Hope and Play

Registered charity 1125609 · since 2008hopeandplay.org·Lebanon·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£359k

Annual giving, year to 31 July 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Hope and Play's work for Palestinian children, covering food and water, play and sport, education and trauma support, may suit a nonprofit already working with children in Gaza, the West Bank or Lebanon, and its stated priority is the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
The annual report shows £358,944 paid out in its latest year, but that total may include grants to individuals and the register does not confirm the scale.
No grant range is given, so there is no guide to what a realistic request looks like.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to contact the charity through the contact details it shows and ask about its process before writing a proposal.
Nothing published says how competitive its funding is or whether relationships matter, and no exclusions are stated, so no organisation is ruled out.

Overview

Hope and Play is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1125609).

Hope and Play is a UK charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and it exists to bring hope and play to Palestinian children who are denied both. It builds spaces to play, creates learning opportunities and provides trauma support, and it works with partner organisations and vetted local grassroots groups. Its current funding focus is its emergency work in Gaza. In its latest annual report it paid out £358,944, though that total may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Hope and Play supports Palestinian children through projects that put children’s needs at the centre. Its work combines food and water for survival with play, sport, arts, learning and trauma support. It works closely with partner organisations in affected communities to assess children’s and families’ needs, propose and design initiatives, and report on them. Vetted local grassroots and community organisations implement the projects, with monitoring in place. The charity describes its approach as grassroots and community-led, taking its lead from local families, groups and organisations. Its activities reach children in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, including children affected by conflict, displacement and deprivation.

Themes

Food and water
Play and sport
Children’s education
Trauma support

Geographic Focus

Priority: The Gaza Strip; Lebanon.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Lebanon

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Hope and Play.

Give a Child a Brighter FutureRollingGave £480k HOPING FoundationRollingGave £212k Taawon UKNo public processGave £1.1M UK Care for ChildrenRolling Medical Aid for PalestiniansNo public processGave £3.7M Palestine Association for Children's Encouragement of Sports – PACESNo public processGave £59,625 CodeBrave FoundationNo public processGave £262k Quaker International Educational Trust (QuIET)No public processGave £112k The Alexis & Anne-Marie Habib FoundationInvitation onlyGave £64,418 Bookham Baptist ChurchNo public processGave £67,492

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 July 2021	£85,602	£72,126	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2021
year to 31 July 2022	£65,235	£72,715	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2022
year to 31 July 2023	£68,114	£52,362	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2023
year to 31 July 2024	£209,959	£157,511	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2024
year to 31 July 2025	£312,662	£371,672	£358,944	Accounts for year to 31 July 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.