Jack Petchey Foundation

The Jack Petchey Foundation is a charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. The charity was founded in 1999 by businessman Sir Jack Petchey. Since the charity's founding, Petchey invested over £110 million in youth projects across London and Essex.[1] The Foundation exists to raise the aspirations of young people, to help them take advantage of opportunities and play a full part in society.

Activities

The Foundation sponsored "Vlogstar Challenge", a competition run by Media Trust, which aimed to inspire 16-25 year olds in London and Essex to create video blogs (or vlogs) to share their views on issues they are passionate about. The competition attracted around 1,500 entries.[2][3]

The foundation organizes a "Speak Out Challenge" operating in most secondary schools in London and Essex, the program provides training in public speaking to nearly 17,000 young people each year.[4]

The foundation runs a "Step Into Dance" programme to helps young people in some 200 schools to develop dancing skills.[4]

Funded organizations

A number of schools and youth organizations have received funding from the Jack Petchey Foundation:[5]

  • The Girl Guides in Croydon[6]

Funding

Funding for the foundation comes from the profits of Jack Petchey. The businessman donates some £7 million a year to the foundation.[7]

References
  1. Enfield, Laura. Enfield, Laura (3 May 2017). "Why moving to West India Quay is a homecoming for Jack Petchey Foundation". The Wharf. 3 May 2017.
  2. Orton, Daniel. "Aspiring YouTubers listen up!". Evening Standard. Wednesday 4 October 2017.
  3. Orton, Daniel. "Meet the finalists of the Vlogstar Challenge 2017 - Part One". Evening Standard. Thursday 6 July 2017.
  4. Morrison, Sarah. "Jack Petchey: 'It's easier now for people to get on than ever before'". The Independent. Saturday 24 May 2014.
  5. Barnes, Tom (11 October 2017). "Scores of youngsters awarded for work in the community". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. Krause, Riley (20 September 2017). "Croydon girl guides rewarded for their hard work in the community". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. Graham, Natalie. "The '50/50 man' going strong at 87". Financial Times. 29 June 2013
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