In order to continue running activities and offering services at a free or highly subsidised rate, we face the perpetual challenge of fundraising. All members of staff are regularly engaged in money-saving or fundraising initiatives, as competition between the many voluntary sector agencies across the country becomes increasingly tighter.

Whilst this is an inevitable part of the survival of any small charity, we are keen to develop streams of income to enable us to plan for the future and stabilise our work. One of these streams is through donations made by members of the community who have benefited from our presence, or any individual or group which wishes to support us and what we do in Swiss Cottage.

We have made it easy for you to make a donation through Paypal: just click on the link to the left to make a contribution to our work.

Alternately, we have just launched our Friends Scheme, which you can read more about in a letter from Paul Perkins, our CEO. The Friends Scheme aims to build financial support through small but regular contributions and we’ll be developing it to include social events, local discounts and plenty more. If you’d like a standing order form or have other questions or suggestions for the scheme, please contact us on info@thewinch.org or 020 7586 8731.