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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.
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Our year of Giving in 2025
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£ 2,152,005
Total distributed
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411
Grants approved
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669,317
Individuals supported
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
New SYCF fund launched to support Sheffield’s culture sector
A new charitable fund is being launched to support Sheffield’s arts and culture sector, with local people, businesses and philanthropists being invited to help grow its impact.
Sheffield
Grant funding for Barnsley dementia exercise group
People living with dementia and their families, as well as those with physical challenges in Barnsley are benefiting from a new exercise group created thanks to grant funding from South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF).
Barnsley
Community Foundation welcomes nine new patrons
A group of nine respected business leaders, philanthropists and community champions have been appointed as patrons of South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF).
Business grant breakthrough for apprentice’s new events enterprise
A Sheffield-based apprentice has turned an idea born from his own experience into a thriving events enterprise thanks to support from South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF).
Sheffield
