Hand in Hand for Aid and Development (HIHFAD) has been at the forefront of providing humanitarian aid in Syria since the start of the conflict in 2011. Established by a group of British-Syrians, the charity has grown to become one of the leading humanitarian actors that serves the Syrian communities both within Syria and in neighbouring countries. HIHFAD is present where needed most, serving Syrian communities within Syria and in Turkey. They have access to some of the hardest hit areas inside Syria, where work is coordinated from the HIHFAD offices in Syria, Turkey and the UK. Their goal is to empower every Syrian in need by strengthening resilience, distributing humanitarian aid, reconstructing vital infrastructure and implementing sustainable livelihood programmes

The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP) was established in 2013 and operates as a non-aligned, non-governmental organisation. The idea of SLDP emerged as a result of the Syrian conflict, which erupted in 2011, after realising the importance of addressing complex legal needs triggered by conflicts. These needs concern both the country as a whole and different stakeholders in the conflict. It is of utmost importance to address legal voids in order to prevent major human rights violations and uphold the rule of law, and this is particularly complex in conflict areas. Different stakeholders, such as humanitarian workers and NGOs, civil society organizations, temporary institutions and the general public have many and various legal needs. Addressing these needs for Syrians is a task with huge challenges due to the ever-changing dynamics of the conflict. SLDP has made its mission to utilise its legal expertise and contextual knowledge to address current and developing legal needs in Syria. Through its team of researchers, lawyers, trainers and human rights advocates, SLDP’s mandate is to promote human rights and the rule of law to minimise the negative humanitarian consequences of the Syrian conflict.

The Syria Solidarity Campaign (SSC) is based in the UK and includes a network of activists and supporters committed to solidarity with the Syrian Revolution. The main purpose of the Syria Solidarity Campaign is to amplify the voices of Syrians struggling for peace and freedom. We want to work with all existing campaigns and organisations to help build a campaign that can assist the Syrian people in their struggle for a democratic, just, free and pluralist Syria. In addition, we want to bring Syria’s war criminals to justice.

The Syrian Association of Yorkshire is non-profit organisation created in Yorkshire to help and support Syrians to engage with the society and be positive.

Masrrat, is a civil society organization that works on effective contribution to sustainable processes of social and economic development. They carry out their work by implementing programs that uplift marginalized Syrians. Helping to overcome financial, social, educational and intellectual poverty in the community. Masrrat works via their large team inside Syria and its vast network of relationships with national and international partners. Their vision is to create a pioneering development and humanitarian system that seeks to positively impact the community. It hopes to enable community members to equip themselves with the highest skills in development and innovation. Their mission is to strive to create a society free of suffering and poverty, where people live with freedom and dignity. Masrrat intend to do this through the work of a specialized team, who are transparent and responsible. Masrrat works on various programmes inside Syria, in partnership with International NGOs. These are: Food Security & Livelihood, Education, Child Protection, Women Empowerment, Shelter & NFI and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

SWS liaises and collaborates with the local and regional authorities to help Syrian refugees to settle well in the UK. SWS also participates in putting together, with the Welsh government and other organisations, a plan for mental health support for refugees.

In addition to that, SWS provides advocacy and support for translating and filling the different documents and applications needed for the refugees since they arrive at Wales. We run a programme called “ENGAGE” to help Syrian refugees to engage well with the Welsh and British communities. This comprises 4 main domains; study, health services, work and life in the UK.

The escalating war in Syria has brought with it the significant deterioration of all aspects of life for its citizens, particularly in the area of psychosocial factors. It had also been noticed that there was an acute shortage of organized mental health professionals; these two factors were the catalyst for the formation of the Syrian Association for Mental Health (SAMH). SAMH is an independent Syrian association for psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers. SAMH seeks to promote comprehensive psychological health and wellbeing, and to become an established leading scientific association, offering supervised services, consultations, studies and research in the field of psychiatry, psychology and clinical social work.

Palmyra Relief is a non-profit organisation with a very specific goal: to provide prosthetic limbs and follow-up care to Syrian children and young people. Many of these children are suffering injuries as a result of bombings, strikes, and explosions. Due to the extreme lack of health care resources and the high risk of infections, the injuries to their arms and legs often lead to amputations, even in the youngest victims. Without help, these children, some of them orphaned and many of them already living as refugees, with limited access to health care and education face the added burden of a lifetime of disability. Palmyra Relief is addressing this desperate situation, by helping children in Syria, and in refugee hospitals around the region get access to and fitted for prosthetic limbs, as well as the crucial rehabilitative support they need to be able effectively use their new limbs.

Is an open, London-based non-sectarian grassroots group, formed in October 2013. Their wish is to promote a peaceful end to the conflict in Syria as well as justice and human rights for all its people. We seek to apply non-violent pressure in pursuit of the following aims:

• All Syrian and foreign parties, including the UK, to address the desperate humanitarian situation and end all human rights abuses without the use of further violence
• The UK and all foreign actors to stop fuelling the conflict through supplies of arms and ammunition, troops and military financing
• An inclusive, Syrian-led peace process
• The UK and other countries to accept their fair share of refugees
• Full accountability for war crimes and other human rights violations committed by all sides
• Stand in solidarity with Syrians working non-violently for peace, freedom, human rights and social justice in Syria

Action for Sama is a community based organisation.

Syria Relief is a charity based in the UK.

A group of activists based in the UK. Syrian British Society of the Built Environment collaborates with civil society and local authorities to help Syrian civil engineers refugees to settle well in the UK.

Civil Activists for Syria UK & Ireland is a charity based in the UK.

The David Nott Foundation was established with a simple mission: to provide the surgeons and medical professionals working in the most hostile environments with the skills and the confidence to save more lives.

There is unfortunate certainty in the enduring occurrence of conflict and natural disaster. Environmental catastrophe and civil unrest are becoming an increasingly inherent part of our global landscape. At the frontlines of these crises are the doctors and medical professionals who work tirelessly – often against the odds – to help victims and preserve life.

Yet in countries where resources are scarce, and access to equipment and training is limited, these doctors are left to face the most challenging of circumstances, ill-equipped and unsupported.

The Oxford Syria Society is dedicated to the development of a space that brings Syrians together and

the objective of SBMS Foundation is to relieve sickness and to preserve and protect good health for the public benefit by the provision of equipment, medicines, medical aid, facilities and personnel, particularly in (but not limited) to, syria, turkey, lebanon, iraq and greece by:- i)providing healthcare services to people who cannot access or afford basic healthcare needs; ii)providing or assisting in the provision of education, training and support in healthcare related programmesb) to relieve need among people who are victims of poverty, famine, disease, natural and man made disasters, wars and civil wars irrespective of race , religion, ideology or politics.

Syria Notesaims to inform UK policy debates with factual reporting of events in Syria. We are committed to amplifying Syrian pro democracy and pro human rights voices. We are wholly independent and are not aligned to any government, party, or faction.

SPHN aims to provide a space for dialogue, advocacy and analysis on issues important to the health of Syrians including current as well as future public health trends that have arisen from the Syrian crisis. We do this through i. Convening and curating closed meetings with representatives from donor agencies, United Nations and those working-on-the ground to address the challenges they face and possible policy responses ii. Hosting open meetings to highlight key health issues and humanitarian response issues iii. Producing and disseminating policy briefs, academic outputs and media editorials. Our next phase of development is to support the capacity building of the Syrian healthcare workforce (including education and training) within and outside of Syria.

The network engages with a variety of policy actors as advisors and experts on Syria and the humanitarian response; this includes the World Health Organization, European Union delegation to Syria, UN ESCWA, Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, World Bank MENA, Medicine du Monde as well as academic institutions in the region and Europe.