Recipients

  • Mathari Children’s Fund (2006 –2024)

    Starting in 2006, the Rivers Foundation started supporting the Mathari Children’s Fund which was founded by Cathal Conaty on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.  Located in one of the poorest parts of the Nairobi, residents of this slum live in extreme poverty. The Rivers Foundation began by supporting local children in education by donating to the… Read More

  • Mind (2017)

    Providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem and campaigning to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

  • Multi-Story (2015 and 2018)

    Multi-Story is a project that brings classical music to unexpected places, run by composer Kate Whitley and conductor Christopher Stark. It began in 2011 with a performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring for 100 musicians in a Car Park in Peckham Rye, London. The Multi-Story Orchestra plays in the Car Park every summer as… Read More

  • National Foundation for Youth Music (2017 – 2018)

    The Foundation invests in music-making projects for children and young people experiencing challenging circumstances.

  • Ngoma Dolce Academy (2017)

    Providing support for teachers and students from the music Academy based in Lusaka, Zambia to visit London to extend their creative skills and the purchase of a better piano.

  • Operation Smile (2010 – 2019)

    Operation Smile undertakes essential operations across Thailand and Laos to correct children’s cleft lips and palates, thereby making a huge difference to both their lives and those of their families.

  • Prospex (2008)

    The Rivers’ Foundation worked with Prospex to equip a social club for young adults in London.

  • RONA Sailing Project (2012-2017)

    Training young people, both able-bodied and disabled to sail, The Rivers Foundation have been supporting RONA since 2009.

  • Rugby Portobello Trust (2010-2014)

    The Rugby Portobello Trust is a small charity based on Ladbroke Grove in West London.  A social centre that helps with the education of under privileged children and teenagers, we support the trust through BodyWorksWest private members’  gym by running annual events to raise money.

  • Scientific Exploration Society (2006 – 2020)

    The Scientific Exploration Society (SES) was started by Colonel John Blashford-Snell and its chief aim is to enable the advancement of knowledge through the initiation and the support of challenging expeditions around the world. Projects that we have specifically supported include the provision of telescopes and medical supplies in Chile and Peru. For over 40 years,… Read More

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