Empower families to earn their own living

Eight ways to help a family earn its own living: women's enterprise, youth skills, small business grants, vocational training, family farms, ability support, family livelihoods and enterprise startups.

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Give £60

UK taxpayer? Gift Aid adds 25% at no cost to you.

HMD field officer visiting an older adult

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families supported to earn

Live figures as of 5 November 2026.

Ways to give

Choose how you help

Women

Tools and training for women's enterprise groups.

Give £60

Youth

Apprenticeships and skills for young people starting out.

Give £60

Business

A small grant to start or grow a market business.

Give £150

Skills

Vocational training with a recognised trade.

Give £100

Farms

Seed, tools and training for a family farm.

Give £120

Ability

Income support adapted for people living with disability.

Give £80

Families

A livelihood package for a whole household.

Give £50

Enterprise

A startup grant for a trader ready to grow.

Give £200

What your donation provides

£50Support a family livelihood
£150A small business grant
£200An enterprise startup

How your donation reaches them

Assessment
Applicants are assessed on need, plan and commitment.
Support
Training, tools or a grant is provided, recorded in full.
Follow-up visit
We return to see the income growing and report back to donors.

The best way out of poverty is an income. Empower gives people the training, tools and small grants to build one: a sewing machine for a women's group, tools for a young apprentice, seed and tools for a family farm, a startup grant for a market trader.

Every recipient is assessed and followed up, so we fund what works and learn from what does not.