Simon Tucker Simon joined the Young Foundation to establish Launchpad in 2005. He oversees all Launchpad programmes and projects as well as currently directly leading the Studio Schools initiative.
Simon was formerly with business strategy consultancy McKinsey & Co and then Chief Operating Officer at frontline social enterprise Kids Company where he performed a strategic and financial turnaround. His involvement in social venturing prior to the Young Foundation includes a secondment to help set up UnLtd - The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs (a >£100M fund) and a feasibility study for what would have been the UK's first social venture fund (which evolved into The Big Issue Invest and Catalyst's new fund). Before that he practiced as a barrister acting mainly for clients in the education and health sectors such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. He is a member of the advisory panel for of the Social Investment Bank. He also sits on the boards of social enterprises including Borough Market (perhaps the UK's oldest extant social enterprise) and Education Television Network (Kenyan ‘edutainment') in addition to Launchpad portfolio ventures.
Simon's recent publications as co-author or contributor include: Simon is a regular speaker on social innovation, enterprise and venturing at events in the UK and internationally.
Contact Sarah Carlier: sarah.carlier(AT)youngfoundation.org or call 020 8980 6263 |
latest additionsEuropean Venture Philanthropy Association conference in Madrid
Simon Tucker and Andrew Brough attended the annual EVPA conference to highlight Launchpad's activities as an early stage social venture fund and share experiences of investing for social impact with other organisations around Europe.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Call for Ideas
Imagining a working world that supports people with long term conditions
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
School of Everything Launches Alpha Site
School of Everything, recently voted amongst Europe's twenty hottest emerging start-ups at Seedcamp, has launched its first version of its online market place for learning.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Launch of Studio Schools
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners hosted the reception for the launch of the next phase of Studio Schools on Tuesday 4th of December at the RSA. In attendance were officials and representatives from central and local government, schools, national and local businesses, and a range of charitable foundations - all interested in building upon the progress made thus far.
25 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Managing long term conditionsThe World Economic Forum has called on businesses to lead the fight against chronic disease, to embed a culture of health and to manage the change in a population where long term conditions are increasingly prevalent. 30 January 2008 | HIA
most readStudio Schools
A new version of 14-19 school hosting businesses where students are employed, earning real wages alongside a project-based curriculum. Full of Life
Peer-to-peer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to provide emotional resilience for old people
Studio SchoolsStudio Schools™ continue to gain momentum following its recent launch and inclusion in government speeches and thinking on promising education initiatives. This builds on the momentum established by the national pilot that started last September at Barnfield College in Luton and the detailed planning for studio schools now being conducted at eight local authority areas around the UK. 30 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Faking It
Faking It aims to provide Young People with the experience and demands of the real-world.
Changing Health
Changing Health aims to address the problems people with long term conditions face, by developing a new flexible support structure
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