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As part of our Funding Campaign this April we are pleased to bring you news of a fantastic fund on offer for organisations with strong connections to Darnhill, Rochdale thanks to Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit.
The Community-Led Approaches Programme from the GMVRU, and 10GM is being administered by Bolton CVS and is a community-led approach to violence reduction. This means the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) works closely with communities to understand the strengths, challenges, and needs of the community and determine how local investments will be made.
Several boroughs across the city-region have already received funding from the VRU as part of its investment in community-led programmes, outlined in Greater Manchester’s Serious Violence Action Plan and expressions of interest are now invited from organisations with strong connections with Darnhill to form an alliance to work together to develop the key areas identified.
The key focus of the programme is ensuring that young people and stakeholders come together, focusing on a strength-based approach, to identify what’s going on, what’s not happening and to develop ideas from within the community to inform projects and activities.
The aim for outcomes for young people living in Darnhill as result of this funding include:
- Improved aspirations
- Improved access to activities and opportunities
- Improved mental and physical wellbeing
- Improved relationships between young people and their parents/carers
- Improved sense of pride, respect and belonging in their community
Expressions of interest should bring together a partnership of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations who can achieve these outcomes in Darnhill. The delivery proposals need to prioritise young people aged 8-25 years and the grant offer is up to £100,000.
If you are a community organisation with links to Darnhill and feel you could work together with other groups to put a project in place, please see the information below on how to make an application.
For more information on how to apply, please visit: www.boltoncvs.org.uk/funding/greater-manchester-violence-reduction-unit/
There is also an information packed ‘Meet the Funder’ session planned for Monday 15 April, 1pm-2pm, where you can find out about:
- Eligibility for investment
- How to apply for the funding
- How to work as an alliance
- How the project will be monitored
- Deadline for applications
- Any questions you might have about the Darnhill VRU
You can register HERE to join the online Meet the Funder.
Find out more about the VRU Community-Led Approach to Violence Reduction project: gmvru.co.uk/community-led-approach/
You can learn more about the strategy behind this programme through the Greater Than Violence Strategy: gmvru.co.uk/greater-than-violence-strategy/