Our Impact
Our story begins in 1967 when Richard sets up the Student Advisory Centre.
1960s and 1970s
1967
Richard sets up the Student Advisory Centre in 1967 to support thousands of young people with free advice on sexual health and relationships.
1970
Richard starts the Virgin Brand with the launch of Virgin Mail Order - starting a journey of 49 years, launching companies in over 50 countries, all built to "Make People's Lives Better".
1967
Richard sets up the Student Advisory Centre in 1967 to support thousands of young people with free advice on sexual health and relationships.
1970
Richard starts the Virgin Brand with the launch of Virgin Mail Order - starting a journey of 49 years, launching companies in over 50 countries, all built to "Make People's Lives Better".
1967
Richard sets up the Student Advisory Centre in 1967 to support thousands of young people with free advice on sexual health and relationships.
1970
Richard starts the Virgin Brand with the launch of Virgin Mail Order - starting a journey of 49 years, launching companies in over 50 countries, all built to "Make People's Lives Better".
1980s
1986
Richard supports Jane Tewson in starting Comic Relief - to combat the famine in Ethiopia and end poverty
1987
Mates Condoms is launched as a social business by the Virgin Healthcare Foundation to help halt the AIDS crisis
Virgin supports the London Air Ambulance, helicopters saving lives in the large and crowded city