Community Fund projects 2024/25

Chocolate & Co – 1:1 support & counselling

Chocolate & Co £12,441.00 York

Chocolate and Co offers paid work and volunteering opportunities to those facing barriers due to addiction or having a criminal record. Since opening the cafe in September, 17 beneficiaries have been supported. Two beneficiaries have started a role elsewhere and another is on a training course to then move into employment elsewhere. Funding will support project lead and outreach worker for one year, together with activity, support and intervention costs to support people from the marginalised groups with varied and tailored support to the individual need. Demand is needed as project already providing limited support for people in crisis situations. Project will continue to work with NYP and partners to support a joined-up approach.

Youth Work Outreach Service aimed at Young People at Risk for or Engaging in Antisocial Behaviour in Haxby and Wigginton

Haxby & Wigginton Youth & Community Association – £7,345.25 awarded -York

Project aims to support young people in Haxby and Wigginton, especially those who are at risk of or are engaging in antisocial behaviour (ASB) by taking Youth Work directly to them to promote a safer, healthier and happier community. Project will increase presence in the ASB hot spots in the community during the lighter months of the year (September-October and May-July) alongside half terms when ASB tends to increase. Detached work will run alongside regular core groups, Craft Club (ages 8-11), Wednesday Youth Group (ages 10-13) and Drop-in ages 13-17). Links have been made with local PCSOs to partner during detached sessions, for young people to meet and grow positive relationships with local Police Officers. Youth work will also be delivered in local schools.

Selby Sports Boot Camp

SportWorks Health and Wellbeing – £8,736.00 awarded – Selby

Funding will enable 36-week programme of inclusive sport, play and community-based activities for children and young people (CYP). Taking place at Selby High School for two hours per week during term-time evenings, the programme will utilise sport/fitness as a means to tackle issues around crime and anti-social behaviour. Project will engage with a minimum of 30 young people with an age range of 11-16. Activities include outdoor pursuits, leadership workshops, group challenges, community service projects, mindfulness and wellness workshops. Selby Sports Boot Camp will also offer mentoring support in the form of skills training and career guidance as well as talks from current army fitness instructors/other local enforcement officers. Local feedback has highlighted group of young people at risk of becoming disengaged with education and their local community and these will be targeted to engage in the project. The aim of this project is to empower participants to engage/integrate into the wider Selby community and/or signpost them to other services/community provision.

Gallows Close Park PlayZone

Gallows Close Centre – £20,000.00 awarded – Scarborough

The Football Foundations PlayZone programme aims to engage with local communities across the country to create outstanding sports and activity spaces and tackle inequalities in participation. The aim is to focus investment and resource into communities with the greatest need. This will deliver new or refurbished outdoor mini pitches designed for football and other sports and activities that will allow their priority groups of women and girls, low socio-economic groups, disabled people and people with long term health conditions and ethnically diverse communities to be more active. Barrowcliff and specifically the area outside Gallows Close has been selected as a potential place for a new PlayZone, replacing the old worn out MUGA court. The Football Foundation will fund 75% of the cost and deal with all necessary legal and planning requirements that may be required with local communities needing to source the remaining 25% themselves.

Brompton Hall School, Skills Builder Accelerator Programme 2024-25

Skills Builder Partnership – £3,200.00 awarded – Scarborough

Over the course of a year, project will work with Brompton Hall School (primary through to secondary school for children and young people from 7 – 16 years with social, emotional and mental health difficulties), to embed best practice principles for building essential skills across school life and curriculum. Programme will focus on 8 essential life skills: listening, speaking, creativity, problem solving, aiming high, staying positive, leadership and teamwork. Programme supports sustainability and legacy through • Identifying and training a Skills Leader within the Brompton Hall who can become its essential skills champion.• Three Strategy Planning sessions with Senior Leadership Team at Brompton Hall to embed the best practice principles into the curriculum.• Two Teacher Training sessions across the institution so all teachers develop confidence and competence in building learner’s essential skills.• Curriculum and teaching resources, to provide teachers with a complete curriculum to build their students’ essential skills. • Termly Career Insights weeks: Opportunities to Brompton Hall students to meet and engage with professionals from across the partnership to understand the impact that essential skills play in the workplace.

Protecting vulnerable minds

MIND Harrogate – £10,582.00 awarded – Harrogate

The project will develop a comprehensive support programme aimed at reducing the impact of crime on people with mental health needs across Harrogate and the wider rural district. Project will offer Crisis Intervention and Support, Awareness and Training Programmes, (Mental Health First Aid awareness, champion and First Aider) and Workshops for Individuals with Mental Health Needs, (focused on personal and on-line safety, crime prevention strategies and accessing support). Project will facilitate peer support groups where individuals can share experiences and coping strategies. Additionally, a Ukraine Support coordinator and development of a support network will tailor support to the needs of crime victims ad specific communities.

Hardship Fund

Independent Domestic Abuse Services –  £20,000.00 awarded –  Craven and Harrogate

Funding for 12-month hardship fund for victims of domestic abuse in Harrogate and Craven. A hardship fund will enable IDAS to provide financial support to some of the most vulnerable victims of domestic abuse, enabling them to move on from their experiences and begin rebuilding their lives. The financial support will be tailored to an individual’s needs. This will include target hardening, emergency accommodation, household items and support with resettlement.

Talk Listen Change

The Halo Project – £20,000 awarded –  Countywide

There is currently no perpetrator programme nationally addressing the increase in cultural harms, the Halo Project developed TLC “Talk Listen Change” as a pilot over 5 years ago and delivered it successfully to 2 cohorts of 50 older BME women offenders, resulting in agreement by them for generational change and positive impact in the community. Since the initial pilot, there has been no resource to revise or develop the programme further or to continue to deliver in communities. This project is to fund the redevelopment of TLC, in liaison with survivors, into a trauma informed community education BME perpetrator programme and to then deliver it to a minimum of 10 perpetrators in North Yorkshire as a pilot . Perpetrators will be identified via community/partner referrals or through Halos growing victim numbers and the intelligence held about their wider family and networks. The TLC programme pilot evaluation will be shared with commissioners as the basis for next steps and its findings could be included within future area strategy .

Start Safe – Stay Safe – North Yorkshire

Stop Hate UK – £18,500.00 awarded –  Countywide

Funding will support development of the Start Safe-Stay Safe Street Harassment App, which aims to enable and empower people, particularly women and girls, across North Yorkshire to report incidents of street harassment and receive independent support and advice. The App offers direct links to the police in case of emergency and allows the capturing of audio, video, or photographic evidence in support of their report. The Stop Hate UK 24-hour support team will use their expertise to advise and work collaboratively with key partners to ensure people get the best support, while contributing to strategic intelligence to improve safety through regular data and qualitative reports to relevant partners. Safe Places information can also be included in the App to complement that service across the county. The App was developed with primary users and Stop Hate UK will work with other appropriate groups to broaden the App’s reach. The App has been beta tested and data and information produced by the App can be integrated into police systems. The funding applied for will enable the build and delivery of the App and includes 3 years maintenance costs.

FEC NOVA North Yorkshire

Forces Employment Charity – £20,000.00 awarded –  Countywide

Funding will provide service that supports veterans in contact with the Justice System. It reaches veterans at their lowest ebb and addresses underlying causes of offending behaviour rooted in mental health issues, substance misuse, relationship breakdown, unstable accommodation and unemployment. Nova engage veterans by understanding their military service and working with them one-on-one.
Funding will partially fund the appointment of a North Yorkshire NOVA Caseworker for 1 year. They will provide emotional and practical support, which enables veterans to change their lives.

Trauma-specific interventions for adult survivors of sexual violence and abuse including CSA.

Survive – £20,000.00 awarded – Countywide

Funding will enable existing OPFCC commissioned counselling service to deliver up to 20 weeks trauma therapy (TT) – sometimes incorporating EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), to 28 adult survivors of sexual violence and abuse with complex PTSD who have already accessed 10 weeks of counselling, but need additional trauma-specific intervention/s to cope and recover from what happened. Survive’s 10 week counselling programme focuses on containing, stabilising and regulating emotions and managing anxiety and flashbacks in the ‘here and now’.

Park lighting to manage anti-social behaviour and facilitate youth work

Ripon CIC – £11,000.00 awarded – Harrogate

The project is to provide lighting to (a) improve general public safety in areas of increased Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), and (b) facilitate enhanced youth work in the Park. The proposal is to use existing power supplies in the tennis courts pavilion in Spa Park and in the Spa Gardens bandstand to power festoon lighting. That will illuminate the tennis pavilion, courts and youth shelter to help the use of the area for outreach youth work. It will also support public safety for important pedestrian routes across the Spa Gardens and into the market place, and from schools across the Park. Both the presence of the lighting, and the consequent greater public use of the former route could help manage ASB around the bowling green when combined with the proposed installation of CCTV there, which is the subject of a separate project. Project aims to increase public safety and feelings of safety.

VIY @ Inspire Youth, Knaresborough

Volunteer it Yourself – £5,475.00 awarded –  Harrogate

Funding will support delivery of a new VIY facility improvement and refurbishment project at Inspire Youth Club in Knaresborough involving and benefitting at least 20 marginalised/vulnerable young people who are also NEET (not in employment, education or training) or at risk of becoming NEET. Youth club currently has 350+ users per week and links with multiple local organisations in hosting youth outreach services; a mix of one-to one and group sessions with local young people who are marginalised/vulnerable and NEET/at risk – and the project beneficiaries will be referred into the project by the venue itself and by these partner organisations as an innovative skills development, work experience and employability opportunity. Project aims for 20 young people to receive training and mentoring and achieving an Entry Level 3 City & Guilds skills accreditation, with 5 young people progressing to an EET outcome post project. OPFCC funding will be used to support Building materials, tools, Personal Protect Equipment for young people, City and Guilds accreditation costs and Volunteer expenses.

It’s Not Love

NSPCC – £18,666.63 awarded –  Scarborough

Funding will support diversionary, early intervention, drama-based activity towards reducing domestic abuse-related crimes by challenging unhealthy views and behaviours of Year 7-9 pupils in Scarborough schools. Pupils will participate in a Theatre in Education performance and workshop entitled “It’s Not Love”, tailored to 3,000 pupils in Scarborough, identified and targeted in partnership. Pupils will explore the impact of domestic abuse through the performance and workshops, investigate potential allies and interventions, and discuss questions about unhealthy relationships. This project will be developed and delivered by NSPCC staff and local partner agencies, including York St John’s University. Participant schools will be identified and targeted through NYCSP and through existing relationships with schools in Scarborough. Project impact will be sustained and reinforced through providing healthy relationships e-training, lunch and learn sessions, and teaching materials for teachers to deliver.

SAY SCARBOROUGH(SIVIK ACTIVE YOUTH)

SIVIK ACTIVE CIC – £11,480.00 awarded – Scarborough

Funding will provide diversionary activities (2hrs/week) for young people after school in the Barrowcliff and Eastfield estates when they are most vulnerable from exploitation or becoming involved in Anti-Social Behaviour. Project will a Sport 4 Development approach and workshops to create positive outcomes for high-risk young people on the periphery of the criminal justice system or becoming involved in anti-social behaviour. Alongside the practical activities will also be workshops based on entrepreneurship, DIY Skills and qualifications and training in mental health first aid and sports coaching. The programme will allow delivery of sports based one-to-one and group mentoring programmes and volunteering opportunities, where the young people can take a leadership role in delivery. Project will link with local partners to ensure a targeted aligned approach.

York Health and Arts MELA

Eimaan Culture and Community Services  CIC – £2,500.00 awarded – York

Funding will support infrastructure costs at the multicultural celebration, performing arts and other activities event, that also aims to raise awareness. Event will involve NYP and NYFRS this year and link back to the Hate Crime Partnership in York.

Upgrade of lighting on Multi-Use Games Area

New Earswick Sports Club – £4,720.99 awarded  – York

The project aim is to replace the metal halide lighting on the Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) which has been installed for nearly 7 years and needs to be updated to an LED system, to improve the lighting so that more sports can take place on it throughout the year. The club is used by a wide mixture of people of all ages. The enhanced lighting will provide a safer feeling environment as it spills over a wider area, this would encourage use by more people, particularly females who predominantly play netball. The spill from an updated lighting system also aims to discourage anti-social behaviour. The aim is to grow the club to provide a safe space for all of the community to be involved in sport and social activities.

Resident Engagement Project

Restore York- £7,000.00 awarded –  York

Restore provides accommodation, support and engagement opportunities to individuals living in York who would otherwise be homeless, and helps them work towards independent living. Residents receive help and encouragement from a Support Worker. Housing Support Workers maintain regular contact with residents from their move in date, until six months after they have been established in their own independent property. Resident contact with staff includes weekly 1:1 support sessions, training courses and workshops, and socials. Resident progress is measured by ‘Outcomes Star’, covering ten areas of engagement and personal development. Demand for the service is ever increasing due to rising levels of poverty and homelessness. The Engagement project equips residents with valuable life skills and helps them to take responsibility for themselves. OPFCC funding will support life skills, readying for employment, physical/mental health support costs.

Community Café

St. James the Deacon Church Community Café – £5,545.00 awarded – York

Funding will enhance community cafe, supporting vulnerable individuals due to various factors such as mental health issues or socio-economic vulnerabilities.  The cafe not only provides a safe and welcoming space for the community but also offers tangible support in the form of free refreshments, and food parcels for those in need. Additionally, the cafe serves as a hub for the local area coordinator to connect with individuals and provide support through links to other services, helping the most vulnerable in the community, including women and those who have been or could potentially be victims of crime due to mental health and other vulnerabilities.  Overarching goal is to create a supportive environment that fosters community cohesion.  Funding will aid the building in becoming a welcoming and inviting space, encouraging it to be used positively by the local community, increasing access to key services.

The Bruce Project

York Mind- £16,866.00 awarded – York

The Bruce project aims to raise awareness of mental health and risk-taking behaviour amongst young people, provide diversionary activities and help young people improve their emotional literacy, know when to reach out for support and develop positive coping strategies. This is an early intervention project to support young people aged 11-18, particularly young males aged 13-16, who are experiencing mental health challenges. Using artwork co-produced by a local artist and a group of young people, project will support young people to engage in conversations around mental health and help them to discover different positive coping strategies. Sessions will be delivered in groups, and will involve components of peer support, psychoeducation and creativity. Groups will be delivered outside of school hours, unless delivering specifically in a pupil referral unit, and will each support around 8 young people. Project will also deliver outreach sessions in local schools, to open up the conversation around mental health and positive coping strategies. Outreach targeted in areas including Clifton, Tang Hall and Acomb.

The Pathfinder Initiative

U17 Drivers Pathfinder Ltd – £6,500.00 – Countywide

Pathfinder, charity owned and volunteer delivered, is a 4 day, intensive programme for rising 17’s delivered in school holidays and producing risk aware drivers. Funding would enable three events over 12 months, engaging approximately 100 young people. Pathfinder draws on the Roadcraft methodology of The Under 17 Car Club which has educated over 5000 young people and is the only programme to offer the methodology, duration, and parental engagement with pre-licence drivers fundamental to tackling the continuing trend of KSI’s involving young drivers between the ages of 16-25 years (identified by RSP as as being one of the most at risk on the roads of the county). Pathfinder will work with local partners to ensure joined-up and targeted approach to identification and delivery.

Crossroads Diversionary Service

Humankind – £2,505.00 – Countywide

Funding will support delivery of Breathworks Mindfulness Workshops to vulnerable females who are accessing the support of Crossroads or are accessing support from partner agencies. Breathworks Mindfulness and compassion workshops are an evidenced based, NICE recognised, trauma-sensitive, neuro-friendly and secular solution to upwards social mobility. The workshops would target adult females, in hardship, who may have experienced downwards social mobility because of experiencing domestic violence, mental health, and/or substance use, often resulting in offending patterns of behaviour. The sessions are 45 mins long and will include an introductory session, and 6 x Breathwork’s modules. Sessions will be delivered by a Crossroads trained facilitator. A wellbeing questionnaire will be offered to the participants’ to fill in at the beginning and end of the workshops to provide evidence of the workshops’ impact.

‘By Your Side’ project

NEPACS – £15,350.00 – Countywide

By Your Side’ service will improve wellbeing and prevent criminal behaviour and animosity towards the police/justice system by providing very early intervention support to the families and children of individuals in the aftermath of the arrest of a parent/family member. Project will build on existing work with families and young people in court and prison visitor settings providing, for the first time, direct family intervention at a much earlier stage in the justice process. This will enable police and partners to make early referrals to deliver much-needed family support, reducing pressure on those organisations and facilitating family stability and wellbeing. The service will work in partnership with local agencies to support a joined-up approach.
The service will feed into existing family support services facilitating access to specialist support in, for example, parental rights and for families of people accused of causing sexual harm. It will also facilitate access to a separately-funded grants scheme, providing financial support in the face of a sudden income-loss.

Active Burniston & Cloughton – secure storage for equipment and maintenance materials. For use by volunteers and community.

Burniston & Cloughton Village Hall and Playing Fields – £5,189.00 – Scarborough

Active Burniston and Cloughton are renovating a sports facility in the playing fields to provide 2 tennis courts and a multi-use games area for use by the residents of Burniston, Cloughton and neighbouring villages. Following consultation with NY Designing Out Crime Officer, CCTV has been installed to the area and a Secure Metal Shed is required to store maintenance equipment, Sports Equipment for loan, and an undercover area for seating for parents for example. The shed will also store maintenance equipment and be a space where training meetings can be held, and parents can wait for children and also house the CCTV power equipment.

Building Our Barrowcliff

National Literacy Trust – £14,849.56 – Scarborough

Building Our Barrowcliff is a 6-week social action readiness programme targeting 30 young people aged 10-11 from local schools. Barrowcliff is prioritised by North Yorkshire Police under the Clear, Hold, Build strategy. This project specifically empowers children receiving free school meals, and those disengaged from school to identify and tackle issues that matter to them in their community, to develop essential literacy skills, and to raise their aspirations for future success. The programme will consist of weekly, one-hour workshops conducted in the school environment, supported by the Hub Project Officer. These workshops will equip young people with the necessary skills to plan, prepare and pitch their social action ideas to a panel of community representatives, including local councillors, business leaders and members of North Yorkshire Police, who will assist in offering suggestions to the young people about how their project ideas can be realised in their local community. The aims of the project are to: Empower young people to address issues they care about, Enhance their confidence in communicating with diverse audiences, Develop literacy skills that promote future workplace success, Foster community involvement and empowerment among participants.

WHISH Tweens Youth Group

WHISH – £4,000.00 – Scarborough

WHISH runs a teen group once a week for around 15 young people aged 13 – 20.. This was funded by the Community Fund for the first year. This funding will support a similar group of disadvantaged young people aged 10 – 12. Project will run 1 evening per week 5 – 7pm, at the WHISH Hub, for up to 15 young people. Activities will include sport, music, creative crafts, cooking, and using sensory room. Group will have regular visits from the local PCSO, sessions on First Aid, Mental health & wellbeing, sexual health etc. WHISH also arrange visits from the RNLI about water safety and the Fire Service on staying safe, and regular drop-ins by the PCSO, to establish relationships and trust with the young people. The group will be valuable for learning, socialising and integrating, particularly for 10- 11 year olds who go to 15 different primary schools scattered across Whitby and the North Yorkshire Moors, before they join 1 large senior school.

Youth Connect and Empower Programme

Our Space Selby (CIO) – £10,500.00 – Selby

Our Space Selby’s Youth Connect and Empower programme is a six-month initiative designed to reduce youth vulnerability to anti-social behaviour (ASB) and address pressing community safety concerns in the Flaxley Road area. Targeted at young people aged 12-17, this programme offers structured weekly workshops, peer leadership training, and collaborative, community-driven projects that empower youth to make positive contributions to their surroundings. The programme features three core components: 24 Outreach Engagement Workshops, a 20-hour Peer Leadership Training course, to prepare 10-15 participants to co-lead future activities and serve as role models within the community and Interactive planning meetings in which youth take an active role in shaping community initiatives. Post-project, trained peer leaders will continue co-facilitating activities within Our Space’s volunteer network, sustaining youth engagement and providing ongoing positive outlets. The overarching goal is to build a safer, more connected community by providing youth with the confidence, skills, and opportunities to make lasting, positive changes.

Camblesforth Skate Park

Camblesforth Parish Council – £6,500.00 – Selby

Camblesforth Parish Council wish to provide a small skatepark to be situated in the existing village playground on Brigg Lane. This is a new piece of work to make use of a small, grassed area at the back of playground that is currently not being used to meet the needs of our present day children and young people. During a consultation exercise in partnership with the local Primary School, local children and young people who are regular users of the playground requested some skate ramps to enhance the existing play equipment. All local children in the village will benefit from a new facility as it can be used by all ages and abilities. The Parish Council will work with NYP to ensure appropriate use of the ramps as diversionary equipment and engage young people in positive outcomes. The area earmarked for the project is separate from the main playground equipment and can be locked if necessary. It will also be covered by CCTV.

Spirit of Christmas – Seasonal events

Spirit of Christmas £1,364.00 Selby and York

Funding will enable delivery of two family Christmas parties in Selby and York that caters for 320 children. Project also provide primary schools in Tang Hall with up to 340 presents for children and a Christmas toy bank in Selby that provides presents (books to promote reading) for up to 800 children. NY and York YJS are involved in joint delivery of the project. Project will work with local partners to prioritise families most in need. The project will allow families to attend a 2-hour party where they can meet, chat, network and allow children to have fun in a safe environment and not have to worry about costs.

*On The Same Team* York City Knights Foundation T/A

York RLFC Foundation – £19,746.00 – York

Project aims to address bullying and discrimination issues by educating and helping people with learning disabilities to find their voice and the confidence to stand up and enjoy the opportunities that sports can provide. Initiative is designed to foster inclusivity and understanding among young people. Using resources from the national governing body, the Rugby Football League (RFL) who implemented ‘On The Same Team,’ a free and groundbreaking anti-bullying initiative in partnership with Community Integrated Care, the early intervention project, leverages the influence of rugby league to create a platform for education and change. It addresses crime, bullying, anti-social behaviour and tackles prejudice before it forms. A key element of the programme is the involvement of prominent Rugby League figures who teach young people the values of kindness, compassion, and inclusion. Through interactive sessions/engaging teaching techniques, participants are encouraged to reflect on their actions and the consequences on others. The project is aimed at children aged 9 – 13 years and combating the rise in disability hate crime and other forms of discrimination by engaging young people through rugby-based activities. The project will target 6000 people in total, across 24 settings within the City of York, identified and agreed in partnership. Once delivered the project resources will be left with schools for teachers to deliver to future year groups and young people will be encouraged to access local groups/teams including Learning Disability Tag Rugby Team.

SELFA North Craven Youth

SELFA – £9,558.00 – Craven

The main aim of the project is to build a network of peer support for young people in North Craven. It will consist of two weekly term-time peer support groups for those aged 11-19: one in Bentham and one in Settle. Project will target those referrals where children have been identified at risk by the referrer and in need of early intervention, as well as emotional and behavioural issues being displayed by the young people. These referrals will be identified through partner agencies including primary schools, community safety hub, social prescribers, NYC early help and social services, all of whom will be made aware of the programme. To access the programme young people will be identified as in need of support with behaviour, including those who are withdrawn and disengaged, those who are rurally isolated and those who have complex and multiple issues in the family home. This includes looked after children and those who are attending specialist school provision.

Boxing Club and Family Matters

North Yorkshire Connected Spaces – £7,500.00 – Harrogate and Richmond (Northallerton)

Following 12 months of well attended boxing sessions with positive feedback, the volunteer ran group of lived experience peers at North Yorkshire Connected Spaces aim to continue to run two weekly boxing clubs. Each boxing club is aimed at 2 separate cohorts of service users within the Harrogate and Northallerton communities. The sessions are to engage members of our community that are in active addiction or are currently in recovery from substance misuse. The session aims to promote recovery by enabling active drug users into a recovery network, by using boxing to promote change and offer opportunities for personal development. The sessions offer peer to peer support which promotes a mutual understanding and empowerment. The second boxing session is aimed at young people aged 11+ that are affected by addiction, such as a family member that is inactive addiction or recovery. The session aims to bring together young people that are facing similar challenges and use this as a support network, to offer support, an opportunity to promote change and promote healthy wellbeing. The existing boxing has been that successful that NYCS now want to offer the sessions in Northallerton to people within the addiction/recovery community.

On Your Bike

Wensleydale Bike Club – £5,000.00 – Richmondshire

This is a new project working jointly with North Yorkshire Council Virtual School to receive referrals for engagement with specific young people who are at risk of offending or antisocial behaviour in the Richmondshire, Hambleton, and Harrogate . This is designed to be an early prevention and deter from offending programme. The project is aimed at young people that are care experienced over the age of 10.  There is the capacity for 10 young people. Project is aiming to develop/continue a positive interest that can be an alternative to antisocial behaviour but also be positive for both physical and mental health and lead onto future career options. A programme of sessions will be delivered throughout 2025 aiming at developing young people’s cycling skills, maintenance skills, volunteering opportunities and supporting/leading other young people. This programme will also provide the opportunity to receive accreditation such as Go MTB award scheme and trail maintenance qualification. The sessions will be in varied locations focusing on the home locations for the referred young people so supporting the continuing of the activities once the programme has finished. They will also be signposting to community based groups that are relevant to the young persons location to continue their interest.

Colburn Youth Drama Project

The Colburn Youth Project – £10,000.00 – Richmondshire

With the support from the local community, school and Parish Council funding will support a new drama group for young people to access, filling a gap in services in the Colburn area. Colburn Youth will work closely with the local school and police to select the young people, aged 7-12 who would most benefit, together with existing relationships. Project will work in partnership to target those young people at-risk. Project will run once a week with 12-16 young people working with a drama leader and a support worker. There will also be specialists to cover all the aspects of theatre work e.g. set building, stage fighting, dancing, lights, sound etc.  Project aims to create a functioning, actively engaged with, Youth Drama Group that will run for 44 weeks of the year for the first 2 years.

Installation and Fitting Out of Community Café Kitchen

Wesley Centre Malton – £2,778.00 – Ryedale

Over the last five years, the iconic Georgian building in Saville Street, Malton has been undergoing a major £3.5 million redevelopment programme to open up the Grade II* architectural gem for much greater use by an expanding community. The installation and fitting out of this purpose designed Café kitchen is one of the last remaining significant items yet to be completed. The Wesley Centre has partnered with Malton Free Fridge since 2020. It freely distributes waste food that is good to eat for up to 30,000 people per year. Pivotal to this, is the provision of a safe space where many such people that remain vulnerable can gather for conversation and free refreshments. Funding will support the some kitchen equipment.

Filey Community Sports Club Security Enhancements

Scarborough Athletic Football Club Society – £7,200.00 – Scarborough

Funding will support club to enhance the security provision at Filey Community Sports Club, the home of young teams from ages 7 to 19, alongside some adult community teams.  Club wish to improve the height of the fence to make the facility more secure, due to recent trespassing and squatters recorded on multiple occasions to North Yorkshire Police.  Project aims to enhance feelings of safety for all.

Green Futures

St Nicks (Friends of St Nicholas Fields) – £13,525.00 – York

Funding will support delivery of a series of nature-based programmes to engage young people (YPs) (11+) to make a positive difference on the reserve, following an increase in anti-social behaviour (ASB). The programme will target those at risk young people in partnership with NYP and the Community Safety Hub. The 5 programmes will run weekly for 6-8 weeks, for up to 12 participants and each will have a different focus, enabling a diverse range of activities to engage young people to be offered. The work of these groups will culminate in a young person led campaign to give a sense of ownership, improve the reserve and reduce ASB. Examples include improving signage, reducing litter, creating artwork or developing wildlife habitat. Each block will provide time to build community, establish trust and learn new skills in a safe environment, thus maximising engagement and providing a positive influence.