Welcome to the new website of South Yorkshire Community Foundation
Connecting people who care to causes that matter....
South Yorkshire Community Foundation aims to improve lives in our communities
It does this through raising funds from businesses, philanthropists, trusts and statutory bodies and using them to meet the needs of local people facing economic hardship and other barriers to aspiration .
We have two very distinct roles to fulfil :-
The first is to act as a "donor services agency", meeting the needs of communities, and of individuals in certain cases, through the delivery of appropriate grants
The second is to offer targetted community support allied to the finance we hold, and the donors we serve, to produce imaginative and skillful local solutions to particular problems.
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We are a registered charity established in 1986 and created for and by the people of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield South Yorkshire Community Foundation is a community foundation - unlike other charities, you can decide what happens to the money you donate and how or where it is spent. We welcome gifts of all sizes to benefit charitable and community groups in South Yorkshire. We offer a cost effective way for donors to make a long term difference to the causes closest to their heart. Through our understanding of local issues, The Community Foundation can make perceptive and well-targetted grants that will secure the future of generations to come.
Registered Charity Number 517714
Further Success for SYCF with Award of Grassroots Grants Funding
On the back of numerous recent successes, South Yorkshire Community Foundation has now been chosen as the region's spearhead for a new £130 million government grants scheme.
The Grassroots Grants programme is split into two funds that will run alongside each other. The first, an £80 million small grants scheme, will enable community organisations to apply for grants ranging from £250 to £5000. The second, a £50 million endowments programme will allow local donors to match any money they invest with government funds to maximise their ability to provide long term funding.
The South Yorkshire Community Foundation has been given the responsibility of administering the endowment challenge in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield and for the small grants scheme all but Doncaster.
The scheme will run until 2011 and marks a significant investment by the government in the development of local charity giving.
Small organisations throughout Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield who want information on how to apply for the small grants scheme should e-mail grassroots@sycf.org.uk.
For donors interested in getting involved with the endowment challenge, contact Sandra Mullins on 0114 2424857.
Award winning Team!
On 7th July 2008, South Yorkshire Community Foundation were recognised for their work to support the flood victims after last year's devastating downpours. At the annual Institute of Fundraising National Awards at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, they were awarded the prestigious Fundraising Team of the Year and Best Local/Regional Campaign for its work on the Flood Disaster Relief Fund.
Pauline Grice, The South Yorkshire Community Foundation's Chief Executive was thrilled to collect the awards, "The floods caused so much distress and damage, the team at the Foundation responded immediately doing what we felt was the best thing to make a difference. Their hard work and the generosity of the Flood Disaster Relief donors have been recognised tonight. It really was a team effort from raising the money, to ensuring the payments were available quickly and everybody assisted."
South Yorkshire Community Foundation's Flood Disaster Relief Fund team with their awards and some of their supporters.