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The gunnercooke foundation are looking for a foundation Community Builder, a people person with passion, energy and imagination to help grow the communities we support by designing, delivering and building on our current and future projects across the foundation and House of Books & Friends.

Are you a charity leader or CEO looking for practical support and peer mentoring in Oxfordshire or Reading? Running a charity or not-for-profit can be rewarding, but it can also feel isolating, overwhelming, and full of tough decisions. That’s why the gunnercooke foundation created inspire*.

On 5th August 2025, our gunnercooke team joined 50+ other groups at Manchester Central for the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity Bus Pull - a challenge that saw teams of five pulling a full-sized yellow Bee Network bus over a 30-metre course.

This month, gcScholars, the work experience programme run by gunnercooke and the gunnercooke foundation, welcomed Mums In Need, a Sheffield-based charity supporting mothers affected by coercive control and post-separation abuse.

On 18 June 2025, our inspire* members joined an exclusive webinar exploring AI in the Third Sector, looking into the future, benefits and downfalls. While AI can feel intimidating, the session emphasised that when used thoughtfully, AI can be a great tool of efficiency.

On 18th June, the Little Green Sock Project packed up their shelves, boxes of donations, and furniture, and moved into a new space. But they didn’t have to do it alone, as volunteers from across the community showed up to lend a hand, including our team from the gunnercooke foundation.

Running a charity or not-for-profit can be incredibly rewarding, but let’s be honest, it can also be isolating, overwhelming, and full of unknowns. That’s exactly why we created inspire*. 

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our latest inspire* Big Meet Up on Wednesday, 14th May, what an incredible turnout! It was...

We’ve officially joined Instagram, and we’re pretty excited about it! Our first post went live last week, giving a little intro to the...

This March, our gunnercooke foundation and gunnercooke trust team took part in the Step Up for Smart Works challenge - a month-long movement challenge where participants aimed to walk 10,000 steps a day, or find their own way to keep active, all while raising money for a fantastic cause.

Doing good, faster at the gunnercooke foundation. Although Good Deeds Day 2025 was over a week ago, we are committed to keep the momentum...

We hosted the first inspire* Hub Meeting in the North East On Friday the 4th of April,  gunnercooke  partner Warren Kemp hosted the first...

A night to raise money for people at risk of homelessness. No one should be without a home. So a room of hundreds of people, came...

Donate to support women all over the UK. It's week 2 of our challenge for Step Up for Smart Works! T eams from across  gunnercooke , the...

House of Books & Friends only went and won... House of Books & Friends  went and won Inclusive Innovation Winner  at the Northern PoWEr...

On February 27th, partners from gunnercooke and our foundation team took part in the LandAid SleepOut, joining forces with colleagues across the country to raise money for young people facing homelessness.

The Sleep Charity visit the House of Commons This week inspire* hub leader and gunner cooke  partner Joan Pettingill visited the House of...

See our schedule of inspire* Big Meet Ups for 2025 We kick off our 2025 Big Meet Ups with a Virtual Speed Networking Session  in...

House of Books and Friends supports Home-Start This Christmas customers at House of Books & Friends have been supporting Home-start...

In Manchester, London and Berlin volunteers from across gunnercooke have been helping vulnerable people stay warm this winter. This year...