Helping your community can be daunting. You don’t know where to start, who to help, or how your donation is used. We’re here to change that.
We’re One Community, a specialist team of local experts who put donations to work through a growing network of over 2,500 Kirklees-based charities and community organisations.
We’re proudly independent. On a mission to do good. Using our community connections to make sure every donation makes the most impact.
of the Kirklees population live in neighbourhoods ranked in the top 10% most impoverished in England
people across the Kirklees area are unpaid carers
local people were homeless in 2021. An additional 1,571 were threatened with homelessness
Not even the pandemic could stop the team at One Community from distributing vital funds from the Kirklees Community Fund. This year, they have been able to award 11 grants totalling £7,883 – funds that have been a lifeline to charities during challenging times
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Kirklees Council
Setting up a charitable fund that will last for generations is really effective, and gives us the opportunity to help support local voluntary activity.
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Ken Davy, Donor
We are very grateful for the £1,000 grant you kindly gave us. It meant we could continue to feed our clients with a two-course hot meal twice a week. We served between 45 and 60 meals each day.
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Batley Community Outreach Centre
