Oldham

Werneth and Freehold Community Development Project are in partnership with the good Things Foundation and REEL ICI and are running a programme aimed to get people digitally included.

To qualify an individual must be:

On 25th March Erica is doing a 24 Artathon to raise money via sponsorship for Maggie's Oldham and she will be livestreaming her arting via the Creative Health Facebook page.

Maggie's Oldham needs our support now more than ever. They are here supporting people with cancer and their families who are worried and anxious that their treatment plan might be changed and wondering what coronavirus means for them.

This is a chance to raise funds for a charity who can have such a positive impact on so many peoples lives

Message below from Oldham Council



Oldham Council is proposing to bring its services for 0-19 year olds, which is currently delivered by Bridgewater NHS Trust service back into the Oldham Council and health services through a new partnership arrangement.



The intention of the partnership arrangement is to offer flexibility to support better and co-ordinated innovative approaches in services.

Aims/priorities: Failsworth and Chadderton’s Rotary is interested in funding activities that bring people together and making a difference in your community. Since 2014, many small voluntary groups across the borough of Oldham have applied for and received financial support from the Community Cash Award. Projects include a beehive at Sholver & Moorside, card making activities at Coalshaw Green Park, days out for Oldham Support Group for Carers in Autism and Spotlight Drama Group’s overhead projector.

Aims/priorities: The programme is focused on social enterprises supporting people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of the pandemic. Funding is intended to support them in evolving and growing sustainable community services, in the face of ongoing disruption.

Priorities of the fund include:

Aims/priorities: The scheme aims to fund small capital improvements to theatres run by charities and not-for-profit groups that will make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility. This can include works to make theatres COVID-secure and ready to reopen. 

Grants are available for small capital projects that will make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility.

Eligible projects include:

Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has established a unique and innovative fund, which aims to address health inequalities faced by marginalised ethnic communities when trying to get help from mental health services.

Aims/priorities: The aim of the Supporting Rural Communities programme is to support innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK.

The outcomes PCF seeks to achieve through the programme include:

Aims/priorities: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing this grant programme over the next three years to support the work of the voluntary and community sector in tackling homelessness across England.

The Programme is divided into four individually biddable lots, each with a different objective:

Lot 1 - Increase the capacity and capability of the sector to prevent and relieve rough sleeping and homelessness.

Aims/priorities: The purpose of the programme is to support projects and activities which are important to a community which benefit local people.

Eligible costs and projects under each theme supported by the programme include the following:

Building Resilient Communities

Supporting community groups with the equipment, essentials and facilities to enable activity to take place. This might be enhancing what is already available, providing core items or enabling an activity to continue.

Active Lives