Our matching scheme is designed to encourage and support our
team's personal involvement with charities close to their
hearts.
We make a 'matching' donation of at least £5,000 to any charity
which benefits from the significant, active, ongoing involvement of
any member of our team in any of our regions.
Since the scheme's inception in 2007, we have made donations
totalling £850,000 in support of the time and skills given by our
people to a range of charities worldwide.
Age UK
Supported by Lizzie Atkins, Information
Specialist, Apax Partners London
Age UK is one the UK's best-known charities working to improve
life for older people.
Lizzie does voluntary work through the charity one day a week,
visiting a resident who has no family at a care home in Stepney,
and spending time with other residents who lack companionship.
The Apax Foundation's donation in support of Lizzie's work will
go towards buying interactive video equipment for the care home, to
help stimulate dementia sufferers.
www.ageuk.org.uk
Amitié et Développement
Supported by Moritz Greve, Senior Associate, Apax
Partners Munich
After his MBA at INSEAD in 2009, Moritz and his wife, Camille,
spent six weeks working as teachers at an elementary school in the
slums of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, the 5th poorest
country in the world. They were placed there through Amitié et
Développement, a non-profit organisation which finances small
construction projects in Burkina Faso such as school classrooms, a
mill for a village, a well. Amitié et Développement has no
employees: its work is carried out entirely by volunteers.
Although Moritz is now back in a suit at his desk in Munich, he
is continuing his involvement with Amitié et Développement and
plans to return to Burkina Faso in a year or two's time.
He says: "It was a quite remarkable experience - not only for us
but also for the children and teachers. None of them had ever
been outside Burkina Faso, and visitors from Europe are rare, so
for most of them we were their first contact with the 'outside'
world."
Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation
Supported by Melaina De Marco, Personal Assistant,
Apax Partners New York
Melaina is the aunt of Troy Providenti, an eight year old boy
with Down syndrome. Inspired by him, she became an active member of
the Steering Committee for the Down Syndrome Research and Treatment
Foundation's main fundraising event in New York "Romp for
Research".
The Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation is the
largest source of private funding for Down syndrome cognition
research in the United States. Its 2010 "Romp" event was an
overwhelming success, attracting more than 1,000 attendees and
raising over $260,000 from individual and corporate donors.
www.dsrtf.org
www.rompforresearch.com
Opportunity Network
Supported by Jason Wright, Partner, Apax Partners
New York
The Opportunity Network aims to level the playing field for
high-potential, low-income high school and college students by
creating access for them to career opportunities, professional
networks and college.
Jason Wright is a member of Opportunity Network's board and also
serves as its Treasurer. His commitment led other colleagues in
Apax's New York office to become involved - a number of them
organised events or made donations and Michael Meng, an Associate
in the New York office, helped Opportunity Network's Executive
Director with financial analysis.
www.opportunitynetwork.org
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Supported by David Marks, Global Director of
Taxes, Apax Partners London
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is one of the UK's
premier orchestras, particularly renowned for its interpretation of
the late 17th through to early 19th century repertoire and playing
on period instruments to bring out the music as it was intended to
be heard.
David Marks has been a member of the Orchestra's Development
Board since 2008. The Apax Foundation's donation in support of his
involvement goes towards the OAE's education and outreach work
which aims to enhance appreciation of music and encourage
creativity and active participation in the arts, particularly among
young people.
www.oae.co.uk
Room to Read
Supported by Irene Liebler, HR Manager, Apax
Partners Munich
Room to Read is an international organisation which builds
schools in the developing world in partnership with local
communities.
Irene Liebler and her husband, Hans, helped to establish Room to
Read in Germany in 2006. As they had already been sponsoring the
education of two girls in Nepal for some years, they chose that
country for the new school which their Room to Read division would
support. As well as continuing to organise fundraising activities
for the school in Nepal and now a second school in Vietnam, Irene
has activated her network to inspire others to become involved and,
as a result, a new Room to Read division is being established in
Frankfurt.
www.roomtoread.org
StreetSquash
Supported by Mitch Truwit, Partner, Apax Partners
New York
Mitch serves as Chairman of the Board of StreetSquash, a charity
in Harlem, New York providing support to underprivileged children.
At risk children are selected by their schools to join the
programme, which teaches the children squash and also, more
importantly, improves their academic and social prospects through
one-to-one mentoring and involvement in community service
projects.
To date, every one of the high school students to have gone
through the programme has graduated or is on course to graduate in
the standard four years and all have gained acceptance to
college.
www.streetsquash.org