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 £65 million to over 14,000 great causes since 1995.
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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...
It’s a gem in this area.
Summerfield Stables, nestled alongside Yardley Wood train station, has been woven into the community for almost 50 years. The stables have a range of beneficiaries: animals rescued and retrained, volunteers rewarded with training or free lessons for their children and...
It’s a really good little package.
Walking into the Ryecroft Community Centre we should have known we were in for a busy morning with all the people buzzing around. Here to visit Walsall College, part of the Foundation’s Community Matters programme, their Health & Wellbeing - women only sessions,...
ATHAC CIC.
Working with families of children with disabilities from disadvantaged backgrounds ATHAC CIC (Access to Heritage, Arts and Culture) were awarded £2,000 from the gbpFoundation to provide monthly wellbeing sessions at a community hub in Birmingham. Carol...
It’s Christmassssss!
NOW SOLD OUT We're delighted to announce the return of our Christmas Quiz!Held in the first week of December all proceeds raised will go towards supporting grassroots projects across the West Midlands. As always, each ticket comes with a Christmas dinner and a fun...
Willenhall exhibition comes to Cov City Centre.
An exhibition that got people in Willenhall talking and sharing memories can now been seen in the city centre. Imagine Willenhall is curated by Willenhall History Group working with Photo Archive Miners. It showcases photos taken by Coventry City Architects exactly 50...