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.
Latest News & Insights.
Foundation strengthens its board.
The Foundation has announced that two new faces will be joining its board. Jasmin Koasha and Calum Nisbet have been appointed as trustees, following the charity’s record-breaking 12 months, which has seen it award over £5.7m to community projects since the start of...
Building Better Opportunities: Community Matters.
Launched in 2016 BBO Community Matters was a £5m, three-year employability and skills project in the Black Country. Focusing on priorities set by the Black Country LEP and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund, Community Matters...
Helping Communities Thrive: Disadvantages.
The first theme covered in our Helping Communities Thrive campaign is 'Disadvantages'. It's a large theme and you could say all our grants support disadvantages in communities but we've narrowed it down! Crime & Safety, Employment, Training & Education and...
NET’s Coronavirus Appeal raised almost £100million.
An emergency Coronavirus Appeal backed by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge has raised nearly £100million for UK charities since its launch a year ago, and more than £3.5million of this has reached the Foundation, supporting grassroots charities and groups...
Made By Sport.
As part of the UKCF network we’re pleased to have teamed up with Made By Sport to offer local sports clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a grant which can help support young people as they start to recover from the effects of the latest lockdown. The...
Donor Spotlight: Anonymous Donor.
In 2017 the Foundation received a phone call from a donor who wanted to create three long-standing, capital build projects supporting vulnerable people with housing solutions in the West Midlands! Building Better Lives was born. The donors had a vision of offering...