Leeds Community Groups Receive Funding to Support Winter Wellbeing

Leeds Community Groups Receive Funding to Support Winter Wellbeing

January 7, 2026 Off By

Local organisations awarded grants to help residents stay healthy and warm

Leeds Community Foundation, in partnership with Leeds City Council Public Health, has awarded £57,000 to 20 community organisations across Leeds to support people during the colder months of winter 2025. The funding aims to assist those most at risk of becoming unwell due to the challenges posed by the winter season.

Organisations receiving funding

  • Basis Yorkshire
  • Burmantofts Community Friends
  • Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
  • Dial Leeds Ltd
  • Feel Good Factor
  • Flourishing Families Leeds
  • Hamara Healthy Living Centre
  • Holbeck Together
  • Home-Start Leeds
  • Leeds Baby Bank
  • Leeds Irish Health and Homes
  • MHA Communities Rothwell & District
  • MHA Communities Horsforth
  • MHA Communities South Leeds
  • Middleton Elderly Aid
  • People in Action
  • Shantona Women and Family Centre
  • South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise Ltd (SLATE)
  • The Homeless Pastors CIC
  • West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network (WYDAN)

Types of support provided

The funded organisations will deliver a range of activities and services designed to help people stay warm, healthy, and socially connected throughout the winter. These include:

  • Distribution of essential items such as coats, gloves, blankets, and thermal clothing
  • Provision of hot food and drinks, as well as food hampers containing cooking ingredients
  • Offering warm spaces and social activities, including wellbeing workshops and family fun days
  • Befriending and welfare checks conducted in person, by phone, text, and social media
  • Support and advice on benefits, debt, utility bills, and managing essential living costs

Background and impact

Stay Well This Winter is a long-standing initiative jointly run by Leeds Community Foundation and Leeds City Council Public Health. Over the past 15 years, the programme has awarded nearly 400 grants totalling more than £1 million. These grants have supported almost 32,000 local people to cope with the difficulties associated with cold weather.

The 2025 funding continues this effort to reduce winter-related health risks and social isolation among vulnerable populations in Leeds.

Source: Leeds Community Foundation

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