The Trustees also identified a number of projects that might be supported by other means. We are excited to announce that a number of Fat Beehive staff have volunteered their time to help with some of the digital projects, supporting these charities to improve donation practices, branding, UX, UI, SEO and content writing for digital.
Grant Recipients
We have been privileged to fund some incredible projects across the UK for organisations that work in prisoner rehabilitation, COVID community resilience and LGBTQ+ asylum support.
Spark Inside
The Fat Beehive Foundation were able to provide funding to Spark Inside a charity that helps young people in prison to have a purpose to strive towards upon release: a more attractive alternative to a return to crime. The grant has been used to develop a digital project to help rehabilitate young offenders in prison, who have been particularly isolated due to Covid-19.
Spark Inside Hero's Journey
The Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community
The Foundation has provided funds towards a virtual climate change garden for the future, engaging with schools, environmental volunteers and helping to support the mental health and wellbeing of the community that has been hugely impacted by COVID-19.
Climate Change Garden for the Future
Rainbow Home
The Trustees were delighted to support Rainbow Home who provide specialist support and assistance to help reduce the psychological isolation and inequalities experienced by LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and those who have leave to remain but are not yet settled in North East England. Rainbow Home is a lifeline in an unfamiliar country with an uncertain future ahead of them. They have never had an online presence and we’re excited to see their new website
Rainbow Home website
Kids in the Spotlight
Kids In The Spotlight (KITS) provide disadvantaged children aged 7-16 with the opportunity to join a wide range of after-school extra-curricular/vocational courses. KITS works with children who are victims of abuse, poverty, illness in the family and more – many service users are referred by local welfare agencies. KITS strongly believe that giving children the opportunity to explore their talents will help them overcome their personal or family challenges and become confident, resilient and contributing members in society. The Fat Beehive Foundation grant will allow the charity to renovate their website to expand their reach to young people.
Kids in the Spotlight website
Pregnancy Sickness Support
Pregnancy Sickness Support address the needs of women suffering with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum as well as incorporating the needs of the health care professionals and carers of women suffering with these conditions
Pregnancy Sickness Support website
Canine Concern Scotland Trust
Canine Concern Scotland have around 1,000 registered volunteers that power their Therapets visiting service. It has been scientifically proven that the mere action of stroking a dog, or cat, slows down the heartbeat, reduces blood pressure, and makes someone who has already suffered a heart attack much less likely to have another.
Canine Concern Scotland Trust
The Harvey Hext Trust - A Sibling's Wish
The Charity supports children who have lost a sibling by supplying them with bespoke Memory boxes.
The Harvey Hext Trust - A SIbling's Wish
Support After Murder & Manslaughter
Support After Murder and Manslaughter provide a wide range of peer support services to people bereaved by murder and manslaughter. Their unique support services have been designed by the bereaved for the bereaved to meet a persons’ emotional support needs.
Support After Murder and Manslaughter
Autistic Girls Network
The Autistic Girls Network work to raise awareness of autism in girls with health, social care and educational professionals and to bring change. Not only to the way that autistic girls are assessed and subsequently supported but to the narrative, with updated and positive terminology used to describe autistic traits.
Autistic Girls Network
AzuKo
AzuKo are working to end housing poverty by co-designing housing and infrastructure, delivering construction training, and supporting communities to understand their housing rights in Bangladesh and the UK. AzuKo offers low-cost, low-tech building improvements that make a dramatic difference to peoples lives. A large part of their work is construction training, and where they are involved in direct delivery, most of that work is repairs. They bring buildings and infrastructure back to life. Most importantly it is the communities themselves that lead the design and construction, from start to finish.
AzuKo
Tir Natur
Tir Natur is a rewilding charity, set up to address the nature & climate crises in Wales. The Foundation's grant will go towards Tir Natur's 'Interactive Ecosystems' project a unique digital fundraising and educational tool.
Tir Natur
Treasures Foundation
Treasures Foundation provide safe accommodation in East London and specialist support to women with histories of drug abuse and offending. The grant will go towards creating a new accessible website with online tools and information and a portal for questions about addiction for the general public to facilitate a discussion about substance-abuse and support families with members dealing with addiction.
Treasures Foundation
Neurodivergent MiNDs
Neurodivergent MiNDs a neurodivergent led charity dedicated to improving the mental health of neurodivergent* people across the UK. They provide a platform from which all parts of our community can be heard, actively seeking out the voices of those who are traditionally disadvantaged. They place neurodivergent experience at centre stage, so professionals can learn and society can change for the better.
Neurodivergent Minds