We are delighted to announce the continuation of our partnership with the Permira Foundation with generous new grants to support our endeavours in 2025. This ongoing collaboration will further boost capacity building in our operations and growth in our nationwide partnership of schools and trusts, bringing us closer to our goal of enhancing the life chances of 500,000 pupils each year by 2027.
A decade of collaboration between Challenge Partners and Permira has fuelled innovation and enabled significant growth and impact. Over recent years, Permirans have mobilised their professional expertise to support digital transformation, financial planning and modelling, fundraising, cyber-security, and senior leadership development, amongst others. With the Foundation’s continued support, we will reach more schools and pupils particularly in underserved areas who need our help the most.
We are grateful for the investment and business expertise provided by the Permira Foundation and pleased they remain a strong backer of our goal to reach half a million pupils each year by 2027.
“Our sustained partnership with the Permira Foundation has been transformational for our growth, capacity and operations, delivering tangible benefits for schools and pupils. The Permira Foundation is the perfect partner for us because they understand the value of operating at scale to deliver activities that have systemwide impact.” - Dr Kate Chhatwal, CEO
"Our partnership with Challenge Partners, representing more than a decade of funding and collaboration, is one of our strongest and deepest non-profit relationships. Initially through the Social Business Trust and now through the Permira Foundation, we have worked alongside Challenge Partners’ team at Board, Executive and operational levels, sharing our expertise and resources to support CP to deliver local and systemic impact for schools and pupils in the UK. Our partnership has been highly impactful, beyond the value of grant funding provided - we've supported with fundraising, digital transformation and leadership development. This has been made possible by CPs openness to collaboration; a relentless focus on delivering quality provision and continuous ambition to close the attainment gap for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. We’re thrilled to play our part in CPs mission and to continue our partnership in 2025." – Lionel Hill, Group CTO, Permira
The Permira Foundation
We are a global foundation funded and incubated by Permira.
We envision a society in which everyone has the chance to realise their full potential.
To advance this vision, we partner with non-profits focused on tackling social exclusion and disadvantage in communities around the world.