DUE DILIGENCE 2014 - FINAL RESULTS!

Part 1 - RESULTS
Who got selected?

Part 2 - PROCESS
So how did we go about it?

We would like to think that our due diligence this year was uber successful – why not have a read and gage for yourself.

PART 1 – RESULTS

Grant awards and pro bono support went to the following new organisations:

Brighter Future Workshop 
ClientEarth
Findacure  
 
This year we also decided to explore the idea of providing pro bono to organisations who just missed out on grant awards but impressed the board. Pro bono support was awarded to:
 
Food Cycle
Hospices of Hope Romania
 
So, who are these change-makers?

1. Brighter Future Workshop 
Peter Cousins MBE, Founder and CEO;
Jackie Tittle, Founder and General Manager

2. ClientEarth
James Thornton, Founder and CEO

3. Findacure  
Dr Nicholas Sireau, Founder and Chairman

4. FoodCycle
Mary McGrath, CEO 
Kieran Daly, COO

5. Hospices of Hope Romania
Graham Perolls, Founder and Executive Director

PART 2 – PROCESS

The 5-month due diligence started in March 2014. Preparation for the process took quite some time but the following gives some headline numbers:

35 Volunteers from;
30 Organisations;
20 charities in the Phase-1 shortlist;
8 Phase-2 shortlisted;
5 for the Final Presentation shortlist resulting in;
3 Final Presentation outcome – Grant, pro bono and;
2 Final Presentation outcome – Pro bono

We would like to thank everyone that participated in due diligence. This would not be possible without the support of our dedicated volunteers. In particular, we would like to make special mention of the following volunteers:

Andrew Chamberlain for a stellar job at co-ordinating the Oliver Wyman Team;
Aileen Hayes
Tamsin Meakin
Brian Lavery
Joshua Marks
 
Kieran D’Silva (Darwin Strategic)
Simon Acland  (Independent Venture Capital & Private Equity Professional and Author)
Gursharan Randhawa (Imperial Innovations)
Kim Croucher (Barclays)     

If you are keen to contribute probono support or would like to have a conversation to discuss becoming a contact point for one of our portfolio - please get in touch with either Dave or myself via email.

David Brocklebank

Executive Director

david.brocklebank@vpf.org.uk

Shameemah Chota

Operations Coordinator

shameemah.chota@vpf.org.uk 

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