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The Fore, C Hoare & Co, Kester Capital
The Fore, a UK venture philanthropy fund focused on turbo-charging high-potential small charities and social enterprises, has announced a new cohort of 12 grassroots charities and social enterprises, The organisations will receive catalytic grant funding and strategic support to tackle some of the country’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

To qualify for this, the organisations passed a due diligence process which culminated in ‘Dragons Den Style’ funding panels featuring charity sector leaders and professionals from asset management and private banking institutions including C Hoare & Co, Kester Capital.

Each charity and social enterprise will receive up to £45,000 ($60, 000) of unrestricted grant funding plus a wraparound support package.

The Spring 2026 cohort includes, Alfie’s Squad, Power 2 Connect, Brighton Therapy Centre, Happy Healthy You, WilderMe CIC, Petallica Flower Farm CIC, Exeter Science Centre, Southwold & Waveney Regeneration Trust, Bassetlaw Food Bank, Balanced Horizon, Youth Mental Health Foundation, and Highlands Psychoanalytic Collective.

Founded by a mother after her eight-year-old son lost his father to suicide, Alfie’s Squad provides a peer support service for bereaved children. Power 2 Connect (P2C) tackles digital exclusion in London through community-based device distribution, digital training and crisis support at trusted community hubs such as libraries and GP surgeries. Brighton Therapy Centre (BTC) offers high-quality, accessible therapy faster and for longer than the NHS, delivering over 3,000 free and low-cost therapy sessions in 2025 alone. With the £45,000 from The Fore, BTC will open a new site, increasing people’s access to subsidised therapy by over 220 per cent. This grant will create a self-sustaining ecosystem of mental health support for communities across South East England.

“Small charities are closest to the problems facing our society, but too often their innovative ideas and solutions struggle to get out of the grassroots because 92 per cent of funding goes to the largest 8 per cent of charities. This is a missed opportunity for creating the change our society needs,” Mary Rose Gunn, CEO of The Fore, said.