Setting up a fund through Dorset Community Foundation is similar to having your own charitable trust but without the hassle of administration or worrying about governance, where the funds are going, recruiting trustees, producing audited accounts and reporting to regulators. We take care of that.
It’s quick and easy to start and whatever your reasons or motivations for giving, we’ll ensure your fund is future proof, suits your wishes and your circumstances. With access to our expert team, deep community knowledge, research and advice on giving we’ll guide you through options of privacy or receiving public recognition and getting regular feedback and reports on how you’re changing lives and making a difference.
Below is a selection of the funds which Dorset Community Foundation manages. To the right is a link to our Managed Funds page- this provides a more in-depth description of all of our funds.
Designs for Humanity Fund Nature Heals Seed Fund
Change For Good Fund Wessex Water Community Fund
The Lester Aldridge Solicitors Fund Superior STEM Bursary Fund
Living Legacy Fund John Jay’s Fund Kitson and Trotman Fund
Sir George Earle Fund at UKCF Dorothy Enid Bartlett Fund
The Toby’s of Shaftesbury Fund Poole Communities Fund
Dorset County Council Fund Dorset Communities Fund
Let’s Create Jubilee Fund The Vivien Helen Barnard Fund
The Tampon Tax Community Fund The Paul Cornes Fund
The Gladys Watson Fund The Dorset Performing Arts Fund
Joy & Lance Collier Fund Bournemouth Communities Fund
iWill Programme The Graham Burrough Fund for Mental Health
The Corton Hill Fund The David & Quinta Woodward Family Fund
Bournemouth and Poole College Foundation Fund The Edmunds Fund
Bournemouth and Poole College Arts Prize Fund Tallships Pelican Fund
Marjorie Gordon Fund Perrys Recycling The Primrose Fund
The Collins Fund Lord Lieutenant’s Fund for Young & Talented