UUĀćĮÄÖ±²„

Mark Allen Foundation donates £10,000

May 19, 2021

Mark Allen Foundation has made its first donations to the two charities it is currently supporting, YoungMinds and STOP THE TRAFFIK. A sum of £5,000 was donated to each charity.

is a leading UK-based charity campaigning for children and young peopleā€™s mental health. The charity has put this first donation from Mark Allen Foundation towards its Parents Helpline. The free-to-access Parents Helpline offers families a lifeline when they donā€™t know what to do or who to turn to; giving them the confidence and knowledge that they need to reassure and support the young people in their lives.

Founded in 2005, offers a unique, intelligence-led approach developed to systemically disrupt human trafficking. The recent donation from Mark Allen Foundation has benefitted a project to prevent child exploitation by addressing the gaps in perception and knowledge between children, caregivers and support providers. ā€œItā€™s important for children to know how to recognise the many forms exploitation can take ā€“ to prevent it from happening in the first place,ā€ says Rebekah Lisgarten, director of operations at STOP THE TRAFFIK.

The STOP THE TRAFFIK project involves a targeted social media campaign that will reach more than 100,000 caregivers who may be able to spot the signs of exploitation and support at-risk young people. The project also encompasses training for school staff on the risks and indicators of child exploitation; and a collaborative research report to highlight project findings, which will hear directly from young people. The latter will ultimately function as a resource designed to be distributed among relevant stakeholders and it will be submitted to shape the decision-making process that aims to prevent child exploitation in the UK. Twelve children a day are recognised as victims of exploitation in the UK; this project aims to protect those children most at risk.

Mark Allen Foundation is a charitable foundation recently established by UUĀćĮÄÖ±²„ as a conduit for employees to coordinate their fundraising efforts. It will also raise funds through the groupā€™s portfolio of client events. The two charities were selected by the foundationā€™s committee of staff, based on a remit from colleagues across the business to support charities focussed on the care and development of children, and people suffering with mental health issues.