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All We Can is the operating name for the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF), an international development and emergency relief organisation. It is based at Methodist Church House in London, which is also the
Methodist Church of Great Britain The Methodist Church of Great Britain is a Protestant Christian denomination in Britain, and the mother church to Methodists worldwide. It participates in the World Methodist Council, and the World Council of Churches among other ecumenical as ...
's headquarters. Its activities include: * Responding to humanitarian crises with emergency relief and helps communities to be better prepared for disasters * Engaging in global education to inform, challenge, motivate and enable people to take a stance against poverty and injustice. Y Care International (
YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams (philanthropist), Georg ...
's international development and relief agency) and All We Can announced a formal partnership on 1 September 2021 through which the two organisations will aim to "combine their efforts to tackle poverty, inequality and injustice in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities". Y Care International will continue as a separate charitable body, but in future all its services will be fulfilled by All We Can.


Name

The charity's name derives from an apocryphal quote attributed to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism:


Recognition

It is recognised as one of the UK's best charities to work for, having been named in the top five ‘Best Charities to Work For’ by Third Sector 2020, where its child-friendly practices were especially recognised, and is known as one of the sector's most pioneering
NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
s in development work and humanitarian aid, shortlisted for the Civil Society Awards 2019.Civil Society Awards
Charity Awards: Shortlist 2019
accessed 31 October 2021


References

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