Case studies

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.

iwill Fund

Doncaster

Dearne Electronic Community Village

In 2009, a group began that changed the lives of residents in Thurnscoe for the better. Funding from SYCF has allowed the DECV to continue helping members of its community to feel confident with their IT skills and more hopeful when applying for jobs.

Park Spring Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Doncaster

Join In Local Life (JILL)

Join In Local Life is a group set up to combat social isolation and loneliness through funding a variety of different social groups across Thorne and Moorends. This funding has provided much-needed support to ensure that activities can continue as well as to contribute towards running new groups.

Tweenbridge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund

Doncaster

Woodland Speaks

Woodland Speaks is a community based charity located in the Woodlands area of northern Doncaster. They required funding to run specific workshops and begin a therapeutic programme, both of which have been made possible since being provided with a grant by South Yorkshire's Community Foundation

SYCF Community Grants Programme

Doncaster

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

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