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Platinum Champions Award
April 14, 2022
In honour of Her Majesty The Queen and the great example she has set in her 70 years of service, Royal Voluntary Service ...
Being creative for the Queen’s Jubilee
April 11, 2022
A massive thank you to everyone who applied to the Let’s Create Platinum Jubilee Fund. We are delighted to let y ...
We are hiring! Could you be our next Operations & Admin Officer?
April 6, 2022
Operations & Admin Officer Salary: £20,000 – £22,000 pa. pro rata depending on experience Hours: 24 hours/we ...
Street Aid grants helping people experiencing homelessness to turn a corner
March 28, 2022
A year ago Charlie* wasn’t doing so well with life. He was having problems with his mental health, was struggling on b ...
Breaking the Bias: Celebrating women throughout Yorkshire
March 11, 2022
Dancing and laughing with burning stars at Bora Shabaa Twenty five Congolese women, wearing handmade skirts and dresses, ...
Directly supporting Ukrainian community foundations to support local people & communities as they need it
March 9, 2022
Supporting local people on the ground As war escalates in Ukraine, the 33 Ukrainian community foundations are actively i ...
What is full cost recovery? And other questions answered at our monthly Drop-In
March 8, 2022
Our third monthly Friends of Two Ridings Drop-In took place on Monday attended by people from all over the region. We ha ...
Connecting Yorkshire’s unsung heroes at the High Sheriff’s Connectivity Lunch
March 2, 2022
Recently a buzzing Connectivity Lunch at York Racecourse hosted by the outgoing High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, Venetia ...
A Valentine connection for the Deciding Together Fund grant recipients
February 15, 2022
Twenty one York groups who were successful in getting funding from the Deciding Together Fund to develop systems change ...
£45k raised in 40 minutes at the first Northern Funder crowdfunder
February 14, 2022
On a cold, wet January evening the first Northern Funder online crowdfunder event hosted by The Funding Network in partn ...
North & East Yorkshire receive the second lowest level of voluntary sector income in England
How to grow the Yorkshire Pot: the case for more philanthropy in North & East Yorkshire Last year Two Ridings Commun ...
The Yorkshire Coast fund for the borough of Scarborough launched
January 20, 2022
Enabling local community organisations to support local people in the borough for years to come Two Ridings Community Fo ...
York healthcare provider launches new community fund to support local peoples’ wellbeing and mental health
January 31, 2022
York healthcare provider Nimbuscare has this week launched a charitable arm to support projects and initiatives that hav ...
Connecting, grant news and self care at the first Friends of Two Ridings Drop-In
January 12, 2022
With people from Wearside and Wensleydale dialling in, and a fair share from York, the first Friends of Two Ridings Drop ...
Helping communities celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
January 4, 2022
Two Ridings Community Foundation are distributing the Arts Council England Let’s Create Jubilee Fund in North and East ...
Because of your support, we make a big impact
December 15, 2021
In 2020/21 Two Ridings distributed £3m in the form of 667 grants to community groups throughout North and East Yorkshir ...
Tender to develop a Leadership Programme for black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the Humber, Coast & Vale region
December 14, 2021
The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership are seeking a suitably qualified organisation/individual/consorti ...
Possibly the most generous man in York donates quiz winnings to York Street Aid
It’s always lovely to hear a story of generosity, especially at this time of year, so it was wonderful to hear abo ...
Catch up with the Two Ridings team in 2022 at our monthly Drop-Ins
At Two Ridings we are all about people and communities and wanting you to thrive. We’re looking at all the different w ...
Help stop excess winter deaths and hardship for Yorkshire folk
December 6, 2021
Two Ridings Community Foundation are calling on local people and businesses to donate to their Surviving Winter appeal a ...
£218,000 given out to 20 projects to bring ground-breaking system change for people in York
December 1, 2021
Grants distributed to make lasting change for local York people facing multiple issues like homelessness, addiction, pov ...
Emerging leaders in Hull and East Yorkshire – Join us to build your resilience, confidence and network
November 24, 2021
Do you want to be a more resilient leader? Do you want to be more connected with other regional leaders and organisa ...
Celebrating £85,000 distributed through THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District in 2021
November 18, 2021
With a bonus ‘double your money’ incentive for donors to support the fund right now Local Community Groups, the M ...
Choose real change not loose change
November 17, 2021
Street Aid helps people who are homeless to turn a corner And it gives people who want to help those people, a smarter, ...
North Yorkshire people supported during TV signal loss due to Bilsdale Mast disruption
November 10, 2021
Two Ridings Community Foundation are working with Arqiva – the company which operates the Bilsdale Television mast – ...
£218,000 awarded to 20 proposals in York through the Deciding Together Local Fund for York
November 3, 2021
Today is a day of celebration as the Deciding Together grants have been awarded. Following 7 months of participatory co- ...
Heart of Yorkshire fund opens – funding forever for people & communities in the Selby District
November 2, 2021
Monday 1st November 2021 saw the exciting launch of a brand-new community fund – Heart of Yorkshire, the fund for ...
Local people in Selby district needed for grant-making panel
October 27, 2021
Two Ridings Community Foundation is on the look out for passionate, community-focused people who have a good knowledge o ...
Increase opportunities for children and young people in the Scarborough District
October 21, 2021
Two Ridings Community Foundation have been busy in the Scarborough District over the last few months bringing together a ...
£37,300 funding distributed to six grassroots community groups by Yorkshire Dragons
October 15, 2021
Last night, business leaders and regional investors alongside an excited audience of friends and supporters of regional ...