Meanwhile in support of charity Kith and Kids a new fundraising project Prime Thinkers offers organisations a group of 8-10 mostly retired or semi-retired business executives to consult for one hour on problem solving or idea generating.

The group supply their time on a voluntary basis and the organisation getting the benefit pay just £75 to the charity, or £100 for 1½ hours.

Co-founder of Kith and Kids, a disability charity which helps the families of disabled children, Maurice Collins told Charity Matters “Since our launch in early May five groups have started up in London and we hope to go UK wide”.

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