The New Philanthropists: The New Generosity

Handy, Charles

ISBN 10: 0434017094 / ISBN 13: 9780434017096

Published by Heinemann, London, 2007

About this Item

200 pages, photography by Elizabeth Handy.

Seller Inventory # 140376

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Philanthropists: The New Generosity
• Publisher: Heinemann, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434017094
• ISBN 13: 9780434017096
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Who are the new philanthropists? And how is their philanthropy 'new'? In this remarkable and inspiring book, the eminent management writer Charles Handy and his wife Elizabeth, a portrait photographer, have collaborated to portray a new generation of practical philanthropists, men and women who have made their own fortunes and decided to move on from financial success to try to help those in need. They are doing so not simply by giving their money away to charities and agencies but by helping actively, working on the spot with the very people who need their aid, ensuring that the initiatives are sustainable in the longer term. As in their acclaimed The New Alchemists, the Handys have both interviewed and photographed their subjects in order to tell their inspiring stories; from the Sydney restaurateur Jeff Gambin, who personally helps to cook hot and cold menus for homeless people; to Niall Mellon, a young Irish property developer who is replacing the shacks with breeze-block homes in a South African township; and Sara Davenport, who sold her art gallery and set up the breast-cancer care centre the Haven Trust to offer integrated and holistic treatment and support. This striking book of words and photographs reveals the energy and inspiration of these new ways of using wealth, revealing the motivations and satisfactions of such direct action.

About the Authors

Charles Handy was a writer, broadcaster and teacher, as well as a former oil executive, an economist, a professor at the London Business School, the Warden of St. George's House in Windsor Castle and the chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. He was born in Co. Kildare in Ireland, the son of an archdeacon, and educated in Ireland, England (Oxford University) and the USA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His many books include The Empty Raincoat, Gods of Management, The Second Curve and 21 Letters.

Charles Handy died on 13 December 2024 at the age of 92. The View from Ninety, his final book, draws on articles first published in The Idler magazine.

Elizabeth Handy is a successful portrait photographer. She and her husband Charles live in London and Norfolk.