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Charities We Support
The beneficiaries of the profits from Give it Away Limited will be focused on registered Charities dedicated to the help and support of children and young people in need. Where possible, projects in the Wandsworth Borough and West London area will be the first targets as this is where the Company is based and where the Property Developments are taking place.
	Westminster Children’s Society is the only major charity providing affordable community nurseries and education for young children in central London with additional expertise in early years training, research & policy making. Our guiding principle is that all children deserve equal care and respect, with the same opportunities given to develop a passion for learning, regardless of their background. Our key aim is to change the way nurseries in the UK are viewed and run, promoting the belief that the choice of nursery carries with it a far greater moral and social responsibility than is currently realised. In this way, we hope to lead well beyond the immediate scope of our own operation and responsibilities to affect a wider change in society. Founded in 1903, we currently provide daycare for children aged 6 months to 5 years across 14 nurseries across Westminster, with an additional 4 centres due to open in Camden, Barking and Dagenham in 2008. www.WCS.org.uk 121 Marsham Street London SW1P 4LX Tel 020 7834 8679 Fax 020 7233 8393
	Great Ormond Street Hospital in London is home to one of the largest and most successful paediatric cardio-respiratory teams in the world. Every year they care for more than 7,000 children and babies with complex heart and lung conditions and share their expertise with other hospitals across the world to help many thousands more. However, despite their success the cardio-respiratory team have to contend with being housed in outdated, overcrowded facilities that is preventing them from breaking new ground even faster.
	The Tick Tock Club was set up in 2006 to address this by raising £10 million towards a new Heart and Lung Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This urgently needed cardio-respiratory Centre will enable the cardiac team to treat greater numbers of children, develop more pioneering techniques and ultimately save the lives of more young patients affected by life-threatening heart and lung disorders.
	Tree House is the National Charity for autism education which runs a flagship school for 3-19 year olds in north London and offers services to improve access to appropriate education for children with autism nationwide. Give It Away will fund the library in TreeHouse school which will be based in the new National Centre for Autism Education which is currently being built in Muswell Hill.
	React provides quick and practical assistance to improve the quality of life for children with life limiting illnesses living in financially disadvantaged families throughout the UK. Give it Away will help us provide more children and their families with the vital support they need; from domestic or specialist medical equipment to play equipment for stimulation, or even a much need break in one of our mobile homes in seaside locations around the UK.
	Shaftesbury Homes & Arethusa - "Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa is a charity absolutely committed to improving the lives of children in public care and children in need. If Give it Away can donate £5,000 to our cause, this will pay for a teacher's time for one year, to help a young person get through their GCSEs"
	Fairbridge and Skilltrain - similar charitable organisations who provide support to youngsters facing educational or social exclusion in the Wandsworth and London area, who provide, support, counselling, drug therapy, mentors and life skills for employment and further learning opportunities. Give it Away can provide help through mentors, counselling and work experience. From 13 to 25 years age group.

	Small Steps - a pre-school totally charity funded operation attached to Greenmead Primary school in Putney, providing the only environment for severely disabled children from 0 years to 5 years and their parents, in West London with a place to learn how to cope with their special needs. Give it Away will be able to provide additional teaching staff and much needed amenities.
	Whizz- Kidz - providing customised mobility equipment for disabled children to give them the freedom to live their lives to the full. Give it Away will be able to purchase a number of customised chairs for children currently on waiting lists.
	Shooting Star Children's Hospice - provides essential respite, palliative and end of life care to terminally ill children, young people and their families. We strive to ensure that quality of life is enhanced for the whole family throughout the course of a child's illness. Every year, we must raise £2.5 million in order to sustain our essential care service, which can be provided both in the hospice and in the family's own home. With no statutory government funding we rely on voluntary donations. Give it Away's contribution will be put towards the provision of nursing staff.
	South London Actionnaires is a multi-activity club for blind and partially sighted children based in Tooting, South London. Set up and run by national charity Action for Blind People the club gives visually impaired children the chance to try out sports in a safe and supportive environment. The impact of the club is huge, as it gives children who have been excluded from mainstream activities and sport, the chance to build self esteem and confidence which is invaluable to them in later life. Give it Away’s donation will go towards the running of this club, and will help give blind children the best start in life.
	Yes to Life (Y2L) is a new initiative which aims to provide treatment to cancer patients which compliment the orthodox treatments or offer a viable alternative to these. By opening up the possibility of direct dialogue between oncologists and practitioners of alternative tumour-destructive therapies, yes to Life aims to create conditions within which individual sufferers gain the widest possible support and benefits and also within which progress towards some desperately needed improvements in results is accelerated.
	NSPCC - Give it Away Limited will be making every possible purchase for the property development via the Bank of Scotland NSPCC sponsored Mastercard . This card carries an automatic donation of 0.3% of the monthly spend to the NSPCC. The total at the end of each project will be calculated and included in the Donations to Charity listing in our Annual Accounts.
	Bag Books exists to help enrich the lives of children, young people and adults with the most profound intellectual impairments. We provide multi-sensory story-packs: stories which can be enjoyed without being understood. They offer a way for those without language to learn, communicate and enjoy the simple fun of a story.
	The Special Yoga Centre is the UK home of Yoga for the Special Child™ offering yoga therapy and classes for infants and children with special needs. The Centre also offers yoga to all adults and children, regardless of age, disability, economic status, ethnic background and religion. Yoga classes include; yoga for children aged two to teen, yoga for adults, mums and babies, baby massage, family and expectant couple’s yoga. Children with special needs are included into mainstream classes wherever possible. All classes are offered at concession rates. The Centre’s teacher training programmes consist of: Yoga for Children with Special Education Needs (Autism, ADD, ADHD, Global Development Delay), Teaching Yoga to Children, Yoga for Teenagers and Yoga for the Special Child™. The Centre also promotes yoga in schools and in children and community centres.
	Polka Theatre is one of the few venues in the UK which is dedicated exclusively to producing and presenting high quality theatre for young audiences. Since our doors opened in 1979, this unique venue has offered children a first taste of the thrilling, challenging and inspiring world of theatre.