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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
January 28 2021
Recognising Good Care Month
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word ‘care’ means ‘the provision of what is necessary for th…
