Foundation’s CEO takes on charity sleepout to tackle homelessness
The chief executive of South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) is aiming to raise £800 to support people experiencing poverty and homelessness across the region by taking part in a charity sleepout. Martin Singer DL will join business leaders and chief executives from across South Yorkshire for CEO Sleepout Sheffield 2026 at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park on Thursday 12 November. The event will see participants spend a night sleeping outdoors at Steel City Stadium to raise funds and awareness for
Tablet donations boost digital access for South Yorkshire charities
South Yorkshire charities are now switched on to gigabit capable connectivity thanks to a donation of devices from Quickline Communications. Working in partnership with South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF), Quickline has gifted almost 20 local charities with tablets. Those benefitting include Doncaster Housing for Young People. It forms part of SYCF’s partnership with Quickline which has seen the Yorkshire company set up two funds with the Foundation - Moving on Up and Q Futures – awarding grants
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New grants officer joins SYCF
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) has strengthened its grants team with the appointment of Charlotte John. Charlotte has joined the Foundation as a Grants Officer and will play a key role in supporting community organisations across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield through the funding process, from assessments to grant delivery and monitoring. Alongside her role at SYCF, Charlotte is completing an MSc in Psychology. She brings experience in creative and community arts
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South Yorkshire represented at prestigious Lancaster House celebration
Representatives from South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF) were amongst the 300 guests who came together at Lancaster House, in London, to mark 50 years of strengthening local communities through place-based philanthropy. SYCF’s Chief Executive, Martin Singer, and Chair, Chris Booth Mayblin, joined donors, partners and Community Foundation leaders from around the UK for the prestigious event celebrating half a century of giving. It was hosted by UK Community Foundations (UKCF) – which heads up a
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Former transport boss appointed Community Foundation trustee
The founder and former boss of a leading South Yorkshire transport company has taken on a new trustee role. David Price, formerly managing director of Price Express Transport Ltd, has joined the Board of South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF). David established his business in 1979 from his parents’ home. Over nearly four decades, he grew Price Express Transport into a successful logistics company operating in a niche market across the UK, before selling in 2015. He holds ‘The David Price
Generous Gas Engineers Helping Communities With the Cost of Living
A kind-hearted trio of British Gas engineers have turned their focus from customers to communities by directing £2,000 to a Cost of Living Fund overseen by South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF). Josh Hill, Customer Delivery Manager from Thorpe Hesley, and his team of nineteen engineers decided they wanted to help people across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield with the cost of living crisis, after being given £1,000 by their employers for a charitable donation, which was subsequently