The Nick Maughan Foundation, abbreviated as NMF, was established at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to further a range of philanthropic initiatives in education, the environment and civic support schemes for disenfranchised communities.
Founded and funded by the
impact investor and philanthropist
Nick Maughan
Nicholas Peter Collingwood Maughan (born January 1980) is a British born investor and philanthropist. Maughan is the founder of the venture investment firm Maughan Capital, the Geneva-based multi-family office Little Whale Capital, and the Nick ...
CBE, NMF has three state aims: to narrow the educational attainment gap exacerbated by the pandemic, to combat the social problems of homelessness and knife crime, and to mitigate the effects of climate change by supporting progressive conservation and
carbon sequestration
Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. It plays a crucial role in Climate change mitigation, limiting climate change by reducing the amount of Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, carbon dioxide in the atmosphe ...
schemes.
Activities and initiatives
The Nick Maughan Foundation helps young people from families below the median-income level have the same opportunities as those from more fortunate backgrounds.
NMF launched
BoxWise
BoxWise is a UK-based non-profit social enterprise helping young people make successful transitions to adult through boxing. The organisation was founded in 2020 by Nick Maughan CBE and Rick Ogden MBE.
History
BoxWise has 42 venues in location ...
in 2020, founded by Nick Maughan and Rick Ogden. With a 10-week boxing programme, BoxWise helps young people with their fitness and mental wellbeing while offering progression routes to help graduates enter further education or step into employment.
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Nick Maughan Foundation
Charities based in the United Kingdom
2010 in England
Wildlife conservation organizations