Ready Together
Our impact
We exist for survivors of UK emergencies and their loved ones. When an emergency hits, we raise money and get it to survivors fast. Between emergencies, we work with survivors to make UK support stronger, so help reaches people quickly when the next emergency comes.
National emergency appeals
When a national emergency hits the UK, we can launch a fundraising appeal in as little as four hours. Money reaches survivors as soon as they need it.
We give financial support to survivors and their loved ones. We fund charities and local organisations that provide longer-term care. Whether we lead an appeal or back another organisation, help reaches the people who need it.
National emergency appeals
We can launch a national fundraising appeal in as little as four hours, then get funds to survivors in phases through local and national partners.
Coronavirus Appeal
We launched the Coronavirus Appeal on 18 March 2020 and raised £99 million. It funded more than 14,000 projects across the UK.
Local emergencies
Not every emergency reaches the national news. Every community still needs support when one hits. Between national appeals, we work with local organisations so they can respond in their area.
We share fundraising expertise, connect groups to resources, and bring the right people together to coordinate the response. Survivors get help where they live.
Local emergencies
Not every UK emergency becomes a national appeal. We work with community foundations, councils and responders so survivors still get support.
Survivor projects
The people who understand emergencies best are those who have lived through one. We work with a community of survivors, including our Survivors Advisory Panel. They share what they went through to shape how the UK prepares for and responds to emergencies.
Survivors show us where support falls short and what helps people recover. Their insight changes how the country responds when the next emergency comes.
Survivor projects
Survivors of past UK emergencies tell us what support worked. We use what they tell us to change law, policy and practice.
Bee The Difference
Nine young survivors of the Manchester Arena attack led research into the support children and young people receive after a UK terror attack.
Stories After The Storms
Research with Lancaster University into the support UK flood survivors receive, and five changes that would improve it.
Building UK resilience
Between emergencies, we work to reduce the harm the next one causes. We bring together survivors, government, first responders, businesses and charities to learn from past emergencies.
Together we improve how the UK responds and share what survivors tell us. We push for changes in law and practice that help survivors. We also offer advice and training, so communities are readier when an emergency comes.
Building UK resilience
We bring survivors' experience to government, first responders and the organisations that plan for emergencies, so the UK is better prepared.
