Oldham

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support innovative projects that address key challenges in Greater Manchester's foundational economy sectors, specifically health and social care, early education and childcare, and the local high street. It aims to encourage the use of technology in care, expand early education provision and workforce capacity, and boost sustainability, financial management, and use of space in hospitality and retail.

Who can apply? Organisations operating in the following sectors in Greater Manchester can apply:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support organisations to help provide essential advocacy support for Windrush Compensation Scheme (WCS) claimants.

In Year two, the funding will support established organisations with experience in delivering Windrush Compensation Scheme advocacy support, enabling support to potential claimants within an awarded region and throughout the WCS claim process.

Aims/priorities: Innovate UK is running a competition to support the deployment of digital cognitive assessment (DCA) technologies in dementia diagnosis. The programme will act as a demonstrator to accelerate high-maturity DCA innovations and assess their real-world application as part of the READ-OUT (REAl-world Dementia OUTcomes) blood-based biomarker study. These efforts will also contribute to the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative System Preparedness project.

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support access to music for schools, students and teachers by facilitating the purchase of musical instruments and equipment.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from schools, teaching the national curriculum, which are based in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Grant amount: Grants of up to £1,000 are available.

Application process: Trustees review applications and funding offers are made three times a year: January, April and September.

Aims/priorities: The Awards are intended to facilitate the work of small charities and organisations working to meet the needs of vulnerable communities and to conserve the natural environment.

Who can apply? In the first phase of the programme, applications will be accepted from the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and South Africa.

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support youth-led organisations that are fighting for climate justice in England to deliver projects that empower young people to take climate justice action in ways that are meaningful for them and their communities.

Funding will support existing youth-led organisations that are trialling new climate justice initiatives, ideas at an early stage, and organisations that want to add a climate justice lens to their existing work. 

Who can apply? To apply, groups must:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended for work that supports vulnerable people to find a place to belong through housing and their community.

Who can apply? To be eligible, organisations must be a not-for-profit organisation based and delivering work in the UK, this includes but is not limited to:

• Registered charities.
• Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
• Community Benefit Societies.
• Community Interest Companies.

Organisations must have:

Aims/priorities: The Renew Community Fund aims to increase the amount of household items that are donated, shared, repaired, upcycled and redistributed to reduce the amount thrown away, by funding projects that: