Birmingham and Black Country Communities Fund
Heart of England Community Foundation
The fund aims to support people in Birmingham and the Black Country Coventry. Applications must meet one of the following aims:
• Promote health and wellbeing • Tackling disadvantage • Support local solutions to meet local needs • Promote community cohesion • Develop sustainable and supporting communities
The Foundation’s priorities this financial year are:
• Youth Opportunities – including skills development, raising employment aspirations, positive engagement with communities • Health & wellbeing – including mental health, dementia, domestic abuse • Building Stronger & Cohesive Communities – including tackling loneliness & isolate, support for migrants, developing community connection and integrating together
Eligibility:
You can apply to this fund if you are one of the following:
• Registered charities • Constituted Community groups • Companies Limited by Guarantee with charitable aims • Community Interest Companies • Co-operatives - registered Community Benefit Societies and registered Industrial and Provident Societies • Social Enterprises **Funding to Community Interest Companies and other non-charities may include conditions to restrict funding to charitable objectives only. • Additionally, your organisation/company income level must be equal to or less than £500,000, as shown in your most recent annual accounts.
Sorry, we cannot fund:
• Direct replacement of statutory obligation and public funding • Promotion of religious or political activities • Groups with significant financial free reserves • Retrospective grants • Contribution to endowment fund, payment of deficit funding or repayment of loans • National charities • Overseas travel or expeditions • Medical research and equipment for statutory or private healthcare • General appeals • Animal welfare, unless the project benefits people (e.g. disabled riding schemes) • Statutory work in educational institutions • Sponsored or fundraising events or groups raising funds to distribute to other causes • Schools, Churches, Parish Councils or PTA’s unless community benefit is demonstrated • Boxing clubs or associated organisations