Main MenuOur Impact
We strengthen the organisations behind or delivering front line services, multiplying the impact of every pound invested. We increase capacity, resilience and outcomes.
Local support, strong communities and practical action across a unique rural district
We strengthen organisations through support with governance, funding, sustainability.
We build capacity by helping organisations grow, adapt and deliver more.
We connect and influence via partnerships, insight, advocacy.
This reduces demand on NHS services
- Address rural cost of living pressures
- Address isolation
- Enhanced community resilience
- Better access to support / community activities
- Reduced inequality
- Better wellbeing
- Increased engagement
- Reducing rural disadvantage
In 2025/26, we worked directly with 200 organisations, most of them small, volunteer-led groups and we distributed nearly £233,000 to 79 community projects.
A copy of our Annual Report for 2024-2025 is available to download here
Please see Better Derbyshire Dales Fund – Awards made 2025-26 to understand the impact of managing this small, local funding stream. You can read more about the Better Derbyshire Dales Fund here.
Further highlights include: –
Case Study 2 Social Connect, September 2025
Case Study 1 Social Connect, June 2025