Give regularly
Recurring support helps organizations plan, hire, respond, and keep going when attention moves elsewhere.
Slava💛Sonia
Small acts, held steadily.
This page is a public guide to the charities, civic work, and mentoring causes that our family supports or recommends exploring. The purpose is simple: point friends toward useful official channels, and make regular giving feel normal.
Our principles
The page is not a ledger and not a claim of moral achievement. It is a living set of links to organizations worth knowing about.
Use official channels
Where possible, donate directly through the organization itself or a clearly named official partner.
Share skills
Money matters, but so do mentoring, volunteering, introductions, writing, product judgement, and patient attention.
Stay safe and lawful
Some organizations are politically sensitive in certain jurisdictions. Support only where it is safe and lawful for you.
Where we give
A broad, non-exhaustive map of causes: human rights, independent journalism, Ukraine, homelessness, refugees, children, mental health, older people, and community service.
Human rights
🇬🇧 Amnesty International UK
Defending human rights through research, advocacy, campaigns, and public pressure.
Support Amnesty UK
Anti-corruption
FBK / ACF
Anti-corruption work and democratic civic infrastructure connected with Alexei Navalny's team.
Support FBK / ACFSupport only where safe and lawful in your jurisdiction.
Legal defence
OVD-Info
Human rights information and legal support for people facing political persecution.
Support OVD-InfoSupport only where safe and lawful in your jurisdiction.
Independent media
The Insider
Investigative reporting, anti-censorship work, and public-interest journalism.
Support The InsiderSupport only where safe and lawful in your jurisdiction.
Investigations
iStories
Independent investigations, data journalism, and stories that reach readers under censorship.
Support Important StoriesSupport only where safe and lawful in your jurisdiction.
Open-source investigations
Bellingcat
Research and investigations on events of public interest around the world.
Support Bellingcat
Journalism network
GIJN
Resources and support for investigative journalists and watchdog reporting globally.
Support GIJN
Ukraine
UNITED24
Ukraine's official fundraising platform for urgent national needs and recovery projects.
Support UNITED24
Humanitarian relief
🇬🇧 British Red Cross
Support for people in crisis in the UK and around the world.
Support British Red Cross
Refugees
🇬🇧 Refugee Council
Helping refugees rebuild lives, integrate into communities, and access practical support.
Support Refugee Council
Survivors
🇬🇧 Freedom from Torture
Therapy, advocacy, and practical support for torture survivors rebuilding their lives.
Support Freedom from Torture
Homelessness
🇬🇧 Crisis
Year-round work helping people leave homelessness behind for good.
Support Crisis
Housing
🇬🇧 Shelter
Advice, support, and campaigning for people facing unsafe housing and homelessness.
Support Shelter
Young people
🇬🇧 CentrePoint
Support for young people experiencing homelessness and rebuilding stability.
Support Centrepoint
Mental health
🇬🇧 Mind
Information, support, and campaigning so no one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Support Mind
Children
🇬🇧 Barnardo's
Support for children, young people, parents, and carers across the UK.
Support Barnardo's
Older people
🇬🇧 Age UK
Advice, companionship, and practical support for older people.
Support Age UK
Girls and youth
🇬🇧 Girlguiding
Volunteering and donations that help girls learn, lead, explore, and belong.
Support GirlguidingGiving is not a performance. It is a habit of noticing where help is needed, then returning to that place before the urgency has become fashionable.
Time and civic service
Some of the most useful support is not financial. It is presence, mentoring, volunteering, and a willingness to take civic responsibility seriously.
🇬🇧 Mentoring founders
Slava shares practical fintech, product, compliance, and growth experience through mentoring and ecosystem programmes. Mentee details stay private unless already public and relevant.
🇬🇧 Girlguiding and Age UK
Sonia's volunteering interest is part of the same pattern: local service, steady participation, and care for people at different stages of life.
🇬🇧 NHS blood donation
Blood donation is a quiet, practical form of service. We encourage eligible people to learn about donating through the official NHS Blood Donation site.
Learn about NHS blood donation🇬🇧 NHS organ donation
Registering a decision helps families and clinicians understand your wishes. Use the official NHS Organ Donation register.
Register your decision🇬🇧 Independent Custody Visiting
MOPAC's scheme is a way for London volunteers to check the treatment and welfare of people held in custody.
Explore MOPAC ICVDirect community help
Some support is direct and personal: practical help for families, neighbours, and people going through a hard season. Those stories stay private.
Arts and culture
A healthy civic life also needs theatres, film, dance, public culture, and independent spaces where people can think together.
Film
🇬🇧 BFI
Support for British film culture, festivals, archives, screenings, and public programming.
Support BFI
Theatre
🇬🇧 Donmar Warehouse
Support for one of London's important theatre spaces and its public artistic work.
Support Donmar
Dance
🇬🇧 Sadler's Wells
Support for dance, performance, artists, and audiences in London and beyond.
Support Sadler's Wells
Animal welfare
🇬🇧 National Pug Protection Trust
Fundraising, fostering, rescue, and rehoming for pugs in need across the UK.
Support NPPTStart your own list
The best giving plan is one you can actually keep. Start small, make it direct, and review it when life changes.
- Choose one local need Pick a cause you understand: housing, children, older people, mental health, refugees, or community service.
- Add one global need Consider Ukraine, humanitarian relief, independent journalism, or human rights work.
- Use official links Avoid forwarded payment requests. Go to the organization site and donate there.
- Give regularly A modest recurring gift can be more useful than an occasional dramatic gesture.
- Offer your skills Mentor, volunteer, translate, write, introduce, design, test, advise, or simply show up.
- Review with care Keep what still fits your values and capacity. Replace what no longer does.
Privacy and safety
No public ledger
This page does not publish donation receipts, private IDs, medical details, private correspondence, exact giving totals, or family-sensitive details. It exists to support organizations publicly while keeping personal records private.
For politically sensitive organizations, please check your own legal and personal safety position before donating, reposting, or publicly advocating.