ForceSelect is a recruitment consultancy, mentoring service and registered charitable foundation[1] aimed at supporting military service leavers and small military charities across the UK.[2][3] It aims to raise funds to support smaller military charities that are struggling for funds.[2]
It was founded in 2009 by former Army captain Hugh Andrée.[3]
All recruitment staff are ex-services and partner organisations include British Gas, Sainsbury's and UPS and it was named one of the brightest new organisations of 2010 by a business survey.[4]
The Ministry of Defence has given its support to ForceSelect, recognising the work it does to support military service leavers who are looking for a new career on civvy street.[2]
Other directors include former chief of the general staff General Sir Mike Jackson,[5] bestselling author Andy McNab,[5] and former Royal Artillery officer Lucy Wood.[6]
ForceSelect founder Hugh Andrée grilled UK Chancellor George Osborne on 6 October 2010 at the Conservative Party Conference about the need to support military service leavers in the UK.[7]
Head of the Trustees is General Sir Mike Jackson,[5] while other Trustees include Dame Kelly Holmes,[8] Rebekah Brooks, Sir John Rose, and Stephen Morris.[9]
The ForceSelect Foundation gets its income from a percentage of the profits from the ForceSelect recruitment business as well as a wide range of fundraising activities, such as a collaboration with Lionsgate films for the UK premiere of The Expendables in August 2010.[10]
Military charities across the UK are invited to apply for grants which are awarded by the Board of trustees twice a year.[11]