Rochdale Communities Fund - Stop Smoking Fund

Aims/priorities:

Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering grants of up to £1000 for VCFSE organisations to help Rochdale stop smoking by providing support to community members to stop tobacco use. In addition, all applicants are encouraged to identify Smoke Free Champions within their organisation.

Smokefree Champions are asked to: 

  • Be trained in Very Brief Advice (VBA) on smoking. This training is available online for free any time and can also be delivered in person by our community stop smoking service.   
  • Act as advocates for stopping smoking and creating a smoke-free future
  • Be prepared to present your project outcomes to the Rochdale Borough Tobacco Control Alliance 
  • Optional: Complete free online training provided by the NCSCT, including the theory behind becoming a smoking cessation practitioner

Examples of activities that we can fund:

  • Using training to provide basic stop smoking support to those who use your services and, where relevant, referring them to Breathe Well with Living Well
  • Raising awareness/marketing campaign of the benefits of stopping and the local stop smoking service, Breathe Well with Living Well
  • Holding a stop smoking community event 
  • Host a drop-in session about stopping smoking
  • A community art project about stopping smoking (e.g., a mural)

This list isn’t exhaustive, and we would like to hear your own ideas to reduce smoking in your community.

Who can apply:

  • you are a voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) group locally rooted or actively working in the borough of Rochdale; and
  • you are a member of Action Together CIO (you can register for free to become a member here)
  • you are formally constituted.

Grant amount: Grants of up to £1,000 are available

Application process: 

 Please read the guidance notes below thoroughly before completing the application form. 

Rochdale Communities Fund - Stop Smoking Fund - Guidance notes.docx (827.88 KB)

 

Rochdale Communities Fund - Stop Smoking Fund - Grants Application Form £1,000.docx (58.63 KB)


Please send your completed application form to: hayley.tomlinson@actiontogether.org.uk.

Deadline: Sunday 16th March 2025

Contact information: 

For more information, please either call 0161 339 2345 and ask for Hayley Tomlinson or please email: hayley.tomlinson@actiontogether.org.uk