# £10,000 research trip offered to one charity CEO

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/13/10000-research-trip-offered-one-charity-ceo/
- Published: 2016-07-13T09:00:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, is inviting
applications from charity CEOs for the 2016 David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship.**

The selected Fellow will receive a grant of up to £10,000, payable to their non-
profit organisation, to cover airfares, accommodation and other costs associated
with a research trip or trip that will enable them to visit and research best practice
in social innovation around the world.

The Fellowship is presented biennially to CEOs of voluntary organisations in the
United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and the US “who have a compelling rationale
to research social innovation abroad, and to promote and reward ideas that address
social needs”.

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## Previous winner

![Anita Grover - David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship winner](https://wfay6x.
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The previous Fellowship winner is Anita Grover, Chief Executive of Auditory Verbal
UK. She used her Fellowship grant to travel to Australia and New Zealand to meet
organisations that are leading in delivering innovative listening and spoken language
programmes. She is using this to develop and expand the work and impact of Auditory
Verbal UK.

Grover said:

> “One of the long-term benefits of the Fellowship is the scope for collaboration
> in the field of research and development. It has given me not just the insight
> and experience, but the confidence and connections to take forward the strategic
> development of our small charity and transform the provision of services for deaf
> children in the UK”.

It has also helped raise her profile and that of the charity, with benefits including
being [selected as The October Club’s beneficiary](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/01/october-club-seeks-small-transformational-charity-to-support-for-one-year/)
in 2015.

The David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship was established in 2012 in memory 
of Macquarie Group Foundation’s founding Chairman, David Clarke.

Rachel Engel from the Macquarie Group Foundation in London commented:

> “The David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship is another example of how Macquarie
> invests in leadership and the sustainable development of the community sector,
> through supporting organisations who would normally struggle to find the funds
> to travel to research and collaborate”.

[Applications for the David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship](http://macquarie.com/about/community/david-clarke-social-innovation-fellowships)
close on **9 September 2016**. The recipient will be announced in November 2016.

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