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In November, the gunnercooke Foundation launched our Winter Care Box Appeal 2025, rallying support to provide thoughtfully curated care packages for people in need. Over just three weeks, the initiative raised an amazing £13,000 thanks to the generosity of the public, partners, and supporting organisations.  With these funds, the Foundation created bespoke care boxes designed around the needs of the inspire* charities involved. Packages were tailored for families, teenagers,

This year the gunnercooke foundation is sending a little extra magic to families who need it, with our Winter Care Box Appeal. Working with charity partners across the UK we are sending specially curated Winter Care Boxes to people. We have been inundated with requests, and would love to fill as many as possible. We have set up a donation page , funds received will enable us to purchase winter items at cost price so we can maximise what your donations can buy. If you are ab

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*.