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Any non captured charities out there?

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IloveHolby · 10/10/2022 19:01

It's my birthday coming up, a big one. I don't need anything and would like to do a birthday fundraiser, but all the charities I support appear to be captured. I am still paying monthly subscriptions, and I think they still do good work (Amnesty International, Action Aid, NSPCC).

I was going to do Action Aid but then saw their policy on trans-inclusion www.actionaid.org.uk/about-us/our-commitment-trans-inclusion. It may be that trans women and girls are very vulnerable in other countries, but in the UK they are less at risk than women and girls.

I'd really like to support a charity which supports biological women and girls please. Or vulnerable children. Any ideas?

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IloveHolby · 10/10/2022 20:07

I looked for Lumos but couldn't find it on Facebook fundraiser. I was also looking for my local MIND charity but that didn't come up.

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SallyLockheart · 10/10/2022 20:07

I thought I would check a local hospice charity I support and guess what, it's in the middle of reviewing its policies to be more trans-inclusive.....

Horizons83 · 10/10/2022 19:45

Lumos?

DameMaud · 10/10/2022 19:14

I'd look at charities that do respite care (for young carers for example) or children's hospice care, or specific medical needs eg cancer. Less likely to be captured and greatly in need. Local to you could be good.
On a thread somewhere, someone mentioned comparing funding for a child brain cancer charity with mermaid and it was woeful in comparison.