Now in their 25th year, Investment Week’s Investment Company of the Year Awards have a proud history of rewarding excellence in closed-ended fund management.

The awards highlight outstanding managers in this important part of the market, who have delivered consistently strong performance for investors across a variety of sectors and the judges believe can continue to perform well in the future. The awards this evening will be supporting Place2Be. 

Place2Be is a children and young people’s mental health charity with almost 30 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.

Place2Be provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, Place2Be also offer expert training and professional qualifications.

Guided by their mission, vision, values and approach, Place2Be have provided mental health services in schools for almost 30 years.

In the last school year: 6,901 pupils were supported through one-to-one counselling. 33,327 pupils booked their own appointments to speak to a mental health professional.