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The third theme covered in our Helping Communities Thrive campaign is 'Mental & Physical Health'.   The Foundation has supported 940,294 individuals over the past five years, awarding £3,291,416 to 943 projects in the West Midlands and Warwickshire for projects...

The second theme covered in our Helping Communities Thrive campaign is 'Environment'. It's important to us that the Foundation is environmentally conscious by supporting community groups that create positive, environmental change whether that's through education or...

The Foundation has partnered with The Alan Edward Higgs Charity to set up a £500,000 endowment fund which will support vital community activity across Coventry and Warwickshire for years to come. Taking advantage of the Foundation’s endowment match offer, the Alan...

The Foundation is pleased to have launched its 3-year strategy. Working collaboratively with board and staff members the Foundation has refreshed its vision, values and mission and implemented five strategic aims as it strives to improve as the largest independent...

The Foundation has announced that two new faces will be joining its board. Jasmin Koasha and Calum Nisbet have been appointed as trustees, following the charity’s record-breaking 12 months, which has seen it award over £5.7m to community projects since the start of...

Launched in 2016 BBO Community Matters was a £5m, three-year employability and skills project in the Black Country. Focusing on priorities set by the Black Country LEP and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund, Community Matters...

The first theme covered in our Helping Communities Thrive campaign is 'Disadvantages'. It's a large theme and you could say all our grants support disadvantages in communities but we've narrowed it down! Crime & Safety, Employment, Training & Education and...

An emergency Coronavirus Appeal backed by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge has raised nearly £100million for UK charities since its launch a year ago, and more than £3.5million of this has reached the Foundation, supporting grassroots charities and groups...

As part of the UKCF network we’re pleased to have teamed up with Made By Sport to offer local sports clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a grant which can help support young people as they start to recover from the effects of the latest lockdown....

In 2017 the Foundation received a phone call from a donor who wanted to create three long-standing, capital build projects supporting vulnerable people with housing solutions in the West Midlands! Building Better Lives was born.  The donors had a vision of offering...