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The foundation of gunnercooke, with a mission to 'Do Good, Faster'. We work across a range of projects to offer a range of support including a peer support network to the third sector and their leaders. Supporting charities to grow since 2012. About us About Us What We Do The foundation aims to accelerate the growth of lesser known, but effective charities, by providing them with the support and networks they require to do more good, faster. Why We Do This There are 165,000 third sector organisations in the UK alone. Yet of these thousands, only a small number are household names. Over 70% of all charitable donations in the UK were given to just the top 1% of these charities. These charities are operating in our communities, near to our homes and close to our hearts. How We Do This We work with business leaders from across industry and pair them with third sector organisations of varying sizes and stages of growth. Leaders helping leaders. We believe that successful business skills, knowledge and understanding should be shared with other sectors to enable them to achieve their goals. Our Annual Report Click on the link below to read our latest Annual Report - 2022 Annual Report 2022 Your support means so much to us and we are so grateful to be able to say we are part of inspire* and the community you are building . Steve Williams Oasis Community Centre

Our Projects inspire* supports charities through a free peer-support network, led by business leaders and coaches. Creating sustainable futures for small charities. A work experience programme like no other. The bookshop with purpose. Find out more about the gunnercooke foundation and our impact here.

Our story Gunnercooke LLP is a purpose driven company. It is a phrase that is becoming increasingly bandied around but what does it mean? Well, the starting point is that we believe that there is too much injustice in the World, too much inequality, a rich – poor divide and too much damage being done to our environment. We want to use our business as a solution and not as a part of the problem. That is the reason for our Foundation. We also want, where we can, to help others to become purpose driven companies through our networks, our collaborations, and our supply chains. We are a long way off perfect but that is our aim, and we will try our very best. gunnercooke will work on what John Elkington referred to as a triple bottom line and not just profit as a traditional firm does – but people planet and profit and they are all equally important. There is a new desire in the World for business to be done better, better for its people, better for its communities, better for the World. We are on the edge of a movement that will redefine business and its people. Darryl Cooke Co-Founder Our Foundation is central to our bottom line. Through our Foundation, our people, our clients, and our suppliers, we believe that we are in a unique position to make a difference. Great organisations like the CO-OP make their profit and then distribute it wisely through another arm. Our model is to fully integrate our Foundation into our business and to engage our people in the work that we do. As a result, they will become more loving, more fulfilled, and joyful in their lives. It is a totally holistic model. This year has seen us continue the great work with our inspire* charities and enhancing the effectiveness of their leaders. Much of that work can be seen in this report and I don’t wish to repeat it, but I do want to highlight some of the more innovative things that we have done this year and will be doing over the coming year and years. I am excited about the journey ahead. I am thrilled with the work and leadership of our foundation, and I look forward to engaging as many of our great people as possible in our projects and in the support of our foundation members and their beneficiaries. Finally, the work that inspire* and the Foundation does is now growing and with some 80 charities involved it is important that we work together to become a voice and a force for good and we will be working on ways that we can seek to influence others, both business and our politicians, and to become thought leaders as we seek to further support our charities and thereby improve our communities and our planet. Find out more about the gunnercooke foundation and our project here.

Contact us If you have any questions or would like to know more about how we support not-for-profits please contact us: Mail For inspire* enquiries email Darleen Klug Mail For gunnercooke foundation and House of Books & Friends enquiries email Laura Jones Mail For BFG and gcScholars enquiries email Heather Kerr the gunnercooke foundation gunnercooke LLP 53 King Street Manchester M2 4LQ 0330 143 401 Please follow us on:

The gunnercooke foundation's inspire* programme works with business leaders from across industry and pairs them with third sector organisations of varying sizes and stages of growth. Leaders helping leaders. Simple! inspire* In return for your commitment you will receive: Confidential third sector advisory group 1-2-1 coaching and mentoring with a business leader Peer to peer group members Informal networking events Expert speaker events Best practice resources and toolkits Sessional support with key strategy advisors Further support and resources are available at generously discounted rates so you can buy in small amounts of support as and when needed. The opportunity to join our BFG (Business For Good) programme and create a “For Profit” business to help you become self-sustainable. To become an inspire* member is free, there's no catch. Check Eligibility Find out more about the inspire* network charities in your area. Member Directory Team inspire* Our Hub Leaders donate their time and expertise. They come from a range of backgrounds and are experienced coaches, confident in facilitating peer support groups by creating a safe and respectful space where everyone feels comfortable, valued, and heard. Darryl Cooke Co-Founder & Hub Leader Sarah Goulbourne Co-Founder & Hub Leader David Joseph Hub Leader - Alumni Hub Peter Bohm Hub Leader Peter Fahy Hub Leader Parminder Latimer Hub Leader Dave McCall Hub Leader Joan Pettingill Hub Leader Akash Sachdeva Hub Leader Richard Barnett Hub Leader Claire-Elaine Arthurs Hub Leader Chloe Carswell Hub Leader Warren Kemp Hub Leader Sara Parker Hub Leader Chris Jones Hub Leader "It has been so important and useful to me as a new charity leader to attend the Hub meetings. The opportunity to network and share successes and challenges with others in similar roles is invaluable" inspire* Hub Member Find out more about the gunnercooke foundation and our impact here.

Our Campaigns SleepOut for LandAid Wrap Up Across the UK and Germany the gunnercooke foundation works with Wrap Up to collect coats for people in need. Read more about each location: London Berlin Manchester gunnerbunnies This Easter we hopped-it-forward, over 400 times! Find out how we did it:

< Back Greater Manchester Mayor's Gala 31 Mar 2025 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 together to support thos e most at risk of homelessness and tackle the root causes and stigma around it. A lot of money was raised, including a wonderful raffle and a live drawn artwork that was auctioned off. This event was wonderfully organised by Fran Darlington-Pollock and her team at Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity who are now also a member of our inspire* project. the gunnercooke foundation and a few of our House of Books & Friends CIC team were so pleased to support. Looking forward to hearing the final total raised, it looked set to totally smash last years total and provide even more beds for the #ABedEveryNight campaign which as we saw last night is making such a huge difference to so many people. Previous Next

< Back The Sleep Charter 5 Dec 2024 The Sleep Charity visit the House of Commons This week inspire* hub leader and gunner cooke partner Joan Pettingill visited the House of Commons to hear about sleep and its impact on workplace safety, including hearing from The Sleep Charity about The Sleep Charter. Launched in 2020, The Sleep Charter's vision "is that sleep difficulties are understood in the workplace, employers are educated and that employees have access to effective, consistent evidence-based advice and support." Employers can sign up to The Sleep Charter and pledge to start considering: How to tackle fatigue and sleep deprivation in the workplace Adopting a cultural change within your business Start taking appropriate responsibility for your employees health and wellbeing Create a ‘SSS’- a Staff Sleep Strategy Ensure that employees have access to sleep education Previous Next

90caa74b-8b1b-4dbd-99fe-e50c49230d1f < Back Few and Far Few and Far work with charities to increase impact, tell inspiring stories and remove stigma. Their causes helped us and will help other to make our world a better place. Charities need help in a digital world. To tell their stories, to be heard, to allow them to do more. We have personal experience of how good causes have helped us and now we’ve made it our purpose in life to help them to make the world a better place. We provide expertise in the fields of branding, design and development to charities, and by understanding their mission and values we create bespoke brands and tools to give them a renewed confidence to help them achieve their goals Free Charity Website Reviews We get it. Good causes struggle with time, a lack of digital expertise and stretched marketing budgets. The Impact Optimiser is here to help you do more, with less. Charity Hub The Charity Hub offers free tools, guides, talks and downloads on a range of topics, to support charities with digital content and presence. Previous Next

< Back We've Wrapped Up WrapUp 2024 30 Nov 2024 In Manchester, London and Berlin volunteers from across gunnercooke have been helping vulnerable people stay warm this winter. This year Partners, Operating Partners and gcTrust teams have been supporting the brilliant WrapUp campaigns across Manchester, London and Berlin. 80 volunteers committed over 18- hours to promoting WrapUp, leafleting, collecting and sorting nearly 850 costs and hundreds of warm items like jumpers, hats and gloves across the three cities. For the first time ever, we supported Wrap Up Manchester and we were blown away by the responses; nearly 50 bags of coats were donated between Piccadilly Station and House of Books & Friends . The team in Berlin held their second WrapUp and more than doubled the number of items donated! Over 20 volunteers braved the cold to collect coats at Berlin Central Station. Thanks to HandsOn London, Hannah from the gunner cooke foundation was able to go over to Berlin and support the German team. We can't wait to see how WrapUp Berlin grows over the coming years. The London team were loud and proud in Moorgate Tube Station; many of the volunteers are on their second, third or even fourth year taking part! Soe partners brought along their clients and friends (and dogs) to join them. From all of us at the gunner cooke foundation we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported WrapUp 2024! Previous Next

< Back Big Meet Ups 2025 6 Dec 2024 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 January. Inspire* members can meet some of the 159 other charities in the network, find out more about what they do and how they can support each other this year. Big Meet Ups 2025 22nd January 4.30-6.00pm Virtual Speed Networking 19th March 4.30-6.00pm Fireside chat with Dallaglio Rugby Works CEO 14th May 4.30-6.00pm Impact Reporting with Emma Insley 15th October 4.30-6.00pm Impact - Mergers and Asset Pooling - what charities can learn from the private sector, with Bean Partners. Big Meet Ups are open to all inspire* member charities, for more information about the network and how you can get involved please contact heather.kerr@thegunnercookefoundation.com Previous Next

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