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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UK Community Foundations launches new report.
A new report by UK Community Foundation examines the impact of the pandemic on local Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations (VCSOs) and the communities they are based in. It looks at the practical steps that funders can take to ensure that their grant-making is...
Putting the Art in Heart: Foka Wolf partners with the Foundation.
The Foundation has partnered with renowned local artist, Foka Wolf, this month. The anonymous Birmingham-based artist has installed three art attractions across the region, in celebration of the Foundation's biggest capital grants fund, Building Better Lives. To kick...
Words are not enough to explain the difference that your money makes.
SOS Suicide of Silence, a charity that strives to reduce the shame, stigma and silence surrounding emotional health and suicide, were recently awarded £5,000 from the Youell Family Fund to support their lifesaving services. SOS was founded in 2015 by Yvette and her...
Foundation proud to support LGBTQIA+ production by Tom Wright.
The Foundation has recently supported the production of I Ain't Dumb an LGBTQIA+ play, written by Tom Wright and produced by Epicene and PlayWell Productions. The highly anticipated production will be set to debut in February 2022, following the completion of...
Helping Communities Thrive: Culture.
Our final theme covered in our Helping Communities Thrive campaign is 'Culture'. Racial & Cultural Integration, Arts & Culture, and LGBTQI+ - among these sub themes the Foundation has supported more than 205,085 individuals over the past five years, awarding...
It made such an impact.
Micro Rainbow CIC, an organisation supporting LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers, received a £3,000 grant from the Coronavirus Resilience Fund to support their safehouses for vulnerable residents over the pandemic. There are 69 countries that still criminalise...