South Yorkshire's Community Foundation (funded by NHS South Yorkshire) Grants

NHS Maternity Care Research Small Grants (South Yorkshire)

South Yorkshire's Community Foundation (funded by NHS South Yorkshire)

This NHS South Yorkshire fund, run by South Yorkshire's Community Foundation, pays community groups to gather stories, feedback and experiences from women and families who have used maternity or neonatal services in the past two to three years. That covers care in pregnancy, during birth and afterwards. What you find will help shape NHS South Yorkshire's new service user involvement strategy and future improvements to maternity care. It suits groups that work with women and families living in areas of deprivation or from Global Majority communities in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield or across South Yorkshire. In Doncaster, priority goes to Eastern European communities. In Sheffield, priority goes to Roma and Slovak communities. The funder is especially keen to hear from Black African, Black Caribbean and other Black communities, who experience some of the poorest outcomes. You can ask for up to £4,500. The total pot is just over £22,500, and the aim is to fund at least five organisations. You can spend the grant on staffing, volunteer costs, resources such as food, drink, marketing and engagement tools, and a reasonable share of overheads that directly support the project, including transport. Applications close at 9am on Monday 9 November 2026. A local panel will assess them in early December, with grants paid before Christmas. You can join an online drop-in session from 10.30am to 11.30am on Wednesday 4 November 2026 to ask questions. Bear in mind the timeline. Your engagement work runs from December 2026 to May 2027, and you need to hand in your research and stories by the end of May 2027. You will then share your findings at a listening event in June or July 2027, and send a short end of grant report when your activity finishes. Official source: https://www.sycf.org.uk/apply/search-our-grants/nhs-maternity-care-research-small-grants-programme. Last checked by GrantMatch on 28 October 2026.