Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation

The Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation is a philanthropic and charitable organization that was established in March 2011 in Middlesbrough, England as a patriotic and activist group which aimed to raise money from businesses and affluent individuals to make Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business. Andrew Andy Preston set up the foundation with the help of Tanya Garland and since launch Preston has recruited the financial backing of some 30 businesses and individuals.[1]

Projects

Job creation

The organization is creating new jobs in the area.[2]

Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club

The Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club has been set up by the foundation, which is helping initial funding of the club, and Peter Kenny who helped to run a homeless football club in Liverpool.[3]

Love Where You Live

The foundation and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) art gallery organized Love Where You Live, a contest billed as the "country's biggest art competition". £41,000 of prize money was awarded to local schools and community groups.[4]

References

  1. ↑ BBC 28 December 2011: Unemployment set to rise in 2012, suggests CIPD
  2. ↑ Gazette Live 4 January 2012: Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation aims to create 150 jobs
  3. ↑ BBC 20 March 2013: Middlesbrough's homeless sought by football club
  4. ↑ BBC 8 January 2013: Love Where You Live art competition launched on Teesside

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