Meet the Team

Our trusted team are highly experienced across a wide range of grant, funding and marketing services that effectively meet the needs of all those we come into contact with. We have a group of committed trustees that provide regular input and evaluation of the services we offer.


Board of Trustees

Founder President

  • Sir Robert R Taylor OBE (1932 – 2008)

President

  • Tim Watts DL
    Pertemps Group Ltd

Chairman

  • David Bucknall FRICS DSc
    Rider Levett Bucknall

Trustees

  • Shamiela Ahmed
  • John Andrews MBE
  • Kay Cadman
    Core Marketing & Events Limited
  • Dorian Chan
    Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant & Bar
  • Richard Harris
  • Angela Henry
    Henry Browne Solicitors
  • Dr Jim Higgins (passed away March 09)
  • Cllr Mahmood Hussain
    Birmingham City Council
  • John Kimberley
  • John Matthews
  • Hon. Alderman Ian McArdle
  • Graham Nicoll
    Barclays Wealth
  • David Scard
  • Ann Sheldon

Grant Making Co-optee

  • Claire-Elaine Arthurs
    HBJ Gateley Wareing - Solicitor

Fundraising Co-optees

  • Hannah Martyr
    Turner Townsend - Managing Director
  • Zanna Patchett
    Pinsent Masons - Associate
  • Clare Thompson
    Mills & Reeve - Events & Hospitality Executive
  • Nick Venning
    PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Thomas Williams
    Rider Levett Bucknall UK Ltd - Building Surveyor
  • What We Do

    The Birmingham Community Foundation is one of the few locally based charities offering a community wide agenda that offers direct support to the regeneration of local communities within the Greater Birmingham Area.
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  • How to Give

    You can decide how much to give and make a secure on-line donation.
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  • Apply for Grants

    The Birmingham Community Foundation is an independent charity that offers direct support to grassroots organisations within the Greater Birmingham Area.
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