Meet the Team

Our trusted team are highly experienced across a wide range of grant, funding and marketing services that effectively meet the needs of all those we come into contact with. We have a group of committed trustees that provide regular input and evaluation of the services we offer.


Board of Trustees

Founder President

  • Sir Robert R Taylor OBE (1932 – 2008)

President

  • Tim Watts DL - Pertemps Group Ltd

Chairman

  • David Bucknall FRICS DSc - Rider Levett Bucknall

Trustees

  • Shamiela Ahmed
  • John Andrews MBE
  • Kay Cadman - Core Marketing & Events Limited
  • Richard Harris
  • Angela Henry - Henry Browne Solicitors
  • John Matthews
  • David Scard

Associate Trustees

  • Chris Evans - Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited
  • Peter Grace

Grant Making Co-optees

  • Claire-Elaine Arthurs - Wright Hassall LLP
  • Diane Baker - DWP - District Business Manager

Donor Development Co-optees

  • Hannah Martyr (Currently on Maternity leave from July 2011)
    Turner Townsend - Managing Director
  • Geoff Perry - Squire Sanders (UK) LLP - Partner
  • Karen Pincher - Deutsche Bank, Relationship Manager
  • Clare Thompson - Mills & Reeve - Events & Hospitality Executive
  • Nick Venning - PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marketing Director (Global Industries)
  • Thomas Williams - Rider Levett Bucknall UK Ltd - Building Surveyor
  • What We Do

    Our two broad purposes are:
    To work with the community supporting local voluntary and community activity through a programme of constructive grant making; and
    To work with local donors by pooling the donations of philanthropically minded individuals and community-minded companies into an Endowment Fund...read more

  • How to Give

    You can decide how much to give and make a secure on-line donation.
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  • Apply for Grants

    Birmingham & Black Country Community Foundation is an independent charity that offers direct support to grassroots organisations within the Birmingham and the Black Country.
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