VPF Venetian Carnival - Annual Gala 2012

VPF is proud to announce that it will be hosting its annual fundraising gala at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on November 8th.

Join us in this beautiful historic setting for a memorable evening of merriment and entertainment and networking to benefit VPF charities and enterprises led by inspiring social entrepreneurs.

2011 guests included:

Private Equity: Marlborough Partners, SVG Capital, The Barton Partnership, Vitruvian Partners

Financial Services:  Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, Julius Bare, Lazard

Professional Services: Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, KPMG

Contact VPF, Executive Director, Andrea Soccorso at andrea.soccorso@vpf.org.uk for sponsorship opportunities or to secure a table.

VPF Networking Session

VPF held a Networking Event for our friends and members on Wednesday 2^nd November at the Waldorf Hilton. Our evening was a great success with 61 guests in attendance.  Inspirational leaders AfriKids CEO Georgie Fienberg, and PEAS CEO John Rendel headed our discussion on how charities are developing sustainable operations in Africa and what role VPF are playing in supporting this pursuit. Engaging and informative this panel discussion provided great stimulus for the following reception giving our members and friends the opportunity to meet many more of the inspirational social entrepreneurs that VPF support. It was great to catch-up with so many friends of the VPF family, both old and new. Thank you all for your support.

VPF’s next event will be our annual gala ball to be held at the Savoy on 5^th December 2011. If you would like any further information please contact April Robinson on 0207 936 6977 or at april.robinson@vpf.org.uk

VPF Workshops "Scaling Social Ventures"

Following the success of VPF’s Mini Conference on Scaling; our inspiring entrepreneurs indicated their interest in learning more about scaling their social ventures. Due to popular demand, VPF will host a series of upcoming workshops dedicated to this topic. For more details, contact Andrea Soccorso on 0207 936 6990 or andrea.soccorso@vpf.org.uk

VPF Annual Conference - Scaling “Inside and Out” 7th July 2011

The VPF Mini Conference on Scaling “Inside and Out” was a great success!   VPF's social entrepreneurs, Contact Points, VPFs Trustees, Members and experts in social impact investing and growing organisations gathered for an interactive practical exchange of experience.  Topics discussed included:  Finance Fit for Growth; Organisation: People, Systems and Process; and Maintaining Quality of Impact.   VPF Executive Director, Andrea Soccorso shared, "The afternoon was lively and filled with thought provoking exchanges of hands on experience in scaling social ventures to maximise social impact.  The CEOs enjoyed a peer to peer exchange together with insight and experience from the VPF commercial sector network.  It was a fantastic example of VPF in action!"  The evening concluded with dynamic presentations by Charity/Social Enterprise CEOs on the real change they are making in the lives of children, families and vulnerable people in the UK and around the world - including just how VPF financial and pro bono support has made a difference.  

Spirit of Britain Charity Ball 2010

The Spirit of Britain Charity ball was a night of Glamour, excitement and selfless giving.  

350 guests turned out in all their 1940’s finest for VPF’s Gala dinner on the 16^th November 2010. Our message on the night was generosity of spirit and our guests certainly took that to heart and helped us raise over a record breaking £250K!

We were generously supported from our Sponsors- Odey Asset Management, Barclays Capital and SVG Capital as well as all of the organisations who bought tables and contributed to this grand total.

It was wonderful to be in the company of so many likeminded people who believe that it is worth making an effort to try and create a fairer world.