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.
Coventry University to lead new research for Foundation.
In September 2018, a research team from Coventry University, led by Dr. Michael Whelan within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, will lead a new research report commissioned by the Community Foundation. The report, which will present the key challenges faced by...
Inspirational artist tackling mental health.
A 19-year-old from the Black Country who struggles with her mental health is using her artistic talents to help young people recognise their emotions and inspire them to speak out about how they are feeling. Becky Lawley has created a series of postcards which...
Quiz night raises £1,000.
The Foundation has been gifted with a £1,000 donation thanks to Poppleton & Appleby and Harrison Beale & Owen. Poppleton & Appleby, a Midlands-based business recovery and insolvency firm, held a quiz night in April which was won by H B & O’s Coventry...
Foundation appointed City of Culture partner.
A new fund has been launched to help individuals, social enterprises, community groups and artistic and cultural organisations prepare for Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture in 2021. The Coventry 2021 Fund has been launched by the Coventry City of Culture Trust in...
Can you feel the heat?
Off Grid Energy trade association, The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), together with Midlands-based heating oil distributors, AID Fuels, Nolan Oils and Midland Fuels Oils have been fundraising to help those in fuel poverty. Through the Foundation they have...
Small Charities Week.
I was absolutely delighted when I was asked to join the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) Social Economy Taskforce earlier this year and if that wasn’t exciting enough, I was humbled to learn that I had been nominated for the Institute of Directors (IOD)...