Issue 5 July 2008

Welcome to our July newsletter which brings you up to date on the Private Equity Foundation’s work . If you have any comments or questions about anything in this newsletter, or would like to get involved in our work please contact us.

Every Child Counts added to PEF’s UK portfolio

PEF has invested in the Every Child a Chance Trust, a charity which aims to unlock the educational potential of socially disadvantaged children through the development and promotion of evidence-based, early intervention programmes.

The Trust was established in 2007. It grew out of the outstandingly successful Every Child a Reader project , which showed that with the right intervention it is possible to tackle the literacy difficulties which blight many children’s lives This three-year £10m scheme, now being rolled out nationally, was funded by a partnership of businesses and charitable trusts with matched funding from government.
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Developing as a European Foundation – PEF invests in Germany

The Private Equity Foundation has made its first European investment since the Board of Trustees agreed to focus on empowering young people to reach their full potential. The Hamburger Hauptschulmodell (HHM), a charity helping young people make a successful transition from school to work, will receive investment for 3 years, helping the charity to roll out their model across Germany and supporting 14,000 young people into apprenticeships.
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