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, widlife and heritage.

Priorities of the Community Grant Scheme

UPDATE: We have updated the priorities and our terms and conditions to make it clearer what types of projects the Community Grant Scheme is designed to support. The updated priorities are below.

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).

• Awards of up to £3,500
• Minimum awards of £250

Any project funded under the scheme must be completed by 1 June 2026.

To find out more, and for information on how to apply, please read the terms and conditions document and application form below.