Aims/Priorities: The aim of this funding is to improve the health and wellbeing of unpaid carers from global majority ethnicities in GM.
Who can apply? GM-based VCSE organisations rooted in their community that already work with unpaid carers from global majority backgrounds and aim to deliver health and wellbeing projects are eligible to apply.
You must be based and operating in one or more of the ten localities of GM. We can only fund VCSE organisations and your organisation must have:
- An income or turnover of between £50,000 and £250,000 in the last financial reporting period
- A constitution or governing document which sets out the rules of your group
- A minimum of three directors/trustees who are unrelated to each other
- Its own bank account (or links to a named charitable entity that has agreed to hold the funds on your behalf)
- At least 50% of your board, management committee or senior leadership represent the community that you serve through their personal (lived) or professional (learned) experience
- Public, employers and product liability insurance cover
- Key policies relating to health and safety, safeguarding, data protection and financial risk management
Grant Amount: Twenty £5,000 grants are available. Organisations can apply once for a full £5000 grant.
Application Process: Please read the guidance document in full to ensure your proposal meets the criteria.
- Interested organisations should answer the eligibility screening questions online at Assura GM Community Fund | Manchester Community Central
- Eligible organisations will be given access to the short application form. The online form will be available for seven weeks
There is an information webinar scheduled on Thursday 4 September. You can register here: https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=8971
Deadline: Tuesday 30 September (noon)
Contact Information: grants@macc.org.uk
Website: Assura Community Fund | Manchester Community Central