What we've funded
Two Ridings has been making a positive impact on the communities in North and East Yorkshire since 2000
2024 saw us award £2.2 million in 477 grants alleviating poverty, reducing inequality, improving health and wellbeing and creating sustainable communities.
Making a difference in North and East Yorkshire
View our latest Impact Report to see the impact of our donors’ support.
At Two Ridings, we understand and nurture the power of community to transform people’s lives across our region.
Every day, grassroots community organisations are tackling the most pressing challenges facing our society, such as poverty, loneliness, the mental health crisis and rural isolation.
They offer support and advice, essential services, opportunities for creativity and self-expression, and new sources of social connection. They build relationships of trust, generosity and care.
This is work that lights sparks in the darkness, rekindles hope and self-belief, and builds the networks of support and solidarity that enable real change. This is the power of community.
At Two Ridings, we are constantly trying to make life easier for the community organisations we support. We do that by simplifying our application processes, speeding up our grant turn around and encouraging donors to be flexible with their funds and offering more support.
Leaving no one behind
Our funding reaches people from all walks of life across Yorkshire, including children and young people, families up against poverty, people experiencing mental and physical health challenges, global majority groups, the LGBTQ+ community and older people. We take particular care to ensure our funds support organisations working with those people and communities who experience the greatest disadvantage. We do not leave anyone behind.
The places we support
14% East Riding │11% Harrogate │37% Hull │9% Rural North Yorkshire │7% Scarborough │5% Selby │ 15% York │ 2% Outside Region
Making a difference locally 2024
£2.2 million
distributed
£4,800
average grant made
477
grants awarded
Funding Archive
Click below to see all the grants awarded by year.
Open data and transparency
We are committed to transparency and work with 360Giving to make data about our grant making freely accessible, so that funders, charities and researchers can use the data to improve grant making practice in the future.
Our Open Data Policy is robust and practical leading to greater engagement in the issues faced by the local community and voluntary sector across the region.
Our community stories
The magic ripple effect of sharing food together
Tang Hall Community Centre: York
Building a community at the Scarborough Over 50s Friendship Centre
Scarborough Over 50s Friendship Centre: Scarborough
Good Health and Wellbeing, Sustainable Cities and Communities