Rochdale

Rochdale Economic Support Network, are delighted to launch the new Cost of Living Toolkit.

The Network, supported by Action Together, worked with VCFSE groups, Public Health, Citizen Advice and Rochdale Council to develop the toolkit to ensure people have a simple step by step toolkit that will help to work out your first priority, what options there are available to you in the borough and who you need to speak to first. The toolkit will help you to get started and give you the right contacts to support you going forward.

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which improve and expand private transport options for disabled people and their families in the UK.

Who can apply? Medium to large charities and organisations with established ways of working may apply.

Grant amount: Grants of £100,000 to £2 million are available. They can be split over one, two or three years

Application process: There is a two-stage application process:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support social housing residents from across England with training and capacity building activities that will empower them to:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support the work of charities and organisations whose purpose fits with the objects of the Delamere Dairy Foundation for the benefit of the public, namely:

Aims/priorities: Set up in 1977, Motability is a national charity that supports the travel needs of disabled people across the UK.

Funding is intended to support Motability's key outcomes of:

Aims/priorities: The principle aim of this funding is to focus on supporting families that need help the most, in a way which adheres to their principles of transparency, trust and transformation.

The aim of these small community grants is to support projects, activities and organisations that will be of real direct benefit to families and have a direct and tangible social impact on people’s lives.

Funding is provided by Warburtons, a family run bakery business.

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for a wide range of charities and other community organisations which provide charitable benefits for communities within Greater Manchester. The Trust is especially interested in funding organisations for young people, provision for the sick, the disabled, the elderly and disadvantaged, as well as educational initiatives by Arts organisations and support for community groups. 

The Trust in particularly interested in funding the following:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects that empower and increase support for marginalised and vulnerable people and their communities across the following themes:

• Build resilience to poverty.
• Combating challenges faced by women.
• Support refugee and asylum-seeking populations.
• Promoting and facilitating the development of young people and their families.

Who can apply? Organisations with charitable purposes can apply, such as:

Aims/priorities: The Women in Innovation Awards aim to fund and support women with innovative ideas and ambitious plans that will inspire others. The awards are for female founders, co-founders or senior decision makers working in UK businesses that have been operating for at least one year.

Applicants must be confident, with the support of an award, that they can make a significant contribution to a pressing societal, environmental and/or economic challenge through projects across a variety of innovation areas.

Aims/priorities: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has confirmed it will invest £4.4 million over the next four years in the creation of a series of Community Research Networks across the UK. This will form part of its goal to deliver economic, social, and cultural benefits from research and innovation to all UK citizens.

The funding is intended to help local areas by investing in organisations which can support the sustainable and equitable involvement of communities in research.