Third Sector ERDF Access Fund
The following organisations were successful in receiving Third Sector ERDF Access Fund money through the Two Ridings Community Foundation, which serves York and the Humber:
Beyond The Cube
The Hinge Centre Limited
Inclusion Housing
Children & Family Action
Skills for Community Bilton Grange Community Association
St Georges Church/Crosby One
Skills For Communities
Driffield Agricultural Society
Hull & East Riding Development Company Limited
The full list of groups funded by the ERDF Access Fund will appear here soon.
This funding pot is now fully spent. For more information on grants available from SYCF visit our Apply for a Grant section.
Yorkshire Forward has created the Third Sector ERDF Access Fund, offering grants of between £2,000 and £10,000, which will be delivered locally throughout the county by the Yorkshire Community Foundations.
The funding has been made available by Yorkshire Forward to help Third Sector organisations prepare themselves to make bids for larger sums from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
ERDF can contribute up to 50% of the total cost of projects costing £1 million and above.
The aim of the ERDF Access Fund is to provide smaller grants to help with preparatory tasks such as the carrying out of feasibility studies, exploring possibilities of collaborative working with other local organisations and gaining expert advice on the preparation of bids.
Successful bids for the larger sums from ERDF must be based upon the Fund's Priority 3 objectives:
- Capital projects (buildings/refurbishment)
- Transport projects
- Business support
- Social enterprise support
- IT development/knowledge
How to apply
To apply for a funding from the Third Sector ERDF Access Fund, download and fill in the application form by following the link below.
Applicants must also read through the overview and criteria sheet before completing the application form.
Third Sector ERDF Access Fund overview and criteria sheet
Third Sector ERDF Access Fund application form
We urge interested organisations to get in touch as soon as possible.
The grants come from the ERDF operational programme for the Yorkshire and Humber 2007-2013, which had over £500 million available for investment in the region. Over £100 million of which was earmarked to support the Programme's third priority of Sustainable Communities which is of particular relevance to Third Sector organisations.
The grants will be available for the whole of Yorkshire, with Leeds Community Foundation, South Yorkshire Community Foundation and York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation delivering the fund throughout the area.
Contact details for for applicants in each area of Yorkshire are:
South Yorkshire
Karen Alsop - Fund Manager
South Yorkshire Community Foundation
Unit 3 - G1 building
6 Leeds Road
Sheffield
S9 3TY
Telephone: 0114 242 9003 E-mail: karen.alsop@sycf.org.uk
North and East Ridings
Jan Norton - Grants Manager
York & North Yorkshire Community Foundation
Primrose Hill
Stamford Bridge
York YO41 1AW
Tel: 01759 377400 E-mail: office@ynycf.org.uk
West Yorkshire*
Carlos Chavez - Grants Manager
Leeds Community Foundation
Ground Floor
51a St Paul's Street
Leeds
LS1 1TE
Tel: (0113) 242 2426 Email: carlos@leedscommunityfoundation.org.uk
* Leeds Community Foundation will be delivering the Third Sector ERDF Access Fund for the whole of West Yorkshire, with assistance from Community Foundation for Calderdale and Community Foundation for Wakefield District. All enquiries for West Yorkshire should still go straight to Leeds Community Foundation.
Further assistance is available from the Technical Assistance (TA) ERDF Project
South Yorkshire Technical Assistance Project seeks to improve the implementation, monitoring and control of ERDF in South Yorkshire. The TA project undertakes activity in South Yorkshire to support the delivery of the ERDF 2007–2013 Operational Programme and the Regional Economic Strategy (RES). There are six Partners within the TA these are:
Partner Contact Detail
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Ian Squires (01709) 254433
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Paul Bareham (01302) 737455
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Steve Avery (01226) 773437
Sheffield City Council Roger Wilde (0114) 2 296168
South Yorkshire Forest Partnership Krys Craik (0114) 2 571199
Dearne Valley Eco Vision Programme Joanne Wehrle (0114) 2 635681
The TA project supports the development of partnerships and consortia that will ultimately generate ideas suitable for future ERDF applications. The activity of the partners will increase the number of projects approved by the ERDF 2007–2013 Operational Programme. The South Yorkshire TA project ensures that ERDF adds value to other funding programmes and tackles deprivation with regard to worklessness and enterprise effectively.
The South Yorkshire Forest Partnership and Dearne Valley Eco Vision elements of the South Yorkshire TA project also help to raise awareness of sustainable development and environmental good practice issues among existing and potential project sponsors across South Yorkshire.
This TA support is free toThird Sector Organisations as the Project is already fully funded through ERDF and other match funding.
Please contact your local TA Officer (as above) so support can be provided to your organisation within this bidding round to the SYCF Access Fund.
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