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Steppers UK CIC delivers services promoting and pushing for stronger diversity, access and representation within the outdoors. It supports Black, Asian and Ethnic minority communities to connect with nature through outdoor-related activities. Through the Black...

The Foundation has awarded over £290,000 to community organisations providing mental health support to young people in the last 18 months alone. In light of the children's mental health crisis, which has seen cases double compared to pre-pandemic levels, the...

Today marks World Mental Health Day 2021, this years theme is 'Mental Health in an Unequal World'. The Foundation agrees that mental health services should be accessible to everyone. Since the beginning of the pandemic the need for mental wellbeing support has been...

Sandwell African Women Association [SAWA] provide community support services to disadvantaged African women and African refugee women and children. The group delivers a range of services to improve safety, help those who are homeless and support young people who...

free@last, an organisation who provide opportunities, activities, mentoring and support for children and young people in Nechells, were awarded a £5,000 grant from the Positive Futures Fund to support their Entrepreneur Programme.​ Adam Irvine, project lead at...

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...

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...

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. We're...

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...

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...