David Jamilly is an English

social entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of o ...

and

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...

Business career

Jamilly co-founded Theme Traders with his sister Kim Einhorn. Theme Traders is a

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

based event management, party planning and

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hire company launched in 1989. The company grew out of their work as children's entertainers, when they began to receive requests from parents to organise entire parties.

Humanitarian activities

Jamilly started his humanitarian activities with entertaining sick children at

Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

. In 1977 he founded

Pod Children's Charity Pod Children's Charity (registered as Pod Charitable Trust no: 279743) is a British non-profit organisation, which provides live entertainment for children in hospital and hospices throughout the UK.

, which now arranges over 2500 performances a year and has entertained over a million children in children's hospital wards and hospices throughout the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. Jamilly appeared on the ''

Secret Millionaire Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

'' in 2010 in

Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of ...

in an extended programme, which topped two million seven hundred thousand viewers by the end. In the programme, he handed out £25,000 each and became patron to Sid's Place - Redcar Community College, Zoe's Place baby hospice and the Redcar Amateur Boxing Association. Jamilly, with Frankie Wales, was one of the co-founders of the Redcar Fire and Steel Festival a festival which celebrated Teesside's heritage of 150 years of steel making. Jamilly founded The Good Deeds Organisation in 2005 which promotes global good deeds and kindness and went on to co-launch and celebrate Kindness Day UK in 2010. Kindness Day UK aims to make each person in the UK carry out one act of kindness on 13 November,

World Kindness Day World Kindness Day is an international observance on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of nations' kindness NGOs. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Australia, Nigeria and the Un ...

. In 2011, Jamilly founded Kindness UK, a not-for-profit, independent organisation which aims to promote, share and unite kindness every day and make kindness a greater part of everyone's day-to-day lives. He is also a patron of Zöe's Place Baby Hospice, a charity for sick babies and young children.

Educational activities

He sat on the

advisory board An advisory board is a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation. The informal nature of an advisory board gives greater flexibility in structure and management compared to th ...

for the International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality (ICRETH) 2011 - 2013 based at

Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The univ ...

. Jamilly was made an

Honorary Doctor An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...

of Business by

Southampton Solent University Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and th ...

on 22 November 2013. Jamilly funded Kindness UK Symposium at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

in 2016. He was also a guest speaker at

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Cr ...

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Bibliography

*David Jamilly and Tammy Cohen, ''Party People: How to make millions from having fun'' () *David Jamilly, ''Enjoy: The Creative Approach to Events'' - Theme Traders ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamilly, David Living people 1954 births English humanitarians People educated at Highgate School Social entrepreneurs