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.
Q1 sees Birmingham awarded £99k.
The Foundation has awarded almost £100,000 to charities and community groups across Birmingham within the first quarter of the financial year. One of those to receive a grant was Aquarius Action Projects, a charity that helps people overcome the harms...
What a difference a day makes.
Written by Paulette Suban - Support Manager at Cape Community Day Centre, Smethwick At Cape Community Day Centre we provide services for elderly people, predominantly with an Afro-Caribbean background. We currently have around 35 clients who visit the...
Christmas Quiz.
29 November 2017 - The Big Quiz! Following the success of our charity quiz in April which raised a fantastic £2,000, we're very excited to bring you the next installment of our quiz dynasty this November. With all of its usual razzmatazz, we welcome you to join...
Streets ahead.
The Foundation recently hosted a dinner discussion with the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, Dr Andy Street CBE. Former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, now a trustee of Heart of England Community Foundation, Sir Dominic Cadbury,...
Leading businessman takes up presidency.
Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, John Crabtree OBE, has been welcomed as a new president of the Heart of England Community Foundation. Until 2003, John was senior partner of Birmingham-based solicitors Wragge & Co, now Gowling WLG, and is a former...
CAP ups the ante.
A Coventry charity which supports people in serious financial difficulties has received a grant to help pay for a new member of staff as it struggles to cope with the growing number of city residents needing help with chronic debt. Christians Against...