Charities
We support our members and others in the permaculture network to design thriving communities across Britain by applying permaculture ethics and principles, and to contribute to permaculture worldwide. Whether you are involved in gardening, farming, planning, building homes, economic regeneration, or business, using permaculture design empowers you to make the right choices for a sustainable future. By putting ethics first and using natural systems as a model, there are simple and innovative ways to live fairly and sustainably now and in the future.
The Peter Pan Centre gives children aged 0-5 with special needs the best start in life through tailored education, development and care sessions, delivered usually on a 1:1 care basis. Parents and carers benefit from vital respite time, training and informal family support.
The Pilion Trust Charity works with vulnerable people and families who struggle to access mainstream services and cannot support themselves and their children in the community. The Pilion Trust run a range of services that support the whole community. The services include: The Crash Pad Youth Service - Supporting homeless young people who are at risk if left on the streets; Activ*8 - The Project works with women and girls who have suffered historic sexual abuse and violence; ECO Outreach for inner city homeless and rough sleepers who find themselves in desperate situations; The Ringcross Community Centre - Where they run community services for over 60s, Stay and Play; Art Classes; youth events; Food Bank and Clothing Bank.
The Rainbow Centre for Children provides free and professional support to children and their families affected by cancer and life threatening illnesses!!
At the Raptor Foundation, our aims have always been, firstly to rescue, rehabilitate and return injured birds of prey back to the wild and secondly to protect and preserve them through education and conservation. By visiting us, you are supporting the very important work that we do and helping birds of prey across the world.
The Resurgence Trust is an educational charity that promotes ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual renewal. It publishes the latest environment news through the The Ecologist which produces free, online articles each day. It also publishes Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, which recognises the interconnectedness of today’s global challenges and offers systemic, positive and practical solutions to the most pressing issues of our time. This illustrated, bi-monthly resource brings together acclaimed writers in the field of politics, economics and philosophy as well as social justice, ecology, sociology, sustainability and the arts. The Resurgence Trust also runs international and national, online and in-person events to share its vision of a world in which humanity can live in harmony with itself and with nature. By becoming a member of The Resurgence Trust for as little as £18 a year, you will receive bi-monthly copies of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and gain access to it's 50+ year archive which provides both a retrospective and contemporary analysis of the most pressing issues of our time. You will connect with the Resurgence Community and support this charity's mission to inform and inspire social and environmental justice. Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and membership: https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/current.html The Ecologist: https://theecologist.org.
The Retreat Association is a national Christian organisation set up to help people find ways of exploring and deepening their journey with God through spirituality and prayer. We are an ecumenical organisation supporting those from both inside and outside the Church in the following ways: Finding a retreat - we promote retreats through: - personal advice; - Retreats - our annual journal listing 230 retreat houses and their programmes. Spiritual direction - we help people find a spiritual director or companion. Resources - for those wishing to deepen their prayer life. Events - national and regional events with a focus on spirituality. Training including: - courses in spirituality and spiritual direction; - leading retreats and quiet days.