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Chamber Charitable Fund

The Chamber Charitable Fund is administered by Chamber member Leicestershire & Rutland Community Foundation. It provides a platform for the Chamber to support charitable causes, in our case the charities in Chamber membership, while also managing all the money safely and within charitable law.

Leicestershire & Rutland Community Foundation

Our fund’s charitable year runs December to December, to coincide with our President’s term of office.

Charities are selected from Chamber membership by the incoming President in November and announced at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in December.

The total amount raised by the fund during the year is then split equally and presented at the AGM the following December.

The President has chosen the Following Charites for 2026:

Treetops Hospice

Treetops Hospice is a leading end-of-life care charity for Derbyshire.

We open our arms and hearts to support thousands of local people, and their families, through the most difficult time of their lives. Sadly, we need to raise over 80% of our costs. Your donations ensure our caring team of nurses, counsellors and end-of-life professionals can help people day and night. It takes a community to make a hospice.

Together, let’s make every day count.

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Headway Nottingham

Headway Nottingham is the local charity providing rehabilitation, support and friendship opportunities for people living with disabilities resulting from brain injury across Nottinghamshire. When brain injury threatens to steal everything - your independence, your skills, your very sense of self - the team offers hope through creative rehabilitation, one-to-one empowering support and a compassionate community.


Through their By the Bedside project, they bring vital support directly to patients in the Neuro Wards and ICU at QMC, ensuring help begins at the earliest, most critical moments. They also provide welfare support and advocacy to support every part of life. Their specialist support helps members rediscover forgotten abilities and rebuild shattered lives, proving that recovery is possible and no one faces this journey alone.

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Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL)

VAL has supported the local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector for 60 years. Founded in 1965 as the Leicester Council for Social Services, our work has evolved with the times but always centred on local people.

Strengthening the voluntary sector We provide advice, support and training to charities and community groups across Leicestershire. With around 2,400 charities and 3,800 grassroots organisations locally, we help them grow and continue delivering vital community services.

Volunteering

VAL is the accredited Volunteer Centre for Leicester and Leicestershire. We support Volunteer Involving Organisations (VIOs) to prepare to involve volunteers in their activities and services and we provide advice to people interested in getting involved in volunteering opportunities in the local area.

VALUES Project For over 20 years, VALUES has offered people with learning disabilities opportunities to learn skills, make friends and enjoy activities. Clients can use Personal Budgets to access a wide range of sessions, supported by dozens of staff who help more than 130 participants every week.

Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire Healthwatch is the local champion for health and social care. We ensure NHS leaders and decision makers hear community voices and use

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how to donate

Donate directly via Just Giving or via the Leicestershire & Rutland Community Foundation website.

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