Our charities

The Times Christmas Charity Appeal is supporting three unique charities

SolarAid provides clean renewable power to villages in Africa

Place2Be is free in school counselling for troubled children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Fine Cell Work helps prison inmates to take up needlepoint and sells their work

Please give generously

Fundraising partners

The Times Christmas Charity Appeal is being supported this year by fundraising partners

Zurich Community Trust will match donations to Place2Be, up to £100,000

Donations to Fine Cell Work will be matched by a consortium of foundations including the Michael Varah Memorial Fund.The MVMF was set up in the memory of Michael Varah, a Chief Probation Officer, who saw first hand the benefits of a rehabilitative approach to dealing with offenders. This charitable fund works in partnership to reduce offending, including by enabling marginalised people realise the skills they never thought they had.

That means every pound you give to our appeal will go further