Thursday July 16th 2009
First up, we met with Sarah McGeehan of NESTA who most generously spared her time before heading off for what will have turned out to be a wet holiday, we fear (sorry for that, Sarah). Meeting her in very trendy circular offices near to Chancery Lane, we became more fully informed on [...]

A team of three MBA students, we flew all the way from Oxford to Napa Valley, California to help a vision grow, one that began with a simple toast for “Mines to Vines” back in 1997. This vision of the Kuhn family that led to the creation of Roots of Peace is simple: to turn [...]

As I was peering through the paintings of Picasso and Monet at the Tate Modern in London, I couldn’t help but notice that the paintings had no white spaces in them. No, this probably has nothing to do with impressionism or surrealism; it is just how painters are. Although surrealists’ works feature an element of [...]

The crypt of St Martin’s in the Field served as our meeting place with Caroline Mason, from the aptly named investment advice service called ‘Investing for Good’. We talked about the potential to boost the social investment funds massively by attracting even just 1% of the funds on currently held under asset [...]

We had assembled a team with diverse backgrounds to cover various aspects of the project. My experience working in professional sport will hopefully be of use in ascertaining ways to promote the charity through sporting personalities and events. Graham’s background in finance and working at one of the “big 4″ accounting firms as well as [...]