The BFUWI in the United Kingdom will operate as a professional UK charity in compliance with the rules and regulations of the governing UK Charities Commission to raise finance and other material support for The University of the West Indies through promotional and relationship building activities, principally in the UK. Through its activities the BFUWI will:

• Contribute to the goals of the UWI Regional Endowment Fund
• Promote and recognise the Caribbean’s intellectual and cultural development and world-wide contributions
• Promote the University’s name recognition in the UK and the wider European Union
• Foster positive, harmonious relationships between the British and Caribbean peoples
• Strengthen relationships between Caribbean Diaspora people and the Caribbean