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 2018 - 19
8947
People received our support
15183
Interventions delivered
£5.3m
Worth of additional income for beneficiaries
£460k+
In grants given away
We've Been Busy
Latest news
Education Grants – Open for Applications
From 1st March 2020 students meeting our eligibility criteria can apply for an education grant for ...
Thornycroft Centre Temporarily Closed
Due to the current requirement around social distancing we have had to close our social day centre ...
Personal Welfare Service continues during COVID 19 outbreak
We understand that the current situation with the coronavirus outbreak will be a worrying time. We ...
Guidance for Welfares – COVID 19
Following the introduction of emergency legislation that has resulted in the closure of miners’ ...
Get In Touch
How can we help you?
01709 728 115
mail@ciswo.org.uk