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Blackstone Edge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
Ventient Energy has established the Blackstone Edge Windfarm Community Benefits Fund to support local community organisations, benefiting people living close to the Blackstone Edge windfarm in North West Barnsley.
SYCF Small Grants Programme
These grants are intended for small, developing and less well-resourced groups and organisations from across South Yorkshire, where small amounts of funding can make a real difference.
South Yorkshire Cost of Living Grants
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation has set up a Cost of Living Fund giving financial support to community groups supporting residents in the South Yorkshire region to help reduce food and fuel poverty.
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Loscar Wind Farm Community Fund
The Loscar Wind Farm Community Funds make small grants to support environmental sustainability and general community activities close to the site of their Loscar wind farm in Harthill, Rotherham.
SYCF Community Grants
SYCF Community Grants are made up of several funds provided by generous local donors, intended to support community groups and organisations across South Yorkshire
Tween Bridge Wind Farm Community Fund
The grant programme supports projects benefitting local people within 3 miles of the Tween Bridge wind farm near Thorne, Doncaster that support one or more of the following themes:
Sheffield Cost of Living Grants
Many people have been impacted by the increase in the cost of living, whether that’s through their energy bills or groceries in the shopping aisles. Sheffield City Council is committing £850,000 over 3 years through the Shared Prosperity Fund to deliver the Sheffield Cost of Living Fund.
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Community philanthropy can multiply value of dormant assets and build resilience, says new report
A new report by UK Community Foundations explains how the expansion of the Dormant Assets Scheme could be the catalyst for growing community philanthropy in the UK.
South Yorkshire
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Joint statement from voluntary sector partners
People in this country are facing an economic crisis of a magnitude not experienced for decades. Many who have until now been able to make ends meet will be pushed into poverty, and those who are already struggling will be pushed into desperation.
South Yorkshire
£600 donation to SYCF by Fishlake Flood Book Group
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) would like to thank Fishlake Flood Book Group donated of over £600 to support people affected by flooding, through the sales of their book
South Yorkshire
2022 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation are delighted to read community groups who have received funding from our Grants programmes, have given a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in celebration of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
South Yorkshire
Local community groups set to bring in Queen’s Jubilee with style thanks to funding
Community groups across South Yorkshire are set to benefit from over £113,000 funding from South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) to deliver creative and cultural celebrations for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee taking place next week.
South Yorkshire
RWE’s Tween Bridge Wind Farm supporting local communities
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation is pleased to announce the award of just over £8,600 towards the Fishlake Festival Funding Trust’s Jubilee Celebration events, which will take place between Thursday 2 June and Sunday 5 June 2022.
Doncaster
£1.5m distributed to South Yorkshire groups during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community groups across South Yorkshire received over £1.5m to help them deliver vital services and support during the Covid-19 pandemic, in a new report published by South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF).
South Yorkshire
New mentoring programme offering support to local charities and community groups
Leaders across South Yorkshire have joined a new mentorship programme launched by South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF), to provide strategic level support to local community groups after a challenging two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Yorkshire
Mayor’s Fund backs South Yorkshire groups with huge cash injection
Health and wellbeing in South Yorkshire has been boosted by the distribution of £185,000 to over twenty community groups, from a fund by the Mayor of South Yorkshire, Dan Jarvis, working with the South Yorkshire Community Foundation (SYCF).
South Yorkshire
Action needed to tackle South Yorkshire’s hidden needs
A new report published by South Yorkshire Community Foundation (SYCF) has revealed the four most important needs across the region after a year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Yorkshire
How David Price boosted his Personal Fund through legacy giving
Having set-up the David's Fund with South Yorkshire Community Foundation, David Price explains why he set it up
South Yorkshire
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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
The Association of Barnsley Foster Carers
The Association of Barnsley Foster Carers formed in 1975 with the aim of improving the life chances of children in care through stimulating and educational activities. Funding was used to organise activities for the children including a Christmas party and pantomime trip.
Barnsley
Exodus
Barnsley based charity Exodus provides diversionary education and activity clubs for children and young people to help turn them away from destructive lifestyles and choices. To achieve this, they utilised funding to run regular weekend camps for families, teaching family values and activities.
Barnsley
Disability Sheffield
To raise awareness of Learning Disability Week 2023, themed about busting myths about living life with a learning disability, Disability Sheffield tell their story magically
Sheffield
Breaking Beats
Breaking Beats has become a respected group looking out for young people across South Yorkshire. Funding for session workers and specialist artists led to fifteen sessions to restore and paint murals on the Boat House building in Askern.
Doncaster
Barnsley YMCA
Barnsley YMCA has a strong legacy of supporting children from a variety of backgrounds throughout their lives. ‘Little Y’, an activities group for children aged five to eight has continued due to funding from SYCF's Community Grants.
Barnsley
Doncaster Plant Works Youth Club
The Doncaster Plant Works Amateur Boxing Club holds a weekly youth club in response to the level of deprivation faced by children in Hexthorpe. Young people from the ages of 7 to 18 are benefitting from funding obtained to continue these sessions
Doncaster
Fishlake History Society
Fishlake History Society is dedicated to the preservation of the history of Fishlake village in Doncaster. To enable them to do that, they used funding to cover the cost of hiring a professional photographer.
Doncaster
Harthill Tea Day Social Club
Harthill Tea Day Social Club run fortnightly tea days for elderly people in Harthill, Tiverton and the surrounding areas, as well as also arranging trips for their members. Funding was used to help pay for the use of the local village hall where and to allow them to pay for the food and drinks they put on for members attending tea days.
Rotherham
Open Kitchen Social Club
Open Kitchen Social Club in Sheffield have been able to cover core costs, so they can continue the social club every Monday, welcoming anyone along including providing a hot meal.
Sheffield