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Community investment and consultancy services
During the past eight years, CFN has secured over £184.7 million from the following network clients to invest in local communities:
- Government (Cabinet Office and Office for Civil Society)
- Big Lottery Fund (CFN is the managing trustee of their 10-year £50 million Fair Share Trust programme)
- Charity Projects: Comic Relief and Sports Relief (grants programmes totalling up to £4 million per annum are managed by CFN and the network)
- The Royal London Foundation
- Capacitybuilders
- Barclays Wealth
- Four Acre Trust
- Mars in the Community
CFN Services
CFN acts as an umbrella to promote and support philanthropy in the UK and deliver community investment programmes.
CFN designs, markets, manages, delivers and evaluates community investment and grant-making programmes through its network of community foundations on behalf of a wide range of funders from the corporate, voluntary and public sectors.
A key component of this strand to CFN’s strategy is working with community foundations and delivery agents to maximise the service provided to our network clients as well as the impact of their investment.
Benefits of working with CFN
20 years' experience as effective grant makers - investing in local communities
Reputation
We design and deliver community investment programmes that address the issues that matter to you and that connect you to qualities that build your reputation such as innovation, creativity and resourcefulness.
Flexible
We are able to work with you to design and deliver community investment programmes that address a wide range of issues which are important to you, your staff and your stakeholders, including:
- Communities
- Health and wellbeing
- Tackling disadvantage and exclusion
- Environment
- Education and skills
- Arts, culture and heritage
Real Impact
We will work with you to ensure that the benefits and the change that you wish to see from your investment are measured and reported from the outset.
Enhanced Reach
We can ensure that your programme can reach your local community wherever your operations or requirements are based.
Positive Profile
Particularly valuable to organisations with geographically distributed operations, we provide you with a positive message to all requests for support and we eliminate the risks of poorly assessed local “opportunities”.
Quality Accreditation
We have secured the endorsement of the Charity Commission twice for our Quality Accreditation scheme and were the first charity network in England and Wales to achieve this status.