Oldham
On Wednesday 1 March, Oldham Council Leader Amanda Chadderton and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham launched the Network of Community Fridges at Greenacres Community Centre in Oldham.
Through the In Our Nature programme, Oldham was approached by HUBBUB and the Co-op to pilot a cluster of Community Fridges, which would provide one in every 30-50,000 neighbourhood footprint.
Aims/priorities: Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) provides grants for a broad range of projects that support the delivery of positive outcomes for blind and partially sighted people across the UK.
The strategic priorities of the Trust are:
Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups and partnerships for community-driven projects which address climate change while tackling energy challenges across the UK.
Funding is intended to support projects that:
Aims/priorities: Funding for smaller charities and good causes in the north of England or the east of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
The funding is for projects that have a clear alignment with one of the Trust's 2023 themes:
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to provide essential support to protect and enhance Christian church and charity buildings, ensuring their continued use and viability, and the safeguarding of their heritage.
Who can apply? This programme is open to churches, cathedrals, denominational bodies, and Christian charities.
Organisations that have previously received funding under the General Grants Programme will have to wait two years before making an application.
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects that support crafts that are currently listed as endangered or critically endangered on the Red List of Endangered Crafts and provide opportunities for makers and trainees who wish to develop or share their skills in the crafts that have been identified as being most at risk.
Who can apply? Individuals and voluntary and community organisations that can demonstrate that they are working the skills and knowledge that are listed on the Red List of Endangered Crafts can apply.
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to create partnerships with charities and organisations across the Northwest that will help and support vulnerable Electricity Northwest customers across the region in the event of a power cut and address the following priorities:
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls, so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:
Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations already providing advocacy support to victims of the Windrush Scandal.
For this fund, advocacy support is taken to mean:
Assisting people with applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Supporting applications to the Windrush Scheme (formally the Windrush Taskforce).
Signposting to other organisations offering support (for example, signposting more complicated cases to solicitors providing pro bono support).
Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that will improve accessibility to waterways and facilities thereby enabling greater use of them. There is particular interest in enabling enhanced participation in paddle sports for all people.
Who can apply? Applications are open to clubs, community groups, Parish Councils, Local Authorities or anyone in the UK with an active interest in improving access to water for recreational users and protecting the environment.