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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Mentoring to Greatness.
In November 2021 Mindseye Development CIC were awarded £4,990 through the Positive Futures Fund towards the Mentoring to Greatness project. Mindseye Development CIC delivers a range of projects to help young people into employment, with a focus on creative and...
Foundation awards £100K in green grants to West Midlands and Warwickshire charities.
The Foundation has pledged a commitment to charities and voluntary organisations across the West Midlands and Warwickshire in their journey to sustainability. Having already awarded over £100,000 worth of grants to benefit over an estimated 40,000 beneficiaries across...
It’s made such a difference.
Lighthorne Allotment Association oversees the running of the allotment site of 18 plots. In April 2021 they were awarded a £500 grant through the Foundation’s Community Energy Warwickshire Fund to purchase and install a large water butt for use by the allotment plot...
I’ve loved doing it again.
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...