Become a Charity or Social Enterprise Partner

Do you need help getting to the next step in your journey?

Since 2003 we have helped over 700 charities and social enterprises to go from good to great, become more resilient and deliver more effective and efficient services, transforming lives of the disadvantaged people they serve.

The impact of the Pilotlight project spans the whole organisation as our way of thinking has totally shifted.

Dr Crystal Oldman CEO, The Queen's Nursing Institute, Partner Charity

The Pilotlight Programme was invaluable for me as a leader. Not only do I now have a five-year business plan, a new mission, social objectives, business objectives and narrative, I'm more confident in my role.

Simone Spray Chief Executive, 42nd Street, Partner Charity

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain, and your charity will definitely be in a better place from when you started.

Hanif Qadir Chief Executive, Active Change Foundation, Partner Charity

Selecting a Charity or Social Enterprise Partner

We work with ambitious, UK-based organisations that want to look forward and develop themselves but don’t have the resources to get there alone.

How We Are Funded

Our members pay an annual membership donation to take part, which allows us to offer our programmes free to charities and social enterprises. There are two types of members, those who make a personal donation to us and those who are sponsored by their employer. The donation not only supports the charity projects Pilotlighters are placed on, but also contributes towards our project work across the UK. We aim to meet 80% of our operating costs through our members, with 20% coming from Trusts and Foundations.

Creating Change

93%

93% of charity CEOs report an increase in their leadership skills after working with us.

36%

Two years after working with us, charities who have participated in the Pilotlight Programme have on average increased their income by 36%.

52%

Two years after working with us, charities who have participated in the Pilotlight Programme have on average increased their reach by 52%.

Current Charity Partners

Through our various programmes we are currently working with the following charities and social enterprises.

Serve Blackburn & Darwen District without Abuse Emmaus Hull & East Riding Mencap Liverpool St. Francis’ Children’s Society Outside the Box Learning Partnerships Blackburn Youth Zone Grandparents Plus Pathway Project The Avenues Youth Project Islington People's Rights CPotential Spectra Reach South Sheffield The Anne Frank Trust Citizens Advice Swansea Neath Port Talbot The Ecology Centre Care Network Glasgow ESOL Forum Family Help Darlington Choices Pyramid of Arts QPR Community Trust Croydon Mencap YMCA North Tyneside Riverkids Recovery Cymru Home Start Trafford and Salford Dingley's Promise Endeavour Training HACS Leeds Jewish Welfare Board Worcestershire Association of Carers SAYiT The Alcohol Education Trust Moving On Durham Mapis Project Vital Action in Mind The Welcome Centre KingsCare League of Friends Staffordshire Women's Aid GISDA Wirral Ark Trafford Domestic Abuse Services Mary's Phase Trust Omega Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre Auditory Verbal UK Human Development Scotland SYSHP NIDAS Wyre Forest Nightstop Jericho Foundation Independent Advocacy North East Cornwall Rural Community Charity Swansea Women’s Aid One Community Development Trust YSS Lambeth Mencap Compaid Zacchaeus 2000 Trust Leicester LGBT Centre ICAP FOCUS Dudley Advocacy St Luke's Community Centre Think Children Cardiff City FC Community Foundation Create Paisley Paul Sartori Hospice at Home Hull Children's University Sporting Force Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre Art4Space The Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) People and Work Cerebral Palsy Sport New Vic Theatre Carers Trust Tyne and Wear

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