Community Foundation's vision is to see communities thrive across North East England, with fairness and generosity changing lives and helping everyone feel they belong.
To meet their vision, a strong civil society is needed: people coming together to do things not to make a profit or because the law makes them, but because they want to - out of care for others, to do something creative, or to pursue a principle or passion. Charities and community organisations are the backbone of civil society. So their ambition is to be the region's most trusted and effective charitable foundation through philanthropy work.
Community Foundation are a local registered charity and limited company governed by a board of trustees made up of leaders from the business, philanthropy, public, and charity sectors. Most trustees are elected from among their members. The Duke of Northumberland is their honorary president. He serves alongside vice-presidents and patrons and our other ambassadors and volunteer panel members. Our expert staff team runs the Foundation from our office, Philanthropy House in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
There are nearly 1,800 community foundations across the globe. All are independent charities dedicated to making a difference in a particular city, county, or region. We are the largest in the UK. Established in 1988 as the Tyne & Wear Foundation, we later expanded to include Northumberland. Now our work increasingly takes in the wider North East of England
For more infoamtion visit www.communityfoundation.org.uk
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