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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Make Good Grow
Today we are excited to announce a new partnership with Make Good Grow. Make Good Grow matches skilled volunteers with community groups to tackle high impact projects. Using the Foundation’s connections with local charities and social enterprises, Make Good Grow will...
100 Days of Resilience.
It’s now 100 days since the Foundation launched the Coronavirus Resilience Fund. In that time 350 grants have been awarded amounting to more than £1.2m across the West Midlands. We’re so grateful to those who supported our initial appeal, every penny we raised will be...
I’m truly grateful to OSCAR.
OSCAR Birmingham – Organisation for Sickle Cell Relief & Thalassaemia Support was established in 1974 to promote greater awareness of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia disorders and to support those affected. They were awarded £1,500 from the Foundation’s Coronavirus...
Lockdown support for women’s aid.
The Foundation has ramped up its financial support for women's charities across the region during lockdown with many of us spending more – if not all – our time at home as a result of COVID-19. Women’s Aid has flagged the direct impact this has had on those...
Meet the Funder.
Foundation CEO, Tina Costello, spoke to Fundraising Magazine's Val Cipriani about empowering local organisations and upscaling grantmaking during coronavirus. Heart of England Community Foundation was established over 25 years ago on 14 February 1995. Our main...
It cheered me up no end.
The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP), run from the Gatis Community Space, were awarded £3,000 from the Foundation’s Coronavirus Resilience Fund. One of those to have benefitted from the service is Denise, a resident who is considered as ‘higher risk’: “I've been...