LAVA Advisory Partners is excited to launch a new charity partnership with Anna Freud, a globally recognized mental health charity supporting children and young people. This collaboration reinforces LAVA’s ongoing commitment to driving positive change through business.
Founded in 2020 during a challenging time for young people, the M&A advisory firm has remained dedicated to safeguarding youth mental health and wellbeing through its LAVA Positive Change initiative.
The initiative, which commits 2.5% of annual turnover to organisations furthering this mission, is now in its fifth year. LAVA works with a number of charities, large and small, on projects from event sponsorships to marathons, and is proud to add Anna Freud to the list.
LAVA’s donations will support the charity’s work which includes specialist clinical services, schools support, and professional training, ensuring children and young people receive the right mental health and wellbeing support at the right time.
Simon Woodcock, Partner at LAVA, said: “When we started LAVA it was important to us to use our fortunate position to lend support to charities like Anna Freud, and we feel incredibly privileged to be working with such a brilliant organisation with a rich history of ensuring children and young people get evidence-based mental health and wellbeing support when and where they need it most.”
Professor Eamon McCrory, CEO of Anna Freud, added: “We’re really delighted to have the LAVA team on board – their support will help Anna Freud create innovative mental health care, research, training, and resources, led by the latest science and guided by young people. One in five children and young people have a probable mental health disorder and we can only close this gap with support from our generous partners, including LAVA. 1”
