Oldham

Aims/priorities: The grant funding is for proposed services and activities that directly support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse at a national level in England and Wales and take place over a three-year period (2022/23 to 2024/25).

Who can apply? Only voluntary sector organisations, either as a single organisation or multi-organisation consortium, may apply for this funding.

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which expand access to quality and affordable travel equipment and journeys, and ensure disabled people have the same opportunities to make decisions about how they travel in the UK.

Aims/priorities: The Community Business Trade Up Programme is provided by Power to Change, an independent charitable trust endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund. It aims to supports community businesses in England to create better places. The programme is administered by the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), which helps people to develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems.

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to help meet the two goals of the Foundation:

• Equip less advantaged children and young people with improved skills, knowledge, and confidence to take action on sustainability issues and contribute to building sustainable communities.
• Ensure less advantaged children and young people live in a sustainable community with increased access to green spaces and opportunities.

Who can apply? Legally constituted not-for-profit groups in the UK may apply.

100th Oldham Scouts linked up with local business The Jordon Group to help 25 Scouts, leaders and their equipment get to a campsite.

It can be an exercise in logistics to get from the Scouts’ base in Chadderton to Bramhope Scout Camp and back again, and the Scout Group were looking for a van to transport their camping equipment.

Action Together, Oldham Council Community Team and Kashif Ashraf put the Scouts in touch with The Jordon Group, who kindly offered their van to help transport the equipment.

Aims/priorities: The Listening Fund is a joint initiative which aims to encourage organisations to be more accountable to young people. This is the second phase of the Fund, the design of which has been led by a panel of ten young people advisers. Funding is intended to:

Are you an Organisation looking for volunteers? Book your place to join us at this years VOLUNTEER FAIR in Oldham!

This Volunteer fair will be a great opportunity to promote your volunteering roles to the local community and share the great impact volunteers make to your organisation.

We will be located on stalls along the High Street in Oldham Town Centre on Wednesday 17th August, 10am until 3pm. 

Aims/priorities: 

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended for projects in the following key areas:

• Health.
• Education.
• Poverty.
• Environment.

Preference will be given to projects that are innovative and can be scaled up or replicated.

Who can apply? UK-registered charities operating both in the UK and internationally can apply. Priority will be given to small-and-medium-sized charities with an income of less than £2 million per annum.  

Oldham Council wanted us to share the following statement with you as VCFSE partners in the borough.

As you may already be aware, the Independent Review into historic child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oldham was published on Monday 20 June.

Oldham Council fully accepts the findings of this report which you can read in full on the GMCA (Greater Manchester Combined Authority) website at Review of Historic CSE in Oldham