Over 30 years of community impact in Northern Ireland

Starting life in 1979 as the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is now into its fourth decade of delivering social change and supporting voluntary and community action with intelligent giving.

Click on the options on the left of this page to find out more about the Foundation, its history, personalities and how to get more information on or policies and programmes.

Pictured seated on the right is David Cook, the first Chairperson of the Foundation, as he signs the original Trust Deed for the organisation at Belfast City Hall in 1979.