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 2019
7141
People received our support
12419
Interventions delivered
£4.4m
Worth of additional income for beneficiaries
£482k+
In grants given away
We've Been Busy
Latest news
Education grant applications now open
We are now accepting applications for our education grants for the academic year 2021/2022. Please ...
CISWO Scotland office move
It is our pleasure to inform you that we have relocated from our Bathgate office to new, more ...
Thornycroft Continues in the Community
Thornycroft, our day centre in Pontefract, provides services for people from mining communities to ...
Personal Welfare Service continues during COVID 19 outbreak
We understand that the current situation with the coronavirus outbreak will be a worrying time. We ...
Get In Touch
How can we help you?
01709 728 115
mail@ciswo.org.uk