Projects were required to fall within one or more of the following priorities:
- Challenging poverty and driving equality
Support people and communities to get back on their feet and take more control over their lives – i.e. practical support, advice or peer support
Reduce inequalities and help more people reach their potential
Strengthen community voice and action on the things that matter most to them - Promoting health and wellbeing
Enabling people and communities to support their social, mental and physical wellbeing
Challenging health inequalities through working with marginalised groups whose needs are not being met by existing services
Build strong relationships in and across communities
Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together offers micro grants of up to £1,000 to help the VCFSE sector to support individuals, families and communities in the Rochdale Borough.
Quarter 4 | 2024-2025
| Member Organisation | Amount Awarded | Investment Projects |
| Bangladeshi Arts and Sports Association | £1,000 | Basa has now opened its doors to more of the community, focusing on men aged 18-60 who will participate in our health and fitness programs. With a total of 50 men, we will conduct training sessions at the Trident Performance Centre, emphasizing health leading up to fasting. Due to an increase in participants and a significant boost in confidence and trust between Basa and the cohort, we conducted a test phase to gauge interest in additional fitness delivery methods. The class will be held locally at the Trident Health and Performance Centre, with additional measures in place for the participants' comfort and safety. These weekly classes will span 10 weeks in total. |
| Bowlee Community Association* | £1,198.80 | For this grant We would be working in partnership with Wellens funeral Parlour based in Middleton. We will provide a service that will engage people who have become bereaved and struggling to cope. We aim to utilise our trained pool of volunteers, which also includes staff who work at Wellens and their community engagement officer, most of them have themselves experienced the effects of losing someone you love. So they know firsthand how to approach the ones who are struggling, by utilising their own life experiences |
| Building Bridges CIC | £1,200 | Our project aims to support and empower girls aged 13-16 from Middleton and Heywood through a five-session program focused on skincare, self-care, personal hygiene, and body image. The sessions will be delivered at the Bowlee Community Park Pavilion on Heywood Old Road. |
| Coming Home Project | £1,194 | Too many women leaving prison return to Rochdale with nothing - no home, no job, no safety net, and no clear way forward. The Coming Home Project exists to change that. With this funding, we will deliver a four-day intensive workshop programme from Fire Up space near to Rochdale train station / in the centre of Rochdale, providing a safe, structured, and supportive environment where women can begin to rebuild their lives. |
| Hamer Amateur Boxing Club and Community Fitness Centre | £628.07 | We currently offer a free weekly session to military veterans. This is a fitness session, based on circuit training as well as some sparring for those who want to and are able. Each week, our head coach sets a circuit including activities using weights; cycle and rowing machines, cross trainers and steps. We adapt these activities to each participant to ensure that they are safe for anyone with injuries, and inclusive to members of different ages and fitness levels. |
| Riverside Writing Group | £1,000 | On 31st May the Lancashire Culture and Heritage event will be held at the Town Hall Rochdale. We are involved because we are facilitating two workshops, plus a creative tour of the Town Hall that will include readings from the group. We will also provide assistance in manning an information stand at the entrance to the Town Hall on the day of the event should this be necessary. The workshops we are facilitating are 1. Kenning Workshop for children in parts. 2. Adult Poetry Workshop for adults in parts.. We would like to produce on a professional level, a film of the parts of the events that Riverside Writers is involved in only. |
| Tchon Di Esperanca | £1,200 | The Rochdale Unity Cup 2025 is more than just a football tournament; it is a celebration of diversity, inclusion, and community spirit. Football is a universal language—one that brings people together, fosters friendships, and creates lasting memories. This event will use the game to unite men and women from all backgrounds, providing them with a platform to engage in physical activity, build connections, and improve their overall well-being. |
| The Hygge Hub Wellness Centre CIC | £760 | The aim of the project is threefold: 1. Inform mothers of their different choices throughout their pregnancy, birth and early motherhood journey. 2. Share knowledge around natural approaches to wellbeing during pregnancy, such as relaxation, aromatherapy and nutrition. 3. Create a community for mothers to share worries and questions, and feel safe and supported. For this project I will work with two other practitioners who will each deliver a workshop. |
| Voice Assembly | £1,000 | An International Women's Week Celebration. Celebrating the strenghts, the alround mental, physical and spiritual strenghth of women. By enabling people and communities to support their social mental and physical wellbeing by providing a women lead 'open house' event with foo, speakers, activities delivered by creative leaders all the activities will be organised and lead by local women from within our immediate communities. |
| Well Foundation | £1,200 | Young people between the ages of 10 and 24 will benefit from this project. When they enter the programme they will be provided with a full induction which will also include a needs assessment, making sure that the programme is tailored to their specific needs and ambitions. This may range from simply wanting to improve their general health, fitness, strength and mobility, to other psychological and social benefits such as improved confidence, mental health & wellbeing, and making new friends and connections. |
Quarter 3 | 2024-2025
| Member Organisation | Amount Awarded | Investment Projects |
| Angelic Spirit Patsy | £1,200 |
I am a Angelic Reiki and Sound healer which means my organisation works with people from all different ranges , from people with disabilities on a severe range to people who suffer mentally everyday then all the way to people who are suffering from grief, abuse trauma . My session holds space for those to receive the healing and be held in a space safe to release this emotional baggage no matter what there are holding on too. I use talking therapy, hands on healing to the frequency of sound to release this energy! My project is massively important to the community and a lot of the public younger older who depend on this treatment who I help with this funding come each week in their routine to help them Every Monday. |
| Creativity Box CIC | £1,200 |
We would like to expand the successful Born to Read Book Club project, which has been running for the past six months in Oldham, to Planet Mercy in Rochdale, addressing the literacy gap and associated health inequalities among marginalised families with young children. Our project will utilise a combination of storytelling, craft activities, and social interaction to create a fun and engaging experience for families. Activities would include:
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| Crossway Alliance CIC | £1,000 |
The project is aimed at women in perimenopausal state, women who have attained menopause and those struggling to cope in work place. Project was developed based on the interest of women who participated in our previous project (Urinary Incontinence and Lifestyle changes.) Participants will attend monthly workshop which will provide an open place for people to meet talk about their experience and concerns, get advice and information from professionals. Basically, the workshop will focus on providing information on peri-menopause and menopause symptoms, their impact of general health and wellbeing and coping strategies. |
| Endometriosis Awareness North Charity | £1,000 |
We are applying for further funding to continue our journey to help raise awareness in the Rochdale borough. As a new group we are still building up our financial resources and we would like to apply for funding to:
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| Falinge Community Group | £948 | We would like funding to set up a wellbeing programme looking at different techniques they can bring in their daily life, soft meditation sessions, focussing on breathing, taking them on a sound healing journey, which medical research has shown helps to reduce anxiety depression moods overall mood, helps with stress of tension in the body & can help improve with sleep. We would like funding to pay for a holistic wellbeing tutor |
| Get Together After Serving CIC | £1,000 | Our project is focused on creating a holistic wellbeing hub specifically for military veterans, addressing both their mental and physical health while empowering them for long-term employment success. |
| Intergenerational England | £1,200 | Our project, Creative Connections: Supporting Families and Building Community Ties, will deliver a two-day creative training workshop at the The Woodlands Café in Rochdale. The workshops will empower individuals, families, and care home residents to strengthen their mental, social, and physical well-being while fostering relationships across generations and the local community. |
| Midas Adventure | £682.30 |
We would like to carry out weekly health family walks in areas of surrounding beauty, which will include Hollingworth Lake, Ogden, Healey Fell, Wardle as well Fida Hussain is a qualified and award winning mountain Leader in 2015 he won the England and Wales Mountain Leader of the year award. We have over 30 people of mixed abilities that have requested we utilise his knowledge and experience, as not only a mountain leader, but also a qualified youth worker and trainer for First Aid, Paediatric First Aid, Food Instruction and Defib trainer. He will carry out walks in Crag Vale, Blackstone Edge etc for families who want to experience the wonderful surrounding scenery and at the same time getting fit and healthy. |
| Rochdale Unitarian Church | £1,200 | We are applying for funding to enable us to offer affordable, sociable, low intensity exercise sessions each week, suitable for those new to exercise and those at risk of social isolation and poor health outcomes in the local area. Our building offers a warm, accessible safe-space in which to deliver Clover Street Community Zumba sessions. |
| The Hygge Hub Wellness Centre CIC | £1,200 |
I currently run a free support group for parents who have suffered from baby loss. I would love to advertise the group more effectively and reach as many parents as possible so part of the funding would be used to get some leaflets professionally printed to put in my shop and distribute around the local area. I would also like to have a website created that will help to advertise the company as a whole, and inform the community of all the events and groups that we are running at The Hygge Hub Wellness Centre. The funding would cover having a website professionally built. This is for a bespoke website which would not only cover details of my CIC but also my business as a whole, as I need to ensure the business continues to generate income in order to sustain the CIC. |
| Truffet Park Together | £1,200 |
Our project will run through the year, offering 4 themed events free of charge:
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| Watering Your Soul | £840 | The funding is required to set up a new Out of Office Service for Women only with multiple unmet needs in Rochdale borough – entitled Trauma Responsive Care. |
| Your Home Yoga Community Interest Company | £1,000 |
Our lovely, simple and user-friendly website is essential for our business as we are largely an online company and the internet is the first place that most people search for a service or information. Our website is how we disseminate information about everything we are doing, via our newsletter and is how people book onto all of our classes and events. We offer accessible, affordable yoga and wellbeing sessions online and in person. Our website also allows people to easily contact us, via a contact form, meaning that their message reaches us immediately and their contact details are stored securely. Thanks to our website, we do not personally have to handle or store anyone’s personal information. The website means that booking onto any of our sessions and events is simple and if they are not funded, secure payments can be made. |
Quarter 2 | 2024-2025
| Member Organisation | Amount Awarded | Investment Projects |
| Andalucia learning centre | £1,000.00 | Andalucia learning would like to offer young adults from deprived backgrounds a opportunity to develop their Mathematics skills and English skills through a homework club. We will also be offering free homework printing for those who need to print off projects and so on. We will run a 8 week homework club , aimed at children excluded from school or home educating or simply struggling to catch up as parents cant always afford private tuition |
| Angelicspiritpatsy | £1,200.00 | I am a Angelic reiki & Sound healer which means my organisation works with people from all different ranges , from people with disabilities on a severe range to people who suffer mentally everyday then all the way to people who are suffering from grief, abuse trauma. My session holds space for those to receive the healing and be held in a space safe to release this emotional baggage no matter what there are holding on too. |
| Bloom Music Community CIC | £1,161.60 | In September 2024, we will be launching our first musical groups which will include three brass bands, ranging from beginner to intermediate, plus a gospel and soul choir which is open to all. In 2025, we will be launching a big band which will open even more musical opportunities in a completely different genre. To enable us to offer these groups, we are looking for funding to purchase equipment, including cornet mutes, percussion and storage. This equipment is essential to our organisation, and ensuring we offer the necessary tools to allow our musicians to progress to the best of their ability. |
| BOLD Building Our Local Democracy | £1,200.00 | We are currently collaborating with a community group called Friends of Borrowdale Park to preserve an area of green space which has been used by the local people for generations for recreational purposes. We have begun a process to acquire this site to preserve it for the local community and wildlife by firstly applying for its registration as an asset of community value by Rochdale Council. A micro grant would enable us to promote the project to a wider audience to gain more interest and support |
| Creativity Box CIC | £1,200.00 |
We would like to expand the successful Born to Read Book Club project, which has been running for the past six months in Oldham, to Planet Mercy in Rochdale, addressing the literacy gap and associated health inequalities among marginalised families with young children. Our project will utilise a combination of storytelling, craft activities, and social interaction to create a fun and engaging experience for families. |
| Healing Humanity HMR | £1,000.00 | Many people in the area are still isolated, elderly or disabled and unable to get out of the home. The aim of this project is to help these people to get out and join in a Christmas Lunch that will benefit them by coming together with others. We aim to give them a three course meal with entertainment and provide a gift for them to take away. There will be no charge to these people as we are very aware that funds are tight this year especially with the cuts for allowances. |
| Masking in the Middle | £1,200.00 | From the demand at these taster sessions and speaking to children and parents during our test phase we are now confident that we need to continue with our work and sessions. Masking in the Middle is specifically for children and young people with high-functioning autism who do not receive an Education, Health, and Care (EHA) Plan from Rochdale Council. Many of these individuals ‘mask’ their condition to fit in, which can have long-term effects on their mental health. We hope to achieve this over a 15-week period using a new venue of Thrum Hall Methodist church. The sessions will take place on a Tuesday evening 6– 8pm each week. We will have a quiet area for art and crafts and jewellery making which has proven popular. We will continue to provide refreshments for parent and child. We hope to be able to do some baking activities and sports activities. |
| Rochdale Unitarian Church | £1,200.00 | We are applying for funding to enable us to offer affordable, sociable, low intensity exercise sessions each week, suitable for those new to exercise and those at risk of social isolation and poor health outcomes in the local area. Our building offers a warm, accessible safe-space in which to deliver Clover Street Community Zumba sessions. |
| St Thomas Church Kirkholt | £1,000.00 | Give children the opportunity receive help with school work in order to catch up with school work including time lost through the covid school closures. We provide assistance through use of computer programs, eg Bitesize, help with homework projects from our qualified teachers and educational games- English and Maths. |
| The Hygge Hub Wellness Centre CIC | £1,200.00 | I currently run a free support group for parents who have suffered from baby loss. I would love to advertise the group more effectively and reach as many parents as possible so part of the funding would be used to get some leaflets professionally printed to put in my shop and distribute around the local area. I would also like to have a website created that will help to advertise the company as a whole, and inform the community of all the events and groups that we are running at The Hygge Hub Wellness Centre. The funding would cover having a website professionally built. |
| Truffet Park Together | £1,200.00 |
Our project will run through the year, offering 4 themed events free of charge: • Traditional Christmas in the park (Choir, brass band, Xmas Market Stall, Crafts in the café, local support groups, Free Father Christmas, Xmas Story time), • Spring Has Sprung (Crafts, Nature Trails and worksheets, real nature focus, egg hunt) • Summer Family Funday (Picnic in the park, fun and games, summer crafts) • Truffet’s Terrifying Halloween Trail (Halloween trail and worksheet, Halloween crafts, Spooky Story time and cake decorating. |
| Watering your soul | £840.00 | The funding is required to set up a new Out of Office Service for Women only with multiple unmet needs in Rochdale borough – entitled Trauma Responsive Care. |
Quarter 1 | 2024-2025
| Member Organisation | Amount Awarded | Investment Projects |
| Andalucia Learning Centre | £1,000 | Six creative craft sessions using a Cricut machine and heat press to be able to design and make canvas bags. We will also learn to mix essential oils in droppers as these are very good for various wellbeing needs, they are relaxing and calming to use. We would like to explore many other crafts like soap making and soap wrapping too. Andalucia holds many skills in crafts and unique arts and we also specialise in mosaic arts. We hoping to blend these arts to create exciting sessions that will benefit and attract many women in the community. |
| Colourful Minds | £1,190 | To provide a day out for parents/carers of children with additional needs, and also so the children can be all together and gain knowledge and friendships with like-minded people. We will meet at Lancaster Park and Animal Farm on 6th August. The farm will be solely for our children’s use for a few hours so they feel safe. They can interact with the children and have fun in the play area with like-minded children. |
| Darnhill Community Cafe | £990 | Darnhill Café have worked with Rochdale Borough Council Libraries to build two new office spaces in the library which can be used to book for meetings, and for members of the community to hold private meetings. The offices are close to being finished so we would like to use the awarded funding to purchase furniture for the office spaces to create welcoming spaces where people can discuss their health, anti-social issues, benefit problems and much more. |
| Endometriosis Awareness North | £1,000 |
We are applying for further funding to continue our journey to help raise awareness in the Rochdale borough. As a new group we are still building up our financial resources, and we would like to apply for funding to:
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| Healing Humanity HMR | £1,200 | We befriend clients either by visiting in the home, or by taking them out to community groups. As a relatively new charity we only have 10 volunteers to assist us to deliver our plans. We are currently supporting 20 clients in the area on a week-by-week basis. This is the ongoing work that we are doing to support those in isolation, unable to leave the house, disabled or new to area. We now want to put on a summer event for the same cohort of approximately 50 people, where we will provide an afternoon tea, entertainment and transport. We also need support for home visits prior to the event to reassure our clients that they will be supported to attend. |
| Kat's Dance Events and Community Team | £1,200 |
We would use the grant towards paying for updating, and additional, training for the volunteers within our organisation. We are looking for and requesting quotes for certified training packages for, first aid training, paediatric first aid training and Epilepsy awareness training, for a volunteer group of ten people. Any onsite training will be done as a group, with any online training to be done by volunteers in their own time, with all due dates for completion met. The first aid and paediatric first aid will be the prioritised training and, depending on costs of these, any remaining amounts will go to our epilepsy awareness training. Any excess amount will be covered by ourselves. |
| Rochdale Masters | £900 | |
| Rochdalian Women's Enterprise | £1,166 | We want to use this funding to offer a series of Holistic Therapy taster sessions for women. These include meditation, aromatherapy, deep tissue massage, hot stone massage, head massage and hand massage. These sessions will run for 1 hour per week for 12 weeks, and will take place at Kashmir Youth Project. Each week we will offer a different Holistic Therapy and we will produce a timetable with all the date/time information. We expect the sessions to be very popular so will introduce a basic booking system. Each session will be a maximum of 8 women. |