• Quality Accreditation is a programme run by CFN to endorse and encourage best practice in the network. It is based on a set of standards developed by members for members, and is formally endorsed by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Achieving Quality Accreditation demonstrates that community foundations are serious about quality and accountability. It specifies what we do and how we do it in a way that other quality systems cannot ensure.

• Standards include�five key performance areas plus a corporate assessment.

• Definition and governance
• Finance and risk
• Donor services and development
• Grant making
• Community engagement and communications

• Community foundations accredited by CFN are entitled to use the special network logo shown here.

• The first round of Quality Accreditation ran until the end of 2009 and members are now working through the process of re-accreditation. Half�the network has been re-accredited and the remainder are working with CFN towards the award.

• Quality accredited community foundations at September 2010

Berkshire Community Foundation
Buckinghamshire Community Foundation
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
Capital Community Foundation
County Durham Community Foundation
Cumbria Community Foundation
Derbyshire Community Foundation
Devon Community Foundation
Essex Community Foundation
Gloucestershire Community Foundation,
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation
Heart of England Community Foundation
Hertfordshire Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Lancashire
Leeds Community Foundation
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Merseyside
Milton Keynes Community Foundation
Norfolk Community Foundation
Northamptonshire Community Foundation
Nottinghamshire Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Quartet Community Foundation
The Scottish Community Foundation
Somerset Community Foundation
Staffordshire Community Foundation
The Suffolk Foundation
Surrey Community Foundation
Sussex Community Foundation
Tees Valley Community Foundation
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Community Foundation in Wales
Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon

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More information

• Finding UK community foundations�Find out more about your local community foundation
• What is a community foundation? Community foundations explained
• Quality Accreditation How community foundations demonstrate quality and accountability
• Community Foundation Network (CFN) The role of the national association
• Frequently asked questions about community foundations and CFN
• Looking for funding? Essential information for community groups
• History Landmarks in the development of UK community foundations
• Links to information on the wider community foundation movement and philanthropy, and press coverage of community foundations
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