The Charities
A key beneficiary of the City Livery Sailing Challenge is the Lord Mayor's Appeal.​
A Better City for All. An Inclusive City. A Healthy City. A Skilled City. A Fair City.
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Homewards demonstrating that together it’s possible to end homelessness, making it rare, brief and unrepeated. Prince William and The Royal Foundation launched Homewards in 2023. A transformative programme that aims to demonstrate that together it’s possible to end homelessness. Homewards is working in partnership with six flagship locations across the United Kingdom, supporting them to form locally led coalitions, and providing them with the space, tools and expertise to show how this can be done.Homewards will support the locations with access to an extensive network of best-in-class expertise, potential partners and funders to unlock new ideas and further investment; up to £500,000 of flexible funding; a local lead to drive forward action; and a research partner to evaluate success.
MQ Mental Health Research is the UK’s leading mental health research charity. Their vision is to create a world where mental illnesses are understood, effectively treated, and eventually prevented. They do this through launching research across the translational spectrum, putting impact at the heart of all they do.
The Seaview Sailing Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number 1198176) established in 2022 for the purpose of theadvancement of education and training for the public benefit of children, in particular but not exclusively from Isle of Wight primary schools, by the provision of sailing, water sports and land-based activities, in order to enhance their physical and mental development skills and self-confidence. In simple terms, we raise money to pay for Isle of Wight primary school children to learn how to sail, free of charge. The children are taught by qualified instructors at Sea View Yacht Clubs excellent training facilities. Each child gets a terms worth of sailing lessons and complete their course with an official RYA Dinghy Level 1 or 2 certificate. The Trust was established in 2022 to drive forward the Seaview Schools Sailing programme which has been run by the Sea View Yacht Club since 2017. The Trusts purpose is to enable Isle of Wight primary school children to experience the benefits of sailing and water sports activities. Specifically, we provide the funding to enable Year 5 primary school children to enjoy a terms worth of sailing lessons provided by Sea View Yacht Club. The children come as a whole class accompanied by a teacher. Many of these children have never been in a boat before and some have never been to the beach, despite living on the Isle of Wight. By coming week after week in the summer term, we see these children grow in confidence and embrace the challenges of sailing and wonders of the sea.
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The Trust has been already supported by the Skinners, Ironmongers, Vintners, Shipwrights, Mercers, Saddlers and Drapers Companies over six years.