Please demonstrate your support for the vital work done by these charities by finding out more about the extraordinary impact they are creating around the UK and the world by watching these films and donating to them directly via their websites.

CLIMATE CHANGE – HUNGER – HEALTH & WELL BEING – POVERTY – EDUCATION – MENTAL HEATH – CHILDREN – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – GENDER INEQUALITY – DISCRIMINATION – FOOD – CONSERVATION – INCLUSION – HOMELESSNESS – EMPLOYABILITY – ILLITERACY – LOSS & GRIEF

The following finalists have been selected from hundreds of charity film entries received by the Big Syn International Film Festival, this year. These films have been shortlisted to win multiple prizes for numerous sustainability areas that their work focuses on to bring much needed positive changes all around us.

In this interconnected world, no matter how distant or irrelevant these causes may seem to you, in the grand scheme of things, lending a helping hand to address these issues will improve OUR lives no matter where we live and WHO we are.

How can businesses help solve the nature crisis?
RSPB (on behalf of Save Our Wild Isles campaign with The National Trust and WWF)
How to Age Successfully
Jazanne Arts
Arts for All
Arts for All
Key Changes: Key Changes Music and Mental Health
Key Changes
Friends in Deed
HostNation
icandance & John Lyon’s Charity Film
icandance
The Test Fest : Highlights
It’s in the Bag Cancer Support
EmpowerHER: Rights, Protection and Hope
Our Sansar
A SMALL ACT
Small Acts of Kindness
Volunteering with Refyoume
Ref You Me
No Mind Left Behind 
MIND
The InPower Project: Yuliia’s Story
Clear Voice
Finding Freedom
Jigsaw4u
East Africa 2024
MCC Foundation
The Walk to the Well 
Just a Drop
LTCFC: Then. Now. Forever
London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children
Talk Grief
Winston’s Wish
Rudy reporting on our Kitten Appeal
Shropshire Cat Rescue
Kindness
Pebbles Project
Snaps
SNAPS – Special Needs and Parent Support Yorkshire
The summer camp unlocking young people’s potential 
Chiva
RestingReef
Collective23
Our Conservation Greenprint – protecting orangutans and rainforests in Sumatra
Sumatran Orangutan Society
A Russell in the cold – Merry Munchmas
Trim Tots CIC
The Art of Recovery
Headway Nottingham
Cluster Learning
Children on the Edge
Be The Light: Climate Action in Afghanistan
Afghanaid
End dog racing
OneKind
Overlooked and Forgotten 
Safer London
Community Furniture Aid 2023
Community Furniture Aid
V3 BB4A OASIS GIRLS
Basketball4All
Fountain of Life
Fountain of Life
Welcome to OSCAR Foundation
OSCAR India
Cycle of Change (Understanding Menopause)
Menopause Support Community Interest Company
Jade’s Story – Familial Cavernoma
Cavernoma Alliance UK
What is Grief? 
Child Bereavement UK
Before The Dawn
WaterAid
Building resilience
AzuKo
What are eating disorders?
Best For You (CW+) 
Organ Donation – How Does It Work?
We Are Donors
St Giles’ Peer Advisor Network and The Power of The Lived Experience Model
St Giles Trust
Kingdom Dance
Magpie Dance
Home
Magpie Dance
The Green Hearts Project
Magpie Dance
The North East Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt
Quinns Retreat
Paul’s Story of Survival
Thames Valley Air Ambulance
St Petrock’s Christmas Appeal 2023
St Petrock’s
GoodHabitz Documentaries – Mental Health
The New Normal
Air Ambulance Week 2024
Air Ambulances UK 
The Big Shark Pledge – The Future of Oceanic Sharks is in YOUR hands
Shark Trust
ACES are hidden
Star scheme
About Us
East Kent Mencap
Ecuador Manta Expedition4
Manta Trust
Love Bomb
IntegrateUK
Global Blood Heroes
The Who is Hussain Foundation
Woodland Warrior Program
Blue Light Card Foundation
Stone Flowers – Songs of Hope and Defiance
Music Action International
Dinner Date Distasters!
The Baked Bean Charity
Climate Action Highlands and Islands
Highlands and Islands Climate Hub CiC