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nity. YouCan. YouCan offers £300 grants to help kick-start your community project and has helped to fund craft groups, family fun days and has even supported the starting up of small businesses that benefit the local community. To take a look at some of the projects YouCan has funded this year, and to find out more about how to apply for your very own grant, click here. Last year YouCan paid out - funding 96 community projects. 90% of you would recommend your neighbourhood as a place to live. We have 153 neighbourhood coaches, 12 employment coaches, 7 money advisors. 387 ASB cases were opened with only 33 £17,826 in grants going to court. Grants spark community support for new parents Esther Allen is volunteer director of Spark Centre in Burntwood and needed funding to start some services for families in the area because of a lack of funding for things like breastfeeding services. New parents in the Burntwood area had no access to much needed help, but a grant from YouCan has helped to change things. Read the full story here. Customer Annual Review 2018