Global vision. Local action.
Our ambition is simple to describe and difficult to achieve: build a connected global network capable of creating meaningful change in families' everyday lives across countries, regions, cities and communities around the world.
Why we're building Uplift Me
Uplift Me began with a simple belief: enormous amounts of useful products, resources, capability and goodwill already exist. The challenge is connecting them efficiently with the families and communities that need them.
Our long-term vision is to build the infrastructure that makes that connection possible at scale.
Technology gives us the ability to operate globally. Communities give us the ability to make change personal.
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Ashley Thorpe
Founder, The Uplift Me Foundation
I believe every child deserves the practical support they need to thrive. Not someday, but now, while it matters most.
Across communities around the world there are children who would benefit enormously from the right everyday things. A bed that means a full night's sleep. A wheelchair that fits through the front door. Sensory equipment that helps a child feel calm in their own home. The simple equipment and household items that quietly shape a childhood.
At the same time, businesses and communities are surrounded by useful products, resources, funding, expertise, time and goodwill. Far too much of it goes to waste while families nearby need it.
I never believed that gap was inevitable. It is a connection problem, and connection problems can be solved.
So we are building The Uplift Me Foundation as a global platform that connects supply, need, donors, partners and communities, led locally by people who understand their communities best.
Disabled children and families with additional needs sit at the heart of this mission. Appropriate, well-made equipment should never be out of reach for the families who need it most, and businesses that want to help should find it easy to do so.
Local leadership matters because nobody understands a place like the people who live and work in it. Community by community, we want to give local leaders the infrastructure, technology and support to build something lasting.
We are starting locally, building carefully, and designing every part of this around a global vision that can scale responsibly across countries and communities.
“Think global. Start right in front of you.
Charity starts close to home. Impact doesn't have to end there.”
The organisational model
Global infrastructure. Local people. Local knowledge. Local change.
The technology, governance, brand and impact measurement exist centrally, while delivery becomes increasingly local.
From the founders & executive team
Our founder and executive statements are being prepared.
Personal perspectives from the people building Uplift Me will appear here soon.
The global roadmap
Phases, not promises. We build deliberately and only announce what we can deliver.
UK Foundation
Build the marketplace. Create donation infrastructure. Develop UK product supply, collection and logistics capability, and local partnerships. Measure impact.
UK Community Network
Nation → Region → County / Local Authority → City / Town → Local Community. Local coordinators, partners, inventory and fulfilment capability in each territory.
Country Networks
Repeatable Uplift Me country platforms. Each country operates using the same technology and core standards while adapting to its own communities and local needs.
Global Uplift Network
Country → Region → City → Community → Household. A connected global infrastructure for moving products, resources, money, volunteers and practical assistance to where they can make the greatest difference.
