# Venturesome makes £100,000 loan to eating disorders charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/25/venturesome-makes-100000-loan-eating-disorders-charity/
- Published: 2008-09-25T16:07:07+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Venturesome, the social investment fund of the Charities Aid Foundation, has made
an unsecured loan of £100,000 to eating disorders charity Beat to help it increase
its reach throughout the UK.**

This is the third time that Venturesome have worked with [Beat](http://www.b-eat.co.uk).
They originally worked together in 2005, and more recently in 2007 when Venturesome
provided support to help Beat manage its cash-flow. The present award will help 
Beat to develop its income-generating activities.

Eating disorders have a higher mortality rate than any other psychiatric illness–
one in five of those seriously affected will die.

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John Kingston, Director of Venturesome, said: “The work that Beat do is essential
to so many people – both those experiencing eating disorders and those supporting
them. This coupled with the efficiency and professionalism that they bring to all
of their operations means that we were happy to work with them on this exciting 
development.”
www.cafonline.org/default.aspx?Page=6903

 * **[Venturesome’s John Kingston awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/12/31/venturesome039s-john-kingston-awarded-obe-new-year039s-honours/)(
   31 December 2009)**
 * **[John Kingston to leave Charities Aid Foundation](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/03/09/john-kingston-leave-charities-aid-foundation/)(
   9 March 2011)**