Oldham

GMCVO, in partnership with the GM VCSE Leadership Group is holding a week of action from 7th to 13th November to showcase the work of the VCSE sector in support of the environment, sustainability and Just Transition.

The week is packed with opportunities to learn more about environmental issues, how to become more environmentally friendly and how to support people and communities to make the economy fairer while contributing to the green agenda.

Find out more and view the event programme here.

Join the Independent Mental Health Network (IMHN) Peer Support Forum for peer support facilitators – Come together to discuss challenges and best practice.

A safe space to discuss any thoughts and experiences of running peer support, and for peer support facilitators to develop their own community.

We will discuss the challenges faced, as well as hopes and vision for peer support.

Examples could include:

We are relaunching our Community Explorer network across neighbourhoods in Tameside as a way for small and grassroot organisations to connect, share information and provide peer support.

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to registered charities for projects which support vulnerable beneficiaries and build community resilience across the UK. 

Funding is intended to support the delivery of projects in the following areas:

• Employability.
• Disaster avoidance and relief.
• Social mobility.
• Mental health.
• Climate.

Grants can cover costs associated with project delivery including:

Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund will help Greater Manchester to become greener, fairer and more prosperous, by giving small grants to communities in greatest need to create or enhance green space. The fund is focused on three principles:

Aims/priorities: The Children in Need Grantmaking Strategy 2022-2025 focuses on the principles of:

• Sharing power with children and young people.
• Acting flexibly.
• Using its voice to build awareness and empathy around issues.
• Building partnerships to bring communities and investors together.

This stream offers core funding to organisations whose work aligns with these principles.

Working with a resident focus has never been more important as we respond to the Cost of Living Crisis, so it’s vital we are all equipped on how to do this. Building on the good practice that we already deliver, we want to ensure that our teams have the key knowledge and skills to deliver support confidently and resiliently as part of our no wrong front door approach.

Aims/priorities: This fund has been organised by a partnership of Greater Manchester charitable support bodies* to help local community organisations provide welcome and support for people who arrive here, working alongside local authorities and those who are offering to accommodate people arriving from Ukraine.

Who can apply? constituted voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations operating in Greater Manchester

Grant amount: up to £1000

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support emerging/developing frailty service delivery models to ensure high quality care at the end of life.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from adult members hospices which are members of Hospice UK

Grant amount: It is expected that 10 to 15 grants of up to £50,000 will be made.

Aims/priorities: 

For the Autumn 2022 grant funding round EEF are looking for applications for programmes that have some evidence of promise for this funding round in the three following research priority areas: 

• Cognitive Science
• Early Language in the Early Years and Year
• Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development in the Early Years (including self-regulation)
• Evidenced and scaled programmes.

Who can apply?