Our work has always been built on partnership — from the 1962 collaboration with the Bath Parish Council, to today's coalition of 142 partner organisations across the South West and beyond.
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Mostly small, locally-rooted charities and community groups working in the places we serve.
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From two-person studios to FTSE-listed insurers — multi-year partnerships only.
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Local authorities, NHS trusts, parish councils and three universities.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Core funder · since 2014
The National Lottery Community Fund
Programme funder · since 2008
The Hadley Trust
Bridge to Sixth · since 2016
Wiltshire Community Foundation
Neighbour Fund · since 2017
Garfield Weston Foundation
Warm Welcomes · since 2022
The Tudor Trust
First Steps · since 2019
Wessex Rivers Trust
River Keepers · since 1991
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Research partner · since 2020
Quartet Community Foundation
Bristol programmes · since 2015
We work with businesses who want a real relationship — multi-year, locally-rooted, and built around what your people can do as much as what you can give. We don't accept partnerships in tobacco, gambling, fossil fuel extraction, or weapons.
Charity of the Year
A single year of focused fundraising and employee engagement.
Strategic partnership
Multi-year commitment supporting one programme; named in our annual report.
Leading partner
Co-named programme partnership, ten-year horizon. Two slots open at any time.
Pro bono only
Free for both sides — we welcome it warmly and value it equally.
"It is the only partnership in our portfolio where we travel to them, in their offices, not the other way around. That tells you something about how they like to work."
Partnerships Lead · Bath & Wessex Building Society
Talk to our partnerships team