Oldham

Barnardos BOLOH work with Asylum Seekers UK – wide by supporting their mental health and wellbeing.

How they can help:

• Provide free counselling
• Helpline advisors to listen and provide emotional support
• Specialist advice on a range of issues 
• Support in accessing support from other organisations
• Provide practical support to meet diverse needs e.g. food, devices and other items

Get in touch:

Call 0800 151 2605

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The Breathe Better Air Community Fund is provided by a partnership between UK Community Foundation and the Clean Air Fund (CAF) and is administered by Forever Manchester.

This fund aims to support the clean air movement by supporting projects that raise public awareness and, projects that promote better air quality in communities through education, research, and practical activities and enabling them to become effective community air quality campaigners.

Who can apply?

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The funding is for organisations who are led by the communities they serve and alongside providing immediate crisis support and working with people over the longer term to help them break free from poverty and achieve their potential.

Applicants must be delivering their services in the following ways:

The recently published Adult Complex Safeguarding and Exploitation Strategy set out Oldham’s understanding of adolescent and adult exploitation and how partners will work together to improve the lives of those at risk of exploitation. 

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, schools, local authorities and social housing providers for practical projects which help with both people and planet health.

Priority will be given to the regeneration of green spaces for community use, however other examples include:

Aims/priorities: The funding will continue to support a broad range of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife.

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The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects run by community groups and voluntary organisations that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees.

The Programme supports community projects that will:

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The Poundland Foundation are a grant-making charity, supporting both national charity partners and smaller organisations across the UK. They have pledged to distribute over £3m in donations over the next two years.

The Foundation brings together donations from Poundland customers, fundraising initiatives, and Poundland suppliers.

The Foundation aims to transform communities and change lives across the UK by making grants to charities and grass-roots community organisations.

Aims/priorities: The Health Foundation is providing a £2m programme which will explore the potential for using technology to enable care at home and in the community. 

The Tech for Better Care programme will support up to six teams from across the UK over 18 months to develop, test and pilot care that focuses on the caring and enabling relationships needed between those who deliver and those who receive care, and that is proactive in supporting people to live a better and more independent life where possible.

Aims/priorities: Phase 2 is intended to deliver up to 300 youth facilities that:

Represent positive value for money.

Are environmentally sustainable.

Enable positive activities for young people.

Who can apply? The lead organisation, responsible for managing the grant, must be one of the following: