Oldham

Aims/priorities: Funding is available to support groups delivering projects and activities for the benefit of people in their local communities. This may include:

Aims/priorities: Failsworth and Chadderton’s Rotary is interested in funding activities that bring people together and making a difference in your community.

Who can apply? Voluntary and community groups across the Oldham borough.

Grant amount: Up to £1,000

Application process: Application form available on Action Together’s website

Deadline: 12 noon, 30 March, 30 June, 30 September and 30 November  

Aims/priorities: Funding is available for organisations operating mostly in disadvantaged communities, often working collaboratively with other partners to meet local need and may offer cross-sector activities.

Specifically, they will fund clubs and organisations which can demonstrate that they are using sport to work towards one or more of the following outcomes:

Aims/priorities: The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity, which likes to make a difference with its donations. Firstly, the trust provides financial support for gardeners, retired gardeners and for preserving gardens throughout the United Kingdom.  Then the trustees also have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad, with charitable objectives of whatever nature.

Who can apply? Registered or recognised charities, societies, trusts or other bodies.

Aims/priorities: Applications are assessed on the following principles:

Aims/priorities: The Victoria Wood Foundation was set up following the death of comedian Victoria Wood in 2016.  The Trustees are former friends of Victoria and are interested in supporting areas that would have interested her, namely the arts, in all forms.

Who can apply? Arts organisations and groups in the UK are welcome to apply. 

Grant amount: Not specified

Aims/priorities: The fund aims to support the sustainability of women's groups in local communities and to help women get to an empowered position. Eligible projects and activities include those that:

Aims/priorities: Community organisations, charities and groups are encouraged to apply for grants of up to £5,000 from the England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) for projects to help tackle loan sharks. Collaborative bids between multiple agencies are also welcome. The funding comes from money seized from convicted loan sharks under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).

Aims/priorities: The Masonic Charitable Foundation’s Later Life Inclusion Small Grants programme awards up to £15,000 to local and national registered charities with an annual income under £500,000 that support socially isolated and lonely older people over the age of 50.

Grants can be offered to charities that provide:

Aims/priorities: The grant programme aims to support people with an emphasis on building confidence, knowledge and skills, and therefore increasing prospects of employment. They offer grants up to £5,000 towards specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for learning that are likely to assist employment prospects. The Trust recognises that the future of the labour market will become increasingly competitive, with employers placing greater emphasis on transferable skills.