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Transforming South Yorkshire through grant giving to community groups
South Yorkshire's Community Foundation helps individuals and businesses who want to give generously to support income generation for our wide-ranging grant programmes.
Giving - to community organisations and helping people, businesses to give - is what we have been passionate about for almost 40 years.
SYCF is the region’s largest local grant giving charity.
Every year, we support hundreds of community projects and organisations across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffied with grant funding. Since 1986, the Community Foundation has given out almost £40m to grassroots groups.
Over 40 years, the Foundation has created a remarkable legacy of empowering communities, supporting local charities and making a lasting difference across in South Yorkshire's communities.
It's A Giving Thing!
Our year of Giving in 2023
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£ 1769565
Total distributed
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£ 1713356
Grants to organisations
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£ 56209
Grants to individuals
Barnsley YMCA
Children between ages five and eight years old have been supported by Barnsley YMCA, with grant funding providing activities to keep the little ones entertained and engaged.
Barnsley
Darfield Bowls Club
Read how Darfield Bowls Club renovated their venue to allow players to safely access the ground, including Harry who has a severe health diagnosis, to participate and be comfortable in the surroundings.
Barnsley
Blackburn Club for Young People
Funding from our Community Grants allowed the Blackburn Club For Young People to be able to bring in paid staff members with professional training to lead their sessions, delivering projects and activities for young people to keep them off the streets and away from anti-social behaviour.
Rotherham
Disability Sheffield
The weather has improved with the arrival of the sunshine and warm temperatures, ice creams are being enjoyed and it’s not long before school is out for the summer holidays. Disability Sheffield have been creating magical poetry thanks to SYCF funding which allowed the group to hire tutors to lead the creative sessions.
Sheffield
News & Updates
Faces behind the Foundation: Rachael Farrell
Say hello to Rachael Farrell - she's our Philanthropy Coordinator, head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and oversees South Yorkshire’s Giving Network.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Evelyn Partners picks SYCF as charity of the year
A regional office of one of the UK’s largest wealth management firms is pledging to raise thousands of pounds for grassroots charity groups across South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire
Giving Network appoints new chair
Jack Kidder has taken on a new role as chair of South Yorkshire’s Giving Network (SYGN).
Meet our funders: Quickline
Quickline has partnered with SYCF to tackle unemployment in South Yorkshire through a dedicated QFutures programme including the QFutures Community Fund and the Moving on Up programme.
