Case studies

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.

Park Spring Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Barnsley

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.

Tweenbridge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Doncaster

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.

Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Doncaster

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

Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Sheffield

Ethel Trust

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

Tweenbridge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Doncaster

Blend Kitchen

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

SYCF Moving On Up Programme

Sheffield

Darfield Bowls Club

Funding from the Park Spring Windfarm Community Fund allowed Darfield Bowls Club to renovate their grounds

Park Spring Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Barnsley

Grow To School

National Growing For Wellbeing Week 2023 shines a spotlight on Grow To School, who explain how their local growing has helped the physical and mental health of young children.

Blackstone Edge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

South Yorkshire