Charitable Fundraising
Humanists are concerned with values and moral issues from a non-religious viewpoint and we work to achieve a more open, just, and caring society. One of the ways we do this is by supporting other charities. North East Humanists have helped raise over £25,000 in the last five years for causes that share our values. See some of the charities we have supported below and contact us if you would like to partner with us for another cause.
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Uganda Humanist Schools Trust
Members of North East Humanists have contributed to the Isaac Newton School (INS) for over 10 years. The INS is in Masaka, Uganda near the shores of Lake Victoria and is now part of the expanding Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (UHST). For more on the story of our involvement with this group, see our UHST page.
Members of North East Humanists have contributed to the Isaac Newton School (INS) for over 10 years. The INS is in Masaka, Uganda near the shores of Lake Victoria and is now part of the expanding Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (UHST). For more on the story of our involvement with this group, see our UHST page.
Charities of the Year
Prior to the covid pandemic, we nominated a local organisation each year as our designated 'Charity of the Year'. We have suspended that practice for now because of the difficulty in carrying out our traditional fundraising activities, but generosity to others is still a virtue we continue to encourage in our monthly bulletins. For examples of the types of causes we support, see below for a list of the recent Charities of the Year we have supported.
Prior to the covid pandemic, we nominated a local organisation each year as our designated 'Charity of the Year'. We have suspended that practice for now because of the difficulty in carrying out our traditional fundraising activities, but generosity to others is still a virtue we continue to encourage in our monthly bulletins. For examples of the types of causes we support, see below for a list of the recent Charities of the Year we have supported.
Annual Charity 2020
Crisis Skylight Newcastle is a national organisation helping homeless people of all ages, but it has 11 local centres on the UK mainland known as Skylight centres and we are fortunate to have one in Newcastle. This opened in 2007 and was the first Crisis centre to be built outside London. Each centre has separate financial accounting so Crisis can direct money collected locally to the local branch. Unlike local councils who will only take people with a local connection, Crisis deal with anyone who is homeless, wherever they come from, including asylum seekers. They work in conjunction with other charities that specialise in particular types of people in order to get the person immediately into suitable accommodation. Once they have a temporary roof over their head, Crisis work with them on a one-to-one basis to establish how best to get them back on the road to self-sufficiency. The local centre in Newcastle has an excellent classroom offering free instruction to homeless people about well-being, mental health, creative skills, employability, and work skills.
Crisis Skylight Newcastle is a national organisation helping homeless people of all ages, but it has 11 local centres on the UK mainland known as Skylight centres and we are fortunate to have one in Newcastle. This opened in 2007 and was the first Crisis centre to be built outside London. Each centre has separate financial accounting so Crisis can direct money collected locally to the local branch. Unlike local councils who will only take people with a local connection, Crisis deal with anyone who is homeless, wherever they come from, including asylum seekers. They work in conjunction with other charities that specialise in particular types of people in order to get the person immediately into suitable accommodation. Once they have a temporary roof over their head, Crisis work with them on a one-to-one basis to establish how best to get them back on the road to self-sufficiency. The local centre in Newcastle has an excellent classroom offering free instruction to homeless people about well-being, mental health, creative skills, employability, and work skills.
Annual Charity 2019
Faith to Faithless was started in mid-2015 by Imtiaz Shams and Aliyah Saleem. In January 2017 it came under the umbrella of Humanists UK with whom they have developed a support programme for so-called ‘apostates’ and those who leave high-control religions, e.g. ex-Muslims, ex-Mormons, ex-Plymouth Brethren, ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses, and various others who have suffered after leaving their religion behind.
The service is led by apostates themselves, who have knowledge and experiences of apostate communities facing serious and systemic issues. These issues range from emotional and physical abuse from family members, friends, and peers in their community through to homelessness, shunning, ‘honour-based’ abuse and killings, and systemic failures by statutory organisations to support apostates.
Faith to Faithless also engages in activities in two other areas of work: they provide a platform for apostate voices to be heard and raise awareness of the issues that apostates face so that others don’t suffer in the same ways, ensuring they have built trust within the apostate community. They do this both online, and through speaker and panel events that are open to the public. They train statutory and support organisations like police, social services, and mental health organisations to better understand the issues apostates face, and the sorts of policy and practice implications this might have for the organisation.
Faith to Faithless was started in mid-2015 by Imtiaz Shams and Aliyah Saleem. In January 2017 it came under the umbrella of Humanists UK with whom they have developed a support programme for so-called ‘apostates’ and those who leave high-control religions, e.g. ex-Muslims, ex-Mormons, ex-Plymouth Brethren, ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses, and various others who have suffered after leaving their religion behind.
The service is led by apostates themselves, who have knowledge and experiences of apostate communities facing serious and systemic issues. These issues range from emotional and physical abuse from family members, friends, and peers in their community through to homelessness, shunning, ‘honour-based’ abuse and killings, and systemic failures by statutory organisations to support apostates.
Faith to Faithless also engages in activities in two other areas of work: they provide a platform for apostate voices to be heard and raise awareness of the issues that apostates face so that others don’t suffer in the same ways, ensuring they have built trust within the apostate community. They do this both online, and through speaker and panel events that are open to the public. They train statutory and support organisations like police, social services, and mental health organisations to better understand the issues apostates face, and the sorts of policy and practice implications this might have for the organisation.
Annual Charity 2018
Equal Arts are a leading creative ageing charity supporting older people in Newcastle, Gateshead, and across the UK.
They work to improve the lives of older people through creativity and arts activities around the North East, providing creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing.
They strongly believe in the health benefits of the arts and support care staff and artists to deliver musical, visual, and movement-based creative activities with active older people and those living with dementia.
Equal Arts are a leading creative ageing charity supporting older people in Newcastle, Gateshead, and across the UK.
They work to improve the lives of older people through creativity and arts activities around the North East, providing creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing.
They strongly believe in the health benefits of the arts and support care staff and artists to deliver musical, visual, and movement-based creative activities with active older people and those living with dementia.
Annual Charity 2017
The MS Society is a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, volunteers, and fundraisers.
They understand what life’s like with MS, and they support each other through the highs, lows, and everything in between.
The MS Society is a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, volunteers, and fundraisers.
They understand what life’s like with MS, and they support each other through the highs, lows, and everything in between.
Annual Charity 2016
1 in 4 people will suffer with a mental health problem throughout their lives and If U Care Share Foundation are working hard to change this.
If U Care Share Foundation is a charity based in Great Lumley near Chester-le-Street and work throughout County Durham in schools delivering their emotional wellbeing workshop to young people and also supporting those bereaved by suicide through some of their most difficult times. If U Care Share Foundation’s message is “Its ok not to feel ok” and to remember “there is always a way.” They promote this message through their workshops in schools throughout the region in a fun and engaging way which gets this very important message across in very simple language.
The loss of a loved one to suicide is a very unique bereavement and If U Care Share Foundation offers those who have lost loved ones support from someone who has lost a loved one in this way themselves. If U Care Share Foundation offers one-to-one support in a listening service, aromatherapy massage, and boxing therapy.
1 in 4 people will suffer with a mental health problem throughout their lives and If U Care Share Foundation are working hard to change this.
If U Care Share Foundation is a charity based in Great Lumley near Chester-le-Street and work throughout County Durham in schools delivering their emotional wellbeing workshop to young people and also supporting those bereaved by suicide through some of their most difficult times. If U Care Share Foundation’s message is “Its ok not to feel ok” and to remember “there is always a way.” They promote this message through their workshops in schools throughout the region in a fun and engaging way which gets this very important message across in very simple language.
The loss of a loved one to suicide is a very unique bereavement and If U Care Share Foundation offers those who have lost loved ones support from someone who has lost a loved one in this way themselves. If U Care Share Foundation offers one-to-one support in a listening service, aromatherapy massage, and boxing therapy.
Contact us for further history of our charitable fundraising activities.
