During the last twelve months the
Unite Foundation has given support to the following
organisations:
Amnesty
International
The Unite Foundation supported
Amnesty International’s campaign, in partnership with the TUC, to
help trade unionists around the world who have been attacked,
harassed or imprisoned for standing up for their rights.
Anti-Slavery International
received support for its work in protecting & promoting the
rights of Bonded Labourers in South Asia. War on
Want was also supported in its programme to empower women
workers and improve labour laws and working conditions in Honduras
garment factories. Banana Link received funding
for its Union to Union young members project which aims to develop
long term, sustainable links between young workers in UK and Latin
America.
Two UK charities; DEMAND and
Whizz-kids which provide mobility equipment for
disabled children in the UK both received grants to help them
progress their work.
Our continuing programme in
supporting Disability Sports Events Annual Mini-Games
Weekends in the UK until 2012 resulted in a very successful event
in May 2009. The Mini Games event is provided for 100 six to twelve
year olds to take part in a variety of sports over a weekend. This
weekend is often the first time away for many of the children, so
it is about independence as well as participation. It is also an
ideal opportunity to spot future stars. Young stars are then
encouraged to develop into junior and senior performers in many
sports. Therefore, in our ongoing seven year programme of
support, Unite is likely to see participants go on to achieve
medals in international events, such as the 2012 Paralympics.
Support was also given to the
annual Transplant Games which were held In Coventry in
2009 and Patient Voices received help in funding
its patient-to-patient bowel cancer support line.
The Foundation paid for the
Bishop Simeon Trust to fit out a mini-bus in South Africa as part
of the Trust’s work with orphans and vulnerable children’s
programme. And in Uganda we helped the Friends
Orphanage to provide additional classrooms to teach 120
orphans, street children and disadvantaged children.
For the fourth year running the Unite Foundation has
sponsored the Balls to Poverty trip to South Africa. In
previous year’s students from South Nottingham College have
provided football coaching sessions and distributed footballs to
children in the townships of the Cape Town area.
Finchdale Training College
provides vocational rehabilitation to adults with disabilities and
the Foundation helped in funding renovation of their residential
premises. We also gave assistance to Thrive in Reading for
their “Out of hours Project” which provides opportunities for
disabled children and siblings through range of seasonal
activities.
Children in touch received
aid for their Family Support project to empower young people with
autism through learning new skills, to increase their confidence
and help them reach their expectations.
