We are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend and patron, Chevalier de Legion d’honneur, Michel Roux OBE.

Michel has contributed so much to the MonKeyBusiness Foundation for more than a decade, including his attendance at The Leadership Weekend, hosting The GroceryAid Presidents Dinner at his own restaurant The Waterside Inn and his extraordinary generosity with many auction prizes.

Michel did all of this with his legendary dedication to excellence, enormous enthusiasm and unrivalled joy for life. All of us fortunate enough to know and love Michel have had our lives greatly enriched and learnt so much from him. He is irreplaceable and will be greatly missed by all of us but we will go forward focusing on all the positive and joyful experiences he gave us.

Overview

Registered charity Monkey Business Foundation was set up in 2012 by Paul Monk, an independent businessman with over 40 years’ experience in the grocery industry. The charity has two main aims:

  • Running major fundraising events in aid of the grocery industry charity GroceryAid.
  • Working Options in Education - Working Options in Education helps young people (14-18) to aim high and fulfil their potential through employability and life skills programmes delivered free in schools, colleges and online through their well-established links with employers, particularly in the food, drink and retail industry.


Working Options in Education helps young people (14-18) to aim high and fulfil their potential through employability and life skills programmes delivered free in schools, colleges and online through their well-established links with employers, particularly in the food, drink and retail industry. Working Options has reached over 15,000 students in over 100 colleges and schools across the UK so far. 

To find out more about Working Options in Education, to book an insight from industry session for your school or college, volunteer as a speaker, offer work experience placements or to support us, visit

www.workingoptions.co.uk

GroceryAid is a charity that helps people all over the UK who have worked, or are working, in the grocery industry and who need some extra support to get by. GroceryAid raises money through a variety of fundraising events, donations and corporate sponsorship. The financial and welfare help that they provide makes a very real difference. The MonKeyBusiness Foundation raises substantial funds on behalf of GroceryAid by running four major events:

Our Mission

To raise funds that give a helping hand to people who have worked in the UK grocery trade and are suffering hardship.
To engage, inspire and motivate young people to aim high and fulfil their potential.