In each issue of the Philanthropy UK Quarterly Magazine, we feature a philanthropist talking about their own inspiration for giving and what they have learned in the My Philanthropic Journey column. Below is a list of all the journeys we have featured, brought together as one resource to inspire and inform other philanthropists.
Charlie Green, pictured far left, a founder and director of the Private Equity Foundation, shares his experience of giving
“I first got seriously into philanthropy back in 2006 when a group of friends from within the Private Equity world mooted the idea of forming an industry foundation.
Jack Petchey CBE, 87, was born and brought up in the East End of London. Through car sales and property development he became one of the most successful businessmen in Britain. Through the Jack Petchey Foundation, formed in 1999, he has given over £65m to youth programmes. The foundation...
I have always remembered a Talmudic story my father once told me of an old man planting a carob tree whilst a passer-by looked on. The passerby knowingly asked the old man when the tree would bear fruit and the old man replied, “Seventy years.” The passer-by laughed and...
In each issue we ask a philanthropist to share their story of giving. Here Gina Miller, co-founder of SCM Private, and Miller Philanthropy, shares her story.
“I cannot pinpoint my moment of enlightenment. I am a humanist and firmly believe in people and in helping each other – for me,...
Esther Rantzen writes on the inspiration and motivation for her giving.
“There are those who give to huge, ambitious causes, and I respect them. Richard Curtis sets out to make poverty history, Bill Gates aims to save the world from disease, and there could be no higher ideals. But for...
Entrepreneur and family man, ‘apprentice' philanthropist Brian Fenwick-Smith pictured with some of his 10 grandchildren shares his giving story
"Philanthropy is for me not just writing out a large cheque for a worthy cause. Most companies that give a budgeted sum to charities each...
