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.
Latest News & Insights.
Nationwide boosts Central housing causes by £500,000.
Community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide - the UK’s biggest building society - makes £500,000 available to help make a difference to communities across the South West. The Society is inviting applications for...
They’ve all got their own challenges to overcome.
Andy steps up from the table and starts dishing out sheets of paper: “I just thought these might help!” But he isn’t running the session, he’s a service user and that’s the beauty of this group. Through the Foundation’s Community Matters programme WEA are able to run...
#DoMoreLocal
We had a blast hosting our celebratory evening at Birmingham’s Mailbox. It was especially great to see so many passionate and influential people who really care about the communities where we live, work and play! If you couldn’t attend, the event...
Merry Quizmas!
Our Annual Christmas Quiz is returning on the 5th December 2018! Last year we raised an amazing £2,000 on the night, helping to support our work across the West Midlands. On the night, quizzers will be treated to Christmas dinner and have the chance to win an array of...
Evaluator Required
TENDER OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY PUBLISHED: 8. OCT. 2018 OPPORTUNITY CLOSES: 2. NOV. 2018 Outline: We are seeking to appoint an external evaluator to provide a detailed, holistic and multi-layered evaluation approach for our Community Matters programme. We...
Additional £2M for vulnerable & homeless
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heart of England Community Foundation which supports projects in the West Midlands & Warwickshire says it is ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving a further £2 million from an anonymous donor who gave the charity £4 million just...