Oldham

Aims/priorities: The Make a Change Fund is provided and administered by the National Deaf Children’s Society, a UK-wide charity that aims to overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children and young people back, give expert support on childhood deafness, and raise awareness and campaign for deaf children’s rights.

This fund aims to support young deaf people to create projects that benefit their lives, such as the improvement of their local area, addressing an issue they face, or pushing for greater inclusion. 

Aims/priorities: British Gas Energy Trust is an independent charitable body set up to support individuals and families who are struggling to pay their bills, regardless of energy provider.

The Trust currently offers two funds:

• Individuals and Families Fund.
• British Gas Energy Support Fund.

Both are intended to tackle fuel poverty by clearing the energy debts of struggling households and respond to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

Who can apply? 

Aims/priorities: Scope is distributing the grants on behalf of the Charities Aid Foundation CAF Resilience Fund, set up to support individuals and communities hardest hit by the Covid 19 pandemic and managed by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). It has been provided by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of its Community Match Challenge and matched by the Covid 19 Support Fund created by the insurance and long-term insurance savings industry.

This investment will support the sector’s resilience to enable VCFSE organisations that are locally rooted and active in Oldham to remain viable, to continue to deliver the ongoing Covid 19 response and to contribute to the delivery of Oldham’s Covid Recovery Strategy priorities.

Awarded applications are for projects that aim to improve the following outcomes.

1. Driving Equality

This funding will support the sector’s resilience to enable VCFSE organisations that are locally rooted and active in Oldham to remain viable, to continue to deliver the ongoing Covid 19 response and to contribute to the delivery of Oldham’s Covid Recovery Strategy priorities.

Grants were awarded to enable community groups and organisations to deliver their projects.

1. Driving Equality

Aims/priorities: The Big Bike Revival Grants Programme is provided by the Department of Transport and administered by Cycling UK, a national organisation dedicated to supporting cyclists and supporting bike use.

Objectives of Fund

This fund aims to achieve the following objectives:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support the development of Community Fridges that help to reduce food waste and meet the needs of diverse populations.

Priorities include:

Phase 1 awarded applications - Small grants up to £10,000.00 - for formally constituted members of Action Together. 

Grants awarded below:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for gardening projects carried out within local communities all over England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Who can apply? The funding is only available to projects in England, Northern Ireland and Wales run by amateur gardeners within community groups or Community Interest Companies (CICs).

Grant amount: £500 to £5,000 are available.

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for community-based groups and organisations in the UK to run their own science activities during British Science Week, working directly with people who are traditionally hard-to-reach and currently not engaged in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activity. The aim is to expand the audiences that engage with science and self-identify as having an interest in science.