Oldham

Aims/priorities: This programme is provided by the PRS Foundation. PRS is an independent charitable foundation set up in 2000 by PRS for Music, the performance rights collecting society for composers, songwriters and music publishers. The Foundation aims to stimulate and support the creation, development and performance of new music in the UK. The funding is intended to support the development of outstanding songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds, at various career stages.

Aims/priorities: This programme is provided by Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus and funded by the Dick Lawes Legacy Fund. The LEAP programme provides funding to entrepreneurs and early-stage enterprises in the food or animal feed sector to help them achieve proof of concept, foster collaborations, and bring innovative products or services to market.

The programme is focused not only on providing funding but also on achieving measurable outcomes through participants' involvement. Its objectives include:

Aims/priorities: Let's Celebrate Towns is a joint initiative by Visa and Nationwide. Now in its fourth year, the competition highlights towns across the UK that are overcoming challenges to create thriving, resilient communities. Since its launch, the programme has supported 22 towns nationwide, funding community-driven projects that deliver lasting impact, from cultural festivals and high street revivals to heritage restoration. 

Aims/priorities: The Vinehill Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered in October 2019 with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. In December 2023 the charity's name was changed from The Hamish Ogston Foundation to The Vinehill Trust. It is the intention of the trustees to build a broad portfolio of projects that support children and young people in the charity’s three focus areas. The funding is intended for charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations across the UK in the following three areas of special interest:

Aims/priorities: The Music Export Growth Scheme is a partnership between the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Media Culture and Sport and the UK music sector represented by the BPI. The Scheme is managed by BPI as the 'Accredited Trade Organisation'. The Music Export Growth Scheme provides match-funded grants to UK-registered independent music companies to support overseas marketing activity.

Aims/priorities: The Northern European Mobility Opportunity (NEMO) is administered by the Nordic Culture Fund in partnership with the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The programme supports artistic exchange and collaboration among practitioners across the Nordic region, the UK and Ireland. It is specifically aimed at individual arts practitioners in the early stages of their careers.

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support a variety of projects and activities that help wheelchair users and disabled people to enjoy greater independence, inclusion, and opportunity.

Who can apply:

• Individuals.
• Families.
• Community groups.
• Charities.
• Disability organisations.
• Sports clubs.

Grant amount: Grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Aims/priorities: The GM Walking and Wheeling Fund (GMWWF) Grants Programme is offering grants of up to £7,000 to VCSE organisations to deliver projects to get more people walking and wheeling in the chillier months.

The fund aims to improve the health and wellbeing of communities in Greater Manchester by encouraging people who are less active or inactive to walk or wheel regularly. By wheeling, we mean using a wheelchair, mobility aid or pushing a pram. Sorry, cycling is not included.

Aims/Priorities: The aim of this project is to create an official, digitised oral history collection documenting the lived experiences of women veterans. The project should capture experiences from recruitment and military service through to transition from the Armed Forces, including the impact on family life. The primary audience is the general public, with outputs also intended to inform policy officials, researchers, veterans and the wider armed forces community.

Aims/Priorities: This is a collaborative programme which requires that projects involve partnership between armed forces organisations and specialist non-armed forces organisations.

The focused is on improving access to appropriate mental health and wellbeing support for underrepresented groups within the armed forces community through tailored interventions that respond to identified barriers, needs and experiences. The funder is seeking projects that understand the barriers people face and have designed their support around those barriers, needs and experiences.