LYT funds 2 large projects per year, with focus/fundraising for each project running for 6 months from wherever Martyn stands on stage during that time period. Additionally, Let Yourself provides Community Development Donations (CDD) as a way to continue to grow our expansion of support, and to continue to solidify our current partnerships while creating foundations of community empowerment around them.
Here is where you will find information on the current project being funded, previous partnerships, CDD’s and future plans.
Isabelle Alexandra Medina (IAM) was thirteen years old when she took her life on September 6th, 2014. Established by Isabelle’s family and friends, the IAM Strong Foundation see that a change needs to be made in the way in which mental health is viewed.
Read MoreA CDD made toward two projects in Gaza seeking to address the trauma and impact of the blockade and working to build a long-term future that will not be governed by conflict, fear and dependence on aid programmes.
Read MoreHow many of you reading this have attended a festival where Martyn Joseph was performing? How many of you have attended ANY festival where ANY artist was performing? Now imagine that you’re in a wheelchair, or use an oxygen tank..
Read MoreThe Grassy Narrows community has been through many traumas including forced attendance in church-run residential schools, coerced relocation away from their traditional living areas, hydro damming flooding sacred sites and wild rice beds, clearcut logging of their forests, and mining. Yet the impact of mercury poisoning magnifies all these traumas.
Read MoreJeevan Asha is a small non-profit based in Thane, Maharashtra, India, just outside Mumbai. JA offers a chance for pre-school aged children to receive education, nutrition and basic healthcare, often providing their only nutritious meal of the day.
Read MoreAdvantage Africa was founded in 2002, and they work to support people affected by poverty and disability to improve their education, health and incomes. Their work helps some of East Africa’s most vulnerable people to overcome stigma, help themselves and build a better future for their families and communities.
Read MoreOver the past twelve years, the largely volunteer led work at Zac’s Place in Swansea, has earned a reputation for providing a safe haven and an environment of pro-active care and concern for some of Swansea’s most alienated people.
Read MoreProject Somos’ goal is to create a village which provides a secure home, a loving family and a hopeful future to Guatemalan children and at-risk mothers in need.
Read MoreSince 1998, Alrowwad has been driven by volunteerism. All of their activities were and are still free. The wonderful support of friends and partners who have teamed up with Alrowwad have helped fund their efforts to date via sporadic donations, however Alrowwad does not have any fixed funding commitment from any private donor or organisation, and fundraising is a continuous work.
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