Vision For All CIC in Tamworth has been awarded £123,353 over three years by the Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire through Lead the Change, a funding programme supporting young people to build stronger, more connected communities.

A Shropshire village which has demonstrated strong community spirit and a commitment to bringing people together has been named the overall county winner of this year’s Best Kept Village and Community Awards.

Community groups across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin can apply for up to £5000 from a new fund to help reduce loneliness and isolation.

Community and voluntary organisations across Staffordshire are invited to apply for up to £5,000 to help boost the emotional health and wellbeing of young people.

A Staffordshire awards scheme which has been celebrating the county’s villages and communities for 70 years has recognised its latest winners at a special anniversary ceremony.

Community organisations across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin are invited to apply for grants of up to £20,000 to help prevent suicide and self-harm among women experiencing perimenopause or menopause.

Groups and voluntary organisations across four rural Shropshire parishes are being invited to apply for grants of up to £2,500 from a £500,000 fund supporting local communities.

New £160,000 programme will help young people leaving care access practical support, opportunities and a stronger start to independent adulthood Shropshire, UK – Shrewsbury Town FC has received a grant from the Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire to support…

Three Staffordshire charities are set to benefit from funding awarded through the Swansway Fund, administered by The Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire, following the most recent grants panel. The Swansway Fund, established by Swansway Motor Group, supports grassroots organisations…

What is the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund? Between January 2023 and March 2025, the Know Your Neighbourhood (KYN) Fund invested up to £30 million to widen participation in volunteering and tackle loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England.  £15 million…

The 2023 BKVC Winners have been Announced!   We recently hosted an awards evening at Rising Brook Community Church in Stafford to announce the winners of the Richard Winterton Best Kept Village Community Competition for 2023. We were thrilled to…

Classic Car Rally raises over £4,000!   Classic cars returned to the streets of Lichfield, Cannock Chase and the Staffordshire Moorlands this year to raise funds for the Community Foundation. Following on from the success of the previous rally in…

Welcome to our new team members! The Foundation team is growing! In August we welcomed three new people to our team – and they have already settled in and are starting to have an impact on our work. Craig Graham…

TopCashback Creates new Fund with The Foundation!   TopCashback, the UK’s leading cashback shopping site, has taken its commitment to the local community a step further by making a donation to local charity, The Community Foundation for Staffordshire, and setting…

This Year’s BKVC Winners have been Announced!   Recently we held an awards evening at Rising Brook Community Church to announce the winners of the Richard Winterton Best Kept Village Community Competition for 2022. The event was well attended by…

£1,500 raised for We Love The Moorlands!   Our We Love The Moorlands Community Fund has raised just over £1,500 after one of our trustees, Judy Scott-Moncrieff, hosted a Cars and Coffee fundraising event at her home. On a scorching…

Meet the BKVC Sponsors: Homes Plus   We have been asking our sponsors of Richard Winterton’s Best Kept Village Community Competition what the competition means to them and why they want to be involved with our communities across the county….

We have awarded £5,000 to ten families living in Tamworth after a generous donation via the Shipley Estates!   The William Shipley Family Fund (www.shipleyestates.com) was set up to support families facing hardship in Tamworth. Financial support has been provided…

Brand New Fund Launches for Mental Health Support!   We, The Community Foundation, are managing a new local grant scheme which invites our community and voluntary groups to apply for grants of up to £20,000 to support and aid adults…

Meet the BKVC Sponsors: Canalside Farm   We have been out asking our sponsors of the Best Kept Village Community Competition what it means to them and why they want to be involved with our communities across the county. This…

Meet the BKVC Sponsors: Richard Winterton Auctioneers Ltd   We have been out asking our sponsors of the Best Kept Village Community Competition what it means to them and why they want to be involved with our communities across the…

Brand New Fund Launched To Help Voluntary Groups In Uttoxeter   A brand-new fund has been officially launched to specifically help voluntary groups in Uttoxeter. The We Love Uttoxeter was launched last week, working with an advisory panel, who will…

  The Richard Winterton Best Kept Village Community Competition is back for 2022 with a new focus on the community aspect of village life and a brand new website. In 2020 the competition was cancelled for the first time in…

The High Sheriff of Staffordshire, Jamie Friend, awards grant funding to local charities!   On Tuesday 22nd March, The current serving High Sheriff of Staffordshire, Jamie Friend, held a small event in Stafford town to award funding to a number…

3 Town Trail planned to raise funds for Staffordshire Moorlands! The towns of Leek, Cheadle and Biddulph are to be celebrated with a special fund-raising walk to raise money for the area. The inaugural ‘3 Town Trail’ Challenge has been…

The Foundation Team Expands! The Foundation Team is growing! We welcomed three new local people into our team just before Christmas last year. The positions included a new Programmes Officer and two Administration Officers to support the team and ensure…

Programmes As we near the end of 2021, the Programmes team reflect on another busy year. In this latest quarter, we continued to award Winter Warmth fuel support payments across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, working with Beat the Cold,…

Richard Winterton’s Best Kept Village Community Competition, which took place virtually in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic has announced the winners of this year’s competition!   Communities across Staffordshire have been hard at work participating in the Richard Winterton Best…

Last week we received a visit from AJ and Curtis Pritchard to see some of the work of The Community Foundation through one of our community funds – We Love Lichfield. The boys are starring in Cinderella at the Wolverhampton…

The fifth round of UK Community Foundation’s (UKCF) Quality Accreditation, launched in October 2020, is now complete. Over the past year, The Community Foundation for Staffordshire has undergone a number of internal audits of its policies and procedures, compiled a submission…

Good causes across the borough of Stafford are set to benefit as support for the Stafford Together Community Fund gains traction at Business Breakfast networking event. Panel members and supporters of the Stafford Together Community Fund gathered at Stafford College on…

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