About Us
About The Jessica Claypole Foundation
The Jessica Claypole Foundation was established in 2018 by Jessica Claypole and her husband, Mark Claypole, following the sale of the business which she founded in 1991.
Jessica, an entrepreneur with a successful 40-year career in financial services, is the Chair of the Foundation. In the early years the Foundation funded a range of mental health, education for girls, water and sanitation, and microfinance projects, both in the UK and overseas.
The Jessica Claypole Foundation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (Company registration number 95249823) and registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales (Charity number 11627321).The Jessica Claypole Foundation’s strategic direction and funding decisions are overseen by our Board of Trustees, which is made up of four leaders and four independent external trustees.
Our work is grounded in the simple, yet revolutionary belief every that child should be able to live safely, openly, and genuinely in all the places we call home.
The Jessica Claypole Foundation’s mission is to address social adversity, particularly helping children and women to live in a safer, fairer world.
Through grant-making and donations, the Jessica Claypole Foundation supports programmes that improve health, safety, education and employment, enabling more people to experience a life of opportunity, free from injustice and abuse.
Our Mission
To be an effective and independent funder, using all our resources to create opportunities and support social change. We partner with inspiring organisations and individuals to make sure that people facing disadvantage are at the heart of leading change and designing solutions to overcome inequality.
Our vision
To help people help themselves, by giving them access to the tools and resources to live self-sufficiently. We are passionate about enabling families across Europe to break free of poverty and dependency in order to reach their full potential.
Our Culture
We invest in the individuals, ideas and institutions essential to addressing the complex, deeply rooted drivers of inequality. We believe individuals drive ideas and make institutions run and, together, they create lasting social change.
Our values
Our Passion
We are united by an urgent drive to deliver real change. We share a deep commitment to, and enthusiasm for, our partners and the causes we care about.
Our Professionalism
We approach philanthropy with an optimistic realism and our team is dedicated to learning and improving. We expect professionalism from our partners and will support them to be effective in their fields.
Our Integrity
We will always provide the funding and support that is most needed. Whether it’s core funding or high risk projects; we will be there for real, not for show. Our relationships are built on trust and commitments and all of our partners are entitled to honesty, transparency and fair dealing.
The Jessica Claypole Foundation support the most vulnerable through UK and global partners who are aligned with our values. We believe that the best results come from clarity of purpose, integrity and open collaboration.
Our Annual Donation Program...
Our primary method of support is through our annual donation Program, where we provide donation to non-profit organisations that use education, training and development to equip young Individuals with financial literacy, educational and employability support and resources.
Our purpose is to improve financial resilience in the communities that we operate in by combining financial resources.
“Simply, we want to make the biggest difference. Being open to innovation as well as measured performance, we partner with organisations who deliver real impact and put accountability at their core. It’s about making the most impact we can, in the way it is most valued, in the most sustainable way..”
Our Beneficiaries & Partners..
