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Last week, our Foundation received Quality Accreditation Level 4 (QA4), awarded by our affiliated national body UK Community Foundations. The award, which follows a framework closely aligned to Charity Commission recommended standards, reviewed our performance in...

Written by Phil Ewing - Chairman This morning it dawned – the realisation that I was now the Chair of a rapidly developing Charity holding assets in excess of £12million, regularly distributing more than £2million in grants and employing 15 people. What...

A Sandwell day centre has been able to fund a trip to take elderly people to the beach - some for the first time in their lives - and cope with the rising cost in services thanks to a four-figure grant. Cape Community Day Centre, based in Smethwick, has...

The Foundation has awarded almost £100,000 to charities and community groups across Birmingham within the first quarter of the financial year. One of those to receive a grant was Aquarius Action Projects, a charity that helps people overcome the harms...

Written by Paulette Suban - Support Manager at Cape Community Day Centre, Smethwick At Cape Community Day Centre we provide services for elderly people, predominantly with an Afro-Caribbean background. We currently have around 35 clients who visit the...

29 November 2017 - The Big Quiz!   Following the success of our charity quiz in April which raised a fantastic £2,000, we're very excited to bring you the next installment of our quiz dynasty this November. With all of its usual razzmatazz, we welcome you to...

The Foundation recently hosted a dinner discussion with the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, Dr Andy Street CBE. Former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, now a trustee of Heart of England Community Foundation, Sir Dominic...

Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, John Crabtree OBE, has been welcomed as a new president of the Heart of England Community Foundation. Until 2003, John was senior partner of Birmingham-based solicitors Wragge & Co, now Gowling WLG, and is a...

A Coventry charity which supports people in serious financial difficulties has received a grant to help pay for a new member of staff as it struggles to cope with the growing number of city residents needing help with chronic debt. Christians Against...