# Anonymous £4 million donation leads to new fund for West Midlands

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/14/anonymous-4m-donation-leads-new-fund-west-midlands/
- Published: 2018-05-14T10:32:17+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**An anonymous donation of £4 million made in December last year has resulted in
the creation of a new capital grants programme.**

Heart of England Community Foundation has launched its Building Better Lives programme
to fund programmes supporting vulnerable people across the West Midlands.

It will support up to three major initiatives providing accommodation solutions.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for projects which will upgrade, extend
or develop existing accommodation to provide additional capacity.

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## Eligible organisations

Organisations can bid for a minimum of £500,000 and a maximum of £1.35 million.

To be eligible they must operate within Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry,
Solihull or Warwickshire and have an annual turnover of less than £15 million.

This is stage one of a two-stage application process. Applications for stage one
should apply before midday on 31 July 2018.

> Major step change for [@HoECF](https://twitter.com/HoECF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 
> very excited to launch our first capital grants programme! [https://t.co/pN2n0gMkVb](https://t.co/pN2n0gMkVb)
> — Tina Costello (@tinaloucostello) [May 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/tinaloucostello/status/995948837163425792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## Heart of England Community Foundation

[Heart of England Community Foundation](http://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk) was set
up in 1995 to fund projects across the West Midlands. Since then it has distributed
more than £15 million locally, benefitting more than one million people.

The Building Better Lives programme will see the Foundation distribute its largest
grants to date.

Tina Costello, Chief Executive of Heart of England Community Foundation, said: “
We are very excited to launch the Building Better Lives programme and can’t wait
to see the variety of proposals from local organisations. This programme has a real
potential to make a massive difference to vulnerable people and provides a unique
opportunity for existing organisations to expand their work and increase their impact
in the community.”

Queries about the new fund can be emailed to project manager [Carole Hodson](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/14/anonymous-4m-donation-leads-new-fund-west-midlands/ca****@*****************co.uk).

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