Inter-generational Philanthropy

Please let your generosity provide the opportunity to help young people in care to achieve their potential in adult life.

You should, of course, make provision for your own children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren — but don't overdo it! This is Andrew Carnegie, the American 19th century philanthropist who showed that, if descendants receive too much money as inheritance, it can significantly undermine their drive to achieve their own potential. This is known as the ‘Carnegie Conjecture’. *(image: Wikipedia)*

100% of your gift, including Gift Aid, goes to provide incentivised learning for these very disadvantaged young people, inspiring them to progress through the 6-step Stepladder Plus life skills programme. As Mutual Ventures confirm in their 40-page report, the young people achieve an attitudinal transformation as a result of moving through the course: here's a link to some Step 4 testimonials of young people, showing the difference it has made for them.

Your generosity is a key part of making this happen. By making a grant now or setting aside money in your will, the hopes you have for your own descendants could also fuel the future for many, many more who don't have the good fortune of a benefactor like you in their own family — if, indeed, they have a family at all.

The average Stepladder Plus incentives earned are £750 per participant: how many young people will you support? And how would you prefer to make your grant — as a cash donation, a transfer of shares or by making an allocation in your will?

For guidance on making a share transfer, please click here.

For guidance on making an allocation in your will, it’s here.

or to make a cash donation which can be made either by bank transfer or by cheque, please either:

click here to use the online form, or
print this form and send it with your donation to The Share Foundation, PO Box 1172, Aylesbury HP20 9PG