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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Well trained.
As part of the Foundation’s Community Matters programme, WELL provide a selection of activity linked to employment opportunities within the leisure and tourism industry. Working with participants they provide individual support covering CV writing, confidence building...
Esmée Fairbairn boosts Cov culture.
The Foundation has secured additional funding for Coventry thanks to a successful grant application to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The grant award, £112,500, will enable more organisations to be supported in the lead up to Coventry’s City of Culture Year in 2021....
Support projects for schools in Belfast.
Seventeen vulnerable young people have been given vital support and training as part of a six-month charity pilot project supported by a £2,000 grant from the Wesleyan Foundation. Dreamscheme used the grant to provide pastoral services to at-risk young people in...
Meaningful Change launched.
The Foundation are delighted to be part of a ground-breaking initiative enabling local communities to make a bigger impact on helping the homeless. Launched in Leamington and Stratford-upon-Avon charities and agencies working with the homeless, and those at risk of...
Local housing to benefit from £500k.
Local community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, makes £500,000 available to help make a difference to communities across the region. The Society is inviting applications for...
Dormant trust revitalised.
Sandwell Council has entrusted the Foundation to award grants on its behalf – launching the ‘Sandwell Community Grants’ fund. The first grants, taken from the council’s previously dormant assets, have now been issued to charities and volunteer-led projects in the...