Working together with local communities and those who want change.
Rescue Mission describes partnerships with local community leaders, community-based organisations, volunteers, supporters, philanthropists, trusts, institutions and companies. Its approach places people living in poverty at the centre of development activities.
Working together helps bring local knowledge, practical skills, resources and shared commitment to challenges that no single person or organisation can solve alone.
People and groups with knowledge of local needs.
Community-based partners helping deliver work.
Individuals and groups who raise resources.
Organisations contributing expertise or partnerships.
Our website connects practical action to people’s dignity and a greater say in their own lives. The ideas on this page are drawn from Rescue Mission’s published descriptions of its mission and programme areas.
A closer look at one activity or example described in Rescue Mission’s public materials.
Rescue Mission’s How Funds Are Spent page describes working with local partners to make school buildings, teaching resources and volunteer teachers more accessible to children of school age. This programme description shows how donors, community partners and educators can share responsibility.
The challenge is understood through people’s lives and circumstances.
Practical support is linked to dignity, safety or long-term opportunity.
Supporters can contribute funds, time or awareness.
The charity links its collaborative approach to education, healthcare, livelihood projects, emergency relief and advocacy. Each area relies on understanding community priorities as well as bringing in appropriate resources.
Recognise community knowledge.
Bring relevant partners together.
Align support with practical needs.
Share insights and strengthen the work.
Rescue Mission’s own descriptions emphasise community organisations, local knowledge and people with experience of the challenges being addressed. The relationship between those different contributions is central to the charity’s published approach.
Local priorities and needs.
People, skills, materials and support.
Collaboration in programme delivery.
Rescue Mission invites potential partners to support individual children, families, schools, hospitals and community programmes, and welcomes support from workplaces and other institutions.
Rescue Mission welcomes those who can give, volunteer, fundraise or work with partners on programmes responding to the needs of vulnerable communities.
Explore locally rooted development activities.
Bring workplace resources or volunteering.
Donate, campaign or fundraise with others.
Partnerships can turn shared concern into practical action that respects local leadership.
Give securely using Rescue Mission’s official donation page.
Explore volunteering, fundraising and partnership options.
Read the connected About Us and programme pages.
Rescue Mission is a registered company limited by guarantee (Company No. 10413275) Registered Charity No. 1196944 (England & Wales) 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, England, United Kingdom
