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Last night colleagues, friends and supporters came together for the charity’s annual Christmas Quiz. With 15 teams battling it out for the coveted prize it was HCB Accountants that were crowned top dogs having pipped last year’s winners, The Friendship Project, to...

The Foundation has pledged over £3m to support a trio of charities across the West Midlands. The charity awarded £2.7m in its last financial year so to award over £3.1m to just 3 organisations is a monumental step change for the Foundation. Thanks to incredible...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...