We at MATES are a not for profit community interest company, run by volunteers. Any donations to our GoFundMe all go directly to helping us carry on providing events, awareness and support to the community

MATES FC is a community football club that provides football with no commitment to get those that have struggled with poor mental health back out of the house and out onto the pitch again and be a new community of people around you. We are run by volunteers and every penny donated will go to help us with our continued growth and support of our community

One Love Rescue is a small animal rescue in Crete, run by three volunteers that work tirelessly to help save and rehome the stray dogs of Crete. They rely completely on people's donations. We operate MATES in Crete and Onle Love is in the small village we are based in and means a lot to us. We want to do all we can to help this incredible and deserving cause and these beautiful animals

MATES FC & MATES Running Club are both part of CALM's Collective, using sport to do all we can to spread awareness and help boost positive mental health and support those that need it. Throughout the year we hold events to raise money for CALM such as 'The Lost Hours Walk' and through some charity football matches. We are proud to work with the incredible CALM and will always do all we can to help them help those at their lowest

Chelmsford based community project supporting rough sleepers, providing outreach, clothing and essential goods for those that need it most. Their rucksack project is a brilliant way to get involved. Donations of goods are a vital lifeline to those that have nothing and are at their very lowest.

Changing Pathways is a local domestic abuse charity that provide free and confidential support and refuge, therapy and counsellin to those subjected to domestic abuse and stalking. 

A small family run Dog Rescue assisted by volunteers. They have been in operation for 45 years and are the dog pound for all the dogs from Chelmsford and Brentwood as well as an overflow for other districts as and when required. They can accomodate up to 60 dogs and pride themselves on getting to know each dog and finiding them their forever home, no matter how long it takes.

A Chelmsford based non-profit charity who want to make sure all children have equal access to education and learning development, enabling them to reach their full potential and bridge the gap between children living in poverty and their wealthier friends. To achieve this, they listen to the needs of local vulnerable families and help where necessary to get their children to school with whatever they need, and focus on creating development opportunities for disadvantaged yound people from the local area.

In the few years that we have been supporting the Chelmsford foodbank we have seen them go from one building to 7+ sites across Chelmsford as demand has rocketed and continues to rocket week by week. The need has never been greater.