Julian Gore-Booth presentation GCF2012

1. Julian Gore-Booth CEO The STARS Foundation www.starsfoundation.org.uk GCF 2012 “ The Entrepreneurship Imperative” 21-24 January 2012 “ From Funding to Empowering”

3. About STARS: Founded by Amr Dabbagh and the Dabbagh Group STARS is dedicated to transforming the lives of the worlds most vulnerable children. STARS finds and rewards excellent local NGOs working in child health, education and protection. Our partnership encourages entrepreneurial approaches to social problems by empowering the organisations and individuals who deliver. IMPACT AWARDS – a true social investment combining unrestricted funding ($100,000) with tailored consultancy and media support. IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS – access to practical support from companies (or other organisations / individuals) in mission critical areas such as governance, communications, HR, IT, strategy and fundraising.

5. Sense International India Impact Award Recipient 2009 Sense International (India) provides services for deaf blind and multi-sensory impaired children and adults. Established in 1997, it delivers communication, mobility, literacy and vocational skills programmes at home, in the community, or in day care centres through local partners.

6. INVESTMENT MULTIPLIER PROFILE & BRAND ORGANISATION PROGRAMME Recognition Leverage Credibility Advocacy Networking Sustainability / Resilience Strategic Development Fundraising Staff Development & Retention Control / Flexibility Infrastructure Sustainability Scale up / Replication Quality Responsive (needs led) Knowledge Sharing Infrastructure

8. The Philanthropic Imperative is to take risks. For STARS this means increased investment in excellent local organisations and encouraging givers away from the “starvation diet” approach to funding, towards investment and trust. Join us. “ Restricted giving misses a fundamental point: to make the greatest impact on society requires first and foremost a great organisation, not a single great programme” (Jim Collins, Good To Great and the Social Sectors, 2006) www.starsfoundation.org.uk