Find Funding in Tameside
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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…
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: The scheme provides small grants to support independent UK registered non-for-profit organisations for grassroots, community-based projects that fall within its core funding themes:
- Heritage and conservation.
- Education.
- Health and wellbeing.
- Social inclusion.
- Environment.
- Countryside.
Who…
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 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…
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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Aims/Priorities: The Windrush Day Grant Scheme is part of the Government's work to create more resilient communities, where different religions, cultures and opinions are celebrated, underpinned by a shared set of values that champion tolerance, freedom and equality of opportunity.
In 2026, the scheme's focus is on bringing communities together, across different ages and…
Aims/Priorities: This is a new phase of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Communities Against Gambling Harms programme, to support community action to reduce gambling harm and to help more VCSE organisations start conversations with people at risk of gambling related harm.
By targeting organisations not traditionally focused on gambling harm but those working to…
Aims/Priorities: The aim of this programme is to pilot a small number of grants to organisations to provide additional capacity to review their governance, strategic growth, maturity of impact measurement and financial resilience, to ensure they are better equipped to support their beneficiary cohort.
All projects must meet this overarching aim and the following…
Aims/Priorities: The Foundation aims to support UK charities working in physical health, with a focus on therapeutic interventions, health information and direct healthcare. The fund's priorities are:
- Support charities that address unmet needs, demonstrate sector expertise, and have a clear, well-defined strategy.
- Charities providing condition-specific…
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…
Aims/priorities: The funding is for groups across the UK to transform urban spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife through planting and championing UK native plants or fungi.
The funding is for projects that focus on UK native plants, transform an urban space, enhance the biodiversity of the space with planting and growing as a core activity.
Projects…
Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to support UK charities with a focus on mental health. Projects are funded to help children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), plus support parents affected by ACEs, mental illness or addiction.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events in childhood that negatively affects mental health…
Aims/priorities: The objectives of the Trust are to donate to projects or activities encompassing one or more of the following areas:
- The benefit and protection of animals.
- The relief of suffering in animals.
- The conservation of wildlife.
- The encouragement of a greater understanding of animals.
Who can apply? …
Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support charities in the UK with projects to encourage young people, in particular those between 11 and 18 from disadvantaged backgrounds, to study science subjects and go on to further education or training in STEM related subjects, in particular the area of Material Science. The Foundation considers Materials Science to be science…
Aims/priorities: The funding is for relatively small-scale projects, which might not happen at all or would only happen on a lesser scale without the support of BlueSpark.
The Foundation aims to help children and young people reach their full potential by supporting projects that have the following objectives:
- Encouraging independence.
- Developing team…
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…
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for registered charities working in the current priority areas:
- Supporting offenders and ex-offenders into work, specifically for those looking to build skills and capability to get into sustainable work.
- Helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector that are less popular with funders than others.…
Aims/priorities: The funding is designed to help women enter or return to work, or transition into growing industries by gaining new skills. It prioritises women in greatest financial need and those facing significant barriers, ensuring the grant has the most meaningful impact.
Who can apply? Applications are open to females who are permanent residents…
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 - …
Aims/priorities: The Energy Resilience Fund is finance to enable community and social enterprises to retrofit energy-generating/saving technology on community-owned or managed buildings, with an initial focus on stabilising or reducing energy costs.
Fund offer:
- Investment amounts from £10,000 to £150,000…
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…
Aims/Priorities: The Gambling harms prevention grant will be available to all voluntary community and social enterprise organisations working to help prevent gambling related harms. Organisations, funded by OHID, will be fundamental to the delivery of an independent and public health led approach to preventing gambling related harms for the first time. This is…
Arts Council England - National Lottery Project Grants: Research and Development for Individuals
Find out moreAims/priorities: Research and Development (R&D) for Individuals is a time-limited funding priority within the Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP) programme. It has been introduced while the Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) fund is…
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls, so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:
- Improved health and/or wellbeing and/or reduction in rural loneliness.
- Positive impact on the local environment,…
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects and activities that help to build communities that unite families of deaf children.
In this funding cycle, focus will be given to supporting deaf children in the early years (aged 0 to 5). Proposed projects can also involve older deaf children, deaf young people, families, and professionals.
Proposed projects…
Aims/priorities: Homes England has announced details of the forthcoming Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) 2026–2036, with bidding expected to open in February 2026. The programme represents a long-term national investment to increase the supply of social and affordable housing across England, excluding London, which will receive separate funding through the Greater…
