Oldham

Oldham

The Society Foundation

Aims/priorities:

The funding is intended to support people from the following groups move toward paid employment:

  • The recently homeless or vulnerably housed.
  • Ex-offenders.
  • Young people (16-24 years old) not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Who can apply?

Applications are accepted from the following:

Tesco Footie for All Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is designed to provide support to grassroots football organisations working with children under the age of 18 to enable them to continue to deliver activities that allow local young people to take part.

Who can apply? Applications are open to grassroots football clubs across the UK. Groups must be constituted and have a governing document and safeguarding policy in place.

Only one application per organisation will be accepted.

Active Travel Fund Cycle Parking Grants (Education)

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support the provision of cycle parking across Greater Manchester. Funding will support the installation and improvement of a range of cycle parking facilities that enable and encourage people to travel more by bike, including but not limited to staff, pupils, residents, patients, and visitors.

Who can apply? The following can apply:

Small businesses with:

Enterprising Communities Fund

Aims/priorities: Social investment is a form of repayable finance tailored to voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, including community groups and charities, to support them to deliver their social impact.

Whether you address social needs, aim to strengthen communities, improve people’s life chances, enhance culture or protect the environment - if your business trades (or aims to trade) for the common good, or is looking to create community assets, social investment could be right for you.

Recruitment Fair

Published date: 
Friday, 29th September 2023

Action Together Recruitment Fair

As part of the Oldham Poverty Action Network, we are excited to announce three new Fixed Term Contracts, to drive forward action on behalf of the network, tackling the root causes of poverty.

We will be holding a Recruitment Fair on Monday 9 October 2023, 10am – 1pm, at Hack Oldham, 38-44 Yorkshire Street, Oldham OL1 1SE.

McCarthy Stone Foundation

Aims/priorities: The McCarthy Stone Foundation is offering 30 grants of up to £1,000 each to support local groups that are organising events and activities for people over the age of 65 years during the festive period (1 December 2023 and 2 January 2024).

The funding is intended to help older people who may be isolated or lonely, particularly during this time.

The grants can be used for a number of different things, including but not limited to:

National Lottery Million Hours Fund

Aims/priorities: This funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas where they may be at risk of anti-social behaviour. We want to fund extra hours of youth work for additional activities that give these young people more places to go and positive things to do.

This programme is funded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund.

They can fund work with young people aged:

Department of Health and Social Care – Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is expected to provide around 2,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England.

This could include town halls, community centres, local shops, post offices and local parks, to ensure that defibrillators are evenly spread throughout communities and easily accessible if someone is experiencing an unexpected cardiac arrest.

Who can apply? Local community organisations, such as sports clubs, local theatres, community halls, etc., may register their interest now.

To be eligible, applicants must:

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