Welcome to the Birmingham Foundation website.

Set up via the Charity Commission in 1995 and officially launched in 1997 to satisfy a desire amongst Birmingham's business leaders to 'give something back' to the community, the Birmingham Foundation provides the vehicle for both companies and individuals to invest in the city's community infrastructure and support its social entrepreneurs in a convenient, tax-effective and rewarding way.

We promote and support local charitable and community activity through a range of effective grant making programmes in areas of poverty and deprivation in Birmingham and the Black Country.

Over 90% of the funds we raise goes directly back into the community - that's over 90p for every £1 donated!

At our heart is the endowment fund a pool of donor funds, which are invested and the income of which used to meet local needs, forever – "the gift that keeps on giving"

We are members of the Community Foundation Network, an organisation established in 1991 to:
• Promote the concept of community foundations
• Stimulate their growth and best practice
• Support individual community foundations and help them network with each other

We are currently seeking the award of Quality Mark from the CFN - if you have any comments on how we could improve our services then please contact us via email on: team@bhamfoundation.co.uk

Mission and Aims

The Birmingham Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life for the disadvantaged communities in Greater Birmingham; helping people to help themselves.

Our aims are:
• to help local people provide local solutions through an effective grant-making programme in areas of poverty and deprivation;

• to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships within the community and to link these with the major regeneration schemes in the city;

• to build a long-term endowment fund for the sustainability of the communities within Greater Birmingham, providing support for many years to come;

• to provide people and businesses with the opportunity to maximise their charitable contribution in ways which bring genuine benefit to their local community.


Board of Trustees

Founder President

Robert R Taylor OBE

President

Tim Watts DL
Pertemps Group Ltd

Chairman

David Bucknall FRICS DSc
Rider Levett Bucknall

Trustees

John Andrews MBE

Kay Cadman
Core Marketing & Events Limited

Dorian Chan
Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant & Bar

Richard Harris

Angela Henry
Henry Browne Solicitors

Dr Jim Higgins

Cllr Mahmood Hussain
Birmingham City Council

John Kimberley

Hon. Alderman Ian McArdle

David Scard

Ann Sheldon


Grant Making Co-optee

Claire-Elaine Arthurs
HBJ Gateley Wareing - Trainee Solicitor

Fundraising Co-optees

Hannah Martyr
Viti Developments - Managing Director

Graham Nicoll
Barclays Wealth - Associate Director

Zanna Patchett
Pinsent Masons - Associate

Nick Venning
PricewaterhouseCoopers


Nechells Baths / Nechells Regeneration Project

John James
Chief Executive

Ann Stanton
Centre Manager

General enquiries:
Tel: 0121 328 1759
Fax: 0121 326 8462

Nechells Baths Press Release April 2008
Nechells Baths Press Release May 2007
Nechells Baths Press Release April 2006

Nechells Baths - Project Summary
Nechells Baths - Case Study 2006