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CREATING CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
Welcome
Our Story 2018/19 OUR TRUSTEES
is supported by
Carolyn Black Tom Bridges Craig Burton Roohi Collins Tony Cooke
It is a real honour to introduce Kate’s first full year as CEO has seen the We are proud to report that this brings the Mark Emerton Lorraine Hallam Cleveland Henry Mike Jackson Nathan Lane
Foundation renew our focus on delivering our total amount we have distributed to date to
‘Our Story’ for 2018/2019 on behalf
mission to create cities of opportunity for all, over £42m, supporting hundreds of thousands
of the staff team, volunteers, and exploring the best possible ways to deliver of people in some of the most deprived
board, supporters, ambassadors impact for the stakeholders and communities communities of Leeds and Bradford.
and patrons. It is also testament we serve. We invested time and thought Nick Lane Fox
into creating a new five year plan: Plan 2024 For our most vulnerable communities,
to the hard work of our previous Ambitious for All, and we redefined our vision. the economic and social outlook remains Corrina Lawrence John McGhee Sharon Orr Helen Thomson
Chair, Rachel Hannan, that we unpredictable and austerity continues to bite
We invested in restructuring our internal during these uncertain times. The Foundation
have seen some strong results and OUR PATRONS
team and refreshing the Foundation’s website, strives to ensure there is essential support,
developments as we transitioned and benefited from a complete office a platform for growth, and access to
CEO for the first time since the refurbishment courtesy of Styles & Wood opportunity for those in our communities who
Foundation’s creation. (part of Extentia Group). need it most.
We consulted with our colleagues across the A huge thank you to everyone helping make
Third Sector Organisations we serve, and built a positive change in our communities across Ed Anderson Gabby Logan
on existing strong partnerships with public and Leeds and Bradford - with your help we look HM Lord-Lieutenant
of West Yorkshire
BBC Sport
private sector partners prepared and able to forward to making an even greater contribution
invest in communities. in the future. OUR AMBASSADORS
The Foundation worked hard to distribute
£4.1m across 634 grants, supporting 371 Third Nick Lane Fox Kate Hainsworth
Sector Organisations. The team has used the Chair Chief Executive
knowledge gained in that process to inform
future decisions and coordinate our support to
communities, alongside that of other funders Stevie Ward Christine Talbot Junior Frood Richard McCann
Leeds Rhinos ITV Calendar World Freestyle Street Motivational Speaker and
and partners. Kate Hainsworth Dance Champion
and Anti-Bullying
Founder of the iCan Academy
Campaigner
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Our Vis io n PEOPLE
ARE HEALTHY
AND WELL
CREATING CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITIES
THRIVE AND
PEOPLE ARE
LEARNING,
WORKING AND
FINANCIALLY
PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING
AND PLAYING
PILLARS
These are the
overarching
outcomes that we
want all people in
our cities to be able
to enjoy. They are
closely related and
ARE SAFE WELL often interdependent.
Leeds Community Foundation is creating
cities of opportunity for all. We work
together with partners to create positive LEEDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT-MAKING IS A CONDUIT TO INCREASED
CAPACITY AND A STRENGTHENED OFFER OF THE THIRD SECTOR
change with the communities that
need it most, by investing funding and
expertise to build a better future now. INCREASED
INCREASED
INCREASED EXPERTISE
PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS
PHILANTHROPY IN LEEDS AND BRADFORD
AND WITHIN SECTORS PLATFORM
We invest in Third
Sector Organisations
and their expertise to
In many ways, Leeds and Bradford are thriving cities and help us achieve our
districts, but they are also areas of great contrast and pillars, as they are
inequality where not all people and communities enjoy best placed to provide
equal health, income and opportunities to thrive. grassroots solutions.
FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION
Our ‘Theory of Change’ is a framework which encapsulates our Increased investment We are passionate about By ensuring our expertise is
approach to fulfilling our vision. It helps us set priorities and from donors enables us joining up the efforts, robust, we can efficiently and
focus our investment and resources by targeting activities, to connect them with the knowledge, resources and effectively address the needs
causes they are passionate commitment of our public, of local communities
assess the effectiveness of our grant-making and ensure
about and create stronger private and third sectors, as and individuals.
decision-making is aligned to our strategy.
sustainable sources of vital well as our communities.
grant-making funds.
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Highlights HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUICIDE PREVENTION HEALTHY HOLIDAYS FOR THOUSANDS TACKLING LOCAL HEALTH ISSUES
ACCESS HIGHER EDUCATION Suicide Prevention is a national priority. ACROSS LEEDS AND BRADFORD THROUGH THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES
Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) worked In Leeds, men are five times more likely than The Healthy Holidays programme launched in 2018, through funding Our £2.3m NHS-funded Third Sector Health Grants programme
with Leeds Community Foundation to provide women to take their own lives. In partnership from Leeds City Council and Jimbo’s Fund, to support some of provided convincing evidence that voluntary organisations are
funding to communities as part of a larger with Leeds City Council, we are now delivering the 1 in 5 children who live in poverty in Leeds. well-placed to improve the health and wellbeing of people and
programme, which aimed to increase the a three year programme supporting social communities in Leeds.
number of young people aged 13-19 moving activities for men, determined by local men, With over 5,200 schoolchildren supported and 5 tonnes of
into Higher Education from areas where and providing outreach work with targeted intercepted food distributed to projects in summer 2018, the fund This resulted in the launch of a £250,000 Harnessing the Power
progression rates are currently low. communities in order to reduce social isolation. gave access to healthy activities and meals, reducing the impact of of Communities Fund in 2018, supported by the West Yorkshire
holiday hunger and other pressures on families. It provided a wealth and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership.
The GHWY Fund distributed £130,000 to The Leeds Suicide audit cited relationship of new opportunities and experiences for young people in the areas
14 community organisations, supporting problems, living alone, social isolation, of greatest need. 9 projects received funding to deliver creative, tailored and holistic
over 393 people across West Yorkshire. worklessness and financial difficulties as approaches to health and wellbeing. A young dementia cafe, a
The programme delivered innovative projects some of the contributing factors to why In 2019, we secured further funding from Leeds City Council, Asda new carer support group, disability advice and peer-support at
that developed young people’s knowledge men in Leeds self-harm and take their Foundation and the Department of Education, enabling us to support foodbanks, wellbeing outreach for 16-25 year olds with mental
of the benefits of Higher Education. It built own lives. To date, £134,000 has been over 79 projects in Leeds, totalling over £550,000. health issues and new men’s support groups are just some examples
their resilience to negotiate the challenges channelled into Third Sector Organisations of the projects addressing loneliness and isolation, carer support
of accessing and succeeding in college or to provide outreach activities in areas of We were also able to launch the GiveBradford Healthy Holidays and health inequalities in our communities.
university life, and empowered parents, Leeds that need the most support. programme, where we distributed over £270,000 to local groups to
carers and other family members to support help some of the 17,000 schoolchildren needing support across the
young people in doing this. Bradford district.
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Our Impact
2018/2019
£835,000
grants distributed
59,000
77
Leeds Community Foundation has distributed GiveBradford was launched Key to the success of GiveBradford has
over £42 million in grants to date across
number
been securing continued investment
in November 2017 to support through funds, including:
Leeds and Bradford, enabling positive change people supported local communities across the • Building A Stronger Britain Together
in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people
in our communities.
We distribute grants, share advice and use our specialist knowledge to help
across Leeds and
Bradford
district, enabling positive
change and improving the
lives of local people.
• Community Partnering Fund
• Henry Smith Charity
• High Sheriff of West Yorkshire
of grants
• #iWill Youth Social Action Fund
Third Sector Organisations thrive, so they can make an even greater impact
and create opportunities for people to be Healthy and Well, Thrive and be This year we have distributed £835,000 • Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation Fund
£5,000
Safe, Work, Learn and be Financially Well, and Experience and Play. (more than ever before), supporting those • Pears Youth Fund
that need help the most.
• Provident Social Impact Fund
634 £4.1m £5,000
The GiveBradford 100 Club is continuing
to engage with businesses and individuals as well as attracting new funds, including:
wanting to make a difference in the area in
which they live and work. We seek to attract • Bradford Youth Fund
further investment to enable us to create a • Healthy Holidays
city of opportunity for all across Bradford. • Go Higher West Yorkshire
TYPICAL grant size
• Manjit Wolstenholme Fund
• Nationwide Community Grants
number of grants grants distributed across typical grant size
Leeds and Bradford
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T he L ee ds Fund MEET SHARON
“It all started with my son bringing a letter home, advertising the
cookery club. At the end of each year, my son used to bake buns
to give to the teachers and his classmates. I thought it would be
a good idea for him to learn more about cooking. He was a fussy
Leeds Community Foundation There are three types of grants available from THE LEEDS FUND – SMALL GRANTS eater, but he really enjoyed it and even started trying new food. I
The Leeds Fund: Micro, Small and Strategic.
launched The Leeds Fund in 2016 to (UP TO £2,500) loved it too and it was good for me to get out.
attract investment from businesses THE LEEDS FUND – MICRO GRANTS These grants support local community activities I’d suffered from depression for a long time. Before I’d started the
and individuals who want to give that address a specific need. Recent rounds club, I would drop him off and go back home then I’d sit in my
(UP TO £500) have prioritised young people’s mental health
back to the city in which they live and pyjamas all day. I had been a full-time carer for my husband and I
These grants provide funding to trial innovative and building cohesive communities where spent almost every minute of every day looking after him. When he
work. This enables us to distribute ideas that make positive changes in local diversity in background and circumstance passed away, I had all this time which I didn’t know what to do with.
key funding across the city in a communities. A Micro Grant can have a real is valued and positive relationships I lost interest in everything.
impact on people’s lives. Something that starts are strengthened.
targeted way by distributing grants to out as a pilot can become a lasting project. Cooking club set me a goal to start doing things again. It made me
community groups that can have an In 2018/2019, 4,300 people were supported feel important and valued again. After cooking club, I became a
immediate impact on the ground. In 2018/2019, 17 Micro Grants supported around through a range of activities, including: a youth volunteer at Flourishing Families. It gave me pleasure knowing that I
500 people through a diverse range of projects, cafe in Harehills, a welcome hub in Crossgates could go out and help somebody else, like Flourishing Families had
such as: a creative writing course, digital shopping centre, outings for people with helped me on my road to recovery.”
literacy, getting isolated young mums to ‘Gym learning disabilities and autism, and a theatre
or Swim’, gaining edible gardening skills to production around domestic violence and Flourishing Families’ vision is to see children growing in
create a community herb garden in a neglected abuse. These are just some of the creative confidence and fulfilling their potential, parents well supported
former bin yard, a school uniform recycling approaches successfully piloted. and whole families equipped to connect well with each other and
scheme, Little Free Libraries in unexpected the community. With funding from The Leeds Fund Small Grants,
places and projects getting communities they were able to set up parent-led cookery clubs in Bramley,
together and talking. where parents and children of different racial heritage and
backgrounds learn to cook food inspired by the cuisine of local
communities, learning about nutrition and healthy diet.
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T he L ee ds Fund MEET MARIE
“I had been off work due to ill health. I first came to LS14 Trust when
I started to look for work again. I wanted help in applying for jobs
THE LEEDS FUND – STRATEGIC partnership with the third sector and key public online and I didn’t know anything about computers. They helped
and civic organisations in Leeds, in our role as me search and write it all down. When I lost my husband about two
GRANTS (UP TO £25,000) years ago, I needed something to get me out of the house. They had
a convener and catalyst for change in the city.
The Leeds Fund Strategic Grants programme “In a city 800,000 a knitting group here which I joined. After the ten weeks, we all felt
aims to fund innovative and creative projects The first priority for Strategic Grants was strongly about still meeting up, and that’s when Trust Leeds came
that bring people together to achieve positive centred around Mental Health (2016/2017); people call home, and spoke to us about Self-Reliant Groups (SRGs), and we set up the
outcomes across the city. Strategic Grants we distributed £615,000 and supported 1,585 Glitter Fairies.
are themed and based on the priority needs people to improve the mental health and imagine feeling
of the city. These are identified by working in wellbeing of Leeds communities. you’re all alone.” I’m the oldest fairy in the group. We’ve all got our own wings and
colours. We hold events where we sell things we’ve made, handcraft
items like cards and things. We all pay a small amount into the kitty
every week and the money goes towards paying for anything we
need. We all have different ideas and we’ll bring them to the group.
LONELINESS AND INCLUSION: For example, with our savings we bought a candy floss maker earlier
THE LEEDS FUND STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2018/2019 this year. We use it at our events; it goes down a treat! It supports
the community and the people here. The SRG has helped me a lot
With over 37,000 people in Leeds affected by loneliness and around 160,000 people
and given me confidence to come out of myself. I’m proud.”
living in neighbourhoods that are amongst the 10% most deprived in England, we are
37,000
committed to supporting community-based projects that build a happier, healthier and
Trust Leeds help people to change their lives by building
more connected city.
self-reliance, confidence and financial independence. With funding
from The Leeds Fund Strategic Grants, they were able to set up 7
Already this year, we have distributed £159,000 to 7 Third Sector Organisations in the city,
Self-Reliant Groups, creating a sustainable framework to address
supporting a range of people who are lonely and need our support including: young people,
loneliness, self-reliance and financial resilience through purposeful
older people, asylum seekers and refugees and those who may be considering taking their
friendship groups.
own lives. people in Leeds are
affected by loneliness
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Strengthening 371
Our funding enables Third Sector Organisations to strengthen their offer
and create opportunities for people to be Healthy and Well, Thrive and
be Safe, Learn, Work and be Financially Well and to Experience and Play.
Our work helps:
the Third Sector
Third Sector
Organisations
supported
INCREASE ORGANISATIONAL ENHANCE EXPERTISE
CAPACITY
Third Sector Organisations are Through enabling Third Sector
We are proud to have supported a fantastic range of projects better resourced to offer high Organisations to upskill their staff
across Leeds and Bradford this year. We provide vital funding and quality services through increased and volunteers, increase their
advice to strengthen local community organisations which enables or specialised staffing, growing their understanding of their communities
volunteer base or receiving capital by delivering pilots and new services
them to develop, consolidate and expand their offer, making a
investment and ‘mission critical’ to address needs, and improve their
difference to thousands of people every day. (core) costs. skills and capacity for measuring and
evaluating the impact of their work.
THE WELLBEAN CAFE – HOPE IN A CRISIS
Touchstone applied for funding to set up a ‘crisis’ cafe evolving from a
conversation with homeless, hungry and cold people sleeping in their
doorway. Through two Leeds Community Foundation Winter Wellbeing IMPROVE CONNECTIONS
INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY
grants, the cafe strengthened its offer, and thanks to its volunteers, provided AND PARTNERSHIPS
food, a safe environment, befriending and one-to-one support and care.
Encouraging and nurturing closer Helping Third Sector Organisations
The impact was immediate, with rough sleepers no longer seeking help relationships with other Third Sector to become partially or fully
at A&E, forming friendships with local residents and the police reporting Organisations, bringing together self-funding through generating
reduced anti-social behaviour. As a result of the work, the local health grantees within a programme to alternative income streams (social
authority awarded £330,000 over 3 years for a wider project pilot. share knowledge, resources, enterprise model) or accessing
opportunities and strengthen increased or recurring funding
Hope in a Crisis now supports up to 15 people with complex needs with
partnership working, potentially leading from statutory organisations and
a permanent staff team.
to partnership grant applications. larger funders.
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Healthy a nd We ll MEET AFTAB
“The male group at Hamara has been running for over twenty years.
The group was set up to help them in their daily lives. Most of them
didn’t have any home help, with no one to take them to hospital
The highest standard of health is a human right for all. Health and wellbeing appointments or access local services. A lot of them didn’t have
have a significant impact not only on individuals, families and communities, anywhere to go to integrate with their surroundings or anyone to
talk to. It can be quite demoralising being stuck at home, so the
but also on the economy. Leeds and Bradford are vibrant and bustling Our Programmes helping people group helps them get out for a few hours. We have walking sessions
places to live and work, yet health and wellbeing remains unequal across the to be Healthy and Well include: and trips, for example. The group is important in talking things out,
populations of Leeds and Bradford. especially for men sometimes.
– Children Looked After Fund
– Community Partnering Fund Originally, I was part of the committee to set up the group. I became
In Leeds, 60% of residents living in an area Many of our grant programmes provide much – Healthy Holidays involved in the community after taking a police advisor role. Most
near Roundhay Park report having very good needed funding for community organisations – Henry Smith Charity of my career I had worked on the railway as a train guard, but I saw
health, compared to only 35% of those living that help people to be healthy and well: to help an opportunity to build something more worthwhile. I had already
– Ideas that Change Lives
in an area of Morley improve their physical and mental health and created an Asian Parents Action group, which consisted of three
wellbeing, increase their resilience and self- – #iWill Youth Social Action Fund
groups: Sikh, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. It was the first
Black women, asylum seekers, refugees, care, and reduce loneliness and isolation. The – Jimbo’s Fund
time in England these three communities came together, working
and Gypsy and Traveller women have higher groups we fund are well placed to reach into – Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation Fund together to help each other.”
rates of common mental health issues than communities, nurture positive relationships – Provident Social Impact Fund
other women and are less likely to receive based on trust and provide holistic, tailored – Solutions for an Ageing Society Awards Hamara Healthy Living Centre brings communities together
mental health treatment support to people who, in some cases, have by providing information, advice and community activities to
– St Chad’s Fund
multiple and complex needs. increase cohesion. With funding from the Leeds Community
– The Leeds Fund
Foundation – Harnessing the Power of Communities Fund, they
– Time to Shine Small Funds
47%
were able to continue their ‘Five Ways to a Healthy Heart’ project,
– Wesleyan Fund which supports service users’ health needs, such as physical
– Winter Wellbeing
of our grants and emotional wellbeing, carers’ needs and addressing health
inequalitites.
supported people to
be Healthy and Well
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Thrive a nd be Sa fe MEET GARRON
“I first started coming to the School of Rock and Media (SORM)
around seven years ago. I was still at college and we had a small
fledgling group. SORM is a rehearsal place for bands and singers.
After we had been singing together for a while, I realised there was
potential for something more. We talked about singing parts and a
Local communities in Leeds and Bradford are constantly changing through story started to come together. We were given the idea of playing
geographical migration and localised changes in the economy and good vs. evil and the performance focused on an LGBT love story.
Eventually the idea got bigger and bigger and it turned into an
infrastructure, such as transport and housing. There are many factors that Our Programmes helping entire show. It had gone from a handful of people on a stage to a
affect whether people and communities thrive and are safe. people to Thrive and be Safe West End show (at least in my head). We did our first interpretation
include: of it three weeks later. We had done everything ourselves: the
Some areas and communities enjoy stronger Incidents of antisocial behaviour and costumes, the stage and the whole story. It was a proud moment for
community cohesion than others: crime can vary dramatically across – Building A Stronger Britain Together all of us. It was the best night of my life.
and between neighbourhoods: – Henry Smith Charity
– Those living in parts of Harehills have a A lot of the young people I work with are from an LGBT background.
– 257 incidents of antisocial behaviour – High Sheriff of West Yorkshire Fund
poorer sense of belonging compared with Some of them have been through hard times, either not being
those in parts of Horsforth, who have a took place in one year in parts of BD1 – #iWill Youth Social Action Fund
accepted or still living in fear in some way. The other day, one of the
higher sense of belonging than the whilst only 32 took place in parts of BD3 – Jimbo’s Fund kids was talking about things getting really tough, saying they couldn’t
national average – Pears Youth Fund deal with it anymore. I told him that ‘You have to. Being an LGBT+
– In the last year, areas of Middleton in South
– Provident Social Impact Fund person is never going to be easy. You’re always going to have to fight.
– 63% of people living in Bradford agree that Leeds experienced 10 times more antisocial
behaviour offences than more rural areas such – St Chad’s Fund You’re going to have to be a warrior.’ And that’s why the work we’re
their local area is a place where people live doing with this group is so important; it gives them a voice.”
as Barwick and Scholes in Leeds North East – Wesleyan Fund
harmoniously, but only 39% of people living
in Keighley West share this view SORM (School of Rock and Media) uses music and multimedia as
Leeds Community Foundation works to create
opportunities to improve relationships, leading a tool to empower young people, building vital skills, heightening
24%
to reduced offending, antisocial behaviour and aspirations and tackling disengagement. With funding from the
conflict, and positive change in behaviour. Thrive GiveBradford #iWill Youth Social Action Fund, they developed a
of our grants and be Safe is also about increasing people’s piece of theatre, which involved young people working in creative
understanding of diversity and embracing of ways to address the needs and voices of the LGBT+ community.
supported people to
other cultures, enhancing their confidence in,
Thrive and be Safe and sense of belonging to, their community and
nurturing volunteering and social action.
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Financially Well MEET ROISIN
“We first came to the Smilers group here at Cafe 21; it’s a singing
group with young adults. We did speech and language therapy
as part of Sunshine & Smiles. From there, we decided to try Cafe
21. Roisin works alongside all the staff here and has grown in
The need to secure inclusive growth and narrow the equality gap across Leeds confidence so much. She loves it; I couldn’t be more proud of her.
She’s made lots of friends. They’re all the same age and it’s nice to
and Bradford remains critical. There are parts of Leeds and Bradford where see them get reacquainted after all this time and it’s bonded their
people find it very difficult to manage on their income, where educational Our Programmes helping people friendships even more.
attainment is lower and people have reduced opportunities to be economically to Learn, Work and be Financially
Without the cafe, it would be very difficult for her to get any work
active, affecting physical and mental wellbeing and quality of life. Well include: experience, there just isn’t that opportunity, but she has the chance
– Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund here. I can’t believe how well she works. As a mum, it’s lovely to
There are 100 neighbourhoods in Leeds that Across the Bradford District, 38% of Black, see her flourish in this environment. I’ve seen the difference in her
– Community Partnering Fund
are in the most deprived nationally Asian and Minority Ethnic women of working personality; she’s more upbeat and looks forward to working and
age are in employment, compared with 67% – Go Higher West Yorkshire
she’s learnt so much. The journey for us has been very up and down;
29% of children in the Bradford District of white women – Ideas that Change Lives she has a lot of health problems but she keeps going. She will reach
live below the poverty line, compared – #iWill Youth Social Action Fund her full potential.”
with 20% nationally Many of Leeds Community Foundation’s grant – Jimbo’s Fund
programmes provide opportunities for people – Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation Fund Sunshine & Smiles supports children and young people with
12.6% of people aged 16+ living in to learn, work and be financially well. This might Down syndrome in Leeds. Their aim is to improve the lives and
Leeds do not have level 2 qualifications – Pears Youth Fund
be through increasing access to education, opportunities of people with Down syndrome. They offer a broad
(5 GCSEs at A*-C grade) but in 6 of its most developing or consolidating numeracy, literacy – Provident Social Impact Fund
range of activities and groups such as speech and language
deprived neighbourhoods this rises to 17.2% and/or practical skills, strengthening capacity – St Chad’s Fund therapy, social and recreational opportunities and individual family
and confidence around work, finances and – Wesleyan Fund support. With funding from the Leeds Community Foundation –
15%
learning, or increasing employability. Ideas that Change Lives Fund they set up Cafe 21, which gave 6
young adults with Down syndrome the opportunity to gain work
experience, customer service skills and learn about working in a
of our grants supported
hospitality environment.
people to Learn, Work
and be Financially Well
leedscf.org.uk leedscf.org.ukExperience and Play MEET LANRAY
“I found out about the chapel when they were first renovating it
Leeds Community Foundation believes that everyone has the right to in 2014. I did a summer broadcast course a few years later. It had
live, rather than just simply ‘exist’. Culture, heritage, sport, nature and the everything I liked in terms of technology and products. I had the
environment all offer experiences that broaden horizons and add new Our Programmes helping idea to do an African-themed radio show, I’m from a Nigerian
background; I asked one of the producers and they thought it was
dimensions to people’s lives, but barriers still exist to accessing opportunities. people to Experience and Play a great idea. He said it would be bringing something new to the
The poorest neighbourhoods in Leeds have enjoy life experiences. Whether it’s supporting
include: station. It was very popular; there was always a group of people in
only 3% of green space, less than half of the Children Looked After and Care Leavers to – Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund the studio and the atmosphere was brilliant.
average across Leeds and Bradford embark on a life-changing land and water – Children Looked After Fund Last year, I was doing some web design work for the Eilidh MacLeod
journey with the Outward Bound Trust, enabling – #iWill Youth Social Action Fund
Less than a third of people in Leeds and Memorial Trust. After I’d finished, I wanted to give something back. If
young siblings to showcase their dancing and
Bradford spent time doing a creative, artistic, – Jimbo’s Fund there’s one thing the mentoring programme taught me, it’s that you
acting skills, providing a stimulating musical
theatrical, musical or craft activity last year, – Pears Youth Fund can do anything as long as you put your mind to it. So, I decided to
show in a 360 degree sensory dome for those
less than the national average – Wesleyan Fund run a music event here for the Trust. It’s to remember the victims
with Special Educational Needs, taking part in a
of the Manchester Arena bombing. For me, it wasn’t just to raise
brass band and youth choir, or discovering the
Several of the programmes and projects we ran money for the charity but also show that love always wins.”
art and fun of storytelling, there are numerous
support people, whatever their background, ways in which people are experiencing and
circumstances and ability, to be creative, to Chapel FM is a community arts organisation based in Seacroft that
playing, thanks to our funding.
have enriching hobbies and pursuits and to inspires individuals and communities to improve potential and
achievement. With funding from the Leeds Community Foundation
– Pears Youth Fund they were able to give young people the
14%
opportunity to produce their own radio show talking about issues
and topics relevant to them, such as mental health, healthy living
of our grants and identity.
supported people to
Experience and Play
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THE OLD FIRE STATION ST. MARY’S CHURCH HALL THE ANCHOR PROJECT NEW WORTLEY
The Old Fire Station in Gipton, Leeds, was
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
St. Mary’s Church Hall in Whitkirk, Leeds has Thanks to three year funding from The
purchased and renovated into a fantastic been transformed from an underutilised 1960s Henry Smith Charity to build capacity in the New Wortley Community Association (NWCA),
multipurpose community centre with a £3m hall into a thriving Centre at the heart of the community, The Anchor Project in Bradford is Leeds, is one of the few community-based
grant from Jimbo’s Fund. Opened in 2017, it community with help from a £100,000 grant making a real impact on the local community facilities in the area providing a range of
is proving to be a thriving hub in the heart from Jimbo’s Fund. and people’s lives – from isolated older White services for local people of all ages, abilities
of East Leeds, bringing local people and British residents and young refugees to Asian and ethnicities. The Henry Smith Charity has
the community, volunteer organisations and Previously too expensive to run and maintain, elders and young mums. Anchor has hosted provided multi-year funding to help meet
charities together to meet changing local the refurbished building now not only provides ‘Empowering Mothers against Radicalisation mission critical costs in one of the most
needs in creative and impactful ways. pleasant, modern, flexible and safe facilities, and Grooming’ courses, women-only English deprived areas of Leeds, with the highest
but is attracting a wider range of groups lessons which have already helped one
It provides a base for six local charities, along suicide rate in the city, high unemployment and
from Whitkirk and the surrounding area. The participant to get a job and arranged trips to
with rooms available to hire, a cookery school significant health issues.
community has access to after school clubs, the Dales for people not able to access the
and a cafe for all the community to enjoy. Its get-togethers for lonely older people, fitness countryside themselves, including a trip to The centre provides: a community cafe, laundry
packed programme includes a support club classes, financial advice sessions, theatre and help a farmer at lambing time. It also organised service, meeting rooms, job club, social events and
for young carers, cookery classes, film nights, a film nights and weddings. a garden festival where 200 people of 19 activities, counselling and general advice services.
nursery and crèche, a board games club, housing
different nationalities and all ages attended. NWCA uses a variety of methods to help engage
support drop-in sessions, health and fitness
A £3m grant from Jimbo's Fund enabled the purchase
local people and, having built up trust, they
opportunities and summer creative camps.
The far-reaching impact of Anchor is not encourage them to volunteer in the community,
just providing a safe place that is welcoming as well as, where relevant, support them into
and renovation of The Old Fire Station, Gipton, Leeds Leeds Community Foundation occasionally has the opportunity to
to all with a great range of advice, support
and activities, but helping to transform inner
training or employment. To be powerful and
successful in helping to transform the lives of
allocate significant investment into a place, a building and its people.
into a fantastic multipurpose community hub.
city Bradford. local people, places like this need dedicated
This can be transformative and provide a legacy for years to come. staff, which The Henry Smith Charity has helped
to fund.
www.leedscf.org.uk
leedscf.org.uk leedscf.org.ukHelp us to m ak e “I came here eight years
ago. At first, it felt like
a difference re n ce
I was in prison, I had
Diff e
no one to talk to. I was
a
very lonely. I found the
friendship and singing
group at Leeds Refugee
Forum. I started learning
to speak English, I made
friends and I’m very
happy. I love coming here,
they keep me busy and
Leeds Community Foundation supports thousands of charities and voluntary
groups across Leeds and Bradford, tackling inequalities and working together help me to learn.”
to create opportunities for those that most need help. We invest in these “When you have achieved Cecilia
groups by distributing grants and sharing advice – acting as a catalyst for a certain level of success,
positive change.
you have a responsibility
The Foundation relies on the generosity take a management contribution on all funds to invest your own time,
of individuals, businesses and public sector managed by the Foundation, which is
organisations to help local people gain the re-invested in staff time to run our efficient money or energy back
support they need now, while investing in a and effective grant programmes, conduct into your community.”
brighter future for all. full due diligence on grant applications and
provide practical support and advice to local
Leeds Community Foundation is responsible
Lyn Ayrton, Lake Legal
community projects.
for raising 100% of our core costs. We need
to ensure that we cover all our overheads,
including the costs of governance and of
advising and administering any funds. We
leedscf.org.uk leedscf.org.uk“We are determined to
contribute to the Foundation
Named Funds
Named Funds provide a simple alternative to establishing an
to change lives and to make
independent Charitable Trust, allowing you to give back to your
a difference across Leeds local community and make a genuine and positive impact now
and Bradford.” and into the future.
Max Joy, Sweco We manage a portfolio of Named Funds across Leeds and Bradford on behalf of
individuals, families, businesses and statutory organisations, as well as national funders.
Leeds Community Foundation handles the investment, correspondence, compliance
and governance checks, helping to direct funding to charities and community projects
that match fundholders’ values. Our aim is to help you to support high impact
grassroots groups, that make a real difference in our communities.
The 100 Club
The Leeds Fund
For an annual donation of £1,000 a year, The fund has three levels of grants: Micro, Since its inception, The Leeds Fund has
Our supporters club for individuals Small and Strategic. Strategic Grants are attracted significant investment from
supporters are not only demonstrating their
and businesses enables the commitment to the Foundation and the themed and focus on current priority needs organisations and individuals wanting to
Foundation to support core costs, so work we do, but also have the opportunity to of the city. These are identified by working make a real difference. The Foundation
we can become increasingly resilient, attend quarterly events showcasing the work The Leeds Fund welcomes in partnership with the third sector and key strives to attract and increase investment into
public and civic organisations in our role as a The Leeds Fund to ensure we can continue
boosting our grant-making role and of the Foundation and engaging with other financial contributions from
organisations, individuals and third sector convener and catalyst for change in the city. to distribute significant grants to community
ensuring we are able to commit long individuals and businesses The priority for the first series of strategic groups across the city that are having real
groups all interested in making a difference
term to community groups across across their cities. who want to support the city grants was focused on Mental Health and, in impact in supporting those that need help
in which they live and work. 2019/2020, the strategic priority is Loneliness the most.
Leeds and Bradford. and Inclusion.
leedscf.org.uk leedscf.org.ukOur ters
1825 Christeyns UK Friends of Neil Stevens Jon & Nicki Cohen Morgans City Living Ram Venkatesh Synergy Procurement Solutions
Aberdeen Standard Capital CITU Developments LLP Full Circle Funerals Jonathan Morgan Morrisons Foundation Rashik Parmar The Broadway Bradford
Suppor
Adam Beaumont City of Bradford Metropolitan Fuse Studios Jonathan Straight Mortgage Advice Bureau Rathbones The Grammar School at Leeds
A W Hainsworth & Sons Ltd District Council Garbutt & Elliott Jonathan Turner Murray Anderson Wallace RE Chadwick Charitable Trust The Helmsley Group
Addleshaw Goddard Clari Health Clinic Gary Shuckford Jones Family Murray McEwan re-form Landscape Architecture The Henry Smith Charity
Aderinto Orthopaedics Clarion Solicitors Gateley Plc Journey Further Nathan Lane (Trustee) Regal Food Products Group Plc The Home Office
AECOM Clarke Family GBAC Justine Osmotherley NatWest Regency Hall The Jaytree Foundation
Ainslie Wilson-Shearer Cleveland Henry (Trustee) Gent Visick Kate Hainsworth & Stephen Staples Naveen Ahmed Rex Procter & Partners The Lucre Group
Alex Turner Clipper Logistics Plc George Lodorfos Keith Brewster & Viv Hulland Naylor Wintersgill Richard & Christine Boothroyd The National Lottery Community Fund
Alison Larkin Colin Wolfenden GMI Property Company Limited Kersten England NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Richard Boothroyd The Other Person Consultancy Ltd
Amberstone Developments Corecom Consulting Go Higher West Yorkshire Kevin O’Connor Groups Richard Flint The Private Office
Andrew H Goodchild Corporate Estates Group (CEG) Gordons LLP Kim Rebecchi Nick Collins Richard Lewis The Stone Roses Bar
A huge thank you to all our supporters. The
Ann Nicholl Corrina Lawrence (Trustee) Graham Sweeney Knight Frank Nick Garthwaite Roohi Collins (Trustee) The Works Recruitment
work we do would not be possible without Architecture 519 Country Style Foods Ltd Grant Thornton Lake Legal Nick Lane Fox (Chair) Roz’s Fund TheBusinessDesk.com
the commitment of individuals, businesses Arena Group CPP Gregory Property Group LCF Law Nigel Lenton RSM UK Theresa Lindsay
and public sector organisations. We look Armstrong Watson Craig Burton (Trustee) Haddleton Legal Lee Craven Northern Gas Networks Sally Clark Tilney
Arup Create Adventures HARIBO Lee Hemsworth Northern Powergrid Sally-Anne Greenfield Tim Hodgson
forward to continuing to work together to
Asda Foundation Crowther Turnbull Booth Harris Partnership Leeds City Council Northwood Investors Sandy Needham Tom Bridges (Trustee)
provide opportunities for those that most Auditel Crypt Factor Helen Thomson (Trustee) Leeds Commercial Packetts Santander Tom Riordan
need help across Leeds and Bradford. BACIL Crystal Business Coaching Helping Hand Fund Leeds Law School Parklane Properties Sarah Frost Tony Cooke (Trustee)
Balfour Beatty Dave Baldwin Heselden Family Leeds Older People’s Forum Pat McGeever Savills Town Centre Securities PLC
Barbara Greaves David & Lynne Jackson High Sheriff of West Yorkshire Lee-J Walker Patrick Fordham Schofield Sweeney Trinity Leeds
Bartlett Foundation David Walton Hitachi Capital Linley & Simpson Paul Martin Sedulo Trinity McQueen
THANKS TO ‘OUR STORY’ SPONSOR: BDO Dee Reid Home Agency Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation Paul Smith See Ahead UK Community Foundations
Craig Burton, Managing Director, The Works BG Campbell Trust Department for Digital, Culture, ID Planning Lorraine Hallam (Trustee) Paula Dillon Sharon Orr (Trustee) University of Bradford
Blueclaw Media Media & Sport Impellico Refrigeration Lowell Group Pears Foundation Shulmans LLP UnLtd
“The Works is a recruiter and large Bradford Metropolitan District Department for Education Incommunities Maguire Family Peter & Pam Connolly Simon Foy Veysi Veysi
employer of many skilled and mid skilled Council DePuy Synthes Instore Direct Malik House Peter Yendell Simon Myerson Vickers Oil
workers. Leeds Community Foundation Brewin Dolphin DINE Intermarketing Agency Manning Stainton Pinsent Masons SimpleUsability Victoria Gate
support many projects that instil
Brewster Bye Architects DLA Piper Irwin Mitchell Manse Capital Pitts Wilson Sir Robert McAlpine Walker Morris
confidence, improve lives and provide a
Bruce Bannister ECSC Group Plc Ison Harrison Mark Casci Police and Crime Commissioner for SkyBetting and Gaming Ward Hadaway
stepping stone in the preparation for the
Bruce Lightbody Engage Jacqui Harper Mark Emerton (Trustee) West Yorkshire Spawforths Weightmans
world of work for those furthest from
the job market - and that can only be Bruntwood ENJOY Design James Haddleton Mars Progeny Group Squire Patton Boggs Wesleyan Foundation
great news for employers of the future. Caddick Group Plc Extentia Group James L Beverley Charitable Trust Matthew Osbourne Provident Financial Group St Chad’s Church West and North Yorkshire Chamber
Everyone’s lives are better, if everyone’s Carol Burns Fairhurst Fund Jennifer England Mazars PWC Stephanie Rix of Commerce
lives are better. It’s really that simple. Carolyn Black (Trustee) First West Yorkshire Ltd Jeremy & Martine Burton McInroy & Wood Ltd Quod Sterling Capitol Plc Westcourt Properties
That’s why we, a regional recruitment firm, Chadwick Lawrence Fore Consulting John & Margaret Eaton Medasil Surgical Ltd Quota Sales Ltd Stone King Wrigleys
are behind this wonderful organisation” Cheryl Winter Fox Lloyd Jones John & Sue Ansbro Mick Ward Rabbit Hole Strategy Unlocked Yorkshire Building Society
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Francesca Wood John McGhee (Trustee) Mike & Wendy Heydecke Rachel Clark Stuart Clarke Yorkshire Property Charitable Trust
Chris Booth Freeths John Wells Mike Jackson (Trustee) Rachel Cooper Stuart Watson YPP
Mills & Reeve Rachel Hannan Sweco
leedscf.org.uk leedscf.org.ukOne of my key aims as Lord-Lieutenant is to promote the work of the voluntary sector across
West Yorkshire. Leeds Community Foundation uses its local knowledge to energise and support
charities and grassroots projects to bring about real and positive change for those in need.
This is why I'm delighted to be Patron of the Foundation and work with the team to promote
the importance of charities in supporting local communities across Leeds and Bradford.
Ed Anderson, HM Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
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