Towards a fairer, happier and healthier Midlands.
We are the Community Foundation for the West Midlands and Warwickshire. As the leading, independent grant making foundation in the region we have proudly awarded over £40 million to over 8,000 great causes since 1995.
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Woolly Mammoth Stitch Works CIC were awarded £9,992 through the Northfield & Edgbaston NNS Fund to support Quinton’s older residents to become exhibiting artists and create a community that continues to stitch together locally. The grant has funded Woolly Mammoth...
Dozens of submissions for WMCA scheme to help give people better access to nature.
The West Midlands Combined Authority [WMCA] Community Green Grants is a scheme offering financial support to help community groups and regional organisations looking to put more people in touch with nature has received dozens of applications. After launching in late...
Foundation awards £330k to local groups through the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund.
The Foundation has announced 47 of grants totalling £330,787 to voluntary and community organisations in the West Midlands and Warwickshire from Arts Council England's Let's Create Jubilee Fund. The Let’s Create Jubilee Fund will ensure that thousands of people from...
Foundation supports Birmingham exhibition sharing people’s stories in response to the war in Ukraine.
The Foundation recently supported a local Birmingham exhibition sharing stories of people from Ukraine. The exhibition, We Are Here: From Ukraine, shares stories of people who have sought refuge in other countries amid the Russian invasion. The work, which also shares...
£1M Warwickshire County Council funding set to make an impact for Warwickshire’s communities.
Community organisations across the county are set to benefit from funding to help them tackle inequality and social inclusion, following the announcement of the beneficiaries of the Warwickshire County Council Social Impact Fund. 21 organisations will receive funding...
Creating happier, healthier lives.
As part of the Foundation's work to becoming an equitable, accessible, and diverse funder for the West Midlands and Warwickshire, we commissioned Forever Consulting to evaluate our grant making over three years to ensure we're on the right path to achieving our goal....