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.
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....
Foundation and partners offer funding for LGBTQ+ communities.
Joining forces with the Coventry City of Culture Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Heart of England Community Foundation has launched its LGBTQ+ Community Grants. In line with the Foundation's commitment to representation and inclusion for all, the fund has been...
£93k funding is supporting Nuneaton’s community centre.
Warwickshire CAVA has announced it has been awarded £93,000 from the Foundation's Warwickshire County Council Social Impact Fund to make essential capital improvements to its Nuneaton community centre, the Newtown Centre. The Newtown Centre hosts over 20 regular...
UK Community Foundations visits HoECF!
In the first week of March, the UK Community Foundation team visited Coventry - a region supported by the Foundation. Their purpose? To gain further insights into the delivery of local funds, and to identify and learn about the current challenges community groups and...
International Women’s Day 2022: WAITS Spotlight.
The theme for this years International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias, asking everyone to imagine a gender equal world which is free of biases, stereotypes and discrimination against women. The Foundation would like to spotlight the organisation Women Acting in Today's...
They feel lighter after.
Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies [BCAT] are a mental health organisation providing therapeutic workshops to benefit the wellbeing of the older community across Birmingham. In January 2021, Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies [BCAT] were awarded £10,000 from the...