability has access to affordable and functional assistive devices that enable them to live with dignity, independence, and full participation in society.

Broaden the horizons and spark interest in science of underserved children through science outreach educational programmes

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.