Sir Alec Reed
Driving into London we noticed a picture in memory of Sir Alec Reed on the billboards - neither of us had heard of him so did some research : this is the opening paragraph from his obituary in the Guardian Sir Alec Reed, who has died aged 91, built a hugely successful employment agency, one of the UK’s largest private businesses. But he will also be remembered as the man who changed the face of British philanthropy. His Big Give organisation – an imaginative way of involving rich donors in supporting charities – now raises more money at Christmas time than the BBC’s Children in Need or Comic Relief. His own foundation draws its funds from its holding of 18% of the Reed group. He used to joke that Reed employees worked one day a week for charity. Sad for his family but it does seem like a life well lived and an uplifting story- RIP.
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