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Taking a gamble on impact. Nick Marple on luck and letting wealth go
“We don’t need a legacy going on for 100 years and being in our name. We just want to give the money away.” – Nick Marple, Gower Street charitable trust. Nick speaks to us about how a career in gambling shaped his unconventional approach to giving, grounded in speed, trust, and a sense of luck.…
Read MoreChallenging wealth industry norms with two progressive advisors
“I wonder if – as lawyers – we just asked a few more questions, whether we might spark other people’s curiosity. It’s not about telling clients what to do. It’s about creating space for reflection.” – Jessica Hackett, private wealth lawyer and member of the Progressive Advisors Movement. Jess and fellow PAM member Olivia Bowen…
Read MoreCIVIC SQUARE’s historic land purchase for the community
“One of the biggest challenges was that philanthropy is not very ambitious in the UK. Funding is not very ambitious,” says Imandeep Kaur, co-founder and director of CIVIC SQUARE. She continues: “Wealth holders and funders take these incredibly large pots of money and put them into small, little programmes to keep people on these treadmills.…
Read MoreBecoming a good ancestor with Giorgiana Notarbartolo
“I’ve been on a journey of seeing, accepting and embracing how this privilege came with externalisation of social and environmental costs.” – Giorgiana Notarbartolo talks to us about her journey through wealth inheritance, impact investment, and strategic philanthropy. Griorgiana’s journey Around 10 years ago, Giorgiana realised that the biggest impact she could have on the…
Read MoreChuck Collins on the need for connection amid Trump’s chaos
“Wealth is a disconnection drug. It separates people,” says Chuck Collins – author, scholar and campaigner who for 40 years has focused on fighting economic inequality. “The antidote,” Chuck goes on, “is connection. It’s to be part of things.” And if anyone would know, it’s Chuck. In 1985, at the age of just 26, he…
Read MoreWeathering the storm with People Dem Collective
“In that moment, there was this silent pact, almost an unspoken agreement: What were we going to do next? What was going to be the legacy of this? We realised that our town, along with its allies, had an appetite for meaningful action,” recalls the co-founder of the People Dem Collective – Victoria Barrow Williams. …
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