Because we invest our emotion and interest in organisations we support, we build a real relationship, a proper, deep relationship that is forged over time around issues of mutual interest.
Sir Trevor Pears CMG
We give core funding – unrestricted grants or funding for essential costs such as staff posts – whenever appropriate because we trust our partners to make their own decisions about what is most needed and where the money should go.
We view our grantees as partners and we value the way our relationships evolve and deepen over time.
We offer professional development to our grantees with a particular focus on leadership and supporting the individuals who make up their teams. We also offer physical space and organisational development support.
Due to the partnership approach that Pears Foundation has as a funder, and the importance they place upon ‘learning’ and providing the space to try new things, the Pears Project has produced results beyond our expectations and is helping to shape our growth strategy and our processes across the whole of the UK.Ben Powlesland, Pears Project Manager,
It would not be an overstatement to claim that Pears has made a significant impact on public health in Africa and the world at large. Through its support of the unique alumni network, Pears has guaranteed that public health professionals remain mutually connected, maintain contact with their academic.Prof. Ora Paltiel, Director,
Pears Foundation have been true partners to Ambitious about Autism over many years, providing an excellent sounding board and being a critical friend. They have been prepared to support us at the beginning of new ventures and encouraged others to get involved too.Jolanta Lasota, Chief Executive,
Pears Foundation’s generous practical support has made a huge difference to the Linking Network. Their commitment in providing long term unrestricted core funding, especially at a pivotal moment, gave us the confidence and space to develop our work.Meg Henry and Linda Cowie,
We believe that thoughtful and effective philanthropy is about creating spaces
The Pears Pavilion at Coram provides a state-of-the-art space for the charity’s adoption support and creative therapies services.
We give core funding whenever appropriate.
We provide hot desks and meeting space for our partners at the Pears Hub.
We offer a professional development programme for our UK grantees.
The Pears #iWill Fund has supported over 30 NHS trusts to pilot and embed volunteering opportunities for young people.
The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education has conducted groundbreaking research studies that underpin its teacher training programmes.
The Linking Network helps schools and teachers to engage with and explore issues of identity and diversity.
The Pears Scholarship Initiative provides skills and training to equip the next generation of public health leaders in Africa.
For us, ‘commitment’ comes first. You’ve got to decide you want to get more involved - that you’re going to make a commitment of time as well as money; a commitment to going on a journey with a project or charity. Once you do that, the learning comes. My learning, and our team’s learning, is refined on a daily and weekly basis in terms of how we operate, who we work with and what we do - it’s a continual, evolving process.Sir Trevor Pears CMG
