Partner With Us to Expand Your Impact

 

Need a space to run your services?

Could you use more resources for your work?

 

The Starting Out Charity partners with charities that are also focused on delivering our charity’s aims. We support community members in need by providing essential items, vital spaces, and opportunities to create, grow and sustain new enterprises. If this sounds like your charity, please get in touch as we may have both space and resources we can share with you.

If your charity has different aims to ours, it is still possible that we might be able to assist you with space at one of our charity hubs.

Why Partner With Starting Out?

Free or low-cost premises in high-need areas

Flexible, meanwhile-use arrangements with minimal admin

Access to storage, utilities, furniture, and setup support

 Shared spaces that encourage cross-sector collaboration

Connection to volunteers, donors, and local councils

Part of a national charity network with 25+ years of impact

Who We Work With

We welcome partnerships with:

We welcome partnerships with:

  • Registered charities and CICs
  • Mutual aid groups
  • Local food banks
  • Mental health or wellbeing services
  • Family support and youth programmes
  • Social enterprise incubators

We prioritise projects that are community-led, inclusive, and aligned with our mission.



Let’s Build Something Together

If you run a charity or community project and need space, support, or collaboration — we’d love to hear from you. Our hubs are always evolving, and we’re constantly looking for new partners to share our spaces and amplify local impact.

👉 Get in touch to explore available locations, shared spaces, or future partnerships.

Together, we can bring life back to empty spaces — and hope back into communities.

3 + 7 =

370,000 sq ft of commercial property put to charitable use so far.

15 council areas home to Starting Out Charity projects so far.

£4,000,000+ in savings generated for owners so far.

Support from the Starting Out charity, through both space and essential food supplies, remains vital to our ongoing work feeding over 5,000 people each month.

Food for All Trustee | Peter O’grady

The Kindness Offensive has worked on dozens of projects with Starting Out since 2008, they’re a great bunch doing wonderful work!

Robert Williams | Kindness Offensive Founder & Donations Coordinator

Proudly Supporting a Nationwide Network of Changemakers

From NHS Trusts and national charities to grassroots groups, schools, and corporate partners, Starting Out Charity is proud to collaborate with a wide spectrum of organisations that serve their communities with heart and purpose.

Together, we’ve transformed vacant spaces into food banks, family hubs, training centres, and pop-ups for health, education, and care — supporting thousands of people across the UK.

Explore some of the incredible organisations who bring these spaces to life every day.