In 2020, at the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Maughan founded the
Nick Maughan Family Foundation (NMF) to support projects in education, the environment, and community engagement, particularly targeting disadvantaged groups. NMF's initiative,
BoxWise, offers boxing-based mentoring for young people across more than 50 locations in the UK and internationally, in collaboration with
Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions. Maughan is a former trustee of
Dallaglio RugbyWorks, which supports young people outside mainstream education. Through his foundation, he funds scholarships for talented children from low-income families, as well as postgraduate scholarships for master's and PhD students. He also supports the Charlie Miller Football Academy in
Glasgow and helped fund the construction of the Waterside Centre in
Newbury for the Berkshire Youth Trust. His other initiatives include backing the Fair Shot campaign with the
Refugee Council and education and employment programs for at-risk youth in collaboration with the
Centre for Social Justice, where he serves as a trustee. As patron Maughan has supported first-aid training for over 25,000 young people via British charity
StreetDoctors. He is also patron of the medical research charity Womb Transplant U.K. As a trustee of
Tusk Trust, Maughan has contributed to wildlife conservation efforts in Africa. He made an initial £1m donation to Tusk Trust, matched all donations up to £150,000 made to Tusk through
The Times' Annual Christmas Appeal, and funds the Tusk Conservation Symposium. Maughan funds infrastructure projects in
Eastern Uganda through the Nick Maughan Family Foundation. These include the Nick Maughan Maternity Centre, reportedly the largest such facility in the region, as well as the NMF Riverside School and the NMF IT Centres. He is also a patron of Spotlight on Africa, a development charity active in the area. == References ==