Great Grant Stories

You can find details of the groups that the Foundation has funded in the annual review, but here there are just a few highlights of groups which received a grant.

• £21K awarded to Make Halifax Healthy
  (30/06/2010)

  This month Community Foundation for Calderdale awarded a total of £21,330 in Healthy Halifax: 4Health4Fun4Life grants to three outstanding community projects in Halifax as part of the Change for Life movement.

• Home Start Calderdale working together to make a Healthier Halifax
  (11/06/2010)

  Home Start Calderdale was awarded over £8,000 to provide training for volunteers on nutrition and health to enable information to be passed on to parents to support their families.

• Huge Cash Boost for Groups in Kirklees
  (02/06/2010)

  Community groups from across North Kirklees are looking forward to a brighter future after receiving a share of over £21,000. Earlier this year Community Foundation for Calderdale CFFC teamed up with the Reporter Series and Voluntary Action Kirklees (VAK) to promote Grassroots Giving.

• Beating the Credit Crunch Together
  (26/04/2010)

  The voluntary and community sector across the country is facing the challenge of how to resource its work in the future. As funding programmes reduce in size, become scarcer and are often more targeted, we must all look creatively at how we achieve our aims and objectives.

  The "Sharing the Vision" events, held twice a year, have given the Community Foundation for Calderdale a great opportunity, not only to sound a note of warning, but also to find out what community and voluntary groups say they need in the future. We are using this information to shape funding programmes and help us all to cope in a changed funding landscape.

  In June 2010 the Foundation will be publishing a new Grants Strategy which will aim, to ensure that our donors are able to support projects that fullfil their interests, as well as responding to the issues and trends voluntary and community groups told us about at "Sharing the Vision" events.

• St Georges Youth Project 4Health 4Fun 4Life
  (15/03/2010)

  St Georges Youth Project have been awarded a 4health4fun4life grant of £7,304 plus an addition £1,000 from the Kathleen Mary Denham Fund through match funding.

• Gilder Hall Youth Foundation Project Success
  (05/03/2010)

  Gilder Hall Youth Foundation takes part in an unforgettable experience in Bradley Woods with thanks to Kirklees Grassroots Grants and Community Foundation for Calderdale.

• The Launch of the Calderdale Pledge
  (27/01/2010)

  The Community Foundation for Calderdale is launching the Calderdale Pledge on Thursday 4 February; an initiative guaranteed to make a lasting difference to the community, at a photo exhibition in the Viaduct Cafe, Dean Clough.

• £80,000 Kirklees Cash Boost
  (22/01/2010)

  The Community Foundation for Calderdale and Grassroots Grants Kirklees are giving out £80,000 in awards of £250 to £900, across Kirklees, with three simultaneous cash promotions.

• £50,000 Community Cash Giveaway
  (07/01/2010)

  The Foundation has teamed up with The Huddersfield Daily Examiner to run a Community Cash Giveaway for the second time and this year they have £20,000 more, bringing the total to £50,000.

• On our way to a Healthier Halifax
  (05/01/2010)

  The Foundation has two health-related funding programmes specifically for projects that will improve people's health locally.