Oldham
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support communities in all parts of the United Kingdom to purchase community assets and amenities and run them as sustainable community businesses.
The Community Ownership Fund has four strategic objectives:
Aims/priorities: The Challenge Prize in Oldham offers start-up and scale-up grants and mentoring for new or scaling food enterprises that are developing the most effective responses to local food insecurity and focus on long-term change, social impact, and increasing employment in the local food sector.
Recognising the importance of food as an economic, public health, and cultural issue, they’re looking for great ideas that use community-led business models to increase local food through enterprises, such as (but not limited to):
Aims/priorities: An exciting funding opportunity for local football clubs and organisations in your area from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation.
Across the country, poor quality pitches act as a barrier to participation in sport by causing thousands of matches to be called off each season and negatively impacting the enjoyment of those playing in the games that do go ahead.
Action Together are supporting the delivery of Connect 5 training across Oldham's VCFSE sector. Connect 5 is a mental health promotion training programme designed to increase the confidence and skills of front-line staff and volunteers around mental health and wellbeing. As we continue to witness the impact of the cost of living crisis on those that we support in our day-to-day roles this training and the knowledge that it provides will be a valuable resource.
Aims/priorities: They recently launched a new five-year strategy, called ‘Building communities of the future together’. This outlines their plan to pioneer a more co-operative way of funding organisations so they can help create future, fair communities.
They worked with young people directly to develop this strategy and a Future Communities Vision that will shape how we can make a difference.
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for organisations in England and Wales to provide facilities for the disabled to take part in country sports and recreation, and training in agriculture and horticulture. The Trust also promotes education in the countryside for disadvantaged children and young people.
The funding is intended to support projects that focus on the Trust's three main aims:
Aims/priorities: Unrestricted grants are available to small charities across the UK to enable them to adapt ways of working, strengthen capacity and build resilience so that they can better serve their beneficiaries in light of increased pressures and demand.
Funding is intended to support charitable organisations to:
Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Culture Fund supports cultural organisations that are committed to providing excellent cultural experiences and opportunities, and to helping to ensure the city-region remains world famous for its cultural offer. A new investment approach, designed to better support the cultural sector through challenging economic times and to widen and diversify access to culture for all residents, was recently agreed by Greater Manchester’s leaders. The fund supports delivery of the city-region’s culture strategy
Aims/priorities: This new fund is being provided by the Ministry of Justice and delivered by the Sport for Development Coalition, led by StreetGames and Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice.
Funding is intended to meet the following two key goals:
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for organisations in England and Wales to provide facilities for the disabled to take part in country sports and recreation, and training in agriculture and horticulture. The Trust also promotes education in the countryside for disadvantaged children and young people.
The funding is intended to support projects that focus on the Trust's three main aims: