This year, Northamptonshire Community Foundation marks 25 years of inspiring local giving for local needs: a quarter-century of residents, donors, businesses and partners coming together to back the charities and community groups that make our county fairer, greener and more connected. As we celebrate this milestone, our focus is firmly on the future: how the choices we make today, as grant makers supporting place-based philanthropy and as a community foundation, will shape the next 25 years of community change across Northamptonshire.

Next month, Northamptonshire Community Foundation will celebrate more than 30 charities, community organisations, volunteer-led groups and individuals from across the county at their Annual Awards evening, due to take place at the Royal Theatre. 

The Volunteering for Health - Test, Learn and Innovate Programme launched earlier this year to support voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to pilot new, innovative and sustainable volunteering models.

Social isolation and loneliness are some of the most significant but often hidden needs in Northamptonshire today. Especially in rural areas, where services can be limited and communities can be physically and digitally disconnected, people of all ages face the growing challenge of feeling unseen, unsupported, and alone.

Northamptonshire Community Foundation is the county’s leading independent grant-making charity, committed to improving lives across Northamptonshire. 

The Government has announced a 10-year health plan, and a new Neighbourhood Health Service.  This has been billed as a once in a generation opportunity to re-think the way in which we approach health and wellbeing.