Free Where Possible
If another organisation is better placed to help, we will point you there first.
Funding Help in Sheffield
Before you pay anyone, try these Sheffield routes.
Sheffield already has people who give free funding advice, governance help and support to community organisations. This page tells you who does what. If the free route does not cover the job, you can ask us about the project itself.
- Use SYFAB for funding advice and bid support.
- Use VAS for governance, volunteers and running a group.
- Use Culture Sheffield for arts and cultural opportunities.
Support should create more work like this, not sit above it.
Where SCO CIC Fits
When a useful link is not enough.
A directory cannot build the budget, untangle the delivery plan or hold a contract for you. If that is where the project is stuck, tell us what needs doing and we will be clear about what SCO CIC can take on.
Hands-On Where Needed
We can help shape projects, build budgets, support bids and handle the business side.
Reinvested Income
Any income SCO CIC generates goes back into the CIC and into supporting more projects.
Grounded in Real Work
Our own projects include Industrial Elements and 09 Murals, backed by wider funding experience including EU funding and theatre and arts funding for dance.
Free Support First
Useful places to begin.
These are some of the best starting points in Sheffield if you need advice, funding information, training or support around getting a project moving.
Culture Sheffield
Useful for cultural organisations, artists and community-led creative work.
Opportunities & Funds
A practical Culture Sheffield page with current opportunities, events and funding-related resources.
SYFAB
Training, funding advice and one-to-one support for voluntary and community groups across South Yorkshire.
Voluntary Action Sheffield
Strong for support around setting up, governance, volunteering and running a community organisation.
Next Step
Still not sure who to ask?
Send us two or three sentences about the organisation, the project and the problem. We will point you to a useful first door.