Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Policy campaigning and advocacy
Discover 1,065 Charitable activities charities that specialise in policy campaigning and advocacy. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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The Sumray Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesTo advance for the public health, medical and welfare and public education.
Cockermouth And District Civic Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentWe campaign for Cockermouth to be a good place in which people can live, work and relax. By examining planning applications we try to ensure that buildings are designed to respond to the needs of the people who use them. We try to educate people about their heritage and so preserve the best of the past and help design for the future. A Winter series of lectures and Summer visits are organised.
Grangetown Community Concern
Arts, Charitable activities, LeisureWe organise a festival week - sports day - xmas & may day lunches & outings - publish 3/4 community newspapers - offer general advice direction to other agencies - support other community organisations - campaign on community issues.
Bishopstone With Hinton Parva Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe play a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.
Solent Evening Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesSolent Evening WI is part of the National Organisation. We are a voluntary organisation for women in the UK providing educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities, to form lasting friendships and to campaign on issues that matter to themselves and their communities.
Sir John Amory's Old People's Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe trustees follow a general policy of distributing the trust's income whilst maintaining the substance of the trust's investments to enlarge its grant-giving potential.
The Fakenham Town Gas Works Museum Trust
Charitable activities, HeritageTo advance the education of the public by providing access to and maintaining the only surviving town gasworks in England and Wales.
Cambodian Society In The United Kingdom
Charitable activities, HeritageThe Society is established to advance the education of the public in the United Kingdom about any aspects of Cambodia, including its people, history, culture and traditions. The main events, organised by CASUNIK, are the Cambodian New Year in Mid April, the Pchum Ben (Remembrance) Ceremony in September/October (also election date of the new Executive Committee Members) and Xmas Party.
Olympian Arts Trust
Arts, Charitable activitiesPromotes public education in the visual arts through exhibitions, operates studio space for artists.
Matfield Womens Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWE PLAY A UNIQUE ROLE IN PROVIDING WOMEN WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHANCE TO BUILD NEW SKILLS, TO TAKE PART IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND TO CAMPAIGN ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
Mary Seacole Nurses Association
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, ProfessionsThe Charity works with local providers engaged with middle-aged and elderly people to provide blood pressure, sugar levels and BMI checks at community luncheon clubs and events. The Charity also partners with health & wellbeing projects providing advice, campaigning and elderly care.
Friends Of Suffolk Archives
Associations, Charitable activitiesTHE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS
Irthington Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareOffers all kinds of opportunities to women, friendship, skills, campaigning, community service
Huntingdonshire Local History Society
Charitable activities, HeritageThe advancement of public education through the study of Local History in the former County of Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire.
Herschel Society
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe objects of the Society shall be to advance the education of the public in the life and work of William Herschel (astronomer, scientist and musician) and his family, and to encourage greater understanding today of those same subjects.
Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesPSBT delivers public service across the UK through Fixers which engages vulnerable and marginalised young people in using their past experiences to change the future for themselves and others in their communities. We use mass media platforms to extend the reach and value of their work, tackling disadvantage for the benefit of society, building evidence to support change in policy and practice.
Campaign Against Drinking And Driving (cadd)
Charitable activitiesRoad safetyEducationPractical InformationCounsellingCampaigning
Etching Hill Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe play a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.
Focus Christian Ministries Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, ReligionTo promote the Protestant Reformed Christian Religion by means of education, printing, publishing and circulating Christian literature and helping other Christian Charities from time to time in line with Trustees' policy
Rugby Animal Trust
Charitable activities, Housing, LeisureThe principal activity of the charity was to rescue and provide shelter for stray, neglected, injured, unwanted and abandoned animals and find suitable homes, to make provision for the spaying or neutering of animals, and to advance the education of the public in animal ownership and care.
Taverham Womens Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMonthly meetings, Social and Educational Events, Lobbying and Campaigning on issues that affect women and families.
Alice Holt Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe provide women with educational opportunities, a chance to build new skills and to take part in a wide variety of activities. We also campaign on issues that matter to us & our community.
Marchwood Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesProviding women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.
Alsager Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe charity operates in the Alsager area in Cheshire, and in the area local to Alsager.The charity provides women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their community.
Craft Pottery Charitable Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust provides grants and bursaries during the year to individuals involved in the field of ceramics, to assist them with preparing books, conference papers and other projects relevant to the education of the public in craft pottery.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 1,065 registered policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities by income?
Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?
Policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities reported a combined annual income of £8.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?
Across all policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 96.7%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?
Policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities have an average annual income of £1.4m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.