He collected donations from the city's wealthy for a charitable enterprise, the Mayor's Fund, which he had established to aid disadvantaged youths; although initially announcing that it would raise £100 million, by 2010 it had only spent £1.5 million.
他收集富人的慈善捐款，捐赠给市长基金，该基金是为帮助处境不利的青年而设立的；虽然最初宣布它将筹集1亿英镑，到2010年，它只筹到了150万英镑。