Two Ridings Community Foundation grants to charities and community groups in the area. The Two Ridings Community Foundation was established in October 2000 as the York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation (YNYCF). In 2010 the Foundation changed its name to the Two Ridings Community Foundation when it extended its area of work to include the East Ridings of Yorkshire and Hull. Funds are raised from private donations, businesses, philanthropists, trusts and statutory bodies. Funds are distributed to local charities and community projects in York, North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull, supporting projects to benefit: A full list of all the grant
Richard Ridings as Silas in "". Ridings voices Daddy Pig in the animated children's series "Peppa Pig", Father Christmas and Boss Dwarf in "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom", and Grooby in Q Pootle 5. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore", playing a sexually obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst and Amanda Abbington. The second series was transmitted in May, 2007. Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in "Quake III", the Mentor in "Dungeon Keeper" and "Dungeon Keeper 2", Mendechaus in War for the