Our Charity
Fredericks Foundation
Founded in 2001, Fredericks has created or helped support nearly 1,000 businesses focused on more disadvantaged individuals who have had to overcome major hurdles to growing their businesses
Following a strategic review in 2019, our primary focus now is to support extraordinary social enterprises to scale.
We are resourced almost wholly by volunteers, so funds go direct to our causes, not to pay administration or marketing costs…
We are a bold, fast-moving investor, not frightened of taking calculated risks. Each opportunity is thoroughly analysed and researched by our experienced team of volunteer business experts who have worked at senior levels across a variety of business models.
Who do we help
Fredericks helps small Social Enterprises to scale. Typically they:
Are female led with inspirational leadership.
Have an innovative solution to a societal problem that isn’t being addressed by other agencies
Are capable of significant growth and extensive impact
Have a proven trading model and are beyond pilot stage
Can achieve financial sustainability in the next 18 months.
Why is Fredericks sponsoring the Row?
We have been looking for an opportunity to raise significant additional funds so we can help more deserving social enterprises.
We feel it’s important that any opportunity we are involved in also helps us to communicate our story to a wider audience and reflects Fredericks’ own values.
As a result, we have jumped at the opportunity to associate ourselves with one of the world’s great endurance challenges – The World’s Toughest Row.
We also believe this is a perfect match for us as it creates numerous opportunities for our partners to generate positive exposure for their organisations while supporting us in bringing more social enterprises to scale up and prosperity.
