get involved
Help us keep the door open.
True You Together CIC is a not-for-profit, asset-locked community-interest company. Every pound we receive goes back into conversations, guides and workshops for the people who need them.
Donate.
One-off or monthly. Any amount. Donations from individuals and from organisations both welcome.
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Where the money goes
We publish a plain-English summary of where donations have gone, every quarter, on this page. No fancy infographics. Just the actual costs and the actual reach.
- Direct support hours: time spent on free conversations, signposting, and warm handovers.
- Resources and guides: writing, editing, and (where needed) external review of the library pieces.
- Workshops: room costs, materials, and travel for facilitators.
- Tools: hosting, email, the boring infrastructure that keeps a small organisation running.
- Reserves: a small contingency so we don’t have to close the door if a month is quiet.
We never spend on advertising. Word of mouth is enough.
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Volunteer.
We don’t take on volunteers we can’t properly support. So we keep this list short and honest.
- Lived-experience listeners. [REVIEW: confirm whether True You will accept volunteers in this role and what training they’d need. Note Samaritans-style training takes weeks, not hours.]
- Guide writers. If you have a piece you’d like to write for the library, and you’ve lived close to the topic, get in touch with a 200-word outline.
- Workshop helpers. Logistics, setup, welcome. Quiet but essential work.
- Editorial and proofreading. If plain language is your trade and you’d like to give a few hours a month, we’d love that.
Partner with us.
If you run a charity, support group, school, employer network, or community organisation working with similar people, we’d like to talk. Specifically: who’s good at what, where the gaps are, and how we can refer between us instead of competing.
Sign up for the newsletter.
One email a month, at the most. Library pieces, the occasional workshop date, and nothing urgent. We never share your email with anyone.
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