Meet our supporters
Together with our members, donors and partners, we’re building a fairer Leeds for everyone.
“Axiologik is a consultancy that specialises in helping businesses focus on the future and evolve their digital services and products with agility, and at pace. They make technology make a difference, which is core to their culture of continual, sustainable, and digitally-driven change.
We have a pragmatic, highly-experienced team that helps organisations build their capabilities, accelerate change, making transformation continuous and sustainable. We do this work in challenging environments, where decisions have significant consequences, but the opportunity for change and impact is great.
Axiologik has insight and experience in areas such as Product, Data, Architecture, Engineering and Cloud, and are experts in scaling delivery teams that deal with immediate problems, whilst focusing on longer-term strategic outcomes.”
Read our interview with Sarah Bright, People Director at Axiologik.
Baywater Healthcare is an independent specialist provider of healthcare services to patients with long term conditions. Working exclusively in the health sector, our reliability means we successfully provide care to more than 40,000 patients throughout the UK with our ultimate aim being to support the changing NHS while helping patients to maintain their mobility, independence and overall quality of life. We are dedicated to delivering social value and understand the importance of working with community foundations such as the Leeds Community Foundation to enable us to support local communities.
Read our interview with Baywater Healthcare CEO, Adam Sullivan.
Boxphish is a low-touch security awareness training platform that helps organisations build secure behaviours and reduce the risk of cyber attacks. Combining NCSC-Assured training, real-world phishing simulations and actionable analytics in a single, easy-to-manage platform, Boxphish equips employees with the knowledge and confidence to recognise, report and respond to cyber threats. Simple to deploy and proven to improve organisation-wide cyber awareness, Boxphish delivers measurable improvements in human cyber resilience.
Brabners is a leading independent law firm. Proudly anchored in the North, we support clients across England and Wales.
We represent an eclectic mix of clients — from multinational businesses and global brands to social enterprises and ambitious SMEs, as well as families, individuals, senior professionals, athletes and celebrities.
We’re multi-award-winning, featuring in The Times Best Law Firms and prestigious legal directory The Legal 500’s Hall of Fame.
As a certified B Corp, we’re committed to making the difference for our clients, people and communities.
“Brewster Bye Architects are an award-winning and innovative practice. We design visually striking but also highly functional architecture and provide a service to our clients which is both personal and professional. Our reputation is based on the quality of our completed buildings and the strength of our client relationships. For each architecture project we put our client’s brief at the forefront of our architectural vision. We bring to bear our skills, expertise and integrity to ensure the cost-effective and efficient delivery of stunning buildings.
Our design work is supported by a comprehensive program of ‘Continued Professional Development’ and a commitment to ‘best practice’. Specific working groups are dedicated to exploring the most cost effective and innovative construction methods and approaches to sustainability. Led by our Technical Director, Mark Henderson, it is this research that then informs our design projects and ensures we are able to deliver best value for our clients.
Brewster Bye are also a keen supporter of two charities – Leeds Community Foundation and St. George’s Crypt – working in partnership with both charities for over 15 years.”
“Corecom Consulting is a multi-award-winning IT Recruitment Company headquartered in Leeds, with a European division. We offer permanent and contract IT recruitment services, and we pride ourselves on our innovative, digital candidate attraction strategies and offer bespoke employer brand solutions ensuring our clients are at the front of the queue for the best tech talent in an increasingly competitive market.
We’re passionate about social change and diversity & inclusion, which is why we support Leeds Community Foundation Trust, a charity that strives to create a fair and inclusive society for those in marginalised and vulnerable communities in and around our local area.”
Read our interview with Jonathan Sanderson, Managing Director at Corecom Consulting.
Corstorphine & Wright is an award-winning AJ 100 top 25 architectural practice with 11 design studios across the UK. Using our insight-led approach and drawing on experience from our 250+ strong team, we help invigorate communities, excite stakeholders and maximise long-term value. Corstorphine & Wright is proud to support the Leeds Community Foundation and give back to the people living in the communities we work within.
“Creode is the digital agency for brands ambitious to improve marketing performance and generate more leads. We design and build websites, create campaigns and build brands, with continuous improvement at the heart of everything we do. So whether you profit from more targeted messaging, superior customer journey or better conversion rates, one thing is clear; by putting your audience first, we’ll help improve your results, again and again.
We’re proud to support Leeds Community Foundation and play our small part in helping our community to thrive.”
Dr Stewart Manning is a retired GP, with many years’ experience in the medical field, and aq supporter of Leeds Community Foundation.
“Founded in 1967, and now part of the Cambridge Information Group, Emerald Publishing provides a range of publishing services to help researchers tell their stories in a meaningful way, providing innovative tools and services to build confidence and capability in impactful research. Emerald is committed to establishing new pathways to impact, making research more accessible, and helping communities make decisions that change their world for the better. Our passion for sharing knowledge is at the heart of what we do, and we’re committed to making a positive impact on our people, our communities and the world.
We understand the power a business has to make real contributions to our communities, and we’re excited to join Leeds Community Foundation to support positive action and change.”
“We are Enjoy Design, an architectural and interior design practice for places and spaces. We believe good building design and masterplanning is not about an individual contribution, it’s about a team.
Above all, we work hard to make the experience of working with us enjoyable and rewarding for everyone involved, personally and professionally.
We have an exceptional collective skill to provide our clients with the highest level of design and expertise and share a philosophy of building professional working relationships with our clients and the wider project team.
We are delighted to support Leeds Community Foundation and take great pride in being part of a wider collective that effect positive change within the local community.”
Evelyn Partners has a specialist team based in Leeds who manage investments on behalf of the region’s charities and not for profit organisations.
Our team have decades of experience providing investment advice, support, and guidance to the third sector
We are proud to be members of Leeds Community Foundation and delighted to support the great work they undertake in and around Leeds and Bradford.
Few and Far is an award-winning creative studio that partners with charities to help make our world a better place. Founded in 2018, Few and Far’s mission is to help charities, community foundations and CIC’s with digital partnerships that inspire their audiences through impactful brands, online experiences and award-winning campaigns to help them increase donations, attract more high-value donors and to make even more of an impact.
Read our interview with Colin Grist and Thomas Nadin, Directors at Few and Far.
“FCF is a full service accountancy and advisory firm who work closely with entrepreneurs and owner managed businesses to help them address and overcome all challenges and achieve their business and personal goals.
We believe that successful, high quality relationships are built through a detailed understanding of a business, and its needs, by advisors who are approachable, proactive, experienced and passionate about adding value to businesses.
We are committed to helping to improve the Leeds and wider Yorkshire area and are proud to be a member of the Leeds Community Foundation and the organisations it supports.”
Read our interview with Lisa Calvert, Partner at Ford Campbell Freedman.
Our intention in creating Fuse in 2010 was to unite architecture and interior design in a manner that completely removed the boundary between the two disciplines. As a result, Fuse is not an architectural practice which happens to include an interior design team. Nor is it two teams working independently and collaborating occasionally. Fuse is one extremely talented team with exceptional skills in both architecture and interior design across multiple sectors. We are committed to providing exemplary Client service and one of our Directors Simon Clarke and Mike Harris is involved on every project, from concept to completion. Our design studio is based in our hometown of Leeds. Most of our fusiliers have lived and worked in Leeds for over 20 years and we are proud of the city and supporting Leeds Community Foundation, for all the fantastic work it undertakes on behalf of local charities.
I am an experienced advisor on social investment, supporting social enterprises and independent not for profit organisations in business planning. I worked with organisations to develop the market for their services and products through loan finance both capital and revenue and Chaired Boards on behalf of investors.
In previous roles I have worked nationally in the field of youth advice and counselling, regionally in economic development and managed numerous youth organisations .
I am now an active investor in community shares.
Hill Dickinson are an international firm of legal experts, specialising in all aspects of commercial law and members of Leeds Community Foundation.
“Hippo Digital is a full-service digital consultancy that provides evidence-based, human-centred digital delivery by combining data, design and engineering to support customer transformation. We partner with our customers to successfully deliver transformational programmes and help them thrive as modern digital organisations. Founded in 2016 in Leeds, Hippo Digital has grown to over 250 consultants with operations in Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry, London and Bristol.
At Hippo, we are enormously proud to support the Leeds Community Foundation. Everything we do is human-centred. We care about people, and community is about people, that sense of belonging and caring for each other. Supporting an organisation focused on helping local people feel connected and involved is inspiring, and we are glad to do what we can to help. It also allows us to give back to this fantastic city where we were founded.”
Read our interview with Steve Saunders, ESG and Social Value Lead at Hippo Digital.
“We’re legal and financial advisors with a difference, based in 15 UK locations and with an international presence as members of First Law International.
Giving the best possible advice is about more than knowledge and expertise. It means understanding the people and businesses you work with as deeply as possible. It means taking the time to listen to what matters most to them.”
James Hambro & Partners LLP is an independently-owned wealth manager providing tailored investment management and financial planning services for UK and international clients. As an award-winning boutique charity investment manager we invest on behalf of a number of charities in Yorkshire and the North of England and are proud to be supporting Leeds Community Foundation. Whether through involvement in past and future events, or via Membership, the staff at JH&P remain committed to creating a positive impact on the communities where we live and work and supporting the fantastic work of the Foundation.
Read our interview with Aidan Butler, Partner, Head of Leeds Office, at James Hambro & Partners.
“The Jaytee Foundation was set up by Jonathan Turner, who is the Chief Executive and sole shareholder of The Bayford Group; a diverse mix of entrepreneurial businesses. Born in Leeds, Jonathan is a passionate Yorkshireman.
The Jaytee Foundation was set up primarily to help disadvantaged children in Yorkshire. Over the years, The Jaytee Foundation has supported many deserving charities outside of the Leeds Community Foundation.”
Journey Further lives at the intersection between brand and performance marketing. Our team of over 170 digital marketing experts drive growth for some of the worlds leading brands and most ambitious start-ups. We are extremely proud to call Leeds our home and feel it’s important to contribute to The Leeds Community Foundation so they can continue to provide their important services for the local communities.
Read our interview with Journey Further CEO and co-founder, Robin Skidmore.
JPG excels in providing the highest quality civil and structural engineering consultancy services, engaged by clients UK wide covering all major development sectors. We are extremely proud to be supporting Leeds Community Foundation in their valuable and positive work carried out within our local community.
Read our interview with David Allwood, Managing Director at JPG Group.
“Leeds University Business School is a faculty of the University of Leeds, one of the leading higher education institutions in the UK. In a world of complexity and constant change, whether technological, environmental or economic, we encourage students and businesses to recognise the opportunities to make a positive difference. We believe in the power of business education, research and innovation to change the world for the better.
We are ranked in the top 100 universities in the world (QS rankings 2024) and are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities. We deliver undergraduate, Masters, MBA, PhD, executive and professional education and online study, for over 5,000 students from around 100 countries. We are one of a small number of business schools worldwide to be triple-accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.
As an anchor institution, our involvement in the Leeds Community Foundation aligns with our strategy in supporting and uplifting our community. We’re looking forward to being part of a network that benefits the entire region.”
“LGT Wealth Management has a dedicated team who manage investments for charities, endowments and foundations. We can support you to evolve your investment policy statement, right through to implementation and ongoing dialogue. We’re here to support you on your journey, ensuring your charity’s investments deliver a positive impact for your mission.
Our team based in Leeds will work closely alongside Leeds Community Foundation to help drive and create meaningful social impact in the local community.”
“We are proud to support our local communities and the work that the Leeds Community Foundation does matches our values, so supporting them is a natural fit for us. They provide much needed support and funding for hundreds of local charities and voluntary groups, and it’s great to know that the donations we make to the Foundation go directly to helping improve the communities we operate in.
Quite simply, the Foundation acts as a catalyst for positive change across the city, and we’re delighted to play our part in helping them to achieve this and seeing local people benefit.
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Read our interview with Mark Manning, Managing Director at Manning Stainton.
“McInroy & Wood manages investment portfolios for individuals, their families as well as trusts and charities. We are delighted to support Leeds Community Foundation as their ability to reach a wide range of smaller charities and community groups provides a vital contribution to individual’s lives, and therefore to society as a whole.”
Read our interview with Liz Wild, Director at McInroy & Wood.
Mills & Reeve is a leading UK law firm. We offer quality, concise legal advice, and we’re renowned for providing outstanding service.
“Quickline is one of the UK’s fastest-growing independent broadband providers, delivering fast, reliable, and fairly priced full fibre broadband to rural and hard-to-reach communities across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
We’re built for customers who want speed they can rely on, straightforward pricing and a service that puts them first. Our goal is simple; to be fair, to be fast, and to make brilliant connectivity accessible wherever people live or work.
Quickline has invested millions in building and upgrading its network, bringing high-performance broadband to areas that have traditionally had limited choice. Our full-fibre network supports today’s digital demands, from home working and streaming to running rural businesses, backed by a responsive Yorkshire-based customer service team.
In 2024, Quickline was awarded four UK Government Project Gigabit contracts, helping connect almost 170,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses, alongside further commercial expansion in communities across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.”
“Quod is a dynamic independent property consultancy at the cutting edge of planning, development economics, social economics and environmental planning who are based in Leeds as well as London.
Quod support Leeds Community Foundation, given their leading and important role in providing much needed support to those communities in the City which need assistance.”
“I am in individual member of the Leeds Community Foundation as an individual member as we are often unaware of challenging situation that citizens of the city face. You just need to listen to any of the stories of how the Leeds Community Foundation has changed the lives of people in the City and you too would be convinced.
I was shocked to learn that in a modern, affluent city like ours that there are children that go to school hungry and unable to concentrate on their lessons.
How can we help families get out of poverty unless we solve some of these fundamental issues. This is where the Foundation is making a difference and I would urge everyone to help.”
RBC Brewin Dolphin provides personalised financial advice and investment management services, spanning investments, pensions, tax and estate planning. We’ll help you make the most of your finances and build a plan to realise your future ambitions.
The value of investments can fall and you may get back less than you invested.
“RSM is a leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services to middle market leaders globally and is the world’s sixth largest accountancy network.
RSM believes that everyone should be given equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of their background. We want to have a positive impact on the communities in which we work and live and are proud to support Leeds Community Foundation and their fantastic work in the city.”
“Saffery are a national top-20 firm of auditors, accountants and tax advisors. We specialise in specific sectors and areas of business where we have real in-depth expertise and experience, working with a variety of clients including not-for-profit entities, private individuals and owner-managed businesses.
We believe that sustainable success and long-term stability can only be achieved through responsible business practice and our Leeds team are really proud to be supporting Leeds Community Foundation and their fantastic work across the city.”
“Schofield Sweeney is an award-winning & leading law firm. When it comes to legal advice, we do things differently. We place huge value on personal relationships and allow plenty of time to get to know our clients and their organisations. We provide expert guidance to businesses on growth, planning for the future or dealing with challenging situations. We also help individuals manage, grow and protect their wealth. Whatever their needs, we’re always here for them.
With offices in Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield, our team of over 160 staff supports clients across the UK with charity, corporate, commercial, commercial property, education, employment, dispute resolution, environmental & regulatory, planning, private wealth, property litigation, residential conveyancing, restructuring & insolvency and tax law.”
“Sky Betting & Gaming, part of Flutter UK & Ireland – are proud supporters of Leeds Community Foundation. Their grants influencing positive change for thousands of local people across Leeds and Bradford is invaluable and integral for the future development of these communities.
Our story began in 1999 and we’ve since grown to house a family of iconic brands. Our Sky heritage means better is in our DNA and customers trust us to provide a premium and safer betting experience without compromising the thrill of sport and online gaming. And while our heads are innovating our products, our hearts are committed to protecting our customers and giving back to our communities. That’s why foundations such as Leeds Community Foundation are important to us.”
Transport UK is a dynamic private sector transport operator serving millions of rail and bus passengers every day across the UK. It operates East Midlands Railway, and Merseyrail, as well as 11% of London’s bus routes and nationwide rail replacement bus and taxi services.
“Tribus
Your trusted technology partner.
At Tribus, we embrace the spirit of adventure in harnessing digital, people, creativity, and cutting-edge technology to transform the way your business operates.
We design and develop world-class technology solutions for leading global companies. We create award-winning enterprise-level software and complex websites through our collaborative approach to delivery. Working on a project-based model or accelerating your development as an extension of your team, our flexible engagement means we always deliver the best results for our clients.”
“We are a UK Top 100 independent law firm offering quality legal advisory services – and the services that support them – to businesses, the public sector and individuals. We have offices in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.
As a firm, we take our social responsibilities very seriously. We are incredibly proud of our contribution to the communities in which we operate. Through relationships with charities, community projects, sports clubs and though our own initiatives, we are determined to play our role in creating better places to live, work and do business.”
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