The 7 Fund was unveiled on 9 February 2015 by David Beckham and UNICEF, with Beckham pledging his star power to tackle child violence, bullying, marriage and education barriers.
Since 2019, the fund has deployed targeted projects in Nepal’s Madhesh Province, Indonesia’s Jakarta region, Uganda’s Adjumani District and El Salvador’s San Salvador, each adapted to local priorities from school exclusion to peer violence.
UNICEF UK’s 2024 annual report records that 21,723 Nepali girls re‑enrolled through literacy programmes, 25,000 Ugandans joined life‑skills clubs, and 10,400 parents received violence‑prevention training, while Indonesian children benefited from anti‑bullying workshops.
With the 2024 fiscal year closing the four‑country initiative, the fund’s partners face the challenge of sustaining these gains after the earmarked support ends, as noted by UNICEF’s programme managers.