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 SWEF Grant Helps Young Carpenter Carve Out Success 26th March 2025 In 2024, Andrew Merson received a grant from the Social Enterprise Fund to support his carpentry business, Sheffield Woodcraft. The grant allowed him to purchase essential high-quality tools, improving efficiency and contributing to business growth. South Yorkshire South Yorkshire’s Mayor opens £50,000 A Tree for Everyone Grant Fund for the region 24th January 2025 South Yorkshire’s Mayor, Oliver Coppard, has opened a new Tree for Everyone Grant Fund which is available to everyone in the region who would like to plant more trees. Sheffield Julie and Neil MacDonald visit Hubs Together 25th March 2024 Julie and Neil MacDonald, dedicated SYCF donors, visit fostering support group Hubs Together. South Yorkshire £600 donation to SYCF by Fishlake Flood Book Group 23rd June 2022 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 SY100 in 2021 14th December 2021 The SY100 network brings together businesses and individuals wanting to support their local communities and build a stronger South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire How community foundations are contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 23rd November 2021 This new report by UK Community Foundations looks at how the place-based community foundation model aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. South Yorkshire Almost half a million pounds available to support mental and physical health through Green Social Prescribing 13th October 2021 Around £400,000 in national and local funding is available to support local community organisations in Bassetlaw, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield in improving people’s mental and physical health through blue and green social prescribing. South Yorkshire Action needed to tackle South Yorkshire’s hidden needs 7th October 2021 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
SWEF Grant Helps Young Carpenter Carve Out Success 26th March 2025 In 2024, Andrew Merson received a grant from the Social Enterprise Fund to support his carpentry business, Sheffield Woodcraft. The grant allowed him to purchase essential high-quality tools, improving efficiency and contributing to business growth. South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire’s Mayor opens £50,000 A Tree for Everyone Grant Fund for the region 24th January 2025 South Yorkshire’s Mayor, Oliver Coppard, has opened a new Tree for Everyone Grant Fund which is available to everyone in the region who would like to plant more trees. Sheffield
Julie and Neil MacDonald visit Hubs Together 25th March 2024 Julie and Neil MacDonald, dedicated SYCF donors, visit fostering support group Hubs Together. South Yorkshire
£600 donation to SYCF by Fishlake Flood Book Group 23rd June 2022 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
SY100 in 2021 14th December 2021 The SY100 network brings together businesses and individuals wanting to support their local communities and build a stronger South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire
How community foundations are contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 23rd November 2021 This new report by UK Community Foundations looks at how the place-based community foundation model aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. South Yorkshire
Almost half a million pounds available to support mental and physical health through Green Social Prescribing 13th October 2021 Around £400,000 in national and local funding is available to support local community organisations in Bassetlaw, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield in improving people’s mental and physical health through blue and green social prescribing. South Yorkshire
Action needed to tackle South Yorkshire’s hidden needs 7th October 2021 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
