Festive Period Notice

On December 19th, the Foundation will hold a team away day, during which our team will be unavailable. Following this, resources will be limited as staff take seasonal leave, and the Foundation will be closed from December 24th to January 2nd for the festive period.

During this time, responses to phone calls and emails may be delayed. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

We wish you a joyful and safe holiday season.

Foundation & SMBC make first awards.

Foundation & SMBC make first awards.

The first two grants from the Solihull Winter Wellbeing & Recovery Fund were awarded last week by the Foundation to two local organisations. The grants, which will hopefully be the first in a series of many, were awarded to Happy Mamas Solihull and Balsall Common...
Spreading some festive cheer.

Spreading some festive cheer.

After launching the Winter Wellbeing campaign the Foundation opened the Festive Fun Fund for one-off projects just in time for Christmas! In just three weeks we’ve supported 52 organisations that’ve spread festive cheer to a massive 16,472 beneficiaries....
It felt like I was meeting with a new child.

It felt like I was meeting with a new child.

The Foundation supported Ampersand Projects’ ‘Grow Your Road’ with a grant of £3,000 from the Coronavirus Resilience Fund. The project gave people in Birmingham the tools, skills, and community support to grow their own vegetables at home. Due to the pandemic, the...
The Lorna Esien Court opened!

The Lorna Esien Court opened!

St Basils Coventry’s Lorna Esien Court has opened its doors this week, ready to support young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Built following a £1M grant by the Foundation’s Building Better Lives programme, the 32 newly-completed service-managed...
The Serenity Garden.

The Serenity Garden.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust have been given the green light for their plans to build a therapeutic ‘Serenity Garden’ for stroke and dementia patients after receiving a grant of £10,000 from the Foundation’s Coventry Building Society Fund. In June 2018 Shabina...