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Thanks to a grant from the Foundation’s Coventry UK City of Culture Fund a break-dancer is sharing his skills with the city! Andrei Roman who came to the city for university now calls Coventry home and is trying to inspire a new generation of performers with his...

One of the Foundation’s Community Matters partners, TLC College in Wolverhampton, has been running a job club providing tailored support to improve the lives and raise aspirations of marginalised individuals. Navdeep Kaur, Project Officer, said: “Today we’ve got...

Last year Building 4 Hope helped 25 individuals. An approved training centre in Solihull, the charity aims to give young, disadvantaged and marginalised people the opportunity, and support, to gain qualifications. Targeting vulnerable people aged 16 – 25 the...

Young women and girls who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse can now access specialist support from Citizen Coaching CIC, a leading provider of counselling and personal development services in Birmingham. ‘Hidden Voices’ has been launched by Citizen...

Coventry Tree Warden Network have received more support from the Foundation with a £2,000 grant to educate local people and recruit new members as they attempt to turn the neglected piece of history into a thriving community space. Nestled against the A444, we met...

Coventry Building Society, with the support of the Heart of England Community Foundation, is launching a new fund providing grants of up to £10,000 to community projects in Coventry and Warwickshire. The Society has funded 125 projects across the West Midlands...

Last night saw the Foundation celebrate its quarter century milestone, marking a whopping £20 million awarded to almost 6,000 projects across the region. Since its inception on Valentine’s Day in 1995, the charity has put the community at the heart of its giving....

The Foundation has helped bring the Journey of Justice civil rights exhibition to Birmingham! The exhibition, open to the public from 7th February to 27th April at the Library of Birmingham, highlights important moments of UK and global history in a bid to...

Established by Ian Poole, Everyone 4 Sport aims to tackle a lack of participation in sport helping to provide opportunities to those who usually wouldn't partake. They were awarded £1,993 from the Foundation's Coventry Building Society Small Grants. Walking through...

As the Foundation gears up to its 25th birthday, we've appointed a new trustee; Russell Bailey. Russell, who is currently a Regional Director at Faithful+Gould, is the latest representative to join the board, and brings his 15 years’ of business expertise to the...