Our mission, vision and values

 

Our Vision is of a world in which everyone can live with freedom and dignity in a loving, protective environment, experiencing fulfilled lives whatever their ability.

Our Mission is to transform the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, youth and families living in Romania’s poorest communities.

Our Values underpin all our work and are shared by all those involved in carrying out our mission both in the UK and Romania.

FARA strives to build a just society serving the common good, based on Christian values of love, justice, dignity and respect, welcoming people of all faiths and none.

Our values

We act with kindness and compassion.
We respect the human dignity of every person.
We believe in practical hands-on care.
We strive  to build a just society.
We responsibly collaborate across all sections of society.
We strive to be a best practice organisation.

Read our extended Values

How you can help FARA carry out the Mission

Fundraise for FARA

Run, ride, walk, sing, bake or swim, however you would like to raise funds for FARA you can easily set up an events page - find out how!

Shop FARA online

Shop online

Our online shop sells carefully selected items kindly donated to our 41 charity shops in 27 London communities.

Donate

Donate to help support FARA charities work in Romania. Your donation will really make a difference to the lives of children and young people we support.

Our extended values

 

We act with kindness and compassion.

We believe the deepest need of children and young people is to experience genuine love as part of a stable family, where spiritual, social and material needs are generously nurtured.


We respect the human dignity of every person.

We promote inclusiveness, believing every child and young person, whatever their faith or none, has a part to play in society and deserves love and respect as a uniquely gifted person.


We believe in practical hands-on care.

We aim to serve the broadest number of people to the detriment of no one, with a strong preference for serving and enabling the poorest and vulnerable in society.


We strive to build a just society.

We believe in justice for all, where everyone can live fulfilled lives regardless of their ability. We seek to be open to change and to give a voice to those we serve.


We responsibly collaborate across all sections of society.

We build relationships and partnerships to access services, ensuring our actions are socially and environmentally conscious.


We strive to be a best practice organisation.

We believe in good stewardship of resources entrusted to us, being open and accountable to all our supporters. We strive to keep our administration cost to a minimum.

Keep up-to date with our work

Learn more of the work we do and the change we achieve with the help of all of our generous donors and supporters.