Day one
The start
The journey begins
A small foundation with a big belief that every young person deserves someone in their corner.
A brand-new charity single, recorded by gospel artists in the UK who love Jamaica, raising funds to bring clean water, power and hope to families still recovering from Hurricane Melissa.
100% of donations go directly to grassroots, community-led recovery on the ground, starting with a 10,000-litre-a-day water generator for Parottee, St Elizabeth.
New Charity Single · Gospel Artists United
Thirty years ago, we had no plan and no idea what we were doing. All we had was a simple desire to help. So we started walking, first to The Gambia, then to Sierra Leone, then home to Jamaica and into London’s classrooms, and with every step, the doors just kept opening. We have run on nothing but the grace and favour of God, and the kindness of everyone who said yes along the way. Thank you for walking this journey with us. The best is still to come.
Strong, fearless and far mightier than your size would suggest.
We are a tiny micro charity. There is no big head office and no huge budget behind us. What we do have is heart, determination and a family of partners and volunteers who refuse to give up.
That is how a small team has shipped containers across the ocean, reached thousands of young people and helped rebuild lives after a hurricane. We may be likkle, but our impact is massive.
We are a small charity with a big reach. Everything we do, from rebuilding in Jamaica to mentoring in London to training performers, comes back to one belief: every person deserves the chance to flourish.
International development
Relief now and lasting resilience after Hurricane Melissa.
Visit the Jamaica appeal
Youth mentoring
Knife crime prevention, mentoring and respectful relationships.
See our youth work
The arts
The Gospel School for Performing Arts. It is never too late.
Visit thegspa.orgNone of this happened alone. It happened because schools, councils, churches, companies, volunteers and supporters said yes.
A small foundation with a big belief that every young person deserves someone in their corner.
It started when Pearl saw perfectly good school supplies being thrown away at her daughter’s school in the UK. The Gambia was the first place they reached.
Next came Sierra Leone, where school supplies from the UK reached children who needed them, and a clinic was kitted out with brand-new mattresses, sheets and pillowcases.
Then we brought our mission to Jamaica, the land of our heritage, filling classrooms with supplies, furniture and joy alongside local volunteers.
Back in the UK, we took our work into London’s schools, with knife crime workshops, mentoring and relationship sessions for young people who needed someone in their corner.
School furniture, books and resources that would have been thrown away in the UK were rescued, cleaned and sent to schools and communities that needed them.
Photo: Albury landfill, Surrey, by Suzann, CC BY-SA 3.0
Desks, chairs and books for 136 schools across Jamaica, handed over through the Ministry of Education.
A promise kept, with furniture donated by the BBC and shipped to 60 schools.
Recycled furniture and brand-new resources sent overseas, sponsored by Barclays.
Donated by Hertfordshire County Council for children who needed them.
Desks, books, computers and sports equipment for schools, a school for disabled children and an abandoned baby home, including educational resources worth around £23,000.
Educational supplies for schools in St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, Manchester and St Ann, with the JN Foundation’s Act!on Volunteers.
Worth over £600,000 (J$130 million), handed to Jamaica’s Ministries of Health, Education and Foreign Affairs for schools and hospitals during the pandemic.
Across 55 schools, through our youth programmes.
Working with UTech and the Jamaica Defence Force on water scarcity.
Our charity single and appeal for Jamaica, as we celebrate thirty years.
Whether you give, volunteer, partner with us or simply share our story, you become part of what comes next. Thank you for standing with us.