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Thanks to funding from the GM Live Well Implementation Fund, Action Together are offering Live Well: Centres, Spaces and Offers grants to local Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) organisations in the Rochdale borough.

GM Live Well

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: 

People from South Asian communities are under-represented in drug and alcohol treatment services, and harmful use is often hidden due to stigma, cultural taboos and barriers to engagement.

A local working group has developed an action plan to begin addressing this inequality in Rochdale. As part of the first phase of delivery, we are inviting…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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The Rochdale Recovery Micro Fund through Rochdale Borough Council is a fund to invest in and strengthen Rochdale Borough’s Recovery VCFSE sector. It funds groups and projects which directly benefit local people and communities, delivered by VCFSE organisations/individuals with roots in the borough. 

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: Unconstituted Group
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering grants of up to £5,000 to help the VCFSE sector to support lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use. 

The…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Groundwork, in partnership with the Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, is offering grants of between £500 and £2,000 for small grassroots organisations that work to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

Funding is to…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Thanks to funding from the Live Well Fund, Action Together is offering grants to fund one-to-one coaching for local Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) leaders. 

We know how hard it can be to make change happen, fight for social justice and advocate for your community all while trying to keep an organisation or…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Please note - Due to the high volume of applications received, this fund has now closed. 

Aims/priorities: The One Oldham Fund is a strategic single investment fund that uses pooled resources for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham.

This investment from Oldham Council will support the…

  • Location: Oldham
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council’s Adult Social Care team, Action Together is offering grants of up to £500 to help small, unconstituted groups or those preparing to become social enterprises (such as Community Interest Companies) develop their ideas or projects into sustainable, long-term organisations that benefit Rochdale Borough.

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Unconstituted Group
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering micro grants of up to £1,000 to help the VCFSE sector to support individuals, families and communities in the Rochdale Borough. 

As there are limited funds, we will be prioritising applications from micro and small groups to our…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The Trust offers grants to charitable organisations working in agriculture, rural development and insurance in the UK.

Currently, the Trust's main objectives are to:

  • Advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to agriculture.
  • Advance the education of young people within rural…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Education and Skills, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The Institute of Physics provides funding for projects across the UK and Ireland that improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.

The funding is for projects that support the aims of the Limit Less campaign by reaching one or more of the target groups that are currently underrepresented in the physics community. IOP is…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Disabled People, General, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Individual, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and emerging talent in the arts throughout the UK.

Who can apply? Groups working to make art available for public benefit can apply.

Groups must provide a copy of their organisation's latest audited accounts (smaller charities should…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Jerwood Foundation

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support artistic projects that promote the sharing of traditional and contemporary Asian culture.

Who can apply? Not-for-profit arts organisations that are actively engaged in the cultural sector can apply, including:

  • UK-registered charities.
  • Charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Bagri Foundation

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support IT projects and activities that relate to one or more of the following priority areas:

  • Education.
  • Inclusion.
  • Tech for charities.
  • Public understanding of Technology. 

Who can apply? Registered charities and organisatoins with a formal not-for-profit constitution, such…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Education and Skills, General, IT/Digital, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo WCIT Charity

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to build happy, strong, resilient communities by supporting grassroots, not-for-profit projects that enable sustainable outcomes in:

  • Mental health
  • Wellbeing
  • Inclusion
  • Skills development

Who can apply? Grassroots, community-based organisations can apply.

To be eligible,…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Education and Skills, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Laughology Happiness Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects and activities that use music as a tool for change and the values of rock and metal community to help create an equal society. 

Who can apply? Community groups, charities, and not-for-profit organisations with an annual turnover of less than £500,000 can apply.

Priority will be given to…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Metal for Good

Aims/priorities: What is this fund about?
 

The Empower Her Football Activity Fund supports projects that help more women and girls from underrepresented communities get involved in football.
We are especially keen to support projects that reach women and girls from:

  • Ethnically diverse communities
  • Faith communities
  • Low-income…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local, Sport and Recreation, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: Supporting victims and witnesses is a key priority for the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester. In order to deliver this, a commitment of funding is being made to provide a 3-year small grants programme within Greater Manchester based VCSE victim support organisations. 

The objective of this funding is to provide opportunities to GM CVSE victims’…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to promote the welfare of young people under the age of 25 years, who suffer from various effects of social deprivation, abuse, mental and physical disabilities, inadequate housing, lack of education or training, and the problems derived from unemployment and broken families.

Who can apply? UK based charities and…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Education and Skills, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIO, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Magdalen Hospital Trust

Aims/priorities: The objective of the fund is to support Armed Forces Day events across the UK to show support for our servicemen and women, past and present.

Who can apply? Local councils, voluntary and community organisations, schools, ex-service organisations and individuals in the UK are eligible to apply.

Applicants must be able to accept a…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Armed Forces Day

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for UK charities working to improve the lives of people in need by supporting projects that make homes safe, welcoming, and comfortable. Grants are for essential home improvements and home starter kits—helping individuals and families facing homelessness, domestic abuse, disabilities, illness, or financial hardship to feel more settled…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Cost of Living Crisis, Disabled People, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo B&Q Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for UK charities working to improve the lives of people in need by supporting projects that make homes safe, welcoming, and comfortable.

Grants support home starter kits to help individuals and families facing homelessness, domestic abuse, disabilities, illness, or financial hardship to feel more settled and supported in their…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Cost of Living Crisis, Disabled People, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo B&Q Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Hinrichsen Foundation offers grants to support organisations and individuals undertaking projects to promote music.

Who can apply? Individuals, organisations, and charities in the UK are eligible to apply.

Priority will be given to projects involving composers and activity based in the UK, though activity does not have to occur…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Individual, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Hinrichsen Foundation

Aims/priorities: We support organisations that are working to improve health and wellbeing. 

Who can apply? Community Choice is for charities and CICs with an annual income of £300,000 or less. It’s designed to be a quick and easy way to put your organisation forward to receive a grant. 

You can nominate if you work…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Health Lottery Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interests being funded each year:

  • In 2025, the first two rounds focused on Access to the Arts. The third and fourth rounds focused on Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
  • In 2026, the first two rounds will focus on People experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to support innovative projects and initiatives that drive positive, life-saving, and life-transforming change in communities in the UK and around the world. 

Who can apply? UK-registered organisations can apply. 

Organisations must have been established for at least three years and have an annual…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Randal Charitable Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to support grassroots organisations helping young people to thrive. 

Funding is for programmes that create safe spaces, offer diversionary activities, and build life skills, from confidence and resilience to job readiness, to help young people feel secure, empowered, and ready for a positive future.

Who can apply…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Education and Skills, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Log KFC

Aims/priorities: The funding is for activities that meet the Fund’s theme of  'Innovation for good', and its objective is 'through innovation, empowering positive benefit for those in need'. 

The funder considers “Innovation” broadly, encompassing projects/charities that are new, different, innovative, technical, progressive, or creative.

Projects…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Kilburn & Strode

Aims/priorities: This grants programme is focused on the following impact goals:

  • Organisations serving the genetic condition community become stronger, more resilient and sustainable improving their ability to meet need and provide appropriate support in the long term.
  • Every individual in the UK living with a genetic condition and their family is able to…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Jeans for Genes

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support charitable organisations working with young people, with a preference for those suffering from depression and mental health issues, or those who are confronting drug abuse issues. 

Additionally, the Foundation supports education and healthcare projects and programs in the third world, with a preference for education for…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Sasha Foundation

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to strengthen Black-led leadership in the UK research ecosystem by helping organisations to grow sustainably, strengthen governance and leadership, boost operational readiness, improve financial resilience, and build long-term impact. 

Who can apply? The following can apply:

  • Registered charities.
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Do it Now Now

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support ambitious, long-term projects that strengthen food systems, tackle the root causes of food insecurity and work with nature to create lasting change. 

Projects must work towards systems change in the way that:

  • Community organisations grow and produce food – using agroecological methods
  • Food gets…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo National Lottery Community Fund

Aims/Priorities: The programme aims to identify and fund local organisations in Tameside to gather feedback from the people they support about NHS services in the area. The goal is to understand experiences and barriers, so health services can improve and reduce health inequalities. Although the scope for this funding is broad, groups may wish to explore themes related to…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities, Community, Disabled People, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: The funding is intended to support in-person, digital or hybrid activity including exchanges, residencies, partnership development, co-creation and networking, with priority given to applications experimenting with innovative models of international collaboration.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from creative sector…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Individual, Partnerships and Consortiums, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: The funding aims to support projects which specifically address the needs set out in the Trust's latest funding window and fall under the broad objective of promoting and implementing sustainable development.

The theme for the current (January to February 2026) funding round is marine conservation.

Who can apply? Applications are…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: The objectives of the Trust are:

  • To promote horticulture.
  • To promote the conservation of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity.
  • To promote the creation, development, preservation and maintenance of gardens accessible to the public.
  • The advancement of horticultural education.

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIO, Constituted Group, Individual, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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