Community groups invited to free funding drop-in in Thorne

Voluntary and community groups across Doncaster will have the chance to explore funding options at a free event in Thorne this month. South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation will host its Meet the Funder session at Thorne Old People’s Welfare Centre on Monday 28 September 2026, from 1pm to 3pm. Groups can speak to the charity’s grants team about the RWE Tweenbridge Windfarm Community Benefits Fund, which offers grants of between £500 and £15,000 for projects within three miles of the Tweenbridge Windfarm, near Thorne. South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau experts will also attend to advise on grant and training opportunities. Jess O’Neill, Grants and Partnerships Manager at South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation, said: “We’re really looking forward to meeting lots of local faces at the Meet the Funder event and would encourage voluntary and community groups operating in Thorne, Moorends, Hatfield, Hatfield Woodhouse, Fosterhouses, Stainforth, Ealand, Fishlake, Crowle and Sandtoft to pop along and find out how our RWE Tweenbridge grants could support their work. “We’re particularly keen to receive applications from projects which support the fund’s key themes including local community, climate change and protecting the natural environment, education and training, health and wellbeing, children and young people and vulnerable or isolated older people.” South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation, which is marking its 40th anniversary this year, says it has awarded more than £40 million to communities across Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield over the past four decades.