may 2009 founders michelle wright nick gandon headquarters london united kingdom website www.cause4.co.uk cause4 is an organisation that works in partnership with the charity sector corporates and philanthropists in the united kingdom and internationally . it was launched in may 2009 and aims to be a modernising influence within the third sector . 1 the company works with long established national charities as well as smaller local charities and recently established social enterprises both as a fundraiser and strategy consultant . cause4 also specialises in developing philanthropic foundations for individuals and companies and implementing company social responsibility strategies . in 2010 cause4 developed a training programme through which to address the shortage of development and fundraising personnel within the charity arts sports and education sectors . this programme became known as the cause4 entrepreneurship programme in march 2013 . 2 the company also hosts a range of fundraising creative and digital apprenticeships . other graduate development programmes led by cause4 include a fellowship programme for the arts fundraising and philanthropy programme funded by arts council england 3 and development of a creative entrepreneurs programme for start up creative businesses in partnership with the guildhall school of music & drama 4 in 2014 15 the company raised over 15 million for charitable causes . the company claims to regularly raise over 750 000 in charitable income per month and has raised over 38 million in charitable income since set up . 5 contents 1 directors 2 awards 3 references 4 external links directors edit michelle wright charles pike sir thomas hughes hallett . 6 awards edit cause4 director michelle wright won female entrepreneur of the year at the natwest national startup awards 7 and was a winner in the future 100 awards . 8 in 2012 cause4 was listed in the top 100 startups . 9 cause4 was a finalist in the natwest startup awards 2011 for social enterprise of the year 10 is a finalist in the uk start up businesses 2012 the pitch competition 11 in the orange national business awards 2012 start up of the year 12 and great british entrepreneur of the year 2013 and 2014 . cause4 has also been awarded a place on the goldman sachs 10 000 small businesses programme 13 in 2012 to support high potential small businesses . in november 2012 cause4 won two silver international stevie awards 14 one for innovative company of the year and another for female innovator of the year and in 2013 was a bronze award winner for female innovator of the year . 15 in 2014 michelle wright ceo was awarded a gold stevie as women of the year business services . in 2013 cause4 was invited by lord young of graffham and sir terry leary to join the accelerate 250 for businesses showing rapid growth and great potential . 16 cause4 was also cited in the silicon valley comes to the uk 100 list 2013 for high potential companies 17 in 2014 growthaccelerator 18 named cause4 as a top 25 hyper growth company in terms of increased turnover and job creation . 19 in 2014 michelle wright ceo was the first uk representative awarded the iwec award for outstanding entrepreneurial achievement 20 and represents the uk as a national champion for entrepreneur of the year in the european business awards . 21 the company won the social impact award at the 2015 everline 50 awards for most disruptive small companies 22 and ceo michelle wright was recognised in the maserati 100 list for entrepreneurs who give back . 23 references edit about cause4 . press release cause4 announces new entrepreneurship programme pdf . press release next generation of leading development directors . press release guildhall school supports first creative entrepreneurs . cause4 impact . civilsociety.co.uk . profile of sir thomas hughes hallett natwest startup award winners 2011 . future 100 award winners 2011 . startups 100 2012 cause4 . retrieved 2012 07 13 . natwest startup award finalists 2011 . the pitch 2012 start up businesses competition . orange national business awards 2012 finalists . goldman sachs 10 000 small businesses uk . the stevie awards for women in business . stevie awards 2014 . accelerate 250 2013 . tech city uk 100 list 2013 . growthaccelerator.com . growth accelerator awards 2014 pdf . iwec award 2014 . business awards europe . http www.cause4.co.uk news item cause4 features in everline future 50 and receives the future 50 social impact award http www.themaserati100.co.uk item michelle wright external links edit cause4 company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cause4 & oldid 705864734 categories companies based in london navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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