About Us

Two Ridings CF team comprises our President, the Board of Trustees, our office based staff and a team of volunteers from across the region.

Grant making Panels

The Trustees’ aim is for the Foundation’s grant making processes to be transparent and to address the interests of applicants and the wishes of donors and funding partners. All eligible external grant applications go through a process of allocation to fund, assessment, review by a panel, ratification and monitoring.

The responsibility for approving a grant rests ultimately with the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. However, they delegate authority to one or more grants panels which may be its own Grants Committee or an external panel of local representatives as agreed with a funder.

The following are some examples of our grant making panels and the type of people who are members.

Two Ridings CF Grants Committee

This committee meets quarterly and reviews applications from a variety of funds, including from our grassroots endowment, A Life Less Lonely and #iwill. The Grants Committee also has delegated authority to review our grant making policy and practice. It oversaw a full review of our grants policy in 2017.

Members:

Ali Pearson – Chair and trustee of Two Ridings CF

Oliver Quarmby – trustee of Two Ridings CF

Hannah Harris – trustee of Two Ridings CF

Christine Bainton – lay member. Christine has considerable experience of the Voluntary and Community Sector in York and North Yorkshire. She has been a member of the Standards Committee of City of York Council for over 10 years and was a former trustee of Two Ridings and a grants assessor. She also chairs our Hungate Panel.

THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District

This fund was established in 2018 largely due to the transfer of a charitable trust to Two Ridings CF and the support of Harrogate Borough Council. It meets once per annum and distributes in the order of £40,000 pa.

Members:

Former trustee of the Harry Bolland Trust

Businesspeople in the Harrogate District

Friends of THE LOCAL FUND.

Councillors with Harrogate Borough Council

Hungate Community Fund

The Hungate Community Fund was set up by Two Ridings CF in partnership with Lend Lease in 2016. Lend Lease established the fund in association with their Hungate residential development in central York to give something back to the city will be a very rewarding experience. The Fund distributes up to £25,000 per annum and is directed at small to medium sized charities and community groups in York who need it most. The panel meets twice per annum.

Members:

Member of our grants committee

Lend Lease Community Liaison Manager

York residents who are active volunteers and trustees.

Allerton Park Landscape and Cultural Heritage Fund

The Allerton Park Landscape and Cultural Heritage Fund was set up by Two Ridings CF in 2016 and is designed to assist with projects which enhance the landscape, cultural heritage and biodiversity of the designated area of benefit around the Allerton Waste Recovery Park and also projects which mitigate the visual effects of the site within that same area. The fund is a five year fund and is funded by North Yorkshire County Council as part of the Section 106 contributions associated with the Allerton Waste Recovery Park.

The Allerton panel meets twice per annum to consider applications to the large grants scheme (for awards between £10,000 and £50,000). The membership comprises two representatives from North Yorkshire County Council, one from Harrogate Borough Council, three community members with strong local knowledge, involvement in the local community and an interest in the natural environment and/ or local cultural heritage and three technical experts.

Members:

Community members – local residents, some of whom are also parish councillors in the area

Technical representatives  – for example from Natural England

District and County councillors

If you are interested in joining one of our panels please contact Jackie McCafferty.