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Sheffield charities

1,320 charities and community organisations registered in Sheffield. Search by what they do, where they work and how big they are.

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Charity details come from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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National Lottery grant database

Lottery money in Sheffield

Every National Lottery distributor files its awards in one government database. Sheffield has had 8,588 awards worth £629.1m since 1995, from the Community Fund and its predecessors, Arts Council England, Sport England, UK Sport, the Heritage Fund, the BFI and the Millennium Commission. Awards to individuals (3,057 of them, mostly athlete performance awards filed at the English Institute of Sport in Darnall) are counted but never named.

Awards since 1995
8,588
Awarded in total
£629.1m
Awards to organisations, last 12 months
225
Awarded to organisations, last 12 months
£20.6m

By good cause: Community, health, education and environment £197.6m (2,844 awards); Sport £228.1m (3,332 awards); Arts £110.9m (2,024 awards); Heritage £67.7m (369 awards); Millennium projects £24.7m (19 awards).

Wards with the most Lottery money: City (£227.0m), Darnall (£198.6m), Broomhill and Sharrow Vale (£43.2m). Each area page carries its own ward's figures.

Newest awards to Sheffield organisations

  • Green City Action £20,000Growing Together – GCA · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 24 Sep 2026 · Burngreave ward
  • Friends of Firth Park £19,994Firth Park diversifying · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 24 Sep 2026 · Firth Park ward
  • JUDOOR & JUSOOR (J&J) CIC £20,000Raising Children Between Two Cultures · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 21 Sep 2026 · Burngreave ward
  • Tinsley Community Allotment £20,000Tinsley Community Allotment Project · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 10 Sep 2026 · Darnall ward
  • FILMFAM CIC £19,870Community Photography and Film in Gleadless Sheffield · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 10 Sep 2026 · Gleadless Valley ward
  • South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority £531,045South Yorkshire's People's Forest · The National Lottery Heritage Fund · 8 Sep 2026 · City wardThe woodlands of South Yorkshire are vital habitats for rare and specialist species in a densely populated region. They are also deeply entwined with local heritage and culture, from prehistory to…
  • The Counselling and Therapy Hub CIC £20,000Peer Support and Training for Neurodivergent Adults · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 3 Sep 2026 · City ward
  • High Green Development Trust Limited £18,000Community Connections: Bringing High Green Together 2026-27 · National Lottery Awards for All England · The National Lottery Community Fund · 3 Sep 2026 · West Ecclesfield ward
  • Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra £6,062Console to Concert Hall · National Lottery Project Grants · Arts Council England · 2 Sep 2026 · Broomhill and Sharrow Vale ward
  • Roots Mbili Theatre £250,000Theatre Breakthrough Fund (North) Stage Two Application · Theatre Breakthrough Fund (North) · Arts Council England · 27 Aug 2026 · City ward
  • Create Sheffield £70,000Youth Proofing Sheffield Culture · National Lottery Project Grants · Arts Council England · 26 Aug 2026 · Burngreave ward
  • Voluntary Action Sheffield £358,723New Beginnings Project · RC Yorkshire and Humber Region · The National Lottery Community Fund · 20 Aug 2026 · City ward

National Lottery grant data from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 27 Oct 2026. National Lottery grant database · Sheffield export (CSV) · All data sources

Six independent trusts publish every grant they make in the 360Giving Data Standard. Between them they have filed 486 grants worth £21.7m to 257 Sheffield organisations since 2003. A grant counts here when the recipient is a Sheffield charity on this site, has a Sheffield postcode, names Sheffield as its town or where the money is spent, or carries Sheffield in its name. These are past awards, not funding open to apply for.

6 more grants, worth £945,188 between them, were spent across Sheffield and other places; they are listed but not counted in the figures.

Grants to Sheffield
486
Awarded in total
£21.7m
Organisations funded
257
Trusts
6

By trust: Garfield Weston Foundation £6.1m (188 grants); Esmée Fairbairn Foundation £8.3m (86 grants); Paul Hamlyn Foundation £4.4m (51 grants); Youth Music £680,193 (14 grants); The Foyle Foundation £1.6m (138 grants); Architectural Heritage Fund £745,658 (9 grants).

Largest grants

  • Harmony Works Trust £1.0mHarmony Works: a musical home for Sheffield's young people. · Arts · Garfield Weston Foundation · 16 Jun 2025
  • Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust £940,000Social investment to Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust · Social Investment · Esmée Fairbairn Foundation · 19 Oct 2022Land Purchase Facility transaction for Ughill Hall Farm
  • YMCA White Rose £800,000Right Here: Sheffield Pilot Site · Social Justice: Right Here · Paul Hamlyn Foundation · 30 Jun 2009A grant to YMCA White Rose for Right Here: Sheffield Pilot Site
  • Sheffield Theatres Trust £702,400WCF award – COVID19 response · Arts · Garfield Weston Foundation · 5 Feb 2021Weston Culture Fund
  • Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust £515,000Social investment to Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust · Social Investment · Esmée Fairbairn Foundation · 11 Aug 2010An investment in the purchase of Greno Woods.

Newest grants

  • Sheffield Working Women's Opportunities Project £35,000SWWOP Core Costs · Welfare · Garfield Weston Foundation · 18 Jun 2026
  • The Parson Cross Community Development Forum £10,000Keeping our Centre open with support with rising costs · Community · Garfield Weston Foundation · 18 Jun 2026
  • The University of Sheffield £10,000TASK to The University of Sheffield · TASK by Trustee · Esmée Fairbairn Foundation · 7 May 2026a TASK fund donation towards bird population studies on Skomer
  • Snowdrop Project £60,000Long-term support for survivors of modern slavery in South Yorkshire · Welfare · Garfield Weston Foundation · 6 May 2026
  • Sheffield Community Media Limited £15,000Tap and Barrel · England (Heritage Revival Fund) · Architectural Heritage Fund · 15 Apr 2026
  • Sheffield Wildlife Trust £10,000Help Our Heathlands · Environment · Garfield Weston Foundation · 1 Apr 2026
  • Stand As One £3,000Core funding support · Welfare · Garfield Weston Foundation · 18 Feb 2026
  • Manor Community Transport £3,000Volunteers out of pocket expenses · Community · Garfield Weston Foundation · 18 Feb 2026
  • Heeley City Farm £80,000Core Funding for Heeley City Farm · Environment · Garfield Weston Foundation · 5 Feb 2026
  • Edale Village Hall and Playing Field £5,000Edale Village Hall Re-roofing project, with Solar Panels · Community · Garfield Weston Foundation · 22 Jan 2026
  • S1 Artspace £95,9832 Haymarket · England (Heritage Revival Fund) · Architectural Heritage Fund · 20 Jan 2026
  • Support Dogs £150,000Support Dogs national centre of excellence · Health · Garfield Weston Foundation · 19 Jan 2026

Grants data published in the 360Giving Data Standard by Garfield Weston Foundation, CC BY 4.0 (dataset); Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, CC BY 4.0 (dataset); Paul Hamlyn Foundation, CC BY 4.0 (dataset); Youth Music, CC BY 4.0 (dataset); The Foyle Foundation, CC BY 4.0 (dataset); Architectural Heritage Fund, CC0 1.0 (dataset). Checked 26 Oct 2026. 360Giving Data Registry · All data sources