The Jack Petchey Foundation is a charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. The charity was founded in 1999 by businessman Sir Jack Petchey. Since the charity's founding, Petchey invested over £110 million in youth projects across London and Essex.[1] The Foundation exists to raise the aspirations of young people, to help them take advantage of opportunities and play a full part in society.
The Foundation sponsored "Vlogstar Challenge", a competition run by Media Trust, which aimed to inspire 16-25 year olds in London and Essex to create video blogs (or vlogs) to share their views on issues they are passionate about. The competition attracted around 1,500 entries.[2] [3]
The foundation organizes a "Speak Out Challenge" operating in most secondary schools in London and Essex, the program provides training in public speaking to nearly 17,000 young people each year. there are 3 rounds the workshop round where 5 out of the original 30 go to the school final then only 1 goose, then to the regional final and finally the n[4]
The foundation runs a "Step Into Dance" programme to helps young people in some 200 schools to develop dancing skills.[4]
A number of schools and youth organizations have received funding from the Jack Petchey Foundation:[5]
Funding for the foundation comes from the profits of Jack Petchey. The businessman donates some £7 million a year to the foundation.[7]