by Avni Sarai | 22 Sep, 2021 | News
The Foundation is pleased to announce that Tina Costello, CEO at the Foundation, has been awarded the Public & Third Sector Leader Award at the West Midlands Leadership Awards. Last week’s West Midlands Leadership Awards, hosted by The Business Desk, at the...
by Avni Sarai | 8 Sep, 2021 | News
Today Black Country Women’s Aid (BCWA) launched a brand new space for women who have escaped modern slavery in the UK. The specialist refuge features 12 safe, welcoming flats and a new reception centre for women rescued from modern slavery. This has been made...
by Avni Sarai | 6 Sep, 2021 | News
For over 26 years Heart of England Community Foundation has been raising funds to support the regions we care about. Last year alone, we gave £5.8m to over 1,600 groups across the West Midlands and Warwickshire. Those funds benefitted over 1 million people....
by Avni Sarai | 31 Aug, 2021 | News
Aspire4U CIC, an organisation using the arts to develop mindsets towards wellbeing, financial literacy and employability, were awarded £5,000 from the Positive Futures Fund to work with young people with lived experience in dealing with mental health issues. The grant...
by Avni Sarai | 25 Aug, 2021 | News
Eight organisations have been awarded grant funding by the Foundation and Coventry City of Culture Trust to support Black artists and projects for early years children. £40,000 will be invested in Coventry based Black artists and a further £29,000 in projects that...