St George’s Community Centre

St. George’s is a community centre based in the heart of Lupset, a large estate of social housing in Wakefield, facing many challenges. The charity is a community anchor offering a welcoming space for all with meeting rooms, IT facilities, a coffee shop, and a community allotment. They also operate four childcare settings across Wakefield. For 27 years, the charity’s work has enhanced the life chances of so many living on the Lupset estate. The charity fosters the development of community spirit and improves personal and community health and wellbeing. Despite the high levels of deprivation, child poverty, low skills, and rising crime (including knife crime amongst children), all compounded by the cost-of-living crisis, the charity work in a relational way, seeing the potential in people and the community that surrounds them.

Good Fundraising have secured income for St. Georges’ Youth Service programme, have completed a Reaching Communities application for core funding, a Lottery Awards for All application for their kitchen refurbishment and will be working with the team on other trust applications.