Oldham
Aims/priorities: The initial phase of the programme focused on community businesses looking to learn how digital skills could help their business develop and grow.
The programme is now expanding to include support to help community businesses become more environmentally sustainable.
The second round will focus on community businesses that are looking to deliver changes within their business to:
Aims/priorities: The grant funding is for proposed services and activities that directly support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse at a national level in England and Wales and take place over a three-year period (2022/23 to 2024/25).
Who can apply? Only voluntary sector organisations, either as a single organisation or multi-organisation consortium, may apply for this funding.
Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which expand access to quality and affordable travel equipment and journeys, and ensure disabled people have the same opportunities to make decisions about how they travel in the UK.
Aims/priorities: The Community Business Trade Up Programme is provided by Power to Change, an independent charitable trust endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund. It aims to supports community businesses in England to create better places. The programme is administered by the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), which helps people to develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems.
Aims/priorities: This is part of our new flagship digital inclusion opportunity that will offer support, training and resources to organisations across the UK. There are two central elements to this new opportunity:
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has launched two pioneering initiatives as part of a renewed drive to support Greater Manchester’s most disadvantaged residents to get online and be supported to access services online.
Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to help meet the two goals of the Foundation:
Who can apply? Legally constituted not-for-profit groups in the UK may apply.
100th Oldham Scouts linked up with local business The Jordon Group to help 25 Scouts, leaders and their equipment get to a campsite.
It can be an exercise in logistics to get from the Scouts’ base in Chadderton to Bramhope Scout Camp and back again, and the Scout Group were looking for a van to transport their camping equipment.
Action Together, Oldham Council Community Team and Kashif Ashraf put the Scouts in touch with The Jordon Group, who kindly offered their van to help transport the equipment.
Aims/priorities: The Listening Fund is a joint initiative which aims to encourage organisations to be more accountable to young people. This is the second phase of the Fund, the design of which has been led by a panel of ten young people advisers. Funding is intended to:
This Volunteer fair will be a great opportunity to promote your volunteering roles to the local community and share the great impact volunteers make to your organisation.
We will be located on stalls along the High Street in Oldham Town Centre on Wednesday 17th August, 10am until 3pm.