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.
Teaming up with Keltruck.
A commercial vehicle distributor has presented the Foundation with a £20,000 charity donation at its site in West Bromwich to help fund projects across the West Midlands that encourage young people to make a positive difference in their community. The money will go...
ICRD Launched.
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at The University of Wolverhampton’s official launch for the new Institute for Community Research and Development. The Institute, headed up by the impressive Professor Laura Caulfield, has already achieved so...
Capital grants programme opens.
The Foundation has launched a major new capital grants programme to fund projects supporting vulnerable people across the West Midlands – and applicants are now invited to bid for up to £1.35 million. The Building Better Lives programme has launched following...
Creative talents to benefit communities.
Young people living in some of the most deprived areas of Coventry are set to be taught new skills to boost their employability and improve their local communities. Imagineer Productions is launching arts cafes in Wood End and Willenhall after receiving £5,000 from...
Young offenders help the blind.
The Insight Society were awarded £5,000 from our Positive Futures Fund to deliver the 'Seeing a Brighter Future' project. This enabled young people who are in secure accommodation, due to breaking the law, to work on a one-to-one basis with a BSVI (Blind and Severely...
UK Community Foundations successful in bid for Tampon Tax Fund.
UK Community Foundations has been awarded £3.4million from the Tampon Tax Fund to support women and girls in local communities. This is the largest grant awarded to any organisation from this fund. UK Community Foundations will lead a programme called...