You are here: Home Our Impact News News The latest information from South Yorkshire's Community Foundation, including updates from your local area Stay updated through our monthly newsletter Sign-up Region Barnsley Doncaster Sheffield Rotherham South Yorkshire Theme Arts and Heritage Crime and Safety Disadvantage and Inequity Education and Learning Healthy Living Housing and Homelessness Mental Health Natural Environment Stronger Communities Work and the Local Economy Meet our team: Jess O'Neill 20th August 2025 Meet Jess O’Neill! Jess is our Grants and Partnerships Manager. She is responsible for leading the team delivering SYCF's Grants Programmes, which gives out more than £1m to hundreds of groups every year. Social value event puts crime prevention in spotlight 18th August 2025 Businesses from across South Yorkshire came together for a special event showcasing how crime prevention initiatives co-created by young people with lived experience are helping to improve the safety of communities across the region. Foundation funding secures community transport service’s future 28th July 2025 A service that provides free transport to older people in rural parts of Rotherham to help tackle isolation and loneliness has received funding to protect its future. Rotherham Trio of community visits show funding in action 17th July 2025 Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of joining key representatives from AESSEAL on visits to three inspiring South Yorkshire projects. South Yorkshire Snooker funding is right on cue for city academy 17th July 2025 A Sheffield-based social enterprise supporting young people with learning or physical disabilities through snooker coaching is cued up for success thanks to charitable grant funding. Sheffield Giving Network welcomes Barnsley representative, Brooke 4th July 2025 Brooke Taylor has become the new Barnsley representative for South Yorkshire’s Giving Network (SYGN). Barnsley, South Yorkshire Meet the trustees: Carole O'Neill 1st July 2025 Introducing SYCF trustee, Carole O’Neill. Carole, a former A&E Ward Sister in Doncaster and long-serving Magistrate, became South Yorkshire’s first female High Sheriff in 2020. South Yorkshire Grant funding helping communities warm their homes 30th June 2025 A project created to help families and people in Sheffield through fuel poverty has successfully supported 60 homes thanks to charitable funding. Sheffield 1 2 ... 18 Next
Meet our team: Jess O'Neill 20th August 2025 Meet Jess O’Neill! Jess is our Grants and Partnerships Manager. She is responsible for leading the team delivering SYCF's Grants Programmes, which gives out more than £1m to hundreds of groups every year.
Social value event puts crime prevention in spotlight 18th August 2025 Businesses from across South Yorkshire came together for a special event showcasing how crime prevention initiatives co-created by young people with lived experience are helping to improve the safety of communities across the region.
Foundation funding secures community transport service’s future 28th July 2025 A service that provides free transport to older people in rural parts of Rotherham to help tackle isolation and loneliness has received funding to protect its future. Rotherham
Trio of community visits show funding in action 17th July 2025 Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of joining key representatives from AESSEAL on visits to three inspiring South Yorkshire projects. South Yorkshire
Snooker funding is right on cue for city academy 17th July 2025 A Sheffield-based social enterprise supporting young people with learning or physical disabilities through snooker coaching is cued up for success thanks to charitable grant funding. Sheffield
Giving Network welcomes Barnsley representative, Brooke 4th July 2025 Brooke Taylor has become the new Barnsley representative for South Yorkshire’s Giving Network (SYGN). Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Meet the trustees: Carole O'Neill 1st July 2025 Introducing SYCF trustee, Carole O’Neill. Carole, a former A&E Ward Sister in Doncaster and long-serving Magistrate, became South Yorkshire’s first female High Sheriff in 2020. South Yorkshire
Grant funding helping communities warm their homes 30th June 2025 A project created to help families and people in Sheffield through fuel poverty has successfully supported 60 homes thanks to charitable funding. Sheffield
