Oldham

Oldham

Lloyd's of London Foundation Charity Partnerships

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to registered charities for projects which support vulnerable beneficiaries and build community resilience across the UK. 

Funding is intended to support the delivery of projects in the following areas:

  • Employability.
  • Disaster avoidance and relief.
  • Social mobility.
  • Mental health.
  • Climate.

Grants can cover costs associated with project delivery including:

Foundational Economy Innovation Fund

Aims/priorities: The fund will provide grants and support for businesses and organisations in Greater Manchester’s “foundational” or “everyday” economy to trial innovative new ideas and improved ways of working. The grant funding will be in 2 stages: stage 1 will provide £10,000 grants for up to 40 projects to develop and test innovations and ideas, followed by stage 2 where £60,000 grants will be available for up to 10 projects, to develop the best ideas from stage 1. Participants will receive support on innovation and be invited to join a new community of innovators. The

BBC Children in Need - Core Grants

Aims/priorities: The Children in Need Grantmaking Strategy 2022-2025 focuses on the principles of:

  • Sharing power with children and young people.
  • Acting flexibly.
  • Using its voice to build awareness and empathy around issues.
  • Building partnerships to bring communities and investors together.

This stream offers core funding to organisations whose work aligns with these principles.

Armed Forces Families Fund - Supporting Partners: Innovation Fund

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to pilot practical new solutions that help partners of serving Personnel to reduce the challenges of service life. 

Projects must meet one of the following aims:

  • Encouraging new ways of enabling peer to peer support.
  • Enabling better access to employment, education & training, or wider support.
  • Reducing duplication and making it easier for partners to access knowledge and information that is relevant to their lives.

Funding could be used to support work such as:

Supporting our People: Cost of Living Response Oldham

Published date: 
Tuesday, 25th October 2022

Working with a resident focus has never been more important as we respond to the Cost of Living Crisis, so it’s vital we are all equipped on how to do this. Building on the good practice that we already deliver, we want to ensure that our teams have the key knowledge and skills to deliver support confidently and resiliently as part of our no wrong front door approach.

Greater Manchester Community Response Fund: Ukraine Crisis

Aims/priorities: This fund has been organised by a partnership of Greater Manchester charitable support bodies* to help local community organisations provide welcome and support for people who arrive here, working alongside local authorities and those who are offering to accommodate people arriving from Ukraine.

Who can apply? constituted voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations operating in Greater Manchester

Grant amount: up to £1000

UK Community Foundations

Aims/priorities: The broad purpose of UK Community Foundations is to promote and support local charitable and community activity. 

All UK Community Foundations members subscribe to common interests and share a vision about community-based philanthropy.  Community foundations can meet all areas of community need, examples of which are as follows:

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