Rochdale

Burnside Community Centre in Langley have started the year in style, achieving the Quality in Action award. They are only the second organisation in the Rochdale Borough to achieve this quality standard, which assesses practice in governance; safeguarding; safe recruitment; health and safety; equality, diversity and inclusion; financial management and partnership working.

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to provide support to LGBT+ organisations which are intersectional in focus, with priority given to work being undertaken with the following under-represented communities:

• Deaf and/or Disabled LGBT+ people.
• LBT+ women.
• LGBT+ people from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities (BAME) and LGBT+ people of colour.
• Older LGBT+ people.
• Trans and Non-Binary people.

Who can apply? The following types of organisation based in England may apply:

Aims/priorities: The scheme is intended to help support, sustain and promote the growth of the new music infrastructure in the UK.

The Foundation's funding priorities are:

Aims/priorities: 

• Reducing isolation in later life.
• Creating the best start in life for disadvantaged children and young people.
• Medical research into degenerative disease.
• Care services in the hospice sector.

Who can apply? Charities registered with the Charity Commission or relevant Central registry of the respective Guernsey, Jersey or Isle of Man’s government can apply as long as their beneficiaries are in England and Wales.

Aims/priorities: The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) grant funding tests the impact of high-potential projects aiming to raise the attainment and wider outcomes of 3 – 18 year-olds, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. For the February 2022 grant funding round EEF are looking for applications for programmes that have some evidence of promise for this funding round in the three following research priority areas: 

Aims/priorities: Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity gives grants to UK not-for-profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. All projects should focus on building financial capability skills for those who need it most and address the theme for that particular round.

Aims/priorities: The Trust funds a wide range of organisations working to support positive change in people's lives and in their communities around the UK. It does not have any specific funding programmes to advance any particular agenda, but it is keen to work with organisations that have a real understanding of the challenges facing the communities they support and a clear sense of the difference they seek to make through their work. 

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations working in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage.

Grants can be used for capital, revenue (unrestricted core costs) or project work:

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support projects which help young people to influence policy that affects them and re-dress power imbalances in policy-making. Work should build accessible and inclusive structures for ensuring young people's voices are heard and acted upon. Work should target either national or local government policy-making, or the policies of large public bodies such as the police or NHS.

Funding may be used for:

Aims/priorities: The new Innovation and Improvement in Health and Care Fund has been launched to support the development of new models of health and care and the integration of health and care services. Funding is available to registered or exempt charities and to NHS organisations for projects that support innovation and improvement in health and care in any area of physical or mental health or disability. 

Projects may address any area of physical or mental health or disability, but the Trust will prioritise projects which support: