We only award grants to voluntary sector organisations based in Sheffield. If you would like support and information on grants for individuals, you can apply to your Local Assistance Scheme.
The Grant Giving Team at Sheffield City Council strategically invests £2,985,372.53 annually into Sheffield’s crucial voluntary sector with 56 partners and over 30 lunch clubs, providing activities, support and advice to the residents of Sheffield. We recognise the vital role the voluntary sector plays in meeting the city's priorities.
Current grants available
Family Hub Community Champion Network Grant
The Family Hub Network will enhance connecting early years providers, community partners and the families they link with to the Family Hub (FH) and Start for Life (SfL) offer.
We will work together to ensure all Sheffield families have access to services which are able to provide earliest support to individual families and increase the number of families accessing Family Hub services including:
- Parenting
- Infant feeding
- Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) and Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRs)
- Home Learning Environment
We aim to work together to deliver services which are:
- more accessible
- better connected
- relationship focussed
Individual lots of £10,000 are available to support this transformation across the city. More information is available below:
How to apply
Complete the application form below and email it to EarlyHelpTraining@sheffield.gov.uk.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 22 October 2023.
Annual grants
The following are the grant awards made by Sheffield City Council annually:
- Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS), (£22,000)
- Age UK (£61,904)
- Darnall Wellbeing (£121,100)
- Heeley City Farm (£76,349.63)
- Heeley Trust with partners: FURD, Heeley Asian Women’s Group, Roshni, Shipshape (£57,000)
- Manor Castle Development Trust (£181,900)
- The Terminus Initiative (£78,436)
- Shipshape with partners: Archer Project, Employers Forum, Broomhall Forum, Apna (£123,900)
- SOAR with partners: Firvale Community Hub and Aspiring Communities Trust (ACT), (£428,578.71)
- Stocksbridge Leisure Centre (£53,668.73)
- Woodhouse Community Development Forum (£164,926.30)
- Zest, with partner St Johns (£148,505.73)
‘People Keeping Well’ is sometimes known as Social Prescribing. It's all about connecting people to a range of local services to improve general health and wellbeing.
The programme focuses on interventions to increase access to services and to tackle the issues which underpin many health problems. It also builds on the skills which already exist in these communities.
People Keeping Well is comprised of two strands: the Community Wellbeing Programme and Resilient Communities, both of which are delivered by 17 partnerships across the city. The initiative grew out of the Health Communities Programme and has been developed in partnership with local people, with activities provided through voluntary sector organisations.
The People Keeping Well team at Sheffield City Council works with the lead voluntary sector organisations, administering and monitoring grants; connecting the organisations with partners and other projects/programmes and funding opportunities; and disseminating information and opportunities.
A further five years of funding for People Keeping Well and Grant Aid (2023-2028) was approved at the Sheffield City Council Strategy and Resources Committee on 5 December 2022. The committee papers can be accessed here, see agenda item 11:
Strategy and Resources Policy Committee - Monday 5 December 2022, 2:00 pm
If you have further questions, you can contact the team at pkw@sheffield.gov.uk.
Available funding
If you are looking for funding or support to access funding, you can contact the following organisations:
- South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB) - they provide information, advice and training on funding and fundraising to community and voluntary organisations
- Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS) - provide support and leadership to the voluntary sector and has done so for over 90 years. Their mission is to support the development of voluntary and community action in a professional way, so it is sustainable & brings about positive social change
- South Yorkshire's Community Foundation (SYCF) helps individuals and businesses who want to give generously to support their wide-ranging grant programme for community groups. Giving, and helping people and businesses to give, is what they have been passionate about for over 37 years.
- Local Area Committees (LAC) promote the involvement of local people in the democratic process and to bring decision making closer to local people
- Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) This holiday provision is for school-aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals
- Sheffield Directory - your local information and advice website. Use it to find information and advice, and to discover local groups, activities and services in your area