Individual giving is a very personal choice, and everyone is different.

We have helped people who simply wish their children to become more aware of the other side of life through volunteering; those who have been inundated with charitable requests and wish to develop a giving strategy which is also tax efficient; those who are passionate about a particular cause but uncertain how to find the ‘best’ charity to help.
The service is individually tailored and confidential.

Local philanthropy Some primary school children visit a day centre, and find out that lots of things the older people want to do but can’t, are very easy to provide.  Someone to walk with them to the local park, a visit to the cinema, to taste fresh fish and chips again, a cream tea. One sponsored walk later, the money is raised and a special matinee screening with tea afterwards will be the first of many outings.

Teenage philanthropy A typical teenager went out, drank too much and got into a fight – ending up in the police station.  Three weeks work experience in a local charity – seeing how tough life can be – and he’s now got a very different view of life.

Creative philanthropy. ‘One of the best things a funder can do for a charity is to take a risk that the organisation can’t afford to take.  There are certain things that you want to see done that are about your own values and the values you would like to see embedded in the world.  You can’t do it because you don’t have the skills, are too busy doing something else or don’t have the time. Then you find wonderful people who ARE doing it and you think ‘Oh my God, that needs to be done, but I can’t do it – I’ll help those people do it. That’s a much better way’’  Frederick Mulder

Involved philanthropy. ‘I write the cheque and stay in touch. I don’t ask for written reports.  If I can get on my scooter and be somewhere in half and hour and spend forty-five minues with them, that’s a much shorter time than it would probably take to read and comment on a report.  More importantly a much, much shorter time than it would take them to write it.’ David Gold