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Little Lives UK

Empowering disadvantaged children

Little Lives UK is proud to be a children’s charity dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

Our mission is to empower the next generation by providing essential free resources for mental health support, enabling them to build brighter and more promising futures.

As advocates of sustainability, we encourage our supporters to donate any unwanted items, contributing to a greener and more equitable world.

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Registered Charity No. 1171884

How we make a difference

‘Someone to Talk To’ Campaign: Counselling in schools

48 Children supported each month
6 Free and fast counselling sessions available
13 Schools receiving ongoing support

Our charity campaign, ‘Someone to Talk To‘, provides fully funded counselling sessions for schools, specifically aimed at helping children in need. With the NHS currently facing a significant backlog in mental health support for children, many are left waiting for essential care, which can seriously impact their well-being.

Our team of qualified counselors is committed to prioritizing children’s mental health, ensuring they receive the support they need without delay.

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King’s Park Academy

“Little Lives UK counselling has been really supportive of the children at King’s Park Academy. Tracy, our counsellor, has built great relationships with the children, and after their block of time, they are becoming more confident in sharing their feelings. We really appreciate the support that has been given to us.”

Technology Programme

Up to 25 devices donated per school, council and youth club
2,521 Devices donated to children in need to date

Technology plays a huge part in children’s and young people’s lives and ever increasingly in their education. There are still thousands of children in the UK who do not have access to the right technology to continue their learning, potentially meaning that through no fault of their own, they will fall behind their peers.

Through donations from our free electronics collection service, we provide the needed technology to children around the UK who require it and help to create equal educational opportunities.

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Meadowcroft Community Primary School

“I approached Little Lives UK as I work at a small primary school in Greater London with very limited information technology resources. Little Lives UK incredibly kindly gifted us 15 iPads, and I cannot thank them enough for their generosity. This donation will enable us to teach our children to become digitally literate and will also support our pupils with SEN needs in communicating and accessing learning in different ways.”

Get Involved – Every Action Counts

Fundraising

Whether you want to participate in a solo fundraiser or plan a larger fundraising event in your community or with your work colleagues, every effort makes a real difference to us and the children we support. You can organise a fundraiser for Little Lives UK yourself, or get in touch with our team to discuss ideas, resources, and ways we can help make your event a success.

Leave a gift in your will

Leaving a gift in your will to Little Lives UK is leaving a gift for the future. A gift in your will helps to provide a bright future for children by giving them the happy, healthy and fun childhood that all children deserve. Gifts in wills are fundamental to all charities and we are no exception, if you choose to leave a gift to us, your decision will be life changing for so many children.

Book a free clothes collection

We collect a variety of items in the form of donations, all of which hugely helps our efforts in supporting disadvantaged children across the UK. If you have any unwanted clothes, shoes, books or toys that you no longer use or want, book a free collection and we’ll come and pick them up from your home or place of work. By donating, you also help protect the environment by giving items a new life and reducing waste.

Donate unwanted electronics

Donating your old or unwanted electronic items can make a huge difference to so many children and their families. Book a free electronics collection in Bournemouth and London to donate. When you donate your unwanted electronics, you are helping to support our Technology Programme. Your donations will support children with continuing their education by helping them gain access to needed technology.

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Never-stop-recycling

Our charity shops play a dual role in benefiting both charitable causes and the environment. By selling donated items, they generate funds that support our charity campaigns and improve the lives of thousands of children across the UK.

Simultaneously, these shops promote the reuse and recycling of goods, reducing waste and decreasing the demand for new products. This, in turn, helps minimize the environmental impact of manufacturing and disposal, contributing to a more sustainable future.

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Our latest reviews

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Little Lives UK5.0
Based on 47 reviews
Donna Kissi
Thank you again Little Lives UK!
Little Lives UK provided another perfect reconditioned laptop for a child in need who is now able to do his school work. Thank you so very much, the family are over the moon.
Staff Furzedown Primary
Little Lives is a wonderful organisation that supports schools with their IT needs. We couldn’t be happier with the equipment they provided, which is already making a huge difference for both children and staff. The application process was made simple by the charity’s fantastic team, who were a real pleasure to work with. Their generosity is a true gift to our community school.
Victoria L
Thank you so much to Little Lives UK !
You have made a huge difference to the family and they are very grateful!
Imogen Hatvany
I approached Little Lives UK as I work at a small primary school in greater London with very limited information technology resources. Little Lives UK incredibly kindly gifted us 15 iPads. I cannot thank them enough for their generosity. This will enable us to teach our children to become digitally literate. It will also help our pupils with SEN needs to communicate and access learning in different ways. Rebeca has been fantastic and we are so appreciative. Thank you, Little Lives UK!
Joshua Hume
Little Lives is a fantastic Charity and there needs to be more like these around! They have such a simple process and are so helpful explaining along the way. In applying for our School they have opened so many opportunities for the pupils. I do not know how we have continued without having tablets within the school.
Gabriel Green
A supportive and excellent grant giving organisation.
ben drabs
Little Lives supported our local youth organisation with 3 laptops through their technology programme. The laptops were fantastic, and in great condition, and have made a huge difference to the young people we work with.
Kati Pipi
Little Lives have supported a lovely young person with an iPad that was much needed! This young person has additional superpowers including a special interest to different places around the world, different countries, flags and interest on GoogleEarth! Thanks to you he will be able to extend his knowledge and develop his super-skills even further!
Danny M
Amazing people. Helped out massively and was there to help every step of the way. Now the boys have new kits new training tops and proud to have little lives as a sponsor
Sue Roberts
A wonderfully friendly and helpful approach to a charity applying for the first time. Super-efficient and very helpful. Thank you very much! Sue Roberts, Founder, Young Minds Matter
donna lester
Little Lives UK provided an iPad for a little boy so he can access a communication App (Grid for iPad) to support him to develop his communication skills. This will allow him to be able to communicate his wants and needs. The family are very grateful for this donation from Little Lives UK as this was not something they would have been able to provide for him without their support -Thank you
Tommy Gibson
Well what can I say......from the moment contact was made it was great between little lives and north Somerset victim support services they went above and beyond to get my 9yr old daughter a phone as part of her emergency action plan. This was all done in the matter of 2 weeks and the phone arrived before Christmas. What a wonderful charity doing things for families in need like me who just can't afford a phone in order for my daughter to feel safe and have contact with family if she's in need of doing so. I cannot thank you enough for making this happen and taking away a mountain of stress and anxiety for me and my daughter. Thank you just isnt enough and the government need to look at this and support and back it in every shape and form.
Thank you again
conall Borowski
Very easy to work with, quick and consistent contact over the phone and were very clear with all methods of communication.
Kerry McCabe
TRAYE Project are proud to say that we've been funded by Little Lives and this funding will help us to continue to deliver our amazing youth provision. This means the world to us as we are a small, grassroots organisation and funding has been difficult to come by lately. The funding process with Little Lives was relatively easy and we felt that they understood the value in the work that we do. It was also nice that we got a phonecall from Emily and were able to explain what we do and the positive impact we have on young people's lives. We really appreciated this. Many thanks to you all! Smaller, grassroots organisations like us would not be able to continue without the support of funders like you.
The Yard
We are grateful to have received support from Little Lives UK towards our Early Years programme providing valuable play and respite services for disabled children aged 0-5 in Edinburgh! Thank you Little Lives UK for your your generosity.
We are delighted to have received support from Little Lives UK to enable 1000 children growing up in poverty to thrive through; safe activities, enriching experiences and time to enjoy childhood, warm spaces, mentoring, developing leadership and growing in confidence to be community changers! Thank you Little Lives UK for your generosity towards so many children and for all that is making possible.
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Lucy Black
Little Lives UK is an amazing charity. Their community work and outreach is awesome, supporting projects that directly tackle issues that disabled and disadvantaged children encounter. Friendly, responsive and organised staff, all working towards brighter futures for our next generation of adults. What a wonderful charity. Thank you for your support x
Chris Martin
Little Lives ha been supporting our community boxing club for several years now. Their generous donations have provided us with the resources we need to purchases equipment and provide free sessions for hundreds of children.
Lindsay Kuzara
Little Lives have supplied an ipad for a child I work with who has no speech but who has demonstrated an understanding of AAC. He will now have an AAC programme put on the ipad. This is going to help him so much with his communication and reduce his frustration. Thank you very very much Little Lives
Sarah Finch
It has been a pleasure to work with Little Lives UK. They have made the funding application process very easy and straightforward and we are so grateful for their financial support of our work with young people.
Clara Badu Amoah
Little Lives UK called me as soon as they received my application and told me what the process was going to be. If they needed information, they would call me and find out, instead of emailing. This sped the whole process up and it took days from when I first spoke to them to when they actually posted the devices.

I have now received the devices and am confident that they will make a real difference in the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Thank you from Minding the Gap Education!!
Sharon Hinds
Little Lives is an incredible charity which has supported us by funding some Theatre Workshops for disabled children attending our playschemes during the school holidays. The application process is straight forward with a very quick response which really helps us to plan our activities in a timely fashion. Thank you Little Lives!
Lesley Mcmillan
Little Lives have sponsored our club with funding enabling us to buy new equipment fund free sessions for members and team building days. Little Lives are a great charity to work with - their grant application process is straightforward and not too time consuming. They communicate quickly and payment to the clubs bank account was made swiftly. We are looking forward to being able to take the junior members on trips over the summer period, Thank you little Lives
Roger Stott
Amazing charity , we are so thankful for their wonderful donation to enable us to purchase literacy packs and lift children out of social isolation .
Jo Shipley
Little Lives were really helpful in sponsoring my team to keep them doing what they love. The process was seemless and they were very supportive of City of Stoke FC U15's.

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