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Rochdale Borough Council’s social care team have received funding to help people stay well at home or recover when they get out of hospital. 

When someone is discharged from hospital, they might need support to boost their confidence, avoid being isolated, make sure their home is safe, and practical support like delivering prescriptions or…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Health and Wellbeing, Older People
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Rochdale Communities Fund logo

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Better Youth Spaces is a capital grant programme funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business. This funding round can be used for capital equipment (including the purchase of vehicles), to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with. The project must meet at least one of the fund objectives:  …

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Unconstituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: A £2m per year Community Fund has been established for Provinces/MetGL to apply for charitable activities in support of UGLE's community engagement strategy. This fund has replaced the matched funding programme.

Community Fund Grants are designed to provide funding to to support local led…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Masonic Charitable Foundation

Aims/priorities: The aim of the fund is to support capital expenditure on physical community spaces in Oldham where people come together and that enable the lives of Oldham residents to be improved.

Applications should be for projects that meet one or more of the following Oldham Plan

  • Location: Oldham
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council, Action Together is offering small grants of up to either £2,000 or £5,000 to help the VCFSE sector run projects to raise awareness of Climate Change and deliver activities and events that will benefit individuals and communities. 

Your project must fall within one or more of the following…

  • Location: Rochdale
  • Funding Theme: Environmental
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Rochdale Communities Fund logo

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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:
Rochdale Communities Fund logo

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to help seed-fund volunteer projects that will support historic designed landscapes in the UK.

Who can apply? Volunteer groups across the UK can apply.

Preference will be given to smaller charities. 

Grant amount: Up to £8,000 are available.

Application process:

  • 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 The Gardens Trusts

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for UK registered charities in Great Britain with projects that align with the Calisen Charitable Impact Trust's core objectives which are:

  • Youth Empowerment, Children's Play and Safe Spaces - supporting schools, youth clubs and programmes that actively reduce social exclusion, improve physical and…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, Education and Skills, Environmental, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIO, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Calisen Impact Charitable Trust

Aims/priorities: Arts for Impact gives charities like yours the chance to have public donations doubled through match funding provided by our generous Champions, typically philanthropists, foundations, and companies who believe in the power of the arts to create lasting change.

Who can apply? Charities with arts and culture…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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Aims/priorities: The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.

The funding is for registered charities that are working to develop communication skills for people from disadvantaged groups who want to improve their employment prospects.

As an…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Thomas Wall Trust

Aims/priorities: The North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership (RSMP) are pleased to announce that grant applications are now open for English Language Support for Young People in the North West of England (28/10/25)

The funding through this grant programme will be to deliver projects focused on non-accredited English language to young people…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to improve access to employment for blind and vision impaired people by driving digital inclusion at crucial points as people start to get themselves work ready and start or develop their careers.

Projects should address one or more of the following priority areas, and incorporate expertise by experience as a defining element.…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Charitable Company, CIC, CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Fight for Sight

Aims/priorities: The Ashden Awards promote exceptional climate solutions and the environmental, social and economic benefits they can provide. For more than 20 years these awards have backed ideas delivering lower emissions with grants and development support on offer to winners and finalists.

Through the scheme, and related activities, the Ashden Awards aim to persuade…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Environmental, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Ashden Climate Solutions in Action

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support projects that strengthen tenant engagement and empower social housing residents to have a greater influence over their landlords' strategies, policies and services. It will provide grants to social landlords, tenant groups and other organisations to test innovative approaches that enhance resident voice.

The insights…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Partnerships and Consortiums, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Gov.UK

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for UK-based charities demonstrating measurable impact on improving outcomes for babies, and those that deliver integrated services through family hubs and other ‘one-stop shop’ models across the UK.

The funding is only for projects that:

  • Support babies during the 1001 critical days, from pregnancy through to the age of…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo 1001 Critical Days Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to strengthen and modernise England’s free-to-client debt advice sector by supporting short-term projects that promote innovation, research, and collaboration. It is designed to help larger debt advice organisations and membership bodies test new ideas, explore emerging challenges, and trial approaches that can deliver long-term benefits.…

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

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to inspire more Brits to travel beyond the usual guidebook or social media hotspots to typically lesser visited areas of the UK, helping communities attract more overnight trips.

The funding is for initiatives of all sizes that support the visitor experience and make British travel unforgettable.

Eligible projects should…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Arts, Community, Environmental, General, Heritage, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo airbnb

Aims/priorities: Organisations across England can apply for funding to either deliver youth social action projects directly or take on a funding role - supporting other eligible organisations to do the same.

This round of funding is especially focused on projects that bring new voices into the social action space - particularly those engaging young…

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

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 organisations with a formal not-for-profit constitution, such…

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

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for projects across the UK that will:

  • Increase or enhance existing public access points to water for all forms of paddlesport.
  • Create launching and landing sites, to and alongside water, for all sectors of the community and all abilities, that are designed to be durable and use sustainable materials when applicable.…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Paddle Trust

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to promote equality of creative opportunities and outcomes for disabled young people. It aims to transform the way creative programmes are designed and delivered, ensuring they are inclusive and accessible, while also challenging perceptions and increasing recognition of the talent and contributions of young disabled creatives.

It…

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

Aims/priorities: The current funding round is for the following themes:

  • Breaking the link between homelessness and poor mental health. Priority will be given to those applications that break this link and provide meaningful differences to those affected. This theme is open to UK-registered charities that provide support for housing accommodation for…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Children and Young People, Community, General, Health and Wellbeing, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: Not specified
  • Application Deadline:
Logo The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust

Aims/priorities: Better Youth Spaces is a capital grant programme funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business. This funding round can be used for capital equipment (including the purchase of vehicles), to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with. The project must meet at least one of the fund objectives:  …

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

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: Constituted Group, Individual, Registered Charity
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Hinrichsen Foundation

Aims/priorities: The programme aims to identify and support innovative ideas that help recover threatened species in England. All ideas must target the species and directly address the actions listed in the Threatened Species Recovery Actions (TSRA) dataset.

Who can…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Constituted Group, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Gov.UK

Aims/priorities: The LCF Primary Fund Programme supports capital improvement works to public amenity projects for community use.

Who can apply? To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be run on a not-for-profit basis. This could include community groups, parish councils, charities, community interest companies, sports clubs, community associations,…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo GrantScape

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support the repair and conservation of rural historic buildings and structures in England and Wales, including their gardens, grounds and outbuildings. Grants for the restoration and conservation of works of art in historic house collections open to the public will also be considered. 

Funding is intended to support projects…

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

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: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo National Lottery Community Fund

Aims/priorities: The Common Ground Award aims to:

  • Identify and reward good practice in building bridging social capital.
  • Invest in the physical spaces and equipment that enables good practice.
  • Build a community of practice, for knowledge sharing across the voluntary and community sector and with government.

Who can apply?…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
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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 and where people…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, Cost of Living Crisis, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: CIC, CIO, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Arnold Clark Community Fund

Aims/priorities: The Fund supports efforts to create long-term change in society by addressing the causes of injustice and inequality by achieving social, economic, and environmental justice, and ending imbalances in wealth and power. It also gives people a say in where the money goes and is an alternative fund for those who struggle to get funding elsewhere.

In the…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Unconstituted Group, Other
  • Funding Amount: up to £1,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Edge Fund

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 (October to November 2025) funding round is biodiversity.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted…

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

Aims/priorities: The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) is designed to support the development and scaling of high-potential innovation clusters across the UK. It is designed to support both established clusters with a proven track record of innovation, and emerging clusters that are in earlier stages of development but have significant potential to generate economic…

  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local
  • Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo UK Research and Innovation

Aims/priorities: The fund aims to elevate the experience of women and girls in football by creating inclusive, welcoming, and high-quality environments that support female participation at every level. 

Who can apply? Eligible applicants include:

  • Not-for-profit football clubs or voluntary groups.
  • Local authorities.
  • County…
  • Location: Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Community, General, Local, Sport and Recreation, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Registered Charity, Social Enterprise, Other
  • Funding Amount: £10,000 to £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
Logo Football Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Active Travel Innovation Fund offers a share of £1 million in revenue funding to support small to medium-sized businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in England. The fund aims to enable applicants to develop, deliver or scale interventions that increase walking, wheeling and cycling. Projects may involve innovative behaviour change…

  • Location: Rochdale, Tameside
  • Funding Theme: Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities, Children and Young People, Community, Disabled People, General, Local, Women and Girls
  • Organisation Type: CIC, Partnerships and Consortiums, Registered Charity, Other
  • Funding Amount: over £25,000
  • Application Deadline:
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