About Us
Who we are
Our Impact
Since our inception, we have supported hundreds of individuals and families through awareness campaigns, wellbeing programmes, family support services, advocacy work, volunteering opportunities, and community-led initiatives.Our work has been recognised through several awards and achievements, including:
• King’s Coronation Champions Award 2023
• Global Champions Award for Building Social Cohesion
• Culture, Arts and Wellbeing Leadership Award (CAHN)
• Charity of the Year Award
• Outstanding Social Behaviour Award (OSBA)
• National Diversity Achievers Award Nomination
• Helping Hand Award Nomination
Family Unit Trust is an award-winning charity dedicated to strengthening families, improving wellbeing, tackling health inequalities, and supporting individuals facing life’s most challenging circumstances.
Founded by Margaret Faith Edet following her family’s experiences with childhood cancer and the loss of her mother to Stage 4 Metastatic Endometrial Cancer, the organisation was created to ensure that no family faces illness, hardship, isolation, or crisis alone.
Today, Family Unit Trust works across Greater Manchester and beyond, supporting children, young people, adults, families, carers, and communities through a range of programmes designed to improve wellbeing, increase resilience, and create lasting positive change.
Our Vision
A future where every individual has access to support, every voice is heard, every concern is taken seriously, and no family is left behind.
Our Mission
To strengthen families, empower communities, tackle health inequalities, and provide practical and emotional support to those who need it most.
What We Do
Our work includes:
• Cancer awareness, prevention, screening, and early diagnosis programmes.
• Support for individuals and families affected by cancer.
• Community wellbeing and mental health initiatives.
• Family support and resilience programmes.
• Support for children and young people.
• Community outreach and engagement activities.
• Health inequalities and advocacy projects.
• Arts, culture, and wellbeing programmes.
• Social cohesion and community integration initiatives.
• Volunteer development and community champion programmes.
• Partnership working with healthcare providers, schools, faith groups, local authorities, and community organisations.
Our Values
Compassion
We place people at the heart of everything we do.
Inclusion
We believe everyone deserves equal access to support, opportunities, and services.
Empowerment
We help individuals and communities build confidence, resilience, and independence.
Collaboration
We work alongside partners, communities, and stakeholders to achieve lasting change.
Integrity
We are committed to transparency, accountability, and delivering meaningful impact.
Activities and Events
Undertaking activities to provide information and raise awareness of the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all forms of cancer, promoting early diagnosis and cure.
Practical Assistance
Providing practical assistance, support, services and items of equipment, both directly and through the provision of grants of finance assistance, to people affected by cancer.
Promoting Research
Promoting research into all forms of cancer, the useful results of which shall be published for the public benefit.
Family Unit Trust is here to support you overcome cancer
We promote and protect the health of the public through provision of information and raising of public understanding of the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment of all forms of cancer and we also provide practical support to people affected by cancer.