Sponsors & Funders

The National Lottery Community Fund – We Belong (2023–2026)

Our current We Belong programme is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund through a 3-year grant, helping us focus on the emotional wellbeing, leadership skills, and personal growth of young people in Enfield. This funding supports:

• Weekly youth sessions for 10–14s and 14–19s

• Young Leaders programme

• After School clubs focusing on Transitions

• Growing our adult volunteers

• Mental health and wellbeing support

• Outdoor learning and our community allotment

• community cohesion events

• Staff development and specialist training

Thanks to National Lottery players, We Belong allows us to continue offering consistent, meaningful youth work that supports personal development and builds long-term resilience.

RSA Trust

Our long-term core funder the RSA Trust is the charitable arm of the RSA Island Centre. All profit from the business park is transferred to the RSA Trust for distribution to good causes across Enfield and the wider area.

They fund projects ranging from enact’s community work, to supporting a local hospice, to supporting local people to start their own business and a local boxing charity who provide activities at enact youth provisions.

Coronavirus Community Support Fund

We received a Coronavirus Community Support Fund which supported our youth work from July 2020- December 2020. @tnlcommunityfund @dcmsgovuk – Thank you! All our work is showcased on our Instagram page. The fund helped enact run a weekly run club ran with 4 youth volunteers. We had 10-15 young people per session outcomes were: running a 5k by the end of December, get introduced to yoga and mindfulness, look at healthy eating, promote positive eating and designing run club jackets for all young people and volunteers. We ran a Mentoring scheme which ran 4 times a week (4 hours face to face or online with a level 3 youth work trained and JNC qualified youth worker). We ran a cooking space where young people made meals from scratch and they were able to feed their family and Youth space promoting fitness/mental health.

Enfield Voluntary Action

Enfield Voluntary Action is known as EVA. They help people & groups access knowledge, skills & resources to make a difference in our Borough. We have membership with EVA, tap into training, tap into new funding opportunities and also get to speak with other agencies and charities in the borough of Enfield.

We received a grant programmes in February 2020 relating Tackling Poverty & Inequality in Enfield. This grant has helped us provide families and youth with laptops and training to help bridge the digital divide which we know many families and youth are facing.

Metaswitch

Metaswitch is the world’s leading cloud native communications software company. Metaswitch provides enact with a crucial ‘discretionary fund’ to offer support to local people in times of crisis. This during covid 19 has proved to be a huge help to the community providing items such as printers & laptops supporting home-schooling and wellbeing items to look after the communities mental health.

Metaswitch is currently funding the enact photography project, each month is a photography challenge where the community can win a £50 voucher of their choice. At the end of 12 months we will produce a 2021 calendar with all the winning entries. All proceeds will go back into youth half term activities. #metaswitchcares

Jack Petchey Foundation (Ongoing)

The Jack Petchey Foundation remains a valued partner, supporting us to celebrate and empower young people through their Achievement Awards. With Jack Petchey support, young people have enjoyed:

• Trips to Go Ape, the O2 Climb, Alexandra Palace Ice Skating, Go Karting at TeamSport Edmonton, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tours and Laser Tag

• New equipment such as juicers, blenders, TVs, and a pool table

• Coaches for residential trips, group meals, and chosen experiences

• Additional support towards our Friday night drop-in (2022–2023)

These opportunities help young people build confidence, develop friendships, and create lasting positive memories.

London Community Response Fund (COVID-19 Response 2020–2021)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we received emergency funding through The National Lottery Community Fund, distributed by City Bridge Trust via the London Community Response Fund. This support enabled us to:

• Adapt and deliver youth and community activities safely during lockdown

• Provide PPE and COVID-safe measures

• Offer counselling and wellbeing support to staff and volunteers

• Upskill our team to meet emerging community needs

• Cover essential core costs during a period of uncertainty

• Fully rebuild and relaunch our Enact website

The resilience built through this period remains a core strength of Enact today.

The National Lottery Community Fund – Community Growth (2019–2022)

In 2019, we were awarded 3 year National Lottery funding which enabled Enact to grow its community offer, particularly for children, families and younger age groups. This funding helped us to:

• Expand our Tots, Kids Club, and holiday programmes

• Develop stronger community networks across Enfield Island Village

• Build long-term engagement pathways for the community

• Strengthen safeguarding, governance and organisational stability

This investment laid the community foundations we continue to build on today.