Social Action Small Grants Fund Open for Applications
The second round of The Belfrey’s Social Action Small Grands Fund is open for applications.
In partnership with Two Ridings Community Foundation, The Belfrey is pleased to announce that a further £25,000 is now available for charities in York from our Post Pandemic Fund. As a resource church in the heart of York we want to serve our city and region; these Grants will provide support to charities and social action projects here, especially those operating at grassroots and local community level.
Charities are invited to apply for up to £2,000 to help their ongoing work and aid the recovery of York as it emerges from the COVID19 pandemic.
Begun at The Belfrey in 2021, the Post Pandemic Fund is a £1m+ programme which supports activities focusing on:
Poverty
Mental Health
Young People and Families
The closing date for this round is the 8th November. Application packs and more information can be found on the Two Ridings website.
Our previous round of funding over the summer of 2022 distributed £25,428 to 13 different local charities and community groups, providing much-needed support to people across York.
Several charities received vital funds to help launch new initiatives or expand ongoing work. York Women’s Counselling Service were awarded £2,000 to cover the costs of 200 hours of counselling for women in need in the city, sustaining their ongoing work. St Thomas’ Church in The Groves received £1,815 to run a weekly creative café for 10 weeks; and Tang Hall Community Centre aimed to tackle financial issues for families over the school holidays by providing weekly food parcels for families in need with their £1,800 grant. York Inspirational Kids received £2,000 to run cooking and craft activities to help children with autism to increase social networks and develop skills. All these amazing organisations and more have been working across York this last year to help those most in need in our city and provide activities and support for the city.
We want to continue this great work and support over winter and into next year. If you are part of a charity that might need some financial support with their work or want to begin a new initiative, we would love to be able to work with you to help achieve this - please do consider applying.
Interested to learn more about Social Action at The Belfrey or the Post Pandemic Fund?
Contact Alison Dawson, Social Action Programme Manager