Community Grant Scheme

Two volunteers standing beside a community-built bug hotel as part of the All Hands on the Don project.

Community organisation in Doncaster?

Want to take action for the River Don, its wildlife or heritage?

As part of the All Hands on the Don project, Don Catchment Rivers Trust are delivering a Community Grant Scheme to help bring communities or individuals within a community together, to take action for, or to engage people with the River Don, its tributaries, wildlife and heritage.

Community Grant Scheme

The purpose of the All Hands on the Don Community Grant Scheme is to help local organisations undertake projects which focus on the River Don and/or its tributaries. This includes:

Bringing communities or individuals within a community together, to take action for the River Don and its tributaries, who wish to open up or improve riverside access

Projects which will assist wildlife within the river corridor through;

Habitat creation and improvement
Tackling pollution
Tackling invasive non-native species
Providing environmental education

Projects which will preserve or enhance historic heritage within the river corridor.

Projects which work with those who would not usually engage with nature.

Projects connected to the River Don and/or its tributaries, with a strong element of public access or inclusion, such as volunteer involvement.

Grant applications must contribute to at least one of these priorities.

Area which is covered by the grant below.

Please note that parts of Doncaster are not covered by the Community Grant Scheme as they do not fall within the Don Catchment (land which drains into the River Don or its tributaries). of the river and river issues.