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Just before Christmas my partner Greg Secker and I were invited by Sir Richard Branson to visit his Centre of Entrepreneurship in South Africa and discuss both his and our charitable work. As well as visiting a charity our own Foundation supports, we had the opportunity to discuss with Sir Richard how to ensure the future of charitable giving and how to make foundations as financially secure as possible. Here’s some of what we took away…
By Katherine Scott | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Wednesday, 18 January 2012 at 1:57 pm
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With the first part of our trip to Sir Richard Branson’s UNITE charity allowing us to meet the South African entrepreneurs of tomorrow; the second half gave us the pleasure of meeting some truly inspirational people who work to improve medical and education facilities in rural South African communities.
By Katherine Scott | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 26 December 2011 at 6:00 am
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The work we do with The Knowledge to Action Foundation has taken us on many adventures but none so mind blowing and inspirational as the five day trip we have just done with Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Unite team in South Africa. The theme of the trip was embedded in the message behind Sir Richard’s new book ‘Screw Business as Usual’. The book focuses on how companies around the world are starting to think differently about how they do business. It’s not just about making money, it’s about looking at sustainable ways to make a difference; to switch from profit focus to caring for people, communities and the planet.
By Katherine Scott | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Thursday, 22 December 2011 at 1:00 pm
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The Knowledge to Action Foundation has had a very successful first year this year, raising in total an impressive £161,381.44 . Our goal was to always share the money between our two chosen charities, Barnardo’s and The Ubuntu Education Fund as well as pay for this year’s Knowledge to Action Youth Leadership Summit.
By Katherine Scott | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Thursday, 8 December 2011 at 11:30 am
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The Ubuntu Education Fund’s spectacular gala dinner showed us that when people work together big things can happen. This inspired us to ask ourselves, “What could we do to make a difference?”
By Katherine Scott | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 5 December 2011 at 10:45 am
