Prism the Gift Fund is a registered charity that encourages tax effective charitable giving and promotes it throughout the charitable sector. Our aim is to increase the amount of money that goes to charity, while making sure donors are claiming for the tax for which they are eligible.
Founded in 2004 Prism the Gift Fund focusses on high quality relationship management: supplying our clients with the personal, bespoke service they need.
In 2002-2003 Prism the Gift Fund carried out research talking to prospective clients and developed the current Prism model. Anna Josse has had many years of experience in the charity sector and fundraising training in the United States. This knowledge combined with the experience of the trustees and the financial acumen of Gideon Lyons led to the creation of Prism the Gift Fund in 2004.
Trustees
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Lord Stone was raised to the peerage as Baron Stone of Blackheath in 1997. He joined Marks and Spencer Plc as a trainee in 1966 and retired his position as joint Managing Director of the Company in 1999. He is currently a Director of two retail companies and a number of NGOs and involved in several charities. He has a deep interest in community work based around his fascination with the juxtaposition between art and science and a lifelong interest in the process of creating understanding and progress toward peace in the Middle East.
Myra Waiman
Myra Waiman runs a business and strategy consultancy group, Romney Consulting Ltd and is also a director of a technology fund. She spent several years raising funds for a number of high profile charities through auctions, exhibitions and concerts. Through Romney, she has acted as strategic advisor to a number of technology based companies and universities both in the UK and Israel, and charities including the Rothschild Foundation. Myra Waiman is a trustee of: The Weizmann Institute, British Friends of Beth Lohamei Hagetaot and Heart Cells Foundation.
Anna Josse
Anna is the director and shareholder of a financial services company, Regent Capital, which specialises in offering tax-driven investment products and services to UK-based high net worth investors. Anna has expertise in relationship management and building operations. Previously Anna worked in the high-tech industry and set up the Yazam Europe office and was their Director of Investor Relations. For six years Anna set up and ran the British arm of a USA based charity, the New Israel Fund. Anna also acts as a trustee for a number of charities.
Gideon Lyons
Gideon is also a director and shareholder of Regent Capital. He is a director of Wire2, the operator of a newslink wire service. This provides all the major national and regional media – newspaper, radio, TV – with stories as well as distributing information from government bodies. In 1994, Gideon co-founded a retail group that had 30 stores across the UK operating Levi’s, Timberland and Cat Footwear franchises, and Bed and Bath Works. In 1982 Gideon built up a multi-national automotive component group. Gideon holds a number of directorships and shareholdings in private companies.
Sophie Paquot
Sophie Paquot has previously worked for five years as a Marketing Manager in the IT industry.
After an internship at the RedCross EU Office, she worked for two years for IBM in Brussels and three years for Ricoh Europe in London in the marketing and communications field.
Sophie joined Prism the Gift Fund in the beginning of 2011 as the Marketing and Relationship Manager. Sophie meets with people from the private sector companies including private banks and law firms as well as the charity sector in order to promote the concept of Prism the Gift Fund. She is also responsible for communications, research, events and public relations.
Jenny Spraggett
Before joining Prism in early 2012, Jenny ran a client facing private business and has experience in a number of areas from accounts,
marketing, customer relations, administration, office management and more. Jenny was also the volunteer fundraising coordinator for Radio
Lollipop London and Evelina Children’s Hospitals, responsible for raising tens of thousands of pounds yearly, and sat on the management committee for two years. Jenny therefore brings to Prism the Gift Fund a wealth of experience in both the private and charitable sectors.