South Yorkshire's Community Foundation

We've been nominated in 2 categories at the Yorkshire Choice Awards 2026! 🙌
💜SYCF: Charitable Excellence
💜Anne Dean: Volunteer of the Year
To support us, you can cast your vote online. ⬇️
yorkshirechoice.wufoo.com/forms/z1d7r7...
Voting closes on 1 March 2026. Thank you for your support. 🙏

A wonderful 40th birthday message from our friends at Worth Unlimited and Sew Mindful Crafts CIC to brighten up this grey day! 🌞
It’s a real privilege to support groups like this who are doing such vital work in communities across South Yorkshire💜
Thank you for being part of our story.
#SYCF40

Meet the Funder: Key Fund Come along to explore whether repayable finance is right for your charity or social enterprise in Sheffield.

Meet the Funder: Key Fund Investments
🗓 11 Feb 2026
📍Voluntary Action Sheffield
⏰ 10am–12 noon
Find out whether repayable finance is right for your organisation. Delivered in partnership with our SYFAB experts, VAS & Sheffield Social Enterprise Network
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-f...

Sheffield walking rugby scheme helps group with mental health The Eagles Foundation started the walking rugby group in 2023 to help fans combat social isolation.

Wonderful to see Sheffield Eagles Foundation's #walkingrugby sessions featured on BBC Yorkshire.🙂
🏈The group's been supported by grants from Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park's Legacy Fund, which is delivered in partnership with SYCF. More info ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#legacyfund #SYCF40

🔦 #FundingFriday spotlight on RWE Tween Bridge Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund.
🎯 Available to community groups within three miles of the Tween Bridge Wind Farm.
💷 Grants from £500–£7,500
Apply now! www.sycf.org.uk
Deadline 9am, Monday 16th February 2026.
#doncasterisgreat#sycf40 #40yearsofgiving

🎶 Thurcroft Welfare Brass Band was formed by the Miners Welfare Committee in the 1940s for Thurcroft Colliery workers and their families.
Funding has helped the group invest in new instruments, ensuring the band can play on and keep its history and heritage alive.
#40YearsOfGiving #SYCF40

40 years of community impact across South Yorkshire 💜
🎂Here, our trustee, Adrian Kirk, kicks off our birthday message series as we celebrate the milestone with some of the people who made it possible.
#thankyou #SYCF40 #40yearsofgiving #southyorkshire #ItsAGivingThing #CommunityImpact

Do you know a voluntary or community group making a difference in South Yorkshire?
To mark 40 years of South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) in 2026, we’re inviting groups from across the region to enter our Community Celebration Awards. 🏆
www.sycf.org.uk/about-us/com... #SYCF40

Our January newsletter's out now! 🤗
4️⃣ 0️⃣ Celebrating our 40th year with a look back at 4 decades of giving!
🏆 How you can apply for our Community Celebration Awards.
🪡 Sew successful! The inspiring story of Fashion Fusion CIC
bit.ly/4b8A8gM
#SYCF40 #ItsAGivingThing

Brightening up Blue Monday by turning it into Brew Monday at BHP ☕
Fantastic to catch up with Suzy Harris-Milnes at BHP’s incredible new Sheffield city centre offices. 🌞
#BlueMonday #BrewMonday #SYCF40 #LegacyGiving #Philanthropy #SouthYorkshire

It's our 40th year 🥳 to celebrate we want to share more from some of the amazing groups we fund.🤩
First up: Thorne Countrywomen's Association which provides a vital lifeline for older women, many who live on their own or have disabilities.🫶
Learn more ⬇️
#SYCF40 #CommunityImpact #socialisolation

Our @syfab.bsky.social experts are delivering a series of sessions for groups in Doncaster in 2026.
From Meet the Funder events to free funding advice surgeries, there's a host of opportunities.
Booking info ⬇️

Community Celebration Awards open for nominations! 🎊🏆
To celebrate 4️⃣0️⃣ years of giving, we’re inviting voluntary and community not-for-profit groups from across the region who have been funded by SYCF to showcase their work by entering our awards! www.sycf.org.uk/about-us/com...
#SYCF40

🏆 Big night of awards ahead! We’re up for two regional awards!
⭐ Doncaster Chamber of Commerce Business Awards charity of the year
⭐unLTD Business Best Not For Profit or Social Enterprise
Good luck to all the nominees!
#awards #celebratingsuccess #SYCF #southyorkshire

£2,000 boost for Rotherham community group A COMMUNITY group founded to support people through mental health challenges, addiction recovery, and suicide awareness has been awarded £2,000 at a special social value event.

💬 “This funding will help us continue delivering vital support and making a real difference.”
Find out how Rotherham group Better Today has been boosted by a £2,000 grant award from our South Yorkshire's Giving Network.
www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
#rotherhamiswonderful #SYGN #SYCF

🎱 Lovely to see The Stephen Harrison Snooker Academy featured in the latest issue of Community Connector.
The Academy has received funding from SYCF via the Legacy Fund to set up a group for 18-25 year olds with learning and physical disabilities.
issuu.com/sheffieldoly...

We're proud to stand with the sector in supporting Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2025.
Working together, we can #StopCharityFraud.
#CharityFraudAwarenessWeek #StopCharityFraud #Governance #Transparency

A warm welcome to Lina Abdelsalam who joins us from The University of Sheffield for a placement. Lina is a third-year medical student.
It's great to have you with us, Lina!
#volunteering #placement #workexperience #ItsAGivingThing

We’re excited to expand support for care leavers across Rotherham & Sheffield as part of the Care Leavers Programme! It's thanks to a new donation of £1.7m by the Henry Smith Foundation, announced by @ukcf.bsky.social 🎉
🔗 bit.ly/49Fw86y
#CommunityFoundations #CareLeavers #LocalImpact #SYCF

🎉 Special night for our Celebration of Success event.
We awarded £2,000 to four fantastic community projects.
🌟Barnsley: Help 4 Homeless Veterans
🌟Doncaster: Worth Unlimited
🌟Rotherham: Better Today
🌟Sheffield: In2Change
Massive thanks to all those who support us and make this possible. 💜
#SYGN

⏰ Final chance to get applications in for our Grants Officer vacancy. If you're passionate about the people and places of South Yorkshire and have excellent communication and organisational skills, then we want to hear from you! Deadline is 17 November, 5pm.
Apply 👉 www.sycf.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Exciting news to share this morning!🎉
We've been shortlisted in the Best Not-For-Profit or Social Enterprise category at the 2025 unLTD Business Awards!
#proud #awardsuccess #southyorkshire

Last night, we we’re proud to join Community Foundation colleagues from across the UK at London’s Lancaster House to mark 50 years of place-based impact, hosted by @ukcf.bsky.social 🎉
What an incredible place to celebrate the impact of local giving. Here's to the next 50 years!

New trustee role for Michelle High Green Development Trust has appointed Michelle Dickinson, Head of Philanthropy and Programmes at SYCF, as a new trustee.

We’re proud to see our own Michelle Dickinson, Head of Philanthropy and Programmes, join the board of trustees at High Green Development Trust. 👏💜
www.sycf.org.uk/our-impact/n...
#CommunityChampion #HighGreen #SYCF #GivingBack #LocalHeroes #trusteerole

🌟 An outstanding group making a big difference...🌟 A group where volunteers are in the driving seat...🌟 A group with the highest standards in everything you do...Is this you?
The #KingsAward for Voluntary Service (KAVS) is open for applications kavs.dcms.gov.uk
#volunteersmakeadifference

Vacancies The place to find all open paid or volunteer vacancies at South Yorkshire Community Foundation

We’re recruiting a Grants Officer to join our award-winning team!
💟2-year fixed term contract
💟30 hrs/week
💟£25,500 - £26,500 pro rata at £20,400 - £21,200
📅 Deadline 5pm, Monday 17th November 2025
www.sycf.org.uk/about-us/vac...
#jobs #southyorkshire #charityjobs #vacancy #joinourteam #SYCF

Fantastic turnout for our Meet the Funder event with Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park this morning! 👋
It was brilliant to connect with so many diverse and inspiring community groups over coffee and cakes! Huge thanks to everyone who came along 🙏

🎉 We’re celebrating! 🏆Hot on the heels of our shortlisting for the Doncaster Chamber Business Awards 2025, we’re thrilled to have been named Best Regional Community Grant Giving Foundation 2025 at the Business Elite Awards!

Our latest newsletter's out now! In this issue:
🏆 We're celebrating an awards double!
🍽️ Details of an exciting new project with top chef Chris Hanson
💷 How SYCF's supporting Barnsley Main to preserve the borough's mining legacy
bit.ly/4q42NbR
#newsletter #SYCF #itsagivingthing #awardssuccess

Meet the Funder comes to Barnsley! Come and chat to us at Barnsley Town Hall for free funding advice. Experts from our Grants and SYFAB teams, plus representatives from Barnsley CVS will be on hand to answer your questions!
#fundingadvice #communitysupport #barnsleyevent