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Challenging but rewarding times ahead?
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 had I...
Life’s a beach.
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...
Q1 sees Birmingham awarded £99k.
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 caused by...
What a difference a day makes.
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 centre...
Christmas Quiz.
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...
Streets ahead.
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 Cadbury, invited an...
Leading businessman takes up presidency.
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 former...
CAP ups the ante.
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 Poverty has...
Leaps and bounds.
A charity which supports people in Warwickshire living with additional needs has launched a new social enterprise project to give adults the opportunity to learn new skills and raise awareness of disability in the community. ILEAP has launched a Skills 4 Life...
Grants to be had.
Written by Aaron Greaves – Communications Officer Last year the Foundation received 810 applications, 55% of these were successful. But what turns an applicant into a grant receiver? We can’t physically fund every grant proposal, but you can give yourself...
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