Oldham

Aims/priorities: The COVID-19 Winter Support Grants scheme is administered by Clinks on behalf of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Ministry of Justice. 

The funding is intended to support voluntary organisations in England and Wales who support people in prison, leaving prison, under license in the community, or serving a community sentence, to continue to work in the context of the COVID-19 crisis or to make adaptations for their long-term work that are necessary due to the effects of COVID-19.

We have seen an outpouring of generosity and kindness in our communities during covid-19, from neighbours setting up mutual aid groups to businesses stepping in to support families going hungry during the school holidays.

Aims/priorities: Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations that are current or previous recipients of a grant directly from National Heritage Lottery Fund to support activities and costs that will develop and restart their income generating potential. Heritage Recovery and Resilience Loans are long-term investment to support the actions needed to stabilise and modify operations, build organisational resilience, and adapt programmed projects as part of an organisation’s recovery from the impact of coronavirus/COVID-19.

Aims/priorities: The funding will continue to support a broad range of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife.

Until the end of the 2022-23 financial year, the National Lottery Grants for Heritage will give priority to heritage projects that:

Aims/priorities: Grant funding and matched equity investment are available for existing community business, with charitable purpose, that are based in England to prepare a community share offer to support their recovery from coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is intended to support community businesses to raise community shares capital that can support their recovery, pivot or expand the business in response to coronavirus/COVID-19. 

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to charities across the UK for high quality projects that provide opportunities for people from all backgrounds to access, enjoy and participate in the arts. The Trust’s aim is to give people of all ages a better quality of life by enabling them to understand, participate in and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts: music, drama, opera and dance. 

The current areas of interest of the Trust are:

Aims/priorities: Grants for community groups and organisations led by marginalised women or marginalised young people to set up independent safe spaces where people can join together to address systems that perpetuate disadvantage, or reimagine new systems for more supportive communities. The objectives of the Local Fund are to:

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Oldham Poverty Truth Commission is looking for a team member who can facilitate the engagement of  Grassroots Commissioners. 

Co-ordinated by a steering group of Action Together, Oldham Council and voluntary sector partners, the Commission will draw on experiences of people who have been in poverty in the 'Grassroots Commissioner' role alongside Civic, Business, and Voluntary Sector leaders to delve deep into the causes of poverty in Oldham and what can be done about them.

Aims/priorities: This funding is designed to increase social connectedness, and help communities cope with the impact of COVID-19.

By working with those communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, the projects we will fund will help to:

Aims/priorities: The Sector Challenge Programme is part of the Catalyst and The National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 Digital Response fund. There are 12 Sector Challenges across four sectors most affected by COVID-19: early years; financial wellbeing; mental health and wellbeing; and sexual abuse and domestic violence. For each challenge, they are funding three charity or civil society organisations working in that area to come together with a digital partner to explore solutions using digital, data and design.