Archived news from 2021

December 09 2021

New fund launched to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The £5 million programme will support community and voluntary organisations in England to develop cr…

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December 02 2021

Grief Awareness Week: when the world changes

There is no good time for a person’s world to turn upside down. While navigating oneself along the r…

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November 23 2021

How community foundations are contributing towards the SDGs

By thinking globally, and acting locally, our new report shows how funders can enable local charitie…

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November 16 2021

Community foundations launch local winter appeals to combat fuel poverty

Fuel poverty is a major factor of excess winter deaths and suffering, impacting over 4 million UK ho…

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November 10 2021

Reflecting on ‘Together21: Towards equitable and inclusive communities’, our membership convention

Last week, hundreds of our members from across the UK Community Foundation network came together for…

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October 29 2021

Black History Month – a time to reflect and to learn

As Black History Month comes to an end, we share thoughts from Kaveed Ali, our Director of Equity, D…

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October 06 2021

Investing, Inspiring and Including: EdenTree’s Approach to EDI

EdenTree, a charity-owned investment manager and pioneer in responsible and sustainable investing, i…

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October 04 2021

Our Quality Accreditation is now complete

The fifth round of Quality Accreditation, launched in October 2020, is now complete. We are proud of…

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September 13 2021

New partnership supports social prescribing and community wellbeing initiatives

Our new partnership with Primary Health Properties PLC (PHP) will support community groups that deli…

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September 08 2021

How community foundations are supporting the resettlement of Afghanistan's refugees in the UK

The speed in which events unfolded in Afghanistan at the end of August 2021 shocked the world. Our n…

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August 04 2021

Ready, Set, Recovery: Welcome back, sport!

As we welcome sport back into our communities, we look at the value of local clubs and the challenge…

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July 05 2021

UK Community Foundations launches new report

Our new report examines the impact of the pandemic on local Voluntary and Community Sector Organisat…

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June 30 2021

New independent trustees join the UKCF Board

At our Board Meeting on Wednesday 23rd June we were pleased to co-opt six new independent trustees.

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June 01 2021

Volunteers Week: Our Sector’s Heroes

In March 2020, the UK was plunged into a world of isolation and unease. But out of the uncertainty c…

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May 14 2021

Mental Health awareness week: A spotlight on mental health projects around the UK

The pandemic has left a cloud of anxiety hanging over our communities. For Mental Health Awareness W…

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April 12 2021

‘Clubs In Crisis’ fund launches

We’re pleased to have teamed up with Made By Sport to offer local sports clubs and organisations fro…

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March 18 2021

Five things that funders can do to support local charities

It’s hard to believe that it’s one year since the launch of the National Emergencies Trust Coronavir…

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March 08 2021

Why We Must #ChooseToChallenge

We take a look at the challenges women have faced during the past year, how community foundations ha…

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January 28 2021

Recognising Good Care Month

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word ‘care’ means ‘the provision of what is necessary for th…

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