Rochdale

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering investment to help the VCFSE groups provide emergency and immediate food offers, as well as investing in supporting the longer-term sustainability of our borough’s food providers. 

The fund priorities have been co-produced by a group of representatives from the Anti-Poverty Network, Welfare Advice Forum, Food Solutions Forum, Ethnic Communities Network and the Digital Inclusion Forum.

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health Team, Action Together is offering grants of up to £1000 for groups to get involved with The Big Pan Community Cooking programme. 

As part of the project, we expect all groups successful in receiving funding to:

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council’s Adult Social Care team, Action Together is offering grants of up to £500 to help small, unconstituted groups or those preparing to become social enterprises (such as Community Interest Companies) develop their ideas or projects into sustainable, long-term organisations that benefit Rochdale Borough.

The Seed Fund is part of the Rochdale Communities Fund and is only available to groups based in Rochdale.

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council, Action Together is offering investment to help VCFSE groups provide digital inclusion support to individuals and communities in the Rochdale Borough.

Your project must fall within one or more of the following priorities: 

Aims/priorities:

Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering investment to help the VCFSE groups provide emergency and immediate food offers, as well as investing in supporting the longer-term sustainability of our borough’s food providers. 

As there are limited funds, we will be prioritising applications who are already part of our Food Solution Network or can show how they will work collaboratively with this Network going forward.

Rochdale Communities Fund

The Rochdale Communities Fund is a mutual fund to invest in and strengthen Rochdale Borough’s VCFSE sector. It funds groups and projects which directly benefit local people and communities, delivered by VCFSE organisations with roots in the borough.  

Action Together doesn’t just provide funding to our members, we can also support you to develop your project idea, develop or grow your organisation, recruit volunteers, find other funding opportunities, training, demonstrate the difference you make, and more.  

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health team, Action Together is offering micro grants of up to £1,000 to help the VCFSE sector to support individuals, families and communities in the Rochdale Borough. 

As there are limited funds, we will be prioritising applications from micro and small groups to our micro grants. 

Your project must fall within one or more of the following priorities: 

1. Challenging poverty and driving equality  

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The UK Government’s £150 million, four-year Community Ownership Fund is accepting full applications which are open to groups that have been successful with their Expression of Interest. Groups that have not submitted an expression of interest and want to apply for this round must submit their expression of interest before 11 September 2023.

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Thanks to funding from Rochdale Borough Council Public Health, Action Together is offering grants of up to £500 to help support individuals, families and communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of cost of living increases by providing Winter Warmer Packs.

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This year has seen a massive rise in fuel bills and in inflation this year, resulting in a cost of living crisis. This has generated great hardship for many of the borough’s residents, particularly those on the lowest household incomes who were already under great pressure.