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# Grants awarded in the West Midlands at lowest level since 2010
- URL: https://www.birminghameastside.co.uk/grants-awarded-in-the-west-midlands-at-its-lowest-level-since-2010/
- Published: 2018-08-08T10:35:01.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-08T10:35:01.000Z
- Author: Carmen Aguilar García
- Tags: News, #Migrated-1786701253228, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-14 09:54

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Funding awarded to West Midlands’ institutions in **2017 reached its lowest point since 2010**, an analysis by Birmingham Eastside shows.

According to the data from [360Giving](http://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk), the total amount awarded to **West Midlands’ organisations in 2017 dropped by 44%** compared to the previous year.

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Over the last decade, regional funding increased sharply between 2010 and 2012, but it has been decreasing since then. The region has lost 79% of the aid since a peak of funding in 2012.

Only four towns -Bromsgrove, Warwick, Lichfield, and Wolverhampton- got higher financial support in 2017 than in 2012.

## Tamworth in the top position

Beneficiaries from **Tamworth received, on average, the highest aid in the region during 2017.** These institutions got 68% more funding than those from Birmingham, the second-biggest area by amount per organisation.

This gap between the local authority which received the most and the second-highest on the list was biggest in 2010 and 2012\. Tamworth and Worcester took twice as much money as Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford, respectively.

## The main funders

More than two-thirds of the grants awarded over the last ten years came from just two organisations: **The Big Lottery Fund and** Sport **England**. Only in 2012, the Department of Transport became the biggest source of grants.

## The main case of concentration

In 2011, **Ecorys UK received 60% of all the grant money awarded in the West Midlands**. That came from a £64 million grant by Sport England.

Birmingham City Council received in 2012 a quarter of all funding in the region through several programs; UK Athletics took 17% in 2013, and England Athletics got 13% in 2017, both also through different projects.

See below **who received the highest grant per year within their cities.**

The data comes from the [GrantNav portal,](http://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk) managed by 360Giving. The organisation openly shares the funding information awarded across the UK by more than 80 of the main grant-makers in the country.

Get the data and read the methodology [here](https://github.com/Carmen-Aguilar/charities-funding-wm/blob/master/README.md?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk).

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