Two Ridings Community Foundation work in partnership with a number of organisations regionally and nationally. Strong partnerships enable us to influence change in a more far-reaching way.  We know that long-lasting change is never the work of a single organisation, and that by working with others, we can achieve more together.

Community Foundations

We are part of a national network of 47 community foundations overseen by our membership body UK Community Foundations. We regularly engage with other community foundations in the network, most particularly those closest geographically: Leeds Community Foundation, South Yorkshire Community Foundation, Calderdale Community Foundation and One Community Foundation.

Funders

We have strong and long-standing relationships with national and regional funders. National funders trust us because because we understand the assets, challenges and opportunities of our region and the work of the many community organisations that operate here.

Some like Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Rank Foundation, support our local grant-making in York and Hull respectively. The national Peter Sowerby Foundation wanted to make small grants in the rural parts of North and East Yorkshire, and they work with Two Ridings to achieve this.

We work alongside The National Emergencies Trust in times of emergency, and we are an active member of Yorkshire Funders . 

We also work side-by-side with national funders like The National Lottery Community Fund who we fund our HEY (Hull and East Yorkshire) Confident Futures Leadership Programme. HEY Confident Futures facilitates inspiring leadership training for hundreds of social and cultural sector leaders in Hull & East Riding.

Local Government

Public sector bodies are increasingly looking to community foundations to look after dormant funds which they may hold, and to support a wide range of activities in their areas. We have close relationships with North Yorkshire Council . We work with the team at the former Harrogate Borough Council (now part of North Yorkshire Council) and Harrogate & District Community Action on THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District alongside.

The then Selby District Council made a £2m endowment to us to run the Heart of Yorkshire, fund for the Selby district.

We work with Scarborough side of North Yorkshire Council on the North Yorkshire Coast Fund. We are involved in a number of partnership activities with Hull City Council and they are part of the Hull Community Fund, alongside HEY Smile Foundation, Hull CVS and Forum. In York we run the York Community Fund with York CVS, City of York Council and York Together.

The Shrievalty & The Lieutenancy

We have long standing relations, and work closely on profiling raising, with each annual High Sheriff of North Yorkshire and the High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire. We also have close links with the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire.