Scarborough Pride Receive Woodsmith Foundation Funding

Scarborough Pride is among a number of local groups benefiting from a share of £250k Woodsmith Foundation funding.

The Woodsmith Foundation has awarded grants totalling almost £250,000 towards initiatives that will support local communities from Teesside to Scarborough.

Seventy organisations received grants from the Foundation, an independent charity funded by Anglo American, to help them deliver a range of programmes.

Scarborough Pride will use their grant to offer meaningful support and activities for the LGBT+ community in the Scarborough Borough.

Sarah Fenwick, Head of Fundraising for Scarborough Pride said:

“We’re thrilled to receive this funding from the Woodsmith Foundation, it will really help us offer support to increase health and wellbeing, promote inclusivity and provide opportunities for our community to unite and support each other, including the creation of a Youth Committee and a new webpage signposting people to services that support the LGBT+ community,”

Woodsmith Foundation Chief Executive Leah Swain said:

“Our Community Grants rounds support local people to make a measurable difference in their communities. From sports equipment to village hall refurbishments, social activities for all ages, and projects that support people who are disadvantaged due to unfavourable circumstances, we know the funding creates positive change.

“We expect to open for new applications for Community Grants in early March and look forward to supporting local people throughout 2023 and beyond.”

The Foundation was set up to bring wider community benefits in addition to the positive economic impact of the mine. It has supported almost 500 projects in Redcar and Cleveland Borough, Scarborough Borough and the North York Moors National Park since 2017. Anglo American pledged a four-year, £4m funding package when it acquired the Woodsmith Project in March 2020.

Groups receiving cash in the latest round of awards are:

• 1st Marske & New Marske Barn Owls Scout Group
• 42nd St Marks Scout Group Scarborough
• ARCADE
• Art Therapy Yorkshire
• Ayton Football Club
• Briefs Not Pants CIC (t/a Creative Briefs)
• Burniston & Cloughton Village Hall
• Caedmon College Whitby’s Equestrian Team
• Castleton, Danby and District Bowling Club
• Danby Village Hall
• Eastside Community Centre
• Egton Parish Council
• Filey Lions Club
• Fishburn Park FC
• Flash Company Arts CIC
• Friends of Eston Cemetery
• Friends of Zetland Parks
• Furniture Reclamation and Delivery Enterprise (FRADE)
• Futures Theatre
• Futureworks NY
• Grenfell Club
• Guisborough Town Whites U15 Football team
• Hackness Village Hall
• Hawsker cum Stainsacre Parish Council
• Hinderwell Village Hall
• Kilburn Village Institute
• Knock Out Depression CIC
• Lazenby Village Hall
• Lighthouse Navigation Northeast
• Lingdale Village Hall
• Little Moorsholm Green Fingers
• Liverton Parochial Church Council
• Loftus & Whitby Athletics Club
• Loftus Town Council
• Love Loftus CIC
• Mars Estate Resident’s Group (MERGe)
• Marske Bowls Club
• Marske Community Church
• Methodist Asylum Project Middlesbrough
• Moorsholm in Bloom
• Muston Village Hall
• Redcar & Cleveland District Football
• Redcar Newmarket FC
• Restore Filey
• Row Brow Field Archery
• Ryedale Jazz Society
• Scalby & Newby Bowling Club
• Scalby Cricket Club
• Scarborough & District Badminton Association
• Scarborough & District Disability Action Group
• Scarborough Pride
• Scarborough Sixth Form College
• Senses Wellbeing Centre C.I.C
• Singing for Pleasure Choir
• Sleights Football Club
• SPARKS
• St Peter's CIC
• St. Matthew's Church, Grosmont
• Staithes Area Shed
• TEES Community Hub
• Teesside Community Action Group
• Teesside Erimus Football Club
• The Ladies of the Lakes Estate Association
• Thornton Le Dale Bowling Club
• WHISH
• Whitby Coastal Rowing Club
• Whitby Company of Archers
• Whitby Cricket Club
• Whitby Town Football Foundation
• Yorkshire Coast Sight Support