Towards a fairer, happier and healthier Midlands.
We are the Community Foundation for the West Midlands and Warwickshire. As the leading, independent grant making foundation in the region we have proudly awarded over £40 million to over 8,000 great causes since 1995.
Latest News & Insights.
Foundation launches Cost-of-Living Appeal.
The Foundation is acting against the cost-of-living crisis with its latest appeal. With the help of donations across the region, the charity has launched the Cost-of-Living Appeal to help local charities in crisis with the rising costs of running their organisation,...
Creating happier, healthier lives.
As part of the Foundation's work to becoming an equitable, accessible, and diverse funder for the West Midlands and Warwickshire, we commissioned Forever Consulting to evaluate our grant making over three years to ensure we're on the right path to achieving our goal....
Further grants awarded to improve access to nature across the West Midlands.
Three more applicants have successfully secured grants from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to help better connect people in the region to nature. Kingstanding Regeneration Trust, Feeding Coventry and Caldmore Community Garden in Walsall have each received...
We’re on the road again!
The Heart of England Community Foundation team are travelling across the region to deliver funding workshops and more! After the pandemic we're keen to get back out and meet with our communities across the West Midlands and Warwickshire! In September and...
Foundation’s CEO Tina Costello skips for the Queen’s Baton Relay!
Tina Costello, Chief Executive at the Foundation, was nominated to take part in the Queen's Baton Relay for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, for her dedication to charitable work and being an inspiration across the region. The Queen’s Baton Relay has returned -...
Foundation partners with Wesleyan to sponsor the International Children’s Games 2022.
The International Children's Games (ICG 2022) Opening Ceremony is sponsored by Heart of England Community Foundation and Wesleyan Foundation. The ceremony will take place at the Assembly Festival Gardens in Coventry’s city centre on Friday 12 August 2022, starting at...