Live To Love UK will launch in September 2010
Our vision:
It’s quite a simple one: to help create a compassionate and sustainable society in which people of all ages can actively participate in everyday acts of kindness, compassion and generosity.
We believe that reaching out to connect and help others enriches all our lives and will help to build stronger, happier communities within our cities, towns and villages both nationally and internationally.
Who we are:
Live to Love is a global network of secular, non-profit making organisations whose aim is to strengthen communities through the provision of education, medical services, relief aid, the preservation of culture and heritage and the promotion of environmental sustainability within society.
Live to Love UK (charitable status applied for) is the autonomous UK member of this global movement.
What we do:
We build and develop dynamic networks of active, compassionate citizens who pledge to give and receive acts of kindness. These can range from ordinary acts of neighbourliness within their own local communities to formal volunteering work in international initiatives.
We also provide financial and practical support to global disaster programs and to key international projects such as the Druk White Lotus School in Ladakh, India.
How we do it:
There are no distinctions of faith, ethnicity, nationality, class, age or gender.
Active participation is vital. Whilst raising money is an extremely important part of charitable work, what sets Live to Love apart from many other organisations is the encouragement of compassion in action, not just compassion through financial donations.
We encourage our volunteers to become valued members of a thriving local network full of new contacts and opportunities The possibilities are infinite. We set up our own projects within the community and work in partnership with others, in both the voluntary and public sectors.