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.
Laughter Africa's vision is a world where street children are respected as human beings and given the dignity of a safe, secure place where their basic needs are met and where they can learn to laugh again. They strive to achieve this by working with the street children in the following three-phased approach: Outreach Work, an Interim Care Center, and home tracing and family reunification work.
Read MoreSupport for Oisterwijk concert lovers with limited means (SPO) is a GUO project of The Oisterwijk Performing Arts Foundation in Oisterwijk, Netherlands where Martyn performed in March 2024.
Read MoreEstablished in 2010 and one of the first Men in Shed projects to be established in the UK, the Port Men in Sheds support men who suffer from isolation, loneliness, are recovering from illness, miss the camaraderie of the work place, are battling mental health issues, bereavement or have additional needs.
Read MoreThe Bristol Palestine Film Festival organises an annual festival of films from or about Palestine, or made by Palestinian film-makers and has been running since 2011. The festival is centred in Bristol and the South West of England and includes other art forms such as music, dance, theatre, writing or visual arts..
Read MoreAHAVA Foundation for Development Services is a registered NGO in the south east Indian state Tamil Nadu providing education support and health/hygiene programmes, parent groups, a sewing school and meals/support to senior citizens as well as other emergency aid and support as needs arise in local villages. AHAVA provide practical, emotional and spiritual support, without any bias of caste, creed or religion.
Read MoreJust Small Change is a UK registered charity working in Uganda. They have three projects in the Budaka District of Eastern Uganda which interlink to improve families livelihood, namely a Goat rearing project, a Village Savings & Loan programme and Village Health Teams..
Read MoreKEHP is a registered Charity in England to advance the Education and Health of the people of Khiraule, which is a very remote Sherpa village in eastern Nepal.
Read MoreAmaudo was founded in 1989 by Rosalind Colwill in response to growing numbers of mentally ill people roaming the streets of south east Nigeria. They offer a safe haven; a place for people to heal and be treated with care and dignity, to be helped to face a positive future, rehabilitated, trained in transferable skills to give them the opportunity to provide for themselves and if possible, reunited with their families and communities.
Read MoreFounded in 2017, Rainbow Junktion is a food bank operating from a church located in Hyde Park, an inner-city area of Leeds. Not far from the University, it serves the immediate locality but also those who are able to get here from across Leeds. Those who receive its services include..
Read MoreForever Friends was created by husband and wife Keith and Jeannette Mills in 2002 after being teachers in Uganda since the 1970’s and feeling they wanted to do more..
Read MoreCRIBS' mission is to empower women who are heavily pregnant or have a new-born baby and have fled conflict or exploitation. By providing shelter, safety and support they get them off the streets of Athens and give them the chance to begin to recover from trauma, rebuild their lives and regain their independence.
Read MoreThe Milkwood Project is a non-profit CIC (Community Interest Company) based in a rural Pembrokeshire woodland. A new creation borne out of Covid's isolation, they offer to teach and promote green wood working to all including those with limited mobility, small groups and individuals.
Read MoreOpen Way is a charitable trust founded in 2007 to help alleviate extreme poverty in vulnerable countries. Currently, Open Way is supporting important work in Ethiopia. Open Way provides access to the most essential needs for a healthy life, namely: Access to basic Education, Food and Water support, Shelter, and access to Medical help.
Read MoreThe Congo Tree believe in developing the skills of young people and supporting them to become the next generation of leaders, which is particularly needed in such a complex environment such as Congo.
Read MoreHAFWAY (Halliwell Action For Working Alongside Youth) exists to help young people raise their aspirations, overcome their limitations and thrive despite the disadvantages that they face.
Read MoreElectric Umbrella create amazing live music experiences with learning disabled people.
Read MoreMarsh Children's Home, known in Mexico as "Hogar Infantil Marsh", is a government approved, non-profit organization created to care for and educate some of Acapulco's and the state of Guerrero's most under-priveledged, abandoned and sometimes abused children.
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Read MoreIf you are a family with a child with complex needs and disabilities you will know how hard it can be to have a holiday together.
At Camp Jojo they specialise in providing wild camping experiences for children with complex needs. Their focus, however, is to provide holidays for the whole family together.
Umthombo is a pioneering South African organisation based in Durban, providing a fusion of sports and arts activities alongside psychosocial support, training and long-term aftercare; through these programmes they are able to accompany the children and young people as they begin to deal with the traumas they’ve experienced and start to find alternatives to a life on the streets.
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