‘Funding crisis’ puts Hope ‘at risk’

A long-running Christian charity is facing a “funding crisis” which puts the future of its work “at risk”, it says.

Drug education charity Hope UK – established in Victorian times as the Band of Hope – says it is “urgently in need of support to help fund its work into next year.”

CEO Sarah Brighton says last year the organisation raised over £200,000 from donors, trust funds and grant-giving bodies, more than they had budgeted for – but now, during the first half of 2026, “funds were slow to come in from these sources, and in addition, we were without a full-time fundraiser for a few months.”