The Marathon of Marathons Trust (charity number 1133715) has been set up specifically to receive and distribute the funds raised from the runners and participating companies. All the overheads of the charity are being met by Campbell Lutyens, PEI and other sponsors and so every single centime/penny/cent raised will go to the recipient charities. The trustees of the Marathon of Marathon Trust are David Harrel, Graham McDonald, Richard Haldane and John Campbell.
Half of all funds raised will be distributed to UNICEF and the other half will be distributed to a very carefully selected small group of charities with a focus on children under the age of 18. This small group will include two important venture philanthropy organisations with strong connections to the private equity community - The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust. Details of the other selected charities will be given shortly when the selection process is completed.
UNICEF
UNICEF works in 191 countries and is the world's leading organisation working for children and their rights.
UNICEF was born out of a humanitarian response to the children of Europe's desperate need for assistance in a world emerging painfully from the horror of the Second World War. It started, as it often continues today, by providing life-saving food, shelter and medicine to children affected by war and disaster, regardless of race, creed, status, nationality and political belief.
Today UNICEF continues to care for children in emergency situations but its mandate has expanded to include the wider areas of child rights, protection and advocacy.
UNICEF upholds the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and works to hold the international community responsible for their promises to children. By working with local communities, organisations and governments UNICEF strives to make a lasting difference to children's lives across the globe by ensuring the fulfilment of every child’s right to education, to healthcare, to protection, to be treated fairly, and to have a childhood.
UNICEF receives no funding from the United Nations budget. They are funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
Registered UK charity number 1072612.
Angus Lawson Memorial Trust
A UK charity set up for the mitigation of suffering of the world’s most marginalised children. Some of the funds raised by the Marathon of Marathons will be targeted at the Hebron orphanage in Andhra Pradesh in southern India in helping the children in the transition from the orphanage to enter working life. Children in this remote region of Southern India, and Dalits in particular, are at great risk of being trafficked for organs, sexually exploited or taken into the sex trade. Registered UK charity number 1117735.
Children Action
A Swiss charity focusing on improving children’s health particularly through medical and surgical projects and psychological support. Some of the funds raised by the Marathon of Marathons trust will be targeted to help the work Children Action does in Vietnam. Thousands of children in Vietnam suffer from various health problems and yet can not benefit from appropriate medical treatment due to very limited financial resources, lack of local expertise or extremely precarious structures. Since 2007 Children Action have supported children in Vietnam with heart diseases and those whose families are too poor to pay for treatment. The surgery takes place at the Heart Institute and the Tamduc Clinic in Hô Chi Minh City.
Floga
A Greek charity pursuing the interests and rights of children with cancer to improved treatment and care conditions in Greece. Some of the funds of the Marathon of Marathon will go to the establishment of a radiotherapy department for children in Athens. Registered Greek charity number 090072907.
Hole in the Wall
An international charity with global camps for children with serious medical conditions offering programmes designed to enhance coping and resilience and to foster independence and personal growth. The Marathon of Marathons Trust is aiming to support the expansion of their European initiative. US identification number 31-1794455.
Impetus Trust
Impetus Trust is the pioneer of venture philanthropy in the UK. It is focused on breaking the cycle of poverty, and works towards this by accelerating the growth of ambitious, innovative charities and social enterprises. Currently Impetus has a portfolio of 14 charities, which are all tackling the root causes of poverty – access to education, skills and jobs. Through providing these organisations with financial support, hands-on management expertise and the deployment of high-calibre experts, Impetus has helped its portfolio charities grow their income by an average of 40% a year (more than ten times the sector average) and increase the number of people they help by an average of 56% a year. Impetus charities helped over 200,000 economically disadvantaged people in the last year.
Impetus has always been committed to helping disadvantaged young people achieve their aspirations and reach their potential. As a result, several organisations in the Impetus portfolio focus on that particular group, such as IntoUniversity, Leap Confronting Conflict, Keyfund Federation and Camfed International. Going forward, Impetus is looking to dedicate even more of its resource to this area.
Impetus strives to make the biggest difference with donors’ money by leveraging donations through its use of pro bono expertise and co-investment. Every £1 of core funding invested in a portfolio charity is more than doubled in value for the charity.
In 2008, Impetus won the top ‘Grantmaking’ award at the Charity Awards.
Registered UK charity number 1094681.
Muir Maxwell Foundation
A Scottish charity founded to improve diagnosis and treatment of childhood epilepsy and to generate awareness of the impact of difficult epilepsy on the ability to learn and to achieve recognition of the welfare needs of all family members. The Muir Maxwell Trust provides practical support to children with epilepsy throughout the UK. Some of the funds raised by The Marathon of Marathon Trust will be targeted at buying and distributing special alarms to UK families with children with epilepsy. Registered Scottish charity number SC035531.
Officium et Humanitas
A German charity set up to support people living in perilous health and dignity-threatening circumstances worldwide , with the main focus on children and minors too young to protect themselves. The particular project the Marathon of Marathons Trust aims to support is the building of a medical centre for children in La Boquilla, Catagena de Indias, Colombia where they seek to improve the health of many thousands of children living in the area. Registered with the Amtsgericht Rastatt in 76437 Rastatt, Germany, Registration number VR 806.
Private Equity Foundation
The Private Equity Foundation (PEF) works in partnership with carefully selected charities and the private equity community to help disadvantaged children and young unemployed people reach their full potential. They apply financial and strategic expertise to invest in exceptional charities that help equip young people to enter the workplace. With over 70 firms across the private equity, advisory and financial sectors supporting PEF, they are able to harness the business community’s skills to create a step change in impact across their charity portfolio. These charities receive quality and breadth of advice, ranging from financial management and strategic growth through to marketing and infrastructure. So far their members and supporters have donated over 9,500 pro bono hours and over 19,000 children and young people have been supported. PEF has raised over £16m and has a portfolio of seventeen charities devoted to supporting children and young people.
Registered UK charity number 05882818.
