Case studies

Blackburn Club for Young People

Blackburn Club for Young People

The Blackburn Club for Young People was founded in 1974, aiming to help young people in the community and the club has been able to bring in paid staff members with professional training to lead their sessions.

Rotherham

Baby Basics

Baby Basics

Baby Basics is a project which supports disadvantaged parents and families struggling to meet the financial and practical demands of looking after a new baby or young children. Community Grant funding from SYCF helped cover core costs.

Sheffield

FareShare Yorkshire

FareShare Yorkshire

FareShare Yorkshire is a Barnsley based charity that tackles food waste and alleviates food poverty. This funding enabled the continuation of their award-winning employability programme in Barnsley.

Barnsley

Friends of Thorne Community Woods

Friends of Thorne Community Woods

Friends Of Thorne Community Wood is Doncaster based and was founded in 1994 when the council first purchased the land. Funding has allowed the volunteer group to upgrade their equipment and to train their volunteers so they can conserve the area better.

Doncaster

Doncaster Housing For Young People

Doncaster Housing For Young People

A Doncaster-based charity, Doncaster Housing For Young People (DHYP) support young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of homelessness. Funding has helped to provide counselling and wellbeing activities, supporting 21 young people.

Doncaster

Saffron Sheffield

Saffron Sheffield

Saffron Sheffield offers free, specialist services for women in Sheffield who are suffering psychological trauma due to experiences of abuse or trauma as children or adults. Funding helped to hire a part-time specialist therapist who provided 1:1 psychotherapy for young women aged 16 – 26 in Sheffield

Sheffield

Ethel Trust

Ethel Trust

Ethel Trust organised boat trips for people living in residential care, that resulted in their wellbeing improving.

Doncaster

Blend Kitchen

Blend Kitchen

Staff at Blend Kitchen in Sheffield are getting a helping hand on the employment ladder thanks to funding from SYCF

Sheffield