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Celebrating Community Impact in 2025/26

This year we awarded 239 grants totalling £1,078,862, supporting communities across Kirklees.

Our impact is made possible by the generosity of our donors and the local charities and community organisations they support. We bring donors, businesses and community partners together, helping ensure funding reaches the people and places where it can make the greatest difference.

In 2025/26, 150 community groups received funding, including 24 first-time applicants, with approximately 220,000 people benefiting from the projects we supported.

From strengthening communities and improving wellbeing to creating new opportunities, our grants are helping local organisations respond to immediate needs while building stronger, more resilient communities for the future.

In this year’s Annual Review, we share just some of the inspiring stories behind the projects and communities that have benefited from our funding.

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“Thank you.

The grant and support from One Community is transformational for small organisations like ours.”

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“Our experience working with the fund has been very positive. The application and reporting processes were clear, and communication throughout the project was supportive and accessible. The funding enabled us to deliver meaningful, practical sessions that made a real difference to participants’ safety, confidence and wellbeing.”

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“The grants provided by One Community have made a real and lasting difference, helping us to maintain and develop essential services for people who might otherwise struggle to access support. Your understanding of the importance of long-term, survivor-focused funding has played a key role in strengthening our work and increasing our impact.“

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“We are so grateful for the funding we receive from One Community. Last year, this funding came at a time when we were really worried about how we could continue. This gave us back the belief that we were right to keep pushing for funding. And thankfully we continued to be successful with a couple of other funders too last year.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”

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“This fund has been truly integral to the delivery of activities over the last year. Having the ability to provide some food has been really valued in terms of relationships and connections – people feel they are working to common good”

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