Aims/priorities:
Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council’s Public Health team, Action Together is offering small grants of up to £5,000 or £8,000 for VCFSE organisations to provide Wider Essentials to individuals and communities within the Rochdale Borough.
The fund priorities have been co-produced by a group of representatives from the Anti-Poverty Network, Welfare Advice Forum, Food Solutions Forum, Ethnic Communities Network and the Digital Inclusion Forum.
Your project could fall within one or more of the following priorities:
- Travel: Cover public transport costs, vehicle repairs, bicycle purchases and fuel expenses.
- Identification Support: Fund and assist with obtaining passports, driving licenses, and other forms of identification to facilitate access to essential services.
- White Goods: Provide large pieces of household equipment (such as refrigerators and washing machines)
- Access to Tech: Manage donations, refurbish and provide laptops, tablets or smartphones, provide software, assistance with data, broadband and phone bills.
- Fuel Support: Providing vouchers for people to pay essential bills.
- Other essentials: Including clothing, school uniforms, toiletries, hygiene products, cleaning products etc
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.
As the Wider Essentials pot is a small pot compared to the Prevention and Food Solutions Fund, we will be prioritising applications from groups not accessing our other funds.
Grant amount: Grants of up £5,000 or £8,000 are available.
Deadline: Monday 26th May 2025.
All projects must be complete by June 2026.
Application process:
Please read the guidance notes below thoroughly before completing the application form.
Wider Essentials Support Fund Round 3 - Guidance notes.docx (92.5 KB)
Rochdale Communities Fund - Wider Essentials Fund Round 3 - Grants Application Form £5,000.docx (61.12 KB)
There will be an online Meet the Funder session taking place on Tuesday 13th May at 2pm where you will learn more about the fund priorities, the grant amounts, discover the type of projects we might fund and learn more about the application process.
Click here to book your place.
Contact information:
For more information, please either call 0161 339 2345 and ask for Hayley Tomlinson or please email: hayley.tomlinson@actiontogether.org.uk