Meet the team behind Worcestershire Community Foundation

We have a wonderful team of local patrons and trustees who believe passionately in Worcestershire and are committed to making a difference to communities across the county.

President

Lord-Lieutenant

The Lord-Lieutenant Beatrice Grant

Our Trustees

Jonathan Chenevix-Trench

Jonathan Chenevix-Trench
(Chair)

Tamar Thompson
(Vice-Chair)

David Shaw

David Shaw
Chair of Fundraising & Development Committee

Nick Wentworth-Stanley

Nick Wentworth-Stanley DL
Chair of Finance & Governance Committee

Mark Yates

Kathy Leather

Kathy Leather-Lloyd

Nic Lloyd

Mark Jackson, OBE

Mark Jackson OBE
Chair of Grants Committee

Oliver Carpenter

Oliver Carpenter

Timothy Venner

Timothy Venner

Patrons

Robert Sykes OBE

Jeremy-Clarke-Morris

Jeremy Clarke-Morris

Patrick Holcroft

Lt Col Patrick Holcroft CVO OBE

Richard Amphlett

Andrew Grant

Staff

Lucy Wells, Director

Lucy Wells
(Director)

Karen McVeigh, Grants & Funding Officer

Karen McVeigh
(Grants & Funding Officer)

Sharon Adams
(Finance Officer)

Our Impact

£ 2308100 +

Total grants
(2020/2023)

£ 808091

Total grants (2022/2023)

£ 4927

Average Grant size

164 +

Number of grants
(2022/2023)

Testimonials

Our Way Self Advocacy Beneficiary Image

“Sharing my story and what happened, and listening to others has made me realise it’s not just me, and that perhaps it didn’t happen to me because I had done something wrong. I hope I can help stop someone else from feeling how I did.”

Our Way Self Advocacy Beneficiary
Dawn Turner, CEO Stepway Image

“It has given people an alternative path away from crime. It has not only improved mental wellbeing but has saved lives too.”

Dawn Turner, CEO Stepway
Worcester Community Trust – Caitlin Parmar, The Dawn Project Image

“Thank you for providing WCT with the opportunity to provide continuity and structure to this group which is benefiting many individuals within international communities of Worcestershire.”

Worcester Community Trust – Caitlin Parmar, The Dawn Project
The Hub Bromsgrove – Sarah Mulhall, Manager Image

“Thank you very much for this opportunity and also for the kindness you’ve treated us with when we’ve had issues. We’d like to say thank you for giving us the opportunity to include some of the older ones in this project as mentors to the younger members, this helped to solidify trust in our services, thank you for that.”

The Hub Bromsgrove – Sarah Mulhall, Manager
Catshill Food Bank Image

“We cannot express enough what your help has meant. Our usual routes of donations dried up and without the financial support we wouldn’t have been able to continue. Your contribution to this has been so helpful for us.”

Catshill Food Bank

Our Stories

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1st August 2024

Mediation Service received a grant from WCF’s High Sheriff Fund

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1st August 2024

Megan Baker House High Sheriff Grant

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Our Partners

Mentor Link Image
Yellow Scarf Image
Bromsgrove & Redditch Welcomes Refugees Image
Sandycroft Centre Image
Maggs Day Centre Image
Aurum Image
Stepway Image
The Hub Bromsgrove Image
Wyre Forest & South Worcestershire Nightstop Image
Our Way Self Advocacy Image
Worcester Theatres Image
Oasis Community Hub Warndon Image
Open Trail Image
St Paul’s Hostel Image
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner Image
Spectrum Days Image
Alzheimer’s Society Image
New College Worcester Image
Like U Image
Caring Hands In the Vale Image
Malvern Hills Foodbank Image
Worcester Warriors Community Foundation Image
Catshill Baptist Church Image
Megan Baker House Image
The Wyre Forest Hospice Image
Wellbeing and Recovery College Image
West Mercia Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre Image
YSS Image
Young Solutions Image
Worcestershire County Council Image
Worcester Snoezelen Image
Worcester City Council Image
Worcester Cares Image
Worcester Community Trust Image
Unlocking Potential Image
University of Worcester Image
UK Community Foundations Image
The Monday Night Club Image
The Forge Image
Tampon Tax Community Fund Image
High Sheriff Image
Ryce Image
Redditch Boxing Academy Image
Pershore Riverside Youth Centre Image
Our Side Image
Jigsaw Image
#iwill Image
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Image
Harrison Clark Rickerbys Image
DRPG Image
Cottage in the Wood Image
Community First Image
CCLA Image
Bromsgrove and Redditch Network Image
Bradley Haynes Law Image
Kendall Wadley Image
Sanctuary Image
Malvern Image
Homexperts Image
Hewitt Image
Goodrich Image
Worcester Ambassadors Image
Worcester Bosch Image
White Image