Community grants
Have you got a great idea that you want to bring to life, but need some funding to get the ball rolling? We’ve got community grants of up to £2,500 available if you’re looking for support for projects in your local area.
Anyone can apply - customers, local charities and community groups. Your idea just needs to have a positive impact on the community and Yorkshire Housing customers!
In the past, we've had people use their grant to develop community gardens, lunch clubs and educational or sports programme for young people to name a few!
So, if you've got an idea on how to make some positive changes in your community, we'd love to hear from you!
How to apply
Take a look at our guidance on what we can and can't support, along with some more info on how it all works.
Then, if you meet our criteria and would like to apply, just complete our application form! We award grants in four quarterly funding rounds: April - June, July - September, October - December and January - March.
PS. Our grants programme is extremely popular so we often have more requests for funding than we can support.
Further community support
As well as our grants, our community independence team know all about the different kinds of funding also available to you. They can help you look for the best places to apply for support, depending on the type of event or activity you're planning and how much funding you need. We can give advice and guidance on your application, too!
Drop us an email with a bit of info about your idea and we'll be in touch to see how we can help.
Some examples of how our grants have helped projects like yours!
Pickering Food Share - a £500 grant helped to give training for their volunteers and get the right insurances. It also helped with their venue hire and to develop their project. After a year, with the funding and support from our team they were able to alter the kitchen in the space they rented to accommodate a small catering outlet so they could provide hot meals to elderly customers in the community.
Adira, Welcome to Sheffield book launch - a £1,250 grant supported them to cover catering and venue hire for Adira's book launch event. The event was attended by around 100 people and it had 10 volunteers (4 of which were Yorkshire Housing customers).
Are you ready to apply?
If you've read all the info and you're ready to apply, fill out our form to get the ball rolling!
Other useful info
Want to find out what else we do at Yorkshire Housing to support the community and our customers? Find out more by tapping the links.