OUR YEAR OF GIVING 2025

A Landmark Year for Giving

As we celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2026, we reflect on a remarkable legacy of empowering South Yorkshire’s communities and supporting the local charities that make a lasting difference.

In 2025, a landmark year for giving, we reached a historic milestone by distributing £2,152,005, our highest annual total ever and a 42% increase over 2024. Despite a strategic pause on main programmes to transition to a streamlined data system, we awarded £637,865 more than the previous year across South Yorkshire and the UK. This resulted in a 79.2% success rate for applications ( representing the proportion of applications fully paid relative to those rejected), bringing our 40-year impact to a grand total of £40 million awarded to vital causes to 411 community groups throughout South Yorkshire.

  • Funding Awarded

    Funding Awarded

    £2.2 Million

  • Applications Funded

    Applications Funded

    411

  • People Supported

    People Supported

    669,317

Our Year of Giving 2025

A document outlining our year of giving Oct 01 2024 - Sept 30 2025

(PDF, 10.8 MB)

An overview of our year of giving Oct 01 2024 - Sept 30 2025 (Financial Year)

Meet Michelle

Michelle leads strategic partnerships to connect giving with community need across the region. Since joining in 2019, she has played a key role in major funding initiatives, including flood appeals and cost-of-living support, helping to raise over £2.5 million for South Yorkshire communities.
Her working days are Monday to Friday.

Michelle Dickinson

Deputy CEO and Head of Partnerships and Programmes

0114 261 5144

mdickinson@sycf.org.uk

Michelle Dickinson