Oldham

Oldham

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Force for Change Programme

Aims/priorities: The programme offers grants to registered charities and community interest companies with substantial recent experience of supporting Armed Forces communities. The funding aims to support community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration.

This year (2023), the programme will support ideas that need small amounts of funding to deliver changes or improvements for Armed Forces communities, particularly for those who are experiencing particular needs due to cost-of-living challenges.

Share your experiences of NHS 111

Published date: 
Tuesday, 18th July 2023

An important new survey has been developed to try to better understand the thoughts and experiences of Oldham’s use of NHS 111.

NHS Oldham Integrated Care Partnership has worked with Healthwatch Oldham to create the online survey to take a closer look at how and why the public is using the service, the outcomes of this use, and the personal experiences of those that have used it.

Stronger Starts

Aims/priorities: To help children have a stronger start in life, they partnered with Groundwork to create a new £5.3m grant programme called Stronger Starts. Our goal? To give 1 million children a Stronger Start by helping fund healthy food and fitness activities that can improve their physical health and mental wellbeing - from breakfast clubs to playground equipment, football kits to gardening classes.

Radcliffe Trust

Aims/priorities: The Trust makes grants principally in two sectors: Music and Heritage & Crafts.

Music Grants

The Trust supports classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research.

Applications are normally considered under the following headings:

National Lottery Community Fund - The UK Fund

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to develop and expand community links by:

  • Strengthening relationships between people whose experiences of life have not been the same. For example, relationships between people of different ethnic backgrounds, generations, occupations or geographies.
  • Creating connections between online and offline worlds.
  • Helping to make sure people from all backgrounds can shape the future of their communities.

Who can apply? The following types of organisations are eligible to apply:

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

Aims/priorities: The funding is expected to provide an estimated 1,000 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.

British Ecological Society - Outreach Grants

Aims/priorities: The British Ecological Society (BES) is providing grants through its Outreach Grants programme to help promote ecological science to a wide audience.

Ecology is defined by the BES as the scientific study of the distribution, abundance and dynamics of organisms, their interactions with other organisms and their physical environment.

Who can apply? All individuals and organisations that are able to organise public engagement events in ecology are eligible to apply. This includes, but is not limited to:

Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards Larger Grants

Aims/priorities: Longer-term funding for charities in the UK with exciting and innovative projects that address specific themes set out by the Benefact Group.

The Benefact Group is providing £500,000 in larger grants of £10,000 plus to help charities turn their creative ideas into practical solutions that benefit society.

The funding can be used within three years and for a blend of project and core funding costs.

Projects must support one of the following themes:

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