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Heart of England Community Foundation recognises that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have an impact on civil society groups, and want to offer reassurance that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the sector during this time.  We wish to be...

As part of International Women's Day one of our Grants Officers, Liz Daw, spoke with UKCF about working on the Tampon Tax Community Fund. Liz is the Foundation's lead Grants Officer for the fund and takes great pride in supporting women and girls in the West...

Tina Costello, Chief Executive of Heart of England Community Foundation, has always had a passion for making other people’s visions reality. Born and raised in Birmingham, Tina is fiercely proud of her heritage and has long fought for the region to be recognised as...

​ The Heart of England Community Foundation has announced its plan to support over 50s in an all-new Edgbaston and Northfield Neighbourhood Network Scheme (NNS) Fund. The charity’s latest fund has a pot of £400,000, which will provide help to community projects...

A Birmingham bingo club which lost its regular home is aiming for a full house now, thanks to a kind couple and a grant for nearly £2000 from IM Properties’ Peddimore Community Fund. Husband and wife team, Steven and Karen Priestley, who run St Wilfrid’s Community...

Thanks to a grant from the Foundation’s Coventry UK City of Culture Fund a break-dancer is sharing his skills with the city! Andrei Roman who came to the city for university now calls Coventry home and is trying to inspire a new generation of performers with his...

One of the Foundation’s Community Matters partners, TLC College in Wolverhampton, has been running a job club providing tailored support to improve the lives and raise aspirations of marginalised individuals. Navdeep Kaur, Project Officer, said: “Today we’ve got...

Last year Building 4 Hope helped 25 individuals. An approved training centre in Solihull, the charity aims to give young, disadvantaged and marginalised people the opportunity, and support, to gain qualifications. Targeting vulnerable people aged 16 – 25 the...

Young women and girls who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse can now access specialist support from Citizen Coaching CIC, a leading provider of counselling and personal development services in Birmingham. ‘Hidden Voices’ has been launched by Citizen...

Coventry Tree Warden Network have received more support from the Foundation with a £2,000 grant to educate local people and recruit new members as they attempt to turn the neglected piece of history into a thriving community space. Nestled against the A444, we met...