Charitable Trusts and Foundations are a primary source of our income. They play a vital role in more young people believing in a brighter future living through and beyond cancer.
We believe building strong lasting relationships with our funding partners achieves the best outcomes for all – young people, funder and the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. Through developing a funding model that promotes sustainable investment, we can plan with confidence while showing greater ambition in our impact on young people.
We have received grants to meet both the costs of specific voyages or activities, as laid down in the terms of the grant, and enjoyed access to unrestricted regular funding to help us achieve outcomes determined by the Trust with the funders’ agreement.
If you are a Charitable Trust or Foundation interested in working with us, or if you could make an introduction to someone who sits on the Board of one of the UK’s 10,000 Trusts and Foundations, we would love to hear from you.
Making a real step change in how we measure our outcomes and impact to prove and improve what we do was a key 2020-22 Ambition.
Working with impact specialists, Trust Impact, we developed our Theory of Change, and introduced the independently-verified Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale to measure how trips affect young people’s wellbeing.
Impact measurement is now at the heart of shaping what we do, to do more of the things that make the biggest difference to improving young people’s mental wellbeing. Over time, our Theory of Change will also evolve in line with this evidence.
‘Connection, Belonging and Brighter Futures - Our Ambitions 2026-29’ lays out our four year plan to ensure every young person and sibling can access the right support and experiences the greatest possible impact at the time they need it, underpinned by financial resilience and delivered in a way that is measurable, sustainable and rooted in our purpose.
We would not be able to transform as many young lives as we do without the players of the Postcode Lottery.
Thanks to them, thousands of young people have not just been inspired to believe in, but are now living the reality of, their brighter future.
Players’ support allows us to plan ahead so every young person gets the most positive and impactful experience possible during their time with us.
Amount raised by players to date: £5,670,818
It’s a really nice break from the real world.
Laura had finished her treatment for ovarian cancer, but she still needed help making sense of what she had been through. She rediscovered herself on the water with others she could relate to.
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