Central Africa Refugee Link

The Bryant Trust is a medium-sized grant-making trust based in the West Midlands with a strong Birmingham connection.

The Learning and Skills Council exists to make England better skilled and more competitive.

The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union and so help raise standards of living. It aims to help people fulfil their potential by giving them better skills and better job prospects.

Black Country Consortium Ltd (BCC) is an organisation of regeneration, investment and property professionals whose remit is to enable and commission holistic regeneration across the Black Country, from development to tourism, sport and skills. BCC works closely with its public, private and third sector partners, marshalling the energies and enthusiasm that promote and deliver meaningful joint sub-regional working, of the growth and enrichment of the Black Country as a whole.

The HBOS Foundation operates as an independent company and works with charitable and not-for-profit organisations across the UK, supporting people and their local communities.

Birmingham Midshires has roots dating back to 1849 and is the result of an amalgamation of some 50 building societies including the Midshires and Birmingham & Bridgwater Building Societies.

The James Tudor Foundation is a grant-giving charitable organisation established for the relief of sickness.
The Foundation makes grants, gifts or loans within its area of benefit, principally to organisations that can maximise the effectiveness of its donations.

The Hilden Charitable Fund was established in 1963 by Joan and Tony Rampton. It is a grant making foundation registered with the UK Charity Commission, Charity Registration Number: 232591. The Hilden Charitable Fund award grants to projects both in the UK and in developing countries. The aim of the fund is to address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions. Both the UK and overseas fund policy is directed largely at supporting work at community level. Grants are rarely given to well funded national charities, grants are not given to individuals.

Smethwick Town Team was established to, lead neighbourhood action within the town, ensure communities participate at a neighbourhood level, articulating their concerns, needs and aspirations for the neighbourhood, champion community concerns at neighbourhood/town level and within the Partnership ensuring individual agencies and the Partnership act as a collective in addressing community concerns, prepare neighbourhood based Local Action Plans and a Town Strategy.

The Yapp Charitable Trust makes small grants, for running costs and salaries, to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work.