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A Coventry youth charity is set to help people reflect on their life using creative arts thanks to funding from the Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Fund. Bardsley Youth Project has received £1,291 from the Foundation to host Peaced Together...

On Thursday 12th October we welcomed over 100 esteemed friends and guests to join us in celebration of our achievements during the last year.  Foundation Live 17 (FL17), showcased 11 of the most amazing projects we’ve supported during the last 12...

Last week, our Foundation received Quality Accreditation Level 4 (QA4), awarded by our affiliated national body UK Community Foundations. The award, which follows a framework closely aligned to Charity Commission recommended standards, reviewed our performance in...

Written by Phil Ewing - Chairman This morning it dawned – the realisation that I was now the Chair of a rapidly developing Charity holding assets in excess of £12million, regularly distributing more than £2million in grants and employing 15 people. What...

A Sandwell day centre has been able to fund a trip to take elderly people to the beach - some for the first time in their lives - and cope with the rising cost in services thanks to a four-figure grant. Cape Community Day Centre, based in Smethwick, has...

The Foundation has awarded almost £100,000 to charities and community groups across Birmingham within the first quarter of the financial year. One of those to receive a grant was Aquarius Action Projects, a charity that helps people overcome the harms...

Written by Paulette Suban - Support Manager at Cape Community Day Centre, Smethwick At Cape Community Day Centre we provide services for elderly people, predominantly with an Afro-Caribbean background. We currently have around 35 clients who visit the...