SOUTH YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Clay
Street
Attercliffe
Sheffield
S9 2PF
Tel:
Grants: 0114 242 4294
Tel: Admin: 0114 242 4857
Fax: 0114 242 4605
Email: grants@sycf.org.uk
Website : www.sycf.org.uk
South
Yorkshire Community Foundation is a grant giving organisation
available for local community or voluntary groups in South Yorkshire.
SHEFFIELD FUNDS
1)
Neighbourhood Renewal – Community Chest
Grants
between £50 and £5000 for small community groups working with people
facing poverty and / or disadvantage to improve their neighbourhood.
2)
Neighbourhood Renewal – Community Learning Chest
Grants
up to £500 are available to encourage individuals involved in
neighbourhood renewal to develop their skills and knowledge or up to
£5000 for community groups regenerating their local neighbourhood.
3)
Community Champions
This
fund provides grants of between £50 and £2000 for training and support
to individual volunteers working with or in community groups.
4)
Local Network Fund For Children and Young People
Grants
of between £250 and £7000 are available for various themes. See South
Yorkshire Community Foundation web site for more details.
5)
Small Grants Fund
These
grants are intended for smaller, less well-resourced groups where
small amounts of funding can make a real difference. The majority of
grants are one-off payments of between £50 and £1500.
BIG
LOTTERY FUND
The Big
Lottery Fund is the distributor for the National Lottery grants and
was formed by merging the New Opportunities Fund and the Community
Fund. The website has details of how to apply for Big Lottery funding
together with links to other funding sources.
Website: www.nof.org.uk
As part
of the Lottery programme is Awards for All a grants scheme aimed at
local communities. Grants of between £500 and £5000 are available to
fund projects that take part in art, sport, heritage and community
activities as well as projects that promote education, the environment
and health in the local community.
Website:
www.awardsforall.org.uk
SOUTH YORKSHIRE KEY FUND
Tel:
01709 516 016 / 7
Application Pack: 0845 140 1400
Website : www.sykeyfund.org.uk
The
South Yorkshire Key Fund aims to encourage and support social
enterprises. These are businesses with predominately social
objectives. Surpluses are re-invested back into the business or in the
community, supporting and creating self-sustainability leading to
wider benefits.
FUNDS
1) Enterprise Fund
Provides up to £5000 pre-matched grants for specific areas of business
development.
2)
Growth
Fund
Provides both grants and loans as part of a combined package. Match
funds of 20% of the total project value will be required. Applicants
will be able to access up to £20000 in grants and a further £10000 in
loans.
3)
Loan and Investment
Fund
This
fund will provide loans up to £25000 and also individual equity
investments / social venture capital tailored to individuals needs to
a maximum of £100000. Match funds of 30% of the total project value
will be required.
The
fund will target enterprises with sufficient track records in
community economic development and have capacity to develop.
For
further details of any of these schemes please refer to the relevant
websites.