Our Communities

Crisis is a UK national charity formed in 1967 as an urgent response to the growing homelessness crisis. Since then they have helped tens of thousands of people out of homelessness and campaigned for change. Working directly with thousands of people experiencing homelessness every year, Crisis provides vital help so that people can rebuild their lives and are supported out of homelessness for good.

Worktree is an employability education charity with roots deep in MK.  As a community of 3,000 volunteers, they are like the trunk of a tree, the solid foundation that enables young people to experience, dream and blossom.  They facilitate conversations with working people so that students can talk openly to them about what they do, find out how they got there, understand and potentially imagine themselves in that role.

Action 4 Youth has been encouraging, motivating and supporting clubs, groups and organisations for young people throughout Buckinghamshire for over 70 years. They run the highly successful Caldecotte Xperience providing adventure and outdoor education for the region.

MK Community Foundation is a leading grant-making charity sending funding where it's needed most in Milton Keynes. With so many vulnerable, isolated, and disadvantaged people in Milton Keynes they’re proud to be leading the way in supporting community projects and charitable activities to help create a fairer more connected community.

MK Food Bank has supported the local community with emergency food parcels since 2004. Relying solely on donations of food and money from the local community, schools, churches and corporate sponsors. The cost-of-living crisis is affecting more and more people on our doorstep right now. In 2022 so far MK Food Bank has given out 15,000 emergency food parcels. This is 30% more than this time last year and rising all the time.