Future

John Nash established, with his wife Caroline, the charity Future, which focuses on young people and supports a number of inner-city projects. Future also sponsors Pimlico Academy, a 1300 pupil secondary school in Westminster, of which he is Chairman. In 2010 Pimlico Academy was awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted – two years after it became an Academy, having been put into Special Measures by Ofsted (a record time).

Future’s mission is to help young people succeed. Significant barriers exist for many young people in our society: poverty, failing schools, gang culture, poor parenting and a lack of appropriate role models are just a few. There are three arms to the work that we do to help young people overcome the difficulties they face and achieve to the maximum of their ability: Venture Philanthropy, Academy Sponsorship and Research.