Our Partners | World Vision UK

Partnering for lasting change

For over 70 years, we have been driven by a simple aim: to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children. Working in partnership with others, we can have a greater impact in the lives of those we serve, so we are proud to work with dedicated, like-minded, partners to achieve this aim.

From helping companies meet their social and corporate responsibilities, to working with other charities, academia, the private sector and governments - and partnering with churches - we work together to help create a better future for vulnerable children and their families.

Partnerships in action

Just a few of those who come alongside us.

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Companies and businesses

Corporate partnerships are at the heart of what we do. We work in partnership with companies to use their skills, resources, and engage their employees to help us create a better tomorrow, empowering people living in the world’s toughest of places. Learn how you can make a difference through a corporate partnership.

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NGOs, institutions and funders

World Vision has been partners with the United Nations' World Food Programme for over 30 years. In 2022, in our partnership with WFP, we worked in 28 countries to reach 14.3 million people, of which 60% were children. And 84% of those reached lived in fragile contexts.

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Churches

St Pauls and St Georges Church in Edinburgh took part in a Chosen event - whereby children get to choose their own sponsors, so the power is put in their hands. Dave Richards, minister of the church said, “Knowing that through being Chosen we have been part of empowering children to learn that they are loved and valued has transformed our congregation.” Find out more about churches working with us here

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Consortium working

We work in Zimbabwe on the Improving Girls’ Access through Transforming Education (IGATE) programme to improve girls' access to education. We're working with many partners including: CARE International, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, World Bicycle Relief, Happy Readers, Union for the Development of the Apostolic Church in Zimbabwe Africa, SNV, Emthonjeni Women’s Forum, the Open University (UK) and Limestone Analytics.

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Academic partners

Working with universities and UK funding partner Elrha, we have conducted in-depth research into the impact of activities and approaches in humanitarian programmes. Most recently we have overseen a pioneering, three-year study into the impact of cash assistance on intimate partner violence in an FCDO-funded project in South Sudan, as well as research into the effectiveness of child-friendly spaces on refugee children’s mental health in Uganda.

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Celebrities

Meghan Markle the Duchess of Sussex visited a school in Rwanda soon after becoming a World Vision ambassador in 2016. She helped bring clean water to a community, thanks to the donations of ordinary people worldwide. She was inspired by how this empowered women within the community.

Find out more about the celebrities we've worked with here.

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Other partnerships

World Vision was proud to be the official charity partner for the Harlem Globetrotters on their UK 2020 tour! World Vision had a presence at Globetrotter games and the team offered free tickets to their Wembley match for lucky competition winners.

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Become our newest partner

If you’re looking to protect and empower children around the world, join us!

We want to work with you, whether you’re a corporation looking to engage employees, an organisation or government wanting to collaborate on a vulnerable children's project, an individual aiming to make an impact, an academic institution hoping to use your expertise to benefit children, or a church seeking to engage in a transformative cause.

Find out more on the pages below, or email us at info@worldvision.org.uk with the subject line 'Partner with World Vision' and one of our team will get back to you about building a partnership that's right for you.

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Make a difference through a corporate partnership

Find the way that suits your business to help transform the lives of vulnerable children.

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Your church and World Vision

Partner with us to equip, encourage and inspire your church congregation to transform lives.

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Our work with trusts and foundations

Learn more about this work to help transform the lives of the world's most vulnerable children.

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Philanthropic giving to transform lives

Learn how your generosity can make a life-changing difference to vulnerable children.

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Meet some of our partners

We are a trusted partner by many peer organisations, institutional donors, academic institutions and businesses, allowing us to have greater impact in the lives of the families we serve. Some of our recent partnerships and coalitions include the European Commission, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, The Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, UNICEF, UNOCHA and VisionFund International. We also partner with many other organisations and institutions and encourage you to get in touch via info@worldvision.org.uk if you are interested in becoming our newest partner.

In the UK we're one of the 14 leading humanitarian organisations making up the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), globally responding to emergencies
We're one of the FCDO’s trusted organisations, implementing programmes across a wide range of sectors and countries.
Start Network is a global network of humanitarian organisations working together to improve emergency response. It runs the Start Fund which is a unique rapid response fund for small to medium scale emergencies. It is collective managed by NGOs and responds within 72 hours of an alert.
We partner with The Global Fund to fight against tuberculosis in Somalia. Our work was recognised at the United Nations General Assembly, first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis. The Minister of Health for the Federal Government of Somalia, Dr. Fawziya Abikar, acknowledged World Vison’s partnership in its efforts of eradicating TB in Somalia.
We're the World Food Programmes’ largest implementing partner around the world, bringing lifesaving food to families who have lost everything in times of crisis.

Accountability in our work

Transparency and accountability are deeply important to us. Our independent auditors report by Auditors Haysmacintyre LLP is conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and applicable law and transparently presented in our annual reports. In addition, we are proudly:

Registered with the UK Fundraising Regulator
A member of the Data and Marketing Association
A member of BOND
A participant in the UN Global Compact
Signed up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) Alliance and Accountable Now (formerly known as the INGO Accountability Charter)

Support our work in other ways

If you’re not sure a partnership is right for you but want to support our mission, there are various ways to do so. Learn how you can support our work, lend your voice to a campaign or find out more about what we do to impact the lives of the world’s most vulnerable.