Together As One (Aik Saath)

What Together As One (Aik Saath) does

Together As One (Aik Saath) is a UK-registered charity (no. 1090077) and Company Limited by Guarantee, founded in 1998 in Slough in response to inter-community gang violence and rebranded from 'Aik Saath' to 'Together As One' in 2022. It operates a portfolio of community-based youth services for young people aged 5–25 across Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, West London, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, delivered by approximately 17–31 staff and sessional youth workers. Core offerings include Training Services for schools (conflict resolution, community cohesion, anti-racism, mental health, knife crime), the Boost mental health project with Berkshire Healthcare CAMHS, Young Carers support, SEND engagement, Hospital Navigators inside Wexham Park Hospital's Emergency Department, Global Grub cooking programmes, Empoword spoken-word poetry, Young Health Champions (RSPH Level 2), and weekly volunteer/youth clubs.

The organization's underlying technology stack is minimal: there is no proprietary platform, with delivery relying on a youth-work methodology (participation, voice, empowerment, co-production with young people) and Upshot.org.uk as its case-management system. Its business model is grant- and donation-funded rather than transactional — services to young people are free, while training for schools is bespoke and quote-based. Revenue is assembled from charitable grants (Arts Council England, UK Youth, NHS Frimley, Slough Borough Council, HAF, UKRI), corporate partners (KFC, Burger King, Stoke Park, Ascot), individual donations, and commissioned training sales to schools, NHS trusts and local authorities.

Go-to-market is community-led and partnership-driven: referrals from schools, social workers, NHS safeguarding teams and families feed young people into programmes; community events (Big Up Britwell, Body and Soul, Global Grub, Young People's Question Time, SEND Careers Fair) drive awareness; and formal commissioning relationships with NHS trusts, local authorities and charitable foundations anchor the training and mental health lines. The charity is not a technology business and has no app, API, or commercial software product.

Name

Together As One (Aik Saath)

Legal name

Together As One (Aik Saath)

Website

https://togetherasone.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Together As One (Aik Saath) is a Slough-based youth charity, founded 1998, delivering training, mental health support, young carers, SEND, hospital outreach, and creative programmes for young people aged 5–25 across South East England, funded by grants, donations, and commissioned training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Community Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Youth work services
• Community cohesion training
• Mental health support
• Young carers support
• SEND youth services

Headquarters

HQ city

Slough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Grants and Funding: Primary revenue stream from grants and funding agreements with government bodies, NHS trusts, local authorities, and charitable foundations. Includes funding from Arts Council England, UK Youth, Frimley ICB, and Slough Borough Council.
2. Donations: Charitable donations from individuals and organizations. Website features a donate button and the organization is registered as a charity (no. 1090077).
3. Training Services: Bespoke training programmes sold to schools and educational institutions. Training covers conflict resolution, community cohesion, anti-racism, mental health, and related themes. Revenue is project-based with proposals developed for each client.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Together As One is a youth-led charity delivering community-based programmes for young people aged 5-25 across Slough and surrounding areas. Services span bespoke training for schools (conflict resolution, anti-racism, mental health, community cohesion), mental health support via the Boost partnership with NHS CAMHS, a Young Carers programme, SEND inclusion support, Hospital Navigators youth work in A&E, and creative/community projects (Global Grub cooking, Empoword poetry, girls' and football groups). Youth-facing services are free of charge, funded by grants and donations; training is sold to schools on a bespoke quote basis.

Product overview

Together As One (Aik Saath) is a youth-led charity offering a portfolio of community-based services rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings include Training Services (youth-led programmes for schools on conflict, cohesion, anti-racism, mental health), Boost (mental health support in partnership with Berkshire CAMHS), Young Carers Service, SEND Support with dedicated participation officers, and regular youth sessions (Volunteer Night, Girls' Group, Football). Additional projects include Global Grub (cooking/mental health), Empoword (spoken word poetry), Hospital Navigators, and Young Health Champions. The organization operates from Slough and serves young people aged 5-25, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• NHS Frimley (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership to create the SEND Engagement and Participation Officer role. Joint initiative to increase accessibility to services for children and young people with additional needs in Slough. The role aims to ensure young people with special needs can learn, engage, and enjoy activities in a meaningful way.
• Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (CAMHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership on the Boost project providing emotional and practical support for young people in significant distress who are awaiting CAMHS therapy. Boost is designed as preparation for therapy to help young people get the most out of treatment.
• Chalfonts Beekeepers' SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for youth beekeeping project in Slough. Society leads weekly beekeeping sessions teaching young people aged 14-18 how to care for bees, harvest honey, and understand pollinator biology.
• University of ReadingmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for beekeeping project exploring impact on young people's mental health. Professor Ciara McCabe conducted research on how purposeful, community-based activities support young people experiencing anhedonia.
• British Science AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in beekeeping research project investigating impact on young people's mental health and wellbeing.
• Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwards the Level 2 qualification for Young Health Champions. Programme provides recognised credential for young people completing health improvement training.
• Slough 50+ ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership delivering intergenerational activities. Includes afternoon tea events, collaborative events celebrating 25th anniversary, and ongoing intergenerational programming.
• Wexham Park Hospital Safeguarding TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in Hospital Navigators project providing youth worker support in Emergency Department for young people with mental health, substance use, or violence-related presentations.
• Thames Valley PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in Hospital Navigators project working with young people admitted due to mental health, substance use, or violence-related reasons.
• KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner for HATCH employability project. Provides 4 weeks of paid work experience at local Slough KFC. Project includes 2 weeks of work preparation training.
• UK YouthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead organization for nationwide county lines exploitation awareness campaign. Worked with Together As One to engage local young people in designing campaign materials.
• Stop the TraffikmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization leading county lines awareness campaign. Partnered with UK Youth and Together As One to develop campaign reaching 383,688 young people.
• United Youth AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Blackpool for county lines campaign. Collaborated with UK Youth and Stop the Traffik on national initiative.
• Belong (National Cohesion Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational cohesion network facilitating visits between organizations. Arranged visit from Springboard Belfast and Roe Valley Residents Association to share cohesion approaches.
• Mid-Ulster Youth VoiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup of young advocates from Northern Ireland focused on employment, transportation, and community safety. Participated in Safe and Sound event and cultural exchange.
• Springboard (Belfast)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth organization from Belfast visiting to learn about Together As One's cohesion work approaches.
• Blagrave TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer support for intergenerational events. Volunteers assist with afternoon tea events for Slough 50+ Forum.
• Slough Youth ParliamentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner for Slough Young People's Question Time events. Jointly organizes hustings giving young people voice with decision-makers.
• Slough Borough CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Body and Soul health event and various youth programmes. Also partner in Cultural Strategy development.
• South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivers First Aid Training workshops at Body and Soul health events for young people.
• Slough Community and Detached Youth TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Body and Soul health and wellbeing event for young people.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: Catch22 is a large UK social business operating education, youth justice, and mental health services. While much larger and operating nationally, its youth-focused commissioning work directly overlaps with TAO's training, mental health, and SEND offerings.
• UK Youth: UK Youth is a national membership body and grant-funder for the youth sector; it also delivers national programmes (e.g., Thriving Minds, county lines campaign). As both a funder of TAO's Boost and county-lines work and a sector convener, it is a strategic rather than direct competitor but a primary comparable.
• Barnardo's: Barnardo's is the UK's largest children's charity, operating across young carers, mental health, SEND, and youth justice. While at vastly greater scale, it competes with TAO for the same local authority and NHS commissioning contracts in Slough and surrounding boroughs.
• The Prince's Trust: The Prince's Trust is a large national charity supporting young people into education, employment, and training. While broader in scope and far larger in scale, its youth-employment and personal-development programmes (including HATCH-style work experience) compete for the same corporate-partnership and government funding pools.

Direct peers

• XLP: XLP is a London-based youth charity running community programmes, in-school mentoring, and creative projects for disadvantaged young people. TAO's volunteer sessions, Girls' Group, Football Sessions, and Empoword spoken-word project are highly comparable delivery formats.
• MAC-UK: MAC-UK integrates mental health support with youth work for marginalised adolescents, similar to TAO's Boost project with CAMHS. Both organisations use lived-experience practitioners and co-production methodologies with vulnerable young people.
• Key4Life: Key4Life focuses on preventing young men from entering the criminal justice system through mentoring and employability programmes. TAO's HATCH project (with KFC work experience) and violence-reduction work address overlapping beneficiary needs around offending prevention and positive pathways.
• Redthread: Redthread is the UK's leading hospital-based youth work charity, embedding youth workers in A&E departments to support young people in crisis. Together As One's Hospital Navigators project at Wexham Park directly mirrors Redthread's established model, serving the same beneficiary profile and NHS partnership type.
• Safer London Foundation: Safer London Foundation works with young people affected by violence and exploitation across London. TAO's training on knife crime/gangs, Hospital Navigators, and community cohesion work in West London address the same vulnerability profile and are commissioned through similar London borough partnerships.
• St Giles Trust: St Giles Trust delivers youth violence intervention, gang exit programmes, and personal-mentoring services to at-risk young people across the UK. TAO's conflict-resolution origins, Hospital Navigators violence work, and Training Services around knife crime/gangs are directly comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AikSaath
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCLeTuSoHeSXYi1LXyb_MySg
• Facebookfacebook.com/aiksaath
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/together-as-one-aik-saath

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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