2026 Charities
About Bright Hope
Working together with skilled professionals, we provide a variety of services to assist people improve their physical
and/or mental health, to give them a more fulfilled life.
Bright Hope in North West Leicestershire is committed to ensuring these services continue to support those who
need them, and we constantly look at ways in which to expand the services to help the highest number of people
with the shortest waiting time.
These include Day Care, Counselling, Support Cafes in Ashby, Ibstock and Coalville, Befriending Service, Way Back to
Wellness, Complementary Therapy and Bereavement Support. In 2025, we delivered over 7,000 support sessions
across the range of all of our support services. As an adult social care provider, our services improve the happiness
and health of a beautifully diverse, cross section of our community.
Each year we need to raise over £450,000 to keep our vital support services running. As we do not receive any
statutory funding, fundraising events are very important to us. Our services are only available to local people, so
every penny raised stays in North West Leicestershire.
About me&dee
me&dee was founded in 2006 by Maria Hanson MBE, and from the very beginning our mission has been clear: to
provide comfort, care, and precious memories for families facing lifechanging and lifelimiting conditions. As a totally
self funding charity based in Derby, UK, we do not receive government grants or statutory funding. Instead, we rely
entirely on the generosity of individuals, community groups, and businesses who raise vital funds to keep our
services running.
Every pound raised helps us deliver our continuing care and support programme, which provides holidays, respite
experiences, and family activities designed to bring joy, connection, and lasting memories. Our work supports both
adults and children, offering them the chance to spend quality time together away from the pressures of illness,
disability, or loss.
As we move forward, our commitment remains the same: to ensure that every family who turns to us finds not only
practical support, but also compassion, dignity, and the chance to create treasured memories together.
me&dee has a simple mission, to ensure families going through difficult and uncertain times are gifted with
memories they can treasure, never losing sight of what truly matters. Because it’s those special moments shared
with the ones we love, no matter how complicated circumstances may be, that are most precious of all.