The Waterloo Foundation (TWF) is an independent grant-making Foundation created in 2007, and based in Cardiff, Wales. The Foundation awards grants to charitable organisations in both the UK and world-wide. They are most interested in projects that help globally particularly in the areas of the disparity of opportunities and wealth and the unsustainable use of the world's natural resources. They aim to help both the global community and the local community in Wales.
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Supporting our work
In partnership
Our sponsorship partners enable us to expand our work, giving those with the most challenging lives a chance to experience our programmes.
Some of our incredible partners are detailed below. We work closely with each of them to truly collaborate, & provide wellbeing support for their teams.
We would love to add you to that list! Please email us if you would like to partner with us, or explore the options we can offer you here
The Westgrove Group is a founding patron of Mind Over Mountains, & has contributed consistently to the delivery of our mental wellbeing events. They are a facilities management company based in Warrington, specialising in providing security, cleaning, maintenance & customer service to shopping centres and mixed use-destinations, corporate offices, business parks, manufacturing and airports throughout the UK.
As founding patron, Westgrove has pledged its support to Mind Over Mountains since 2022 with the aim of proving people with access to the mental health support they need through outdoor events & activities combined with professional support. The Westgrove Group team also support us via our Step Out Challenge fundraising events, for which we are hugely grateful.
The Waterloo Foundation
Ramble Worldwide Outdoor Trust
The Ramble Worldwide Outdoor Trust is the part of Ramble Worldwide, where all surplus profits are channelled back into helping people access the outdoors.
The Trust is passionate about making the outdoors more accessible for people from all communities.
The Trust is supporting Mind Over Mountains for a 3 year period helping fund bursary places on our mental wellbeing programmes, in order to create an enduring impact on people’s lives and to support them as they enjoy the outdoors.
Inghams
For Inghams, the great outdoors is their happy place & it’s open all year round. They've been taking people on holidays in nature since 1934. Their Skiing, Walking and Lapland programmes embrace the power of getting out into beautiful landscapes & loving every minute of it! Inghams believe in the restorative nature of nature for the mind, body and spirit, so partnership with Mind over Mountains is a natural alignment. They’ve been supporting the charity through funding, volunteer work & more. In turn, Mind Over Mountains has helped Inghams by providing mental wellbeing opportunities for their staff and partners.
The Big Give - Kind2Mind
The Big Give is the fantastic philanthropy and fundraising platform founded in 2007 by Sir Alec Reed. Since then, it has raised approaching £280m for thousands of charities using its innovative matching model of giving. Mind Over Mountains benefited from Big Give’s Kind2Mind campaign in 2023 and will do so again in 2024.
Roger & Jean Jeffcoate Trust
The Roger & Jean Jefcoate Trust has a real passion for supporting carefully selected health and wellbeing charities. We are delighted that they have chosen to support Mind Over Mountains with a grant to boost our unrestricted reserves.
Derbyshire Mind
Derbyshire Mind has generously supported the work of Mind Over Mountains by funding a number of our mental wellbeing walks in the Peak District. These walks provide professional mental health coaching & counselling whilst out with a guided group in beautiful parts of the Peak District National Park. The support of Derbyshire Mind has allowed Mind Over Mountains to provide accessible support to these walks, building inclusivity & mental wellbeing at the same time.
Cumbria Community Foundation
This support from Cumbria Community Foundation is helping us to bring our work to the communities of NW Cumbria - enabling us to provide a programme of highly accessible walks that will give people the opportunity to experience the healing power of nature on their mental health, supported by specialist coaches and counsellors. It’s a programme that forms a part of our three-year strategic plan – and one in which we’re seeking to break down the barriers to participation in nature-based wellbeing activities.
Samsung
Samsung have a strong and developing relationship with Mind Over Mountains, following a talk from Alex Staniforth in 2022. A team from Samsung completed the Surrey 3 Peaks in 2023 and a Thames Path Challenge in 2024.
St James's Place
St James’s Place Charitable Foundation is kindly supporting our 2024 programme of walks in the Lake District.
Friends of the Lake District
Friends of the Lake District have generously supported our 2024 wellbeing walks in the Lake District through their Nurtured by Nature programme.
Bath House Group
Bath House is a Cumbria-based maker of artisan fragrances and natural skincare, and have supported us since 2023.
KE Adventure Travel
Adventure travel experts KE Adventure have supported us generously with donations and team fundraising since 2023. A team from KE joined us on our Ullswater Way Step Out Challenge.
RED January
RED January is a nationwide movement that empowers people to move every day, to beat the winter blues away. Walk, swim, cycle, or choose your favourite fitness activity - the choice is yours!
Hannah Beecham founded RED January after witnessing the transformative effect that regular physical activity had on her mum's mental health, particularly during the winter months, a time of year where there's evidence of higher inactivity levels, and people report feeling lower in mood and energy.
The positive impact on RED participants is demonstrated by research undertaken by the University of Oxford, which shows that 74% of participants were more active than usual during the month, with more than half of participants experiencing a significant improvement in their happiness and a reduction in anxiety.
Join the movement at https://join.redjanuary.com/
HF Holidays
The HF Holidays team completed their own Ullswater Way Challenge for Mind Over Mountains in 2023 – and generously donated the main prize in our Mega Prize Draw.
