Charitable Trusts West Midlands (CTWM) is the leading membership association for trusts and foundations in the West Midlands, with 50 members ranging from large national trusts that give grants across the region to local grant givers and individuals.
It provides charitable trust funders with an opportunity to share and learn from each other’s experience of grant giving and develop good practice in grant making; explore matters of common concern, and forge productive relationships that contribute to the wider benefits and overall sustainability of the region’s voluntary and community sector.
The organisation also aims to provide a route for charitable trust funders to be able to engage formally with private and public funders and their networks to increase opportunities for co-ordination and collaboration to better meet the needs of the diverse communities in the region.
A programme of seminars, workshops, briefings and conferences are organised and held annually for members and also for the wider third sector on promoting and encouraging better practice in charitable grant giving and investment in charities and the third sector in the West Midlands. Opportunities to develop specific projects on sharing data, greater collaboration and blending finances to support voluntary and community organisations are some of the priorities of the organisation.
