The Coal Mining Charity
Enabling former coal miners and mining communities to reduce disadvantage.
Improving Lives
Helping you
We’re here to improve the lives of former coal miners and their families. We understand the struggles faced by those in former coal mining communities. We help you overcome some of the barriers you come up against and support you to lead a better quality life.
Thriving Communities
Supporting charities
We help more than 200 independent mining charities to continue delivering essential recreational and social facilities in local communities. Through providing guidance and governance support for coal mining charities to help them thrive.
Our Work In Numbers
What we achieved in 2020
10608
People received our support
20412
Interventions delivered
£4.5m
Worth of additional income for beneficiaries
£325k+
In grants given away to individuals
£376k
In funds invested in other charities
We've Been Busy
Latest news
Pontefract bungalow vacancy
CISWO has a small number of self-contained bungalows for former mineworkers with low incomes ...
Education grant applications now open
We provide grants for former mineworkers and their dependent children for the purposes of ...
Thornycroft Continues in the Community
Thornycroft, our day centre in Pontefract, provides services for people from mining communities to ...
Personal Welfare Service support during COVID-19
CISWO is continuing to provide our Personal Welfare Service and are accepting referrals from ...
Get In Touch
How can we help you?
01709 728 115
mail@ciswo.org.uk