Oldham

Aims/priorities: Grants are available for UK registered charities and local community groups who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The grants are awarded by a monthly draw. At the end of each month, 500 applications will be granted. Applications that are unsuccessful one month will be kept in the draw for the following month.

Aims/priorities: The Youth Centre Recovery Fund is provided and administered by Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. The fund has been established to ensure the sustainability of local youth centres in England that have struggled due to COVID-19, allowing them to remain financially viable and able to re-open or continue to deliver work over spring and summer 2021. Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to support arts, cultural and youth-focused organisations working with children and young people in the UK through the arts, artists and creative media. The Foundation's primary purpose is to make grants for charitable purposes that:

**The Foundation will hold a webinar on 11 March (4pm to 5pm) and 23 March (2:30pm to 3:30pm) during which they will introduce their new report and answer questions about the new funding round. Register here.**

Aims/priorities: Following the release of its 2022-26 strategy, ‘Building a Better Future’ the Foundation has announced the launch of a Specialist Funding Programme to continue supporting small and grassroots organisations across England and Wales.

Aims/priorities: The Eco-Streets competition seeks to transform two un-used, un-loved areas in Greater Manchester into spaces that feature nature-based-solutions to climate change.

With support from Groundwork, Eco-Streets will equip communities with the skills to design, install and maintain natural features to create vibrant, green community spaces to benefit people while tackling climate change.   

Transformable spaces could include Alleyways or ‘Ginnels’, Small Streets, Courtyards, Dis-used Allotments or Abandoned Park areas.

Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Trustees are particularly interested in the following:

Aims/priorities: The Fund aims to support the activities of local community or voluntary groups and projects that contribute positively to the quality of life, wellbeing and improved health of people and communities which address any or all of the priorities listed below:

Aims/priorities: The Community Support Fund is now accepting applications from y organisations in Greater Manchester who are supporting those suffering from hardship as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We are prioritising applications which are providing a service in direct response to community hardship created by the Covid-19 pandemic. This could be for responding to ongoing emergency needs or for making changes to how you work so that you can continue to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic over the coming months.

Aims/priorities: The Auto Trader Community Fund aims to encourage and support grassroots community organisations. This means small, community-based and locally controlled groups that manage themselves, encourage people to get involved as volunteers and who just need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they’d like.  We don’t want to limit the type of request you can make. You just need to let us know what you want to do and what positive things your activity will provide for those in your community.