Sage Foundation

Our Place to Call Home pilot identified 11 young people at risk of homelessness and over the course of one year managed to secure appropriate homes for all. Thanks to the pilot’s intervention, eight were able to stay in the family home. For the remaining three, this was not the appropriate option and stable, secure alternative homes were arranged. 

Sage Foundation’s global head Debbie Wall explains, “Had the 11 young people identified ended up on the streets, the cost to the state would have been £110,000 a year and this figure would have risen every year. Our intervention cost a small fraction of this. 

"We worked with local charity Family Gateway to adapt its Barefoot Professional model, funding direct action with the young people at risk and their families, through counselling and practical support. Family Gateway’s model proved the right one, as it trains local parents, who have experienced similar issues, to support struggling families.”

Partners and customers are invited to join Sage colleagues in our mission to raise $2 million for local charities by 2022. We’re kicking off the challenge through 20 events in 2020. 

Choose any challenge you like and support any charity close to your heart. We’ve been climbing mountains in Australia, cycling from London to Paris and riding multi-person bikes around Canadian cities. Danceathons, spinathons, marathons, and anything else you can come up with, are bringing us together, all around the world, to do good. 

To join in please contact us at: [email protected]

Sage Foundation provides time, resources, and technology so non-profit organisations can help more people reach their true potential. We are focused on building social, economic and entrepreneurial opportunities in our local communities.

Sage volunteering was worth £2.8 million to charities last year. 2018 was our third year of doing good in our local communities. As each year passes, we’re finding our niche and growing up a little bit more. Our grants programme has become more refined with a strong focus on our three key signature programmes — Sage Empowering Women, Sage Inspiring Youth, and Sage Serving Heroes. In total, last year we supported 162 organisations globally. This was a significant increase across our signature programmes and an overall increase in the number of grants awarded versus the year before.