Rochdale

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The Poundland Foundation are a grant-making charity, supporting both national charity partners and smaller organisations across the UK. They have pledged to distribute over £3m in donations over the next two years.

The Foundation brings together donations from Poundland customers, fundraising initiatives, and Poundland suppliers.

The Foundation aims to transform communities and change lives across the UK by making grants to charities and grass-roots community organisations.

Aims/priorities: The Health Foundation is providing a £2m programme which will explore the potential for using technology to enable care at home and in the community. 

The Tech for Better Care programme will support up to six teams from across the UK over 18 months to develop, test and pilot care that focuses on the caring and enabling relationships needed between those who deliver and those who receive care, and that is proactive in supporting people to live a better and more independent life where possible.

Aims/priorities: Phase 2 is intended to deliver up to 300 youth facilities that:

Represent positive value for money.

Are environmentally sustainable.

Enable positive activities for young people.

Who can apply? The lead organisation, responsible for managing the grant, must be one of the following:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support community and local energy groups to grow, address barriers, and take action to meet net-zero. The fund will support projects that contribute to one or more of the following priorities: 

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support smaller organisations to renovate their youth facilities, with a focus on allowing groups to either extend their reach or preserve existing services.

Who can apply? The lead organisation, responsible for managing the grant, must be one of the following:

Aims/priorities: The programme aims to create a UK-wide network of financially resilient organisations that revive unused buildings and support regeneration in some of the country’s most deprived places and communities.

The programme will provide funding and capacity building support to between 10 and 13 Heritage Development Trusts operating in locations of need and potential across the UK, who will join the existing group of 7 Heritage Development Trusts in England supported as part of a pilot initiative between 2020-23.

Aims/priorities: This funding aims to support the core costs of running Ofcom-licensed community radio stations.

In addition, Community Digital Sound Programme (“C-DSP”) stations will be eligible for grants, alongside existing analogue community radio stations, if the station is broadcasting on a digital radio multiplex at the date of their application.

Denton West End Community Library (DWECL) were nominated along with 6 other groups from across Greater Manchester for the Forever Manchester Outstanding Community Contribution Award. 

The award night was held in Manchester with all the nominated groups from various different categories. 

DWECL were announced as the winners, which they were proud to receive as recognition for the work of all the volunteers over the last 10 years.

Aims/priorities: The Landscape Recovery Scheme has been established for landowners and managers who want to take a radical and large-scale approach to producing environmental and climate goods on their land.

In 2023, the second round of projects funded by the scheme will be focused on those supporting net zero, protected sites, and wildlife-rich habitat. Additionally, all supported projects should provide extra benefits, such as:

Aims/priorities: The Wolfson Foundation, established in 1955, is an independent charity that awards grants to support and promote excellence in the fields of science, health, education and the arts and humanities. The funding is intended to support capital infrastructure in these fields.

The main objective of the Foundation is the funding of capital infrastructure in the following areas: