NextGen Planners member and adviser raises £1m for his old school

Shtrosberg's nearly two-day campaign consisted of him and the school governess contacting people and asking them to donate to the school. He said some of the larger contributors offered to match smaller donations.

The King David Schools, located in north Manchester, is a Jewish set of schools and teaches children from nursery all the way to sixth form. Shtrosberg is himself Jewish and attended the school for his secondary education and now his children attend the nursery school, which he said made the campaign even more important to him.

Shtrosberg said he wanted to help ensure the school still had the capabilities to excel and continue: "The school had been suffering… from budget cuts over the last few years and its come to a point where it had quite a deficit, pretty much on an annual basis."

The financial adviser told PA that members of the finance community including IFAs and financial planners also donated to the cause: "We literally just picked up the phone and spoke to people we knew," he said, adding: "We got through to a load of people, all of whom were kind enough to donate." 

Shtrosberg said being part of NextGen instilled the importance of giving back: "I've been a member for probably over a year now and the amount of time people give and offer of help people give just enhanced my belief in how important it is [to give back].

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