Practical Help Achieving Self-Empowerment (PHASE) Worldwide was founded in 2005. Since then, we’ve grown into a charity which has raised millions of pounds. Every year, the work we support changes the lives of thousands of people.
PHASE Worldwide was set up around a kitchen table in Rotherham by a group of friends with a love for Nepal and a vision of creating empowerment. Together, they wanted to start a charity which focused on supporting projects in health, education, livelihoods and creating opportunity for as many as possible across the world. This is where the PHASE Worldwide journey began. Today our work is focused in Nepal, however we have been also working in the UK since 2023.
To work with partners to provide practical help and support to create safe and supportive spaces to build individual empowerment, so that everyone is able to grasp opportunities to enrich their lives.
We believe everyone, everywhere should have the independence and to be empowered, to take opportunities to enhance their lives.
As a charity, we have a core set of values that are embedded in all our work both in the UK and overseas.
We support projects in some of the most remote and rural communities in Nepal and the world. In these areas, poor health, low levels of education and few livelihood opportunities trap people in a cycle of poverty. This cycle prevents people from taking control of their lives. Through our local partner PHASE Nepal, we support integrated and sustainable health, education, and livelihood projects. We enable people to access knowledge, skills, services, whilst at the same time, strengthening local government provision.
In the UK we work with young people that don’t have the confidence, resilience and sometimes the parental support needed to grasp opportunities. We work with partners to create this confidence and resilience and allow young people the opportunities they deserve.
All of our work, both overseas and in the UK, is based on empowerment. We believe that all aspects of our work should make people stronger and more confident. This applies to people involved in the projects we support, staff working for PHASE Worldwide, as well as supporters who join us to support our vision.
Sustainability is a key part of what we do, facilitated by the involvement of people at all stages of programme development and our commitment to the strengthening and expansion of existing government services. We aim to make a lasting difference, but not to stay.
By following this approach, particularly in Nepal, our work has delivered positive and lasting impact on the communities we work with year after year.