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Aims/Priorities: Cellnex, Europe's leading operator of telecommunications infrastructure is launching the Cellnex UK Community Fund, a new grant programme that will invest directly in the communities where its digital infrastructure operates across the UK.

The fund will award grants of up to £5,000 to individual organisations in its first year, representing a total…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline: Date not specified.
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Aims/priorities: Art Fund is offering funding to help museums, galleries and visual arts organisations provide paid opportunities for full-time university students to gain meaningful, developmental work-experience that enables them to further explore their interest in the arts, and related future career options before they graduate. Student opportunities can benefit visual…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Heritage
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims: priorities: The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust is a tennis charity that raises funds for people with disabilities. Grants are available to support people with all disabilities ( physical impairment, deaf, learning disability, visually impaired etc) to play tennis. Grants are available for organisations and individuals. The funding is intended to support people with…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Disabled People, Health and Wellbeing, Sport and Recreation
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, Constituted Group, Individual, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Unconstituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • 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:
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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:
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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 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: 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: 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: 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:
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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 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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Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support group music-making, especially those that involve young people in the process of composing and developing new ideas. 

Who can apply? Projects taking place in or out of school, college or university, or in community settings in the UK will be considered.

Grant amount: This is a highly…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Michael Tippett Musical Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding is for charities and community groups whose projects address one of the Focus Foundation’s three core pillars:

  • Underprivileged children and young people - Helping socially and economically disadvantaged children and young people thrive (UK wide).
  • Mental health charities and initiatives - 
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities:  Grants are available for not-for-profit theatres in the UK for capital improvement projects that will improve environmental sustainability. Because the theme for applications is 'Improving Environmental Sustainability' the funding will be given to projects that demonstrate how a small intervention can have a big impact on reducing the theatre's…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, General
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Theatre Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations whose main aims and objectives fit with one of the following Fund's themes: 

  • Contributing to nature recovery and responding to the climate emergency.
  • Improving nature-rich spaces and access to them.

The grants can be used for a wider range of sustainable activities, including recycling,…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Wildlife Trusts

Aims/priorities: The aim of the Trust is to give people of all ages the opportunities to access, participate in and enjoy the arts (particularly the performing arts), and support projects that widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on local communities.

The application periods for 2026 are as follows:

  • Round 1 - Music festivals (children's performances…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Scops Arts Trust

Aims/priorities: As a charity our mission is to provide funding opportunities for all good causes to ensure their sustainable future. As part of this, we are happy to announce our Community Grants scheme.

Who can apply? This opportunity is open to good causes, defined as:

  • Registered charities
  • Schools
  • Community Interest…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Giving Machine

Aims/priorities: The Charity supports organisations working in the the following areas:

  • Relief of hardship
    • Providing training courses, better facilities, or parenting support.
    • Supporting and empowering those who experience or are at risk of homelessness, including domestic violence/abuse.
    • Working in areas of high deprivation…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Children and Young People, Community, Cost of Living Crisis, Disabled People, Environmental, General, Health and Wellbeing, Heritage, Local, Older People
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Grocers' Charity

Aims/priorities: Failsworth and Chadderton’s Rotary is interested in funding activities that bring people together and making a difference in your community. Since 2014, many small voluntary groups across the borough of Oldham have applied for and received financial support from the Community Cash Award. Projects include a beehive at Sholver & Moorside…

  • Location: Oldham
  • Funding Theme: Community
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Unconstituted Group
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support small-scale capital projects that enhance youth facilities across England. 

Who can apply? Youth organisations in 42 priority areas of England can apply including:

  • Charities registered with the Charity Commission.
  • Not-for-profit companies (including community interest companies and…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline: Date not specified.
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Aims/priorities: The fund aims to support improvement in mental health by providing grants to UK registered charities involved in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.

The fund prefers to target its grant-giving to specific projects that will provide a measurable difference to the charities' users.

Who can apply?

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline: Date not specified.
Logo The Pixel Fund

Aims/priorities: The Arnold Clark Community Fund offers the following support:

  • Cost of Living Support – funding to registered charities and community group that are within a 50-mile radius of an Arnold Clark branch and whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, such as foodbanks, accommodation, poverty relief…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Cost of Living Crisis, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local, Sport and Recreation
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline: Date not specified.
Logo Arnold Clark Community Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund will support projects that take place within Greater Manchester and make the city-region greener, whilst tackling inequalities in access to green spaces and improving accessible spaces through physical improvements to make them better places for nature and people. These projects can take place in parks, community gardens, streets, schools, housing…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Greater Manchester Environment Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that contribute to one or more of the following objectives:

  • Access to justice
  • Equality of opportunity
  • Sustainable environment

Priority will be given to organisations:

  • Based in London, and/or
  • Those whose focus is on supporting the needs of vulnerable persons such as:
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities, Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
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