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Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust have announced their intention to merge. The aim is to have even greater impact on the lives of disadvantaged people, especially children and young people.

Blog

02.04.2013   School to work transition: lessons from Australia

With support from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, earlier this year I undertook a traveling fellowship to Australia looking at wha [..]

28.02.2013   The youth unemployment crisis

The latest figures out today show that there has been a slight fall in the number of young people not in education, employment or traini [..]

18.02.2013   Bold new government programme to support young people in the transition from school into work

The Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, has announced plans for a new Traineeship programme to provide young people with the skills, attit [..]

Our Impact

“My visit to the Private Equity Foundation was inspiring. It is organisations such as PEF who will help us pioneer a social investment model in the UK”

Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP

Research

Our research informs how we work. We are experts as well as practitioners. Our key aim is to move the needle on NEETs (young people not in education, employment or training) and our research is focused on doing that.

Case Studies

Browse our case studies and see the impact of our work with disadvantaged young people.

ThinkForward

ThinkForward is a breakthrough programme which intervenes early to ensure that young people make a successful transition from education into employment.

How to get involved

The Private Equity Foundation connects businesses with charities to unlock the potential of disadvantaged young people. Donate both financially and your professional skills and help shift the needle on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) Maximise your giving, create lasting social change, we call it ‘the PEF effect’.

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