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. 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 to share their views on issues they are passionate about. The competition attracted around 1,500 entries.
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.
The foundation runs a "Step Into Dance" programme to helps young people in some 200 schools to develop dancing skills.

Funded organizations

A number of schools and youth organizations have received funding from the Jack Petchey Foundation:
Funding for the foundation comes from the profits of Jack Petchey. The businessman donates some £7 million a year to the foundation.