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Community Foundation Network (CFN)

Community Foundation Network (CFN)
  • Is the national association connecting all UK community foundations
  • Represents UK community foundations at a national and international level
  • Negotiates and manages national grant-making and funding opportunities on behalf of members.
  • Offers UK community foundations a range of focused, responsive and relevant services to help growth and sustainability.
  • Provides direct technical assistance to foundations throughout the network
  • Is a registered charity in its own right
  • Is a membership organisation whose work is governed and directed by a board drawn from its members.
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Dispossessed Fund passes 5 million mark

The Dispossesed fund, a campaign run by the London Evening Standard and administered by CFN, has passed the 5 million pound mark, beating the original fundraising mark fivefold.
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CFN in the FT

This weekend Stephen Hammersley, our CEO, was quoted in the Financial Times.
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Community Foundation recieves �100,000 single donation

The Suffolk Foundation has received a one off donation of �100k from Tom Hughes-Hallet, a Suffolk resident and former banker.
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Better off pensioners donate Winter Fuel Payments to those in need

All over the country affluent pensioners are donating their Winter Fuel Payments to fund those less well-off than themselves. Led by donors in Somerset, Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and Dorset ...
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Innovative donor honoured with prestigious prize

William S White of the Mott Foundation has been honoured with a special CFN-Beacon Special Award for Services to Community Philanthropy at the annual ceremony of Britain�s foremost philanthropy prize scheme.

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