Find Funding in Rochdale
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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
- …
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:
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Aims/priorities: The Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund aims to enable voluntary, community and faith sector organisations to:
- Increase community‑based support to prevent and reduce the number of people experiencing rough sleeping.
- Enhance or transform existing day support offers through staff capacity, physical infrastructure, service development…
Aims/priorities: The programme aims to support organisations providing services for people over 65 years old with dementia in areas of deprivation affecting older people in Great Britain. Memory cafes and dementia clubs are supported.
Who can apply? Community organisations, registered charities and CICs limited by guarantee working in England, Scotland…
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…
Aims/priorities: Grow Wild Youth Project funding is a youth-led process for people aged 16-25 to deliver a creative project that celebrates and shares why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK.
To be eligible, applicants must:
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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…
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…
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…
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).
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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…
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,…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
- …
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…
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…
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…
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.
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