SOAR Community

Registered charity 1112008 · since 2005soarcommunity.org.uk·Sheffield·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£23,675

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

SOAR Community's grants fit best where your group is a community group or leader working on friendly supportive communities, active lifestyles, nature and the outdoors, or, under Let's Build Health, family and youth work, volunteering, green space and healthy living.
Its stated range for This Is Us Grants, Small, is £1,000 to £5,000, so a request of that size fits, though no overall grant range is stated, so do not assume larger awards.
Check the area before you apply: This Is Us Grants is open to groups based in Burngreave, Firvale, Crabtree, Firth Park or Longley and does not fund activities outside its listed neighbourhoods and postcodes, while Let's Build Health does not fund activities outside the East & West Ecclesfield, Shiregreen & Brightside and Southey partnerships, so groups elsewhere should not apply.
Applications run in rounds every six months, subject to funding, and This is Us Grants accepts applications from 1 July to 15 September, so plan around that window and use the pre-application Q&A sessions or the Communities Team before you submit.

Overview

SOAR Community is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1112008).

SOAR Community is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, set up to build and strengthen local communities and to support lasting positive change in the life and wellbeing of North Sheffield residents. It was incorporated in March and became a charity in November, and since then it has delivered services that carry on urban regeneration in the North of Sheffield. Its grants run through two programmes, This Is Us Grants and Let's Build Health Grants. It awarded £23,675 in small grants to 13 organisations in North Sheffield, and £50,000 to 18 organisations and groups in Burngreave, Firvale, Firth Park and Longley.

What they fund

Priority Areas

SOAR Community’s grants support community groups and leaders to deliver local activity that improves health, wellbeing and social connections. This Is Us Grants focus on friendly, supportive communities, active lifestyles and access to nature and the outdoors in listed North-East Sheffield neighbourhoods. Let’s Build Health Grants support activities in designated People Keeping Well partnerships, including work with families and young people, volunteering, green space and physical activity, and healthy living. The organisation describes its method as micro-commissioning, using small grants and spot purchasing of services, and reports awards to local organisations and groups. Its wider community-development approach also aims to support and expand grassroots organisations.

Themes

Friendly supportive community
Active lifestyles
Nature and outdoors
Family and youth activities
Volunteering
Healthy lifestyles

Geographic Focus

Burngreave; Grimesthorpe; Pitsmoor; Firth Park; Crabtree; Fir Vale; Page Hall; Southey Green East; Longley; East & West Ecclesfield; Shiregreen & Brightside; Southey. Priority: The North Of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

What they don't fund

This Is Us Grants only:
- The foundation does not fund activities and projects that do not focus on one of these priorities: Friendly supportive community
- Keeping an active lifestyle
- Access to nature/outdoors
- The foundation does not fund activities outside Burngreave, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, Firth Park, Crabtree, Fir Vale, Page Hall, Southey Green East and Longley, or postcodes other than S3 8, S3 9, S5 6, S5 7, S4 7 and S4 8
Let's Build Health Grants only: The foundation does not fund activities outside the East & West Ecclesfield, Shiregreen & Brightside and Southey People Keeping Well (PKW) Community Partnerships

How to apply

Applicants can use the application and guidance pack and contact the Communities Team with questions. SOAR offers pre-application Q&A sessions, one-to-one and group application support, confidence and capacity-building workshops, and help to constitute a group.

Deadlines: Application rounds run every six months, subject to funding.

Application windows:

This is Us Grants North East Sheffield Programme: Opens on 1 July and closes on 15 September; the application process runs every 6 months subject to funding

Who can apply:

This Is Us Grants: Community groups and leaders should be based in Burngreave (including Pitsmoor and Grimesthorpe), Firvale and Crabtree (including Page Hall), Firth Park, or Longley.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Applicants should focus their activities or projects on one of the programme’s priorities.
Let’s Build Health activities should support the overall aims of the local People Keeping Well Community Partnership.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sheffield

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to SOAR Community.

Voluntary Action SheffieldRollingGave £107k JG Graves Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £315k Sheffield Town TrustFixed deadlinesGave £331k Sheffield Hospitals CharityMixed deadlinesGave £3.2M The Combined Company of Cutlers’ Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £58,750 Harry Bottom Charitable TrustRollingGave £169k Sharrow Community ForumNo public processGave £250k ZestNo public processGave £10,779 Yorkshire Sport FoundationNo public processGave £176k South Yorkshire's Community FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £2.2M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,637,924	£1,774,648	£33,903	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£2,014,686	£2,083,024	£30,687	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,880,352	£2,131,375	£23,382	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£2,362,739	£1,993,677	£28,500	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£3,446,096	£2,299,018	£23,675	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£33,903 grants

YE 2022

£30,687 grants

YE 2023

£23,382 grants

YE 2024

£28,500 grants

YE 2025

£23,675 grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.