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Central Locality - Community Investment Fund
Grants of up to £2,000 are available for VCFS organisations in the Doncaster Central Locality. This area comprises Balby, Town Ward, Cantley, Hexthorpe, Clay Lane, Intake, Wheatley, City Centre, and Bessacarr.
The Fund is to support and maximise the energy and innovation community groups bring to Doncaster. The fund will support organisations in growing, adapting and sustaining services and activities that seek to build on the strengths of a community, tackle community challenges, increase accessibility and address the most prevalent health and wealth inequalities.
To be eligible for this funding your group must target one or more of the health and wealth priorities in the Central locality:
- Children and young people’s provisions in their local community
- Training and employment opportunities
- Address some of the most prevalent health conditions, including but not limited to (Respiratory conditions, Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer)
- Poor healthy lifestyle choices (including weight management, smoking cessation, physical inactivity, drug, and alcohol misuse)
- Activities which raise awareness around mental health within the community
- Social isolation
- Neighbourhood Safety
- Increasing use of community assets such as community spaces and green spaces
- Increasing a sense of community spirit.