Partners

As a charity, the Quality of Life Foundation is fortunate to be supported by some brilliant funders and partners, whose contributions enable us to carry out our charitable activities. We’re extremely grateful for their support.

We also generate our own funds through our consultancy services, the profits of which go straight back into the charity.

Grant funders


We’re supported by the
National Lottery Community Fund, which pays for some of our core costs and ensures that we can keep working towards our charitable aims. This has come through the Growing Great Ideas programme, which has a focus on supporting transformational and long-term change.

Research funders


Our research funding allows us to carry out specific research projects to help us build the evidence base on why and how we can improve the way homes and neighbourhoods are created and cared for in the UK. 
At the moment, we’re supported by two research funders:

  • UK Research and Innovation Arts and Humanities Research Council: We’re collaborating on a large-scale research project – Community Consultation for Quality of Life (CCQOL) – with the universities of Reading, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Ulster. This is a two-year, UKRI-funded project into community engagement. 
  • Built By Nature: We’re investigating the effects of mass timber on both building performance and health and wellbeing, working with dRMM and Edinburgh Napier University.

Core partners and supporters


Our core partners and supporters are a fantastic group of organisations working in the built environment. They provide funding or pro bono support to help us carry out our core activities. They also fulfil the role of industry leaders, demonstrating their commitment to improving quality of life across the country. Their funding and support comes with no strings attached, which means we can use it as we see fit to help fulfil our charitable objectives. Separately, we seek to work with them on projects to implement best practice across the industry and government.

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Berkely group

Berkeley Group is our founding partner. They build homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England, reviving underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life. They have provided both leadership and support since the Foundation’s inception, with funding for both the core business and ongoing research.

“Our ambition on every site is to create a welcoming and integrated community, where people of all ages and backgrounds can live sustainably and enjoy a good quality of life. Through our partnership with the Quality of Life Foundation we aim to share best practice placemaking, support innovation and help the industry to deliver greater social, environmental and economic value in the years ahead.”

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Lovell is a partnership housing expert and a leading provider of innovative residential construction and regeneration developments across England, Scotland and Wales. They have provided core funding and are particularly interested in how housebuilders can improve housing design to raise people’s quality of life.

“In 1971, we built the first ever affordable partnership homes. Nearly 50 years later, this pioneering spirit sustains our commitment to working with communities as they transform themselves. Our partnerships are characterised by innovation, ambition and vision.”

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Dating back more than 260 years, The Crown Estate is a unique business with a diverse portfolio that stretches across the country. It includes some of London’s best places to work, shop and experience, regional retail and leisure destinations, and a substantial rural portfolio. Established by an Act of Parliament, they are tasked with generating profit for the Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. This has totalled £3bn over the last ten years. The Crown Estate is a core partner and has contributed to the running costs of the organisation.

“The Quality of Life Foundation Framework comes at a moment when everyone is re-evaluating what is important to them, especially where we live and how we work. As an industry, we also need to reflect on this as we enter a new era for the nation. As we consider the principles which will guide the future of development and regeneration, we need to assess how we ensure the wellbeing of our people and our communities, and what it means to be sustainable.”

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The Earls Court Development Company is responsible for driving forward the development of the Earls Court site. The Earls Court site has had a rich and illustrious history. It is London’s largest zone 1 cleared development site. With their new ownership, they want to provide new direction, and the chance of new growth for local neighbourhoods.

“The Quality of Life Foundation establishes a framework against which the development sector as a whole can be measured. The approach towards health and wellbeing set out by the Foundation reflects the way in which we are considering our own masterplan. We have an opportunity at Earls Court to bring forward a development which reimagines the site as the new benchmark for positive city life, creating a sense of place from day one through a thoughtful and inclusive approach to masterplanning which encompasses social and environmental sustainability, reflecting the needs of the whole community. We strongly support the work of the Foundation and the drive to place health and wellbeing at the forefront of the way in which we, as an industry, design and deliver our future homes and communities.”

Landsec logo

Landsec builds and invests in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential. It is one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a £12 billion portfolio of retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Landsec is shaping a better future by leading our industry on environmental and social sustainability while delivering value for our shareholders, great experiences for their guests and positive change for their communities.

“Creating successful places involves much more than just bricks and mortar. It’s about creating spaces where people and communities want to come together to live, work, meet and play. The best placemaking understands the importance of an area’s past and uses it to meaningfully inspire its future. We are supporting The Quality of Life Foundation to research just how much value this understanding can bring, and how we can make this insight an important part of the wider planning process.”

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Civic Engineers are civil, structural and transport engineers who work to create inspirational structures and places that have a positive impact on the environment and enable people to lead happier and healthier lives. With studios in Manchester, London, Leeds and Glasgow, the 150 strong team has extensive experience of delivering projects that place climate sensitivity at their heart and help to create and transform buildings, neighbourhoods and cities to bring significant social, economic and environmental benefits for those who live, work and visit them.

“The Quality of Life Foundation is committed to helping the built environment industry focus on how it can benefit people’s health and wellbeing in the long term. This focus aligns with our vision of having a positive impact on the environment and enabling people to lead healthier and happier lives and also with our values, one of which is collaboration. We’re pleased to be a core partner as it is only by sharing best practice, taking part in research and working together that the industry can make real change and put wellbeing and people-centred design at the heart of our work.”

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