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The Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme supports activity providers to develop more physical activity opportunities across the UK for inactive people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active, and improve social wellbeing as a result of attending the project.

We are looking for innovative and…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Health and Wellbeing, Sport and Recreation
  • 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: 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 support the work…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • 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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Aims/priorities: The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme provides support to children from low-income families during school holiday periods. Research has shown that the school holidays can be pressure points for some families. For some children, that can lead to a holiday experience gap. Children from low-income households are more likely to experience food insecurity…

  • Location: Oldham
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The aim of the Holiday Hunger Grants is to support organisations and service providers to give disadvantaged children and young people (up to and including 18 years old) access to food and activities during the school holidays. Projects must encourage children to eat more healthily and be more active during the school holidays.

Who…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Cash for Kids

Aims/priorities: The Cash for Kids Impact Grant supports community groups, schools and charities working with children and young people affected by and living with disadvantage.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from registered charities (with an annual turnover less than £1 million), schools, community organisations and other grassroots groups…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The fund aims to improve outcomes for children, young people and families living in poverty in England, delivering measurable improvements such as better school attainment, improved youth employment and reduced youth offending.

It will support projects that address the structural and root causes of child poverty, reducing both the immediate and long-term…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for migrant groups in the UK is a fund to support legal work in the UK that goes beyond securing justice for an individual and makes a significant contribution to law, practice and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants more generally.

The SLF aims to tackle injustices and…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Strategic Legal Fund

Aims/priorities: The UK Small Grants programme supports local organisations and projects that work to improve the lives of disabled children and young people up to the age of 25, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from UK-registered charitable organisations and community…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Disabled People, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The True Colours Trust

Aims/priorities: The focus of the fund is getting schools who lack funds and resources to apply for extra financial help they might need to provide healthy food and activities that boost young people's mental and physical wellbeing.

Priority is given to projects working in schools and organisations nominated by Tesco staff.

Who can apply? The…

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

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support the creation of websites or digital products that enable small charities to carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way, resulting in positive social benefit.

As only a limited number of projects can be supported based on the funding available for distribution, each year the Foundation determines priority…

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

Aims/priorities: The funding helps to provide opportunities for children aged 13 years or younger who face financial hardship, systemic inequity, or disability to go on a short recreational holiday or outing they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. Priority is given to fun and new experiences, such as camping, adventure activities, or visits to the seaside…

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

Aims/priorities: The Foundation offers financial support to charities whose objects are to:

  • Relieve the needs of people who are suffering from, or have been affected by, breast cancer by providing, or assisting in the provision of, information, care, or emotional, practical, and financial support.
  • Advance public education in the understanding of breast…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Education and Skills, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Pink Ribbon Foundation

Aims/priorities: We’re looking for local projects across the UK that will create a meaningful, lasting impact.
This could be:

  • Equipment for inclusive sports or activity groups
  • Revamping a village hall or community centre
  • Supplies for a community garden or green space
  • Equipment for food banks, community larders or support services
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: The new small grants scheme has been set up to support local organisations to help more women and girls' cycle in Greater Manchester. Projects must be delivered within Greater Manchester and focus on encouraging women and girls to cycle. This is a short‑term, one‑off fund linked to the Women and Girls Summer 2026 campaign. While some flexibility is possible,…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Environmental, General, Health and Wellbeing, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Unconstituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The funding is for purpose-driven projects that address the unique challenges faced by the military community in the UK and overseas.

Beneficiaries of BFBS Big Salute grants must be related to one of the armed services, either regular, reservist, veteran, or family member.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from charities…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The BFBS Big Salute

Aims/priorities: The Young Futures Fund provides grant funding to organisations supporting young people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The fund focuses on projects that increase access to safe, secure, and affordable housing, alongside the support needed to sustain tenancies and progress towards independent living.

Who can apply?

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo LandAid

Aims/priorities: During 2026 to 2027, the funding is intended to:

  • Raise awareness of and address any misinformation about the Windrush Compensation and Windrush Documentation Schemes with a focus on continuing to support Windrush generation communities, from both Caribbean and non-Caribbean backgrounds, and encouraging them to apply to these Schemes, including…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Gov.UK

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support Christian organisations to deliver projects that will make a positive and transformative impact on lives and communities and contribute to the following objectives:

  • Growing congregations and Christian communities.
  • Addressing social challenges facing communities.
  • Enabling wider community use of church…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Education and Skills, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Benefact Trust

Aims/priorities: This initiative aims to respond to a long-standing challenge in the UK’s GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) and heritage sectors: how to make innovation and learning from community-facing projects more sustainable, transferable, and accessible across the sector. Through a supportive funding structure, it aims to help communities and…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, General, Heritage
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The fund is intended to support projects that improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of men and boys aged 16 and over, with a particular focus on those living in disadvantaged communities or experiencing the poorest health outcomes.

Its objectives include reaching men who are underserved or disengaged from traditional services, delivering…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo People's health trust

Aims/priorities: Small grants are available to support grassroots community projects that improve quality of life and strengthen local communities. The fund supports practical, community-led initiatives, such as improving shared spaces, providing equipment, or enhancing local services, with a focus on delivering meaningful and lasting impact.

Who can apply…

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

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to help Armed Forces families access good quality early childhood education and childcare provision that is located close to where they are living or serving.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from:

  • Early childhood education and childcare providers operating where armed forces…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Education and Skills, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Funded by HM Government

Aims/priorities: The funding supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations who are working within the most deprived and/or rural areas of the UK and are making sport more accessible to women and girls, as well as engaging people from other under-represented groups including people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities and from the LGBTQ+…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Local, Sport and Recreation, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Barclays Community Sport Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for projects and organisations operating in the UK and that are focused on skills and training in particular in the creative industries. 

This round aims to:

  • Strengthen technical and vocational skills infrastructure in underserved craft communities.
  • Champion the contribution that skilled makers, designers…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Goldsmiths Foundation

Aims/priorities: Help the Homeless is a small grant maker with limited funds available for giving.

It provides funding for charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives.

Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community…

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

Aims/priorities: Delivery must take place within the Manchester City Council boundary area and be for the benefit of residents living there.

Successful applicants agree to sign up to Manchester Active’s Provider Portal, where they will upload their documentation to demonstrate they meet Manchester Active’s delivery standards (public liability insurance of £10m,plus…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Manchester Active Cycling

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to achieve the following objectives:

  • Encourage adults who don't cycle to cycle.
  • Encourage adults to cycle more often.
  • Increase short cycling trips.
  • Improve the perception of cycle safety.
  • Improve adults confidence to cycle.

The programme supports people returning to cycling, starting as…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Cycling UK

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to provide charities and not-for-profit organisations with access to data protection consultancy advice and services that ensure they run efficiently, remain compliant with the law, and achieve the following outcomes:

  • Provide immediate access to subject matter experts and a broadly experienced team of data protection professionals.…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo DPO Centre

Aims/priorities: The Large Grants programme (formerly Cornerstone Grants) supports structural repairs and maintenance issues costing more than £100,000 or the installation of kitchen and toilets costing over £30,000.

Who can apply? Places of worship of any Christian denomination and age can apply.

Applications will be considered from listed and…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo National Churches Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding supports physical activity projects for people living with Parkinson's across the UK, with a particular focus on encouraging those who are currently inactive to get involved and connect with local opportunities that help them move more creatively.

The priorities for this year's grants programme are:

  • Supporting people with Parkinson…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Parkinson's UK

Aims/Priorities: The climate and nature emergency affects us all, but local action can make a real difference. We fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.

We fund projects that meet one of the following priorities:

  • help people connect with and care for nature in their area
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/Priorities: The National Lottery Community Fund funds projects that bring people together to build strong relationships and improve communities in England. 

You can use the funding to:

  • start a new activity or continue an existing one
  • help your organisation adapt to new challenges

The funding is intended for projects that:

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Cost of Living Crisis, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Unconstituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for both national and local charities across the UK so that they can fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities specifically for those in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in the UK.

Due to the very high number of applications received each…

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

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:
Logo IOP Institute of Physics

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: 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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