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The John Lewis Foundation's funds empower and enhance communities by supporting education, enterprise and employability, and promoting sustainable livelihoods. Since inception, the John Lewis Foundation has supported in excess of 50 charities in 9 countries with more than £1,300,000 in donations

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The Passage is the UK's largest Resource Centre for the homeless. As well as a 40 bed assessment centre, 16 studio flats, and 24 hour support for the most entrenched rough sleepers, The Passage provides practical help for those seeking to turn their lives around through employment.

Body and Soul is a charity that supports individuals of all ages dealing with childhood trauma and adversity.

Birmingham Disability Resource Centre

Disability Resource Centre is a charity run by disabled people, for disabled people. With the support of the John Lewis Foundation, we will help disabled people in Birmingham learn skills and prepare for the world of work.

Edinburgh YMCA - Plusone

Plusone is an award-winning programme helping young people at risk of disengaging with education or being involved in offending behaviour. Plusone seeks to re-engage them and improve their life prospects in both in terms of employment opportunities and interpersonal relationships..

FareShare Yorkshire

FareShare Yorkshire is a multi-award winning charity channelling surplus food to those most in need. Working with the John Lewis Foundation, FareShare Yorkshire will run a training programme enabling disadvantaged individuals to move into sustainable employment while finding personal fulfilment as part of an active volunteering team.

Watford Workshop

Watford Workshop is an independent charity providing employment, life and work skills training to adults with disabilities.

Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire support individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability.

Save the Children

The John Lewis Foundation is supporting Save the Children in China to help 2,400 young out-of-school migrants to improve their life chances and their prospects of ensuring a safe and positive transition to meaningful employment.

Business in the Community

Business in the Community works with companies in its membership to increase engagement between communities and those seeking employment.

Beat Routes works with disadvantaged young people in Slough, unlocking their potential through music and offering them opportunities to develop important social and leadership skills.

We exist to help young people become independent, healthy, citizens who have the skills and wherewithal to hold down secure jobs.

The John Lewis Foundation and the British Asian Trust are tackling child labour in supply chains in India by working with key businesses to become child labour free

The Baytree Centre

The Baytree Centre is a family and women centre in Lambeth. Baytree, a women led organisation, works with women and girls, the majority of whom are isolated and disenfranchised

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to have received a donation from John Lewis to help fund its eco-therapy project, ‘Greengage’, based in Swanage

The Support from John Lewis has provided ELAM with a fully equipped live room to allow trainees to create and record live music and build careers within the creative sectors

The Kids Network

The Kids Network’s vision is to connect young people with even younger people to strengthen London’s communities

ActionAid India

The project seeks to support women garment workers aged between the ages of 16 and 45 who have migrated from rural areas to work in factories, only to face exploitation and abuse

City Gateway exists to transform the life chances of children (under 5s), young people (16-24) and women, in East London communities most impacted by social and economic inequality

Project Mala was founded in 1989 as an action programme for the abolition of child labour in the hand knotted carpet industry in India

Recover, Welwyn Garden City helps people with alcohol/drug addiction and diagnosed mental disorders in the post-rehab/post-treatment period

Hope for Justice

The Hope for Justice charity exists to bring an end to modern slavery by rescuing victims, restoring lives, and reforming society

St. Edmund's Society

St. Edmund’s Society provide vocational training and potential employment opportunities for young people throughout Norfolk and East Anglia who are struggling or excluded from mainstream education

Together Trust provides a range of social care, special education and community support services to over 2,600 vulnerable children and young people every year

Youth Engagement Solutions

Youth Engagement Solutions Ltd (YES) aim is to turn disadvantaged children and young people away from criminal activity, unemployment and social exclusion

Stockport Wheelchair Racing

Stockport Wheelchair racing provide safe structured athletic coaching to disabled people from across the North west of England by providing qualified experienced coaches and state of the art equipment

For the last 25 years, Streetwork has been supporting Edinburgh’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

British Asian Trust

With support from the John Lewis Foundation, the British Asian Trust are exploring the feasibility of an intervention to address forms of child trafficking and bonded labour in Rajasthan

CottonConnect China

In March 2017 the JLF began another collaboration with CottonConnect to deliver a project to improve the living conditions for disadvantaged Uyghur cotton farmers in China’s Xinjiang province

In 2016 the John Lewis Foundation agreed to fund an Oxfam project entitled "Empowering Women and Building Sustainable Livelihoods in Urban Bangladesh".

Kazzum Art Project, London

Kazzum Arts Project aims to engage children and young people in creative arts, contributing to their personal and professional development

Street children in New Delhi work in a number of jobs; from begging and rag-picking to shoe-shining and trinket-selling

In 2016 the Pacific Links Foundation and the John Lewis Foundation formed a partnership to deliver an Academic Scholarship programme benefiting young women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds

Action Aid - Cambodia

With the support of John Lewis Foundation, this project is working to enhance the safety of female garment workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Vital Regeneration

Vital Regeneration was established as a charity in 2005. Their mission is to create life changing learning, employment and enterprise opportunities

Reach Learning Disability

Reach Learning Disability supports vulnerable people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire to gain the skills, knowledge and social connections they need to build happier, healthier lives

Ashford Place, London

Ashford Place was established in 1983 to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people in North West London

Katha School of Entrepreneurship

In 2015 the British Asian Trust and John Lewis Foundation established a relationship to support vocational training accessed by people aged 14 to 50 years old living in the Govindpuri slum

St. Wilfrid's Centre

St Wilfrid’s Centre, Sheffield provide supported accommodation for a hard to reach client group

Care & Fair Foundation Girls' High School

In 2012 Care & Fair (India) and The John Lewis Foundation began a collaboration to support the efficient and effective running of the Care & Fair John Lewis Foundation Girls High School

Over 2000 people of all ages have participated in a FT activity ranging from skills workshop to festival and challenge days

Iris Hantverk dates back to 1870 when it established itself as a specialist in traditional Swedish brush binding manufacture entirely produced by visually impaired craftsmen

Burgess & Leigh

An apprenticeship scheme was established at Burleigh driving employment in the area and keeping the skills base to transfer to a new generation

CottonConnect India

CottonConnect and the John Lewis Foundation formed a collaboration to deliver a Sustainable Cotton programme in Gujarat, India in 2011

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